presidency, the down ticket effect of that is starting to become a bigger part of the conversation. you saw a manifestation of that last week on this show when nancy pelosi came on this show and said, essentially, democrats can win back the house. nancy pelosi said not only is she confident that democrats can get the 25 seats they need to take e back control of the house, which is a huge number, she says she, quote, liked to have 35 seats, which would be a lot. and while it is news worthy that the democrats think they can take back the house, it should be said that a number of other observers looking at the same prospect are call k the idea that the democrats could take back the house pretty much impossible. politico publishing a piece on it. one of the consequences of republicans winning so many
be said that a number of other observers looking at the same prospect are call k the idea that the democrats could take back the house pretty much impossible. politico publishing a piece on it. one of the consequences of republicans winning so many seats in the state legislatures in the big election of 2010 is that because that was a census year, that was also a redistricting year. and all of those bright red republican state legislatures that were elected in that year, they were able to redistrict congressional districts in their states to protect the republicans who won congressional seats in the midterms. and so despite the democrats enthusiasm, most observers say it s going to be impossible for democrats to win back the most. most outside observers say that. not everyone though. mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, he gave an interview over the weekend to his hometown
new york time s call k michael cristoff. japan looking graver and graver by the moment. it seems, there is a concern from the beginning of this crisis that the japanese needers would not be as candid and up front as they needed to boo and it seems to be that american leaders may be saying what japanese citizens are not hearing. the new york times, of course, talked about extremely high radiation across the top but right here in tokyo a dearth of candor. that s just, nicholas, that s just cultural, isn t it? it is. a lot of things. a tradition in japan of sort of toning down that news. one of the famous examples was at the end of world war ii when he surrendered, he began the announcement of the surrender that things weren t going altogether well on the front. you lived in japan for five years. i lived in japan for five