This election marks the Largest Senate games for a president s party in a first Midterm Election since at least president kennedys in 1962. There have been only four Midterm Elections since 1934 in which a president s party has gained even a single senate sea seat. As of now, we picked up it looks like three. It could be four. Perhaps it could be two. But we picked up a lot. And most likely the number will be three. You people probably know that better than i do at this point. Because you have looked at the more recent numbers. 55 is the largest number of republican senators in the last 100 years. In the last 80 years, a sitting president s party has only gained a cumulative total of
eight senate seats. Averaging one per decade. So we have picked up two, three, four, that is a big percentage of that number. So in the last 80 years, you think, only eight seats. In President Obamas first Midterm Election, he lost six senate seats including in the deep blue state of massachusett massachus
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washington and campaigning for the white house. we with go to james from the boston globe, and thank you for joining us, and happy new year to you. happy new year to you. and many know elizabeth warren as a advocatet for more contr controls of banks, and what are you seeing from her at home? here in massachusetts, she has not faced a real primary in her career. granted, just won re-election to the second term, and the second time she has been on the ballot, and while she is known as a liberal fire brand here, she is a financial juggernaut in the amount of money she is able to raise, and unquestioned when it comes to the democratic side of things, she is the leader of the democrats here many in
president seeming to behave in a more erratic way. there are a lot of people i have talked to who are starting to think about what if there is a world in which president trump is not viable in 2020. if there s such a world, it s not going to just be mike pence, you know, carrying the flag for that party. there are a lot of other people like mitt romney and marco rubio and others who are thinking about and sort of preparing for this what if scenario, even though you re seeing the responses to the romney op-ed, those tell you that right now president trump is still firmly in command of this party. now is not the time. eli stokols, nancy cook, thank you. thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. will demand the return of a former marine being held in russia. elizabeth warren says she s going to head to iowa this weekend. we ll talk to a massachusetts journalist who s covered her politics since day one.
massachusett massachusetts, and how that plays out state by state, and where you have maybe 30 candidates and some candidates maybe can raise more money than she can or have more recognition, there is a moment of how she plays out in iowa versus here. but if you ask the massachusetts voters, which a number of polls have when she was up for re-election whether she should run for president, it is not a particularly positive answer for h her. the most recent poll was in september, and joe biden and bernie sanders were ahead of her, and so not a lot of enthusiasm for her to run for president. and from what we can surmise, a lot of people are throwing the hat in the ring from joe biden, bernie sanders and beto o rourke, and how is elizabeth warren going to distinguish herself in this field? yeah, look, she is clearly a