Steve Israel: ‘We’re Going to Have a Good 2018; We Have a Wind at Our Back’

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ISRAEL: "Do you remember in 2008 we elected a Democratic president, Democrats reached the high water mark in the House of Representatives, and our majority had the Senate, we misread, some would argue, a margin as a mandate. We doubled down on stuff. A year later we start losing Democratic local officials. A year after that we lose 63 seats in the House. Two years after that we lose the Senate, lose control of redistricting. This is going to happen to the Republicans. If they misread a margin for a mandate and start doubling down --"
BRZEZINSKI: "Yeah."
ISRAEL: "-- repealing the Affordable Care Act, start tinkering with different policies, tinkering with Medicare, we’re going to have a good 2018."
BRZEZINSKI: "Yeah."
ISRAEL: "We have a wind at our back."