>> in mark halperin. --i'm mark halperin. >> and i'm john heliemann and with "with all due respect" to we think lang --to wu tang c lan, tonight we will bring the ruckus. the challenges for brazil's realm newly elected president and the midterms. the big story of the night. ken mitch mcconnell strip the ball from harry reid? we have a special one hour session of "with all due respect

." for us this is like birthday, hanukkah, and flying a blue angel flight all at once. the polls close at 10 p.m. eastern time, and the current senate minority leader and possibly majority leader and possibly majority leader to be mitch mcconnell voted in kentucky today projecting bright moves to the press. >> this is going to be another good day here and hopefully around the country. i am hoping we will have a new majority. >> despite the anatomical possibility of what i am about to suggest, you have had both ears to the ground all day. what i'm wondering if regrets are privately as pessimistic -- if democrats are privately as pessimistic as mitch mcconnell is positive? >> the polls are open. we should not discourage anyone from voting. most republicans and talking to today are optimistic.

not giddy. they are still worried about the florida's governor's race. they do not think they will run the table on the senate. they are confident they will take senate control. most democrats are pessimists. they think some of these places they were hoping to win will come up short. we're really right now they are -- if you're betting on one party, you are betting on the republicans to have a better than good night. >> this has been building not just the last 48 hours, but the last week or so. the republicans have been confident, but they have had caveats. on the democratic side the caveats are getting larger's. my unscientific way of measuring this, the number of private bets i have, the number of democrats who have jokingly e-mailed me saying i want to revise my bets for tonight -- >> and nothing happened in the endgame to hurt the republicans. there was no indication of drop-off in their ground game

from republicans of significance. they have close to strong in their advertising. we will see. we will again say we want everyone to go out and vote. we do not want to deter that. we are waiting for the first wave of exit polls from insiders two-tailed -- to tell the tale for everybody. if you want to know what is going on, you can read a lot some predictions out there, miss cleo, or you can go to mr. prediction, the vice president. listen closely to vice president joe biden's prognosis today in this interview with the connecticut radio station in which he said the democrats will end up with 52 seats in the senate, and he was hopeful that in -- an independent handed it would caucus with the democrats if he wins. >> i think we win north carolina. i think -- which is a tough

race. i think we win new hampshire. i think we have a chance of picking up you know, and independents who will be with us in the state of kansas. >> biden also said in that interview the democrats would win the senate races in georgia and louisiana, and sure enough, white house spokesman josh earnest once again had to earn his fat paycheck. >> the vice president is braver than i am. people are was -- are willing to hazard a guess about that. >> did he tip his hand a little bit on the kansas thing? have democrats known or highly suspected that if he wins they will caucus with him? >> biden did not say he thought the democrats in iowa nebraska or colorado were going to win,

another place where he might have tipped his hand. he suggested he would caucus with the majority. it was not clear if he meant the majority at the time or on certain issues or not, but i do not know any democrat who does not believe he is basically a democrat in independent clothing. >> democrats have had to be disciplined and not put money -- at least that we know of -- in that candidate. republicans are lethal. if you look at what mary landrieu did, tom harkin, joe biden, the third thing to consider, a genuine gap in the midterms -- >> all of the democrats. not a big republican gap at the end it all. >> republicans intend -- in kansas are telling voters, he is a democrat in disguise and all along i said if pat roberts could keep his act together, it would be a republican seat. it may symbolize the democrats

are too qubes by half by getting the democrats out of the race and having warm and be a independent they could count on if they want. >> president obama has been focusing on the midterms, except for one meeting on an outlying topic, which is ebola. he convened his senior a bullet team early this evening. mark i have got to ask you, why on earth on this midterm election day, with the white house have one public event on an issue that has been nothing but trouble for democrats for the last month? >> here is the thing. for republicans to say this is the most political white house in history, you have got to stop it. i am telling you, the president is holding this meeting to cause he wants to fight ebola. this is the day to schedule. he is sitting around doing nothing. he is not campaigning. this is not politics. this is because the president wanted to have an ebola meeting. if democrats have a bad night

this will be a great opening scene if someone writes a book about these midterms. >> who would do that? i do not think they will remember this when this is all over, but it will be another reason why democrats will be angry at the president for his speech at northwestern, other things which seem to be focused more on his own issues, even issues of substance, as opposed to working for democratic candidates. i am all for substance. i am just saying, there will be annoyed democrats who will talk this out as an excuse for why they lose. >> if this were bill clinton, you would believe he would be being briefed every two seconds on the polling data. it would be interesting. how much is the president watching? how much did he call winners or losers? >> over the course of the evening, do you think he will watch more espn or cable news? >> you know the answer to that. coming up a man who says it is good to be majority leader, tom

daschle, will join us live on a very special hour-long edition of "with all due respect." we will be right back. ♪

