host: kyle trygstad, the lot his statement a little. one commentator said they thought it would be two or three election cycles before republicans will come back into power. guest: yes, i think republicans see that as a real possibility. they are so far down. they are down 13 senate seats and it does not look great next year. they will at least lose one more. what happens in this congress and over the next year, with the congress and with the economy -- it just does not look great. host: how much harder is it in the senate now that john ensign has stepped down as the lead senator of the campaign committee? guest: from the policy committee. they had another guy who is a rising star, so i'm not sure they will lose a lot. obviously, though, they did take a hit at least image-wise for republicans. guest: across the board, if you look at poll some of obama is more trusted than those gop, even with tourism and deficit control. he is still broadly more trusted than the house and senate gop's. there is a fundamental problem there. my fellow blo

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