You say it as if its a bad thing, hallie jack sson. Msnbc headquarters here in new york. A day after the midterms, still a number of races to decide, enough results for both parties to take a victory lap. President trump will take his this hour, the president scheduled to appear in the eastern room of the white house for a News Conference roughly 30 minutes from now. Today hes already touted himself as the magic man for last nights senate wins. Never mind losing the house, though. President trump also had a message for the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Investigate me . We investigate you. We also heard from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell just a few moments ago. The Democrats In The House will have to decide just how much president ial harassment they think is good strategy. Today is more than about democrats and republicans, its about restoring the constitutions checks and balances to the trump
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the first time the house had gone republican in 40 years, big time setback for him, and two years later he cruised to re-election over bob dole. same with barack obama in 2010, had the biggest sweep of the house in a long time, and he came back two years later, won against mitt romney. so presidents like to have somebody to play off of, you know? it worked for bill clinton to triangulate off of newt gingr h gingrich s republicans and it worked for barack obama then. we ll see if donald trump has the same sort of nimble agility politically or not or whether he goes full-bore, guns blazing and that s been a tactic that s worked for him as he sees it throughout his time in national politics. we should also point out that they have gained the chairs of these committees, and that means that maxine waters who s been demonized by the president could well be the chair of financial services. nancy pelosi has been an attack
you were either most surprised by or you were proudest to see? there was a bunch that i was thrilled about, but i was i m really delighted to see that it looks like it hasn t been called yet, but it looks like lucy mcbath is going to pull it out in the georgia 6th. that was the district that jon ossoff ran in in the special election last year. i remember going down there to cover that and being so struck by all these women activists who had not been super political before, not paid a lot of attention to local politics, had been shocked out of complacency by their horror at trump s election, threw themselves into organizing, and there was a lot of talk at the time that all the resources that had been poured into the ossoff race were a waste, but in the end it laid the groundwork for lucy mcbath, an african-american progressive woman running on a platform of gun control, it looks like she has just won newt gingrich s old seat. for folks who don t know,
to run for president opens aup a large chunk of conservative voters who supported him. newt gingrich spoke with david gregory on meet the press this morgan where he refuted claims his past infidelity would drive away voters. i have a large number of social conservatives who support me because as we ve talked this through they ve reached a different conclusion about what america needs and what i can bring in trying to fill that role of leader. joining me now, nationally syndicated talk show host michael smerconish who s also an msnbc contributor extraordinaire. good morning. good to see you again. you too, alex. you heard what he just said, newt gingrich. do you think if he s truthful about what he said and people are not going to care and they re going to still put their votes his way, is that because there s nobody else yet who s uber conservative, who s gotten into the race, and so he wins by default despite his infidelity and the three marnlgsz that most conservatives woul
it take to make that a yes? well, i don t think that any of those who are currently on the landscape, i don t see it being senator santorum. i don t think it s going to be tim pawlenty. i certainly don t think it s going to be newt gingrich. is mitch daniels going to get into this as someone who says let s put the social issues to the side for a while and focus on fiscal responsibility? that could be a message that works. chris christie could similarly achieve that kind of a goal. but if it s, you know, michele bachmann and if it s newt and if it s pawlenty, let them all duke it out on the far right, but when they emerge none will be left standing in a position where they can win centrists to capture the white house. okay. michael smerconish, we always appreciate your insights. thank you. thanks, alex. more gloodgates along the swollen mississippi could be opened today, and what it could mean to thousands of homeowners. how about catastrophe? we ve got the latest in a live repo