>> for the first time since 1959 when north by northwest premiere, south dakota has been on the mind of people who do not live in the mount rushmore state. they shook up midterms at least for little bit and we will be watching closely to see who wins. another person who would be watching his former senate majority leader tom daschle who joins us now. he has a key interest in that raise. perhaps he will play my. you give for doing this. welcome. >> thank you good to be with you. >> let's start with an overall question about the senate races. the republican party has done a lot over the last two months to nationalize this race around president obama. democrats in danger, democrats having a hard time dealing with that. some of them have refused to have acknowledged they voted for

president obama. do you think democrats have handled the issue well or badly? explain why. >> i think every state has its own circumstances. generally, i think it is a mistake to run away from the president. you can't do it. there are too many votes, too many speeches, too many public associations and pictures. generally the strategy should be to recognize it is what it is and make the most of it. running away sometimes houses more challenges, more problems and far more -- causes more challenges, more problems and far more questions than it may solve. >> do you not think that -- could have done a particularly at her job? my god, you would think there would be a better way to handle that than the way she did. >> i am not going to armchair some of these races, mark and john because they call the shots. there will be plenty of time for me to review that later on. i think generally as i said it is really critical to recognize

if you are a democrat, you are a democrat. you are a person who has supported the administration. you have to put the best face on it and work hard to make sure people understand why. i think there is a compelling message in all of these positions. we would not have done it if we did not support it and believe it. to articulate that during a campaign is difficult, but i think it is the right thing to do. >> senator landrieu congressman clyburn, others have suggested race plays a role in these midterms especially red states. do you think race and president obama have played an important role in the midterms? >> i am not qualified to answer the question. i have not really watched any of these races with the proximity you guys have. i do not fully appreciate just how these things play out of the local level. i think obviously race always plays as part of the background part of the environment we are working with today. we have had to deal with it for

many years. not only at the presidential level, but at all levels. that is part of the political complexion we deal with than our country. it is not unusual that raise would be part of the calculation, but that is not unlike it has been at any other time in our past. >> let me ask you about minority leader mcconnell, may be majority leader shortly. you have known him for many years. if he becomes majority leader, what mitch mcconnell will we see? one who wants to pass legislation the president can sign or will he be continuing his relentless opposition to the white house and be more political than oriented towards governing? >> the whole republican caucus has invested an enormous amount of time and effort in criticizing harry reid and the democrats for the management of the senate. i do not think there is any question they are going to have to demonstrate they are better managers if they take the majority. they do not have the luxury of saying we will continue more of the same. they have to find ways to show

they can manage. that has to do with nominations. that has to do with a legislative agenda. that has to do with foreign policy. that even has to do with a relationship with the president. he will have a management challenge starting tomorrow should he be majority leader. >> let me ask you about that relationship between mcconnell and obama. you have been participating in conversations, as both of us have, and many others, of president obama's history of reaching out and not reaching out to republicans. do you think he will reach out to senator mcconnell and if so, how should he do it? >> these are the last two years. i have been through administrations on several occasions where you experience the last two years. it is surprising how productive they have been in the past 1998 -2000 and particular. there is no question we have that potential.

it will take the president saying you won, we lost. i am not saying that will be the case. he needs to say, we need to have breakfast tomorrow. we need to talk about a mutual agenda. mitch mcconnell should call harry reid. he should say, i want to sit down with you to discuss what we will do in lame duck. there has to be communication. if they start saying, there is no into the possibilities of what we can do. >> i think president obama and mitch mcconnell have had one meal or private meeting. would you urge them to have multiple frequent meetings with mitch mcconnell if he is majority leader? said by no question. >> do you think he will do it? >> no question. >> pete grassley, no one will ever convince president obama to do it, he says. will it be different in the last two years? >> you have a different situation today. you have mitch mcconnell as the potential, and i emphasize potential majority leader. that changes the circumstances

and i think that ought to change the tactics. >> you say it would but you think it will, which is the posture of a lot of democrats. the president is unpopular particularly in red states like the one you used to represent, south dakota. why is he unpopular in places like louisiana, kentucky, south dakota? is it is his ideology policies, personality? what is it? set but i think it is history. you look at every one of the midterms of any second term of any president, you have a set of circumstances that is almost predictable. you start with that. second, i do not know if we have had a situation in recent times where the dysfunction washington is as evident and perplexing and frustrating to the american people. unfortunately the president gives the bulk of the responsibility for that, so he is carrying the ball copy blame.

