experiences and thoughts. appreciate it. let s talk further now. with me now is cnn politics digital directly zach wolf and nathan gonzalez, editor and publisher of inside elections, a platform that provides nonpartisan analysis of campaigns. good to see both of you. let s start with americans. 55% blaming the president, according to the latest polling, for the shutdown. zach, the president said he would own this shutdown. he even said he is proud of it. is he soon to be at all moved, you know, by how many people are hurting as a result? well, please don t make me go inside his head to figure out what s going to move him, because that s what we all are doing on a regular basis, but what s your best thought? at some point you would think a president or any public servant would be listening to the american people. we ve got lots of folks from sandy to others who have been expressing their hardships. what s your expectation of how
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democrats won big on tuesday. they gained back control of the house and are on track to pick up between 35 to 40 seats. women were the driving force. so far a record breaking 121 women will serve in the next congress. so with all the history made, what are the lessons from this election and what do the midterms predict about 2020. joining me now is presidential historian and pulitzer prize winning author of leadership in turbulent times doris kearns goodwin and editor and publisher of cook political report, charlie cook. let me go to you first, charlie. what just in terms of raw data, nobody does it better than you, what did we really see in terms of the political patterns that the vote on tuesday showed us
around a progressive agenda which demands the government works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors. all right, senator bernie sanders, thanks for making a little time tonight. my pleasure. joining me now, nbc news political analyst, charlie cook, editor and publisher of the legendary cook political report. if there has been a late nudge toward democrats, that piece right there, what evidence do you see of that? we re talking to all kinds of pollsters, consultants on both sides and watching a lot of data. and what we saw was there was one reality last summer, then we saw the kavanaugh fight move things over towards republicans. and it looks like maybe after pittsburgh we ve seen it come back, not pre-kavanaugh, but back towards that general direction. and as you said at the top of the show there s so many really close races out there that just a half a point, one point makes
works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors. all right, senator bernie sanders, thanks for making a little time tonight. my pleasure. joining me now, nbc news political analyst, charlie cook, editor and publisher of the legendary cook political report. if there has been a late nudge toward democrats, that piece right there, what evidence do you see of that? we re talking to all kinds of pollsters, consultants on both sides and watching a lot of data. and what we saw was there was one reality last summer, then we saw the kavanaugh fight move things over towards republicans. and it looks like maybe after pittsburgh we ve seen it come back, not pre-kavanaugh, but back towards that general direction. and as you said at the top of the show there s so many really close races out there that just a half a point, one point makes a big difference in a bunch of seats. i ve got to say, i have no idea what s going to happen