separated. at the same time, we don t want people coming into our country illegally. president trump also faced pleas from republicans on capitol hill to stop the new practice at the border, which could prove calamitous, they fear, to them at the polls in november. we re getting a new look, meanwhile, at the headwinds that congressional republicans already are facing. on the generic ballaot, democras are gaining even more of an advantage. our polling shows democrats beating republicans by eight points on the generic ballot, a five-point boost for democrats since last month. that eight-point advantage, experts say, could be enough to flip the house to democratic control in november, especially when combined with the significant enthusiasm gap. our new poll showing that 55% of democrats say they re enthusiastic about voting in november, comparing with 40% of republicans, a 15-point gap. bad news for republicans who obviously need to do a better job of getting their voters excited and h
dysfunctional. it is very hard to lead the republican house conference. why? republicans have a 23-seat majority right now. the freedom caucus is 30 seats. so, i mean, you just do the math. it s just you know, there is very hard to get much done. and if you look at the average midterm loss of the party in the white house, 28, 30 seats, it s going to be very hard to have any kind of congressional governing majority going forward. i think that s one reason ryan is stepping back. can i add another? do you think the internal polls because you see them yeah. are they showing the republican party faces a big problem? because in the polls we see, the gap has narrowed. the democrats are not doing as well as they were. so the generic ballaot has come down. democrats up four, down from where it was. and everybody talks about these retirements. 42 republican incumbents retiring. the democrats are unlikely to win most of those seats. i just think what is not quantifiable at thi