-- the bulk of the blame. i think it is a logical progression. that is in large measure what is all about. >> if democrats have a bad night, if they lose the majority, governors races, what would you say would be the lesson for your party? >> i think the lesson -- there is no question we have to be better messengers. we have got to message. i do not think we have accomplished -- we have articulated nearly as effectively as i think we could we have a lot of a congressman. >> thank you. >> do you think immigrants were crazy to throw that million dollars into the race in your home state -- democrats were crazy to throw that million dollars into the race in your home state? or do you think there is a chance question mark >> there is still a chance. you have a three-person race. anything can happen in south dakota. i have been the beneficiary and the victim of the circumstances of the years. my fingers are crossed. >> senator daschle, thank you

very much. we will be back with the response of republicans we have quarantined inside our building after this. ♪

>> all right, we just spoke to tom daschle. i am here to rebut rebuke, and as necessary to repudiate our panel of republican masterminds along with our colleague al hunt. we have john's new, fred davis, a republican strategist, and mitt romney's former policy adviser, lonny chin. tom daschle seems pretty laconic simple man, plane state. what did you pick up on him what he said? >> he did not radiate optimism, did he, mark? >> that may be an understatement. >> he is one of the smartest people in politics. i think he anticipates a difficult night for his party.

>> [indiscernible] >> he has got to make a connection with the president. >> are you expecting a better night for republicans? >> i am a senate half full kind of girl, but i think it is going to be a good night, but not this kind of way thing. >> what will the message be for these folks? they may be gain one governorship, shift the senate what is the message? >> what is obvious to me, and this is the country is less liberal than obama and the democrats have been. >> that is interesting because i do not think the president can sit down with mitch mcconnell. >> oh, no. that is unreal. >> not only that but there is no evidence of any interest on the presidential part of wanting to come to be republicans. i do not see the president being the guy -- >> what you think the mitch mcconnell-john boehner reaction

will be tonight? >> you are right, they're not going to meet every week. that is not going to happen. what mitch mcconnell and john boehner need to do, it is an opportunity to establish some working relationship, working understanding with the president and the president needs to do the same thing. it is an opportunity. >> i think it oil down to what they represent. if they can stay away from the crazy bullets for at least the first session, that might be a way to reach out. >> which crazy bullets are you talking about? >> i would say if we can take control instead of forcing an agenda that is not too difficult for the white house to swallow then that is a good way to get started. >> it is not just a matter of mitch mcconnell saying here is what is on our agenda or john boehner -- they have to get on the same page and try to move pieces of legislation forward, if not together in a coordinated

way -- if not together, in a corrugated way to put on the president's desk to take advantage of the opportunity. >> i do not find it hard at all to imagine john boehner and mitch mcconnell on the same page at all. what is harder to imagine is mitch mcconnell and ted cruz on the same page. ted cruz has nothing to do with legislation. it is all about killing obamacare, etc. how will mitch mcconnell deal with the long-term tension within the fractions of the republican party? >> nothing will pass the senate with lesson 51 votes. that does not make ted cruz irrelevant. once boehner and mcconnell are on the same page, if you are bringing manageable hills to the floor of the senate, letting them be debated and amended, unlike what harry reid did, the opportunity is there for bipartisan support to develop.

that is how you get things out of the senate. you do not just bring something to the floor, try to get 61 -- 51 votes and denial. >> in your dreams, what you think would be possible? >> some action on immigration. i do. i think we agree. some action on immigration. something on tax reform. not copper of. maybe something up corporate, maybe something on this repatriation issue. then something on obamacare. i think there is agreement on left and right that there are elements of obamacare that are bad news. i think there is a possibility of action. >> if the party wins tonight is that a united republican party or are there problems divisions below the surface? >> there is no way it is a united republican party. what your cohort said -- what is it? it is a lineup for the 2016 presidential race. you have everyone trying to distinguish themselves. that is one of the things wrong with our party. >> the new numbers -- there is

no flamethrower in the new group of senators we are going to get. >> a castrate her, but no flamethrower. [laughter] >> i am sure she has held a flamethrower before, but i am just saying the rock stars are not rock stars. you notice no one is talking about the tea party any more? we have libertarians in the races, but we do not have the tea party challenge. i think the republicans have moved past that this thing divide. we have very conservative members we're going to get, but they are not crazy. >> i am not sure they have moved past that. i talked to a couple conservatives the last couple of days that are not euphoric the way i thought they would be. they feel that this agenda -- people like cory gardner and colorado have run away from things and they're kind of angry. >> the biggest thing to me, does our side continue to have 508 people running for president, each one trying to distinguish themselves, or to somebody --

last night there was a flip comment about obama should get a six pack of beer. i got more positive e-mail and notes on that last night. everyone thinks that is true. >> what about republicans who would like to see -- >> yes. >> i'll call? -- alcohol. >> it would be weird to see mitch do that. i don't know. >> it is interesting. there is this division in the party and a lot of it goes to what should the fundamental thesis beeper 2016? does the republican party need to do a better job of energizing the same base or reach out to new people? i think that largely animates the division in the senate. >> the potential is there though, as fred points out, for the republican candidates for president to be as big an impediment to john boehner or mitch mcconnell or congress getting things done as a servant

of republicans who say, two years ago or three years ago -- >> john, will you announce tonight that you are one of them? >> i would have to get divorced first does my wife would not tolerate that kind of thing. >> your wife is a very normal person. >> in the short-term, boehner and mcconnell will become bigger figures. do either of them have the capacity to do something i have rarely or ever seen them done, bring the party together, expand the public image in a positive way? >> the challenge has always been difficult for a member of leadership, a member of congress to do that, especially in a presidential year. when republicans are trying to take control back in 1992, 1994 a little easier for newt gingrich to rally the republicans around the contract with america. much more difficult in a presidential year. much more difficult and this congress, given that we have a democratic --

>> could mitch mcconnell? >> no, they didn't. what they provided was very effective leadership legislative leadership in congress, not necessarily the kind of leadership it takes to form a national agenda. >> thank you to the four of you. we will be back in just a minute. ♪

>> welcome back. joining us now former senator republican candidates rick santorum. senator, thanks for joining us. >> [indiscernible] >> if we have time at the end of the interview, we will talk about what you took off the bar. senator, the debate in the party about what kind of senate candidates you should have nominated. some primary supported different people than were nominated. you are one of the leaders of the conservative wing of the party. are they every bit as

conservative, even if they have moderated to win the general election? >> look, every candidate when you run for office has to do things within their own state -- they have to feel their way through that process. i have no doubt that all three candidates you mentioned will be around 90%-plus in their voting record and will do things like every member of congress does. they have their own point of view on certain things. that are different than the orthodoxy. that is part of the process. >> i listen to some rush limbaugh today and he was complaining about as much about mitch mcconnell and john boehner being insufficiently conservative as he was complaining about president obama. do you agree with rush limbaugh that there are questions about the concert of it -- conservative credentials of the people who may be leaving the country going forward in january ? >> i do not question their conservative voting record. i question their leadership

ability to galvanize what is going on out there in the country and galvanizing our members and to a conservative, proactive agenda that helps average americans. we may do very, very well tonight. i don't know. there are a lot of close races. but in my mind, they shouldn't be close races. this should be a blowout, given where the president's popularity is and the incompetence of this president, as well as the poor record of accomplishment because of his agenda. this should not be close. i think one of the reasons it is, we have not had a whole lot of leadership about laying out a positive, proactive agenda that helps average americans. that is my biggest concern going into this potentially republican congress. are they going to take a step back, say here are some things we can do that help working families in america and put forward a positive agenda to make sure, you know, at least of

the president vetoes it, at least we darted a course for a better and more hopeful america. >> i am going to ask you a little bit about 2016 just because i am. >> that is what you do. >> you are underrated, i think as a candidate. if you do run, i think you will be a big, significant player. maybe some people do not see it that way. i certainly do. could you think are the leading candidates who will run in 2016? >> tell me who is going to run -- would probably have five or six governors who are actively considering it right now. >> who are the strongest? >> look at any incumbent governor or senator. they obviously have credentials to make a decent run. >> if i promise to pay for your buffet the next time we are both there, give me one name, someone you think would be strong. >> i am not giving any names.

you know who they are. look, i think it is going to be a very, very crowded race. i think there will be a lot of folks who will get out there and start to run. as will happen four years ago, the process will lead a lot of candidates out and we will get folks to actually have what it takes to be able to put together an effective campaign and win the presidency, and that process will take place over the next year and a half. >> he cannot be bought for a buffet. >> you are very good at not answering questions you do not want to answer. i am going to ask you something i hope you will answer that. senator mcconnell and senator cruz have very different views on out -- of how the senate should function if we get a majority. senator mcconnell says we have to put bills on the president's desk. senator cruz says we need to investigate the president, repeal obamacare, etc., etc. which is the right view for the

upper chamber? >> the right vision is to focus on who is hurting america and put forward an agenda that can pass. in that respect, i think a little of both. we do need to pass things. we need to put things on the president's desk. we need to show we are not the party of no. we are not the party of division, that this president has been the divider in chief and if you give us the opportunity to lead, we have the ability to put things forward that can make a real difference in average americans' lives. that is where i would focus my time and energy. clearly hold the president accountable for some of the overreaches, using the president's authority beyond what i think the president's authority is is certainly a role of the house and senate and should be part of that agenda. but first and foremost, break the gridlock absolutely the right message. >> let me ask you a 2016 question with a slightly different angle. let's assume that mark is right and you are a strong candidate. let's assume you become the

republican nominee. if you were the nominee, what would be more repot -- what would be more helpful? republicans controlling the senate or capturing key governorships? >> obviously we would like to have republicans everywhere. but as far as a president is concerned, having united states and it would be very important for nominations and very important to try to get some things past. -- passed. >> i am talking as a candidate. if you were the nominee, which would be more helpful to your prospects? >> i do not think governorships have a big deal -- we have shown that republican governors can govern and govern effectively and have real differences between how states with republican governors are doing versus states run by liberals. i think that track record of their and will be available whether we have a lot or not in this election cycle. i think having united states senate and being able to pass

something and push something forward, to lay out a positive agenda for working americans is probably the most important thing we can do to show that we can govern and washington, d.c., not just in the state capital. >> senator, you have been campaigning for republicans. do you have a upset forest that is not on everyone's radar? >> i think virginia will be closer than everybody thinks. >> the senate race? >> i think everyone will take a step back and say well, if we paid attention to this earlier, maybe this could have been one that came out of left field and delivered. gillespie has run a very good campaign. he has been out funded by what was at times a very popular incumbent. virginia is not as far gone as a lot of folks would lead you to believe. virginia is still a very competitive state. you will see a state that will

be competitive in 2016. could have been competitive in this go round. >> senator, thanks for taking time out of election day to spend it with us. appreciate it. we will be right back with a response from the democrats who will be with us throughout the evening. we will be right back. ♪

>> rick santorum told us republicans may take control of the senate, but have not connected well with the american electorate. here to explain why, we have a bunch of democratic wizards. we have past present, future al gore was for, patty doyle, anita dunn -- al, let me tell you the most striking thing about what rick santorum said. he says that republican should be running the table. things should not be close. talk about that. >> he conveyed what we're

talking about earlier. there is a division in the party. he is the moderate side of the right wing, if you will. he said, we did not have any message this year. they did not. the message was simple. barack obama is a bomb. -- is a bum. will we hang up the crate paper tonight for democrats question mark >> -- hang up the crêpe paper tonight for democrats question mark >> i think we all found ourselves really liking rick santorum's analysis. this man is and fight will. -- insightful. he nailed it, totally. we walked out of that room rick santorum fans. i do not think that rick santorum once our endorsements. >> the middle-class is not feeling the economic gains we have seen. the president is that 42. at this point in his presidency

ronald reagan was at 62% to read he still lost seats. bill clinton was at 64%. the fact that the republicans could not have one more, that george's -- that georgia and kansas are part of the conversation that is astounding. >> you really swept that around. terrific. what is barack obama going to say tonight if republicans take control of the senate and win a couple governorships? >> it is too early to say what is going to happen -- the president, no matter what is going to them out and say be leaders in washington ought to listen to the american people. they are not voting for folks to fight with each other. they are voting for folks to get things done. i think he will try to turn the corner from the intransigence we have seen the last couple of nights. >> tonight it will be a tighter senate, whether the republicans or the democrats hold the majority. we will still have a very divided government. what we're hearing is not a

overwhelming reaