Hey, good morning. It's Saturday, April the 18th. I'm Ali Velshi. We are

199 days out from the midterm elections, and the president is facing a nation which is

souring on him and his party. The job approval rating sits at 38% according to a UGov economist poll taken last week.

In that same poll, 57% say that the economy is getting worse, not better.

Remember, this is part of what Donald Trump ran on.

45% of registered voters say that they would vote for a Democrat in their congressional district

if the election were held today.

That's a five-point advantage over Republicans, although once you calculate the margin of error,

it's almost nothing.

The situation has Republicans in Congress, though, as in the people who are actually on the ballot in November,

seeking a reorientation from the White House.

Good luck with that.

A Republican operative

told Politico about the midterms, quote, everything is made more difficult by the nonsense coming

out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The president's party, whoever the president is, the president's

party always has a hard time hanging on to control of Congress if they earned it in the midterm

elections. But Republicans have a particularly steep uphill battle this year. After a special election on Thursday, which kept a New Jersey House seat in Democratic hands, the Republican majority in the House will be just three votes. The Cook Political Report, a closely followed index which rates congressional races on a scale from solid Democrat to solid Republican,

projects 213 House seats for the Democrats and 205 for the Republicans.

17 are true toss-ups.

If Democrats can win some or most of those, they could have a solid majority.

The Senate, however, was not generally

considered flippable, at least not until recently. Right now, Republicans enjoy a 53 to 47 majority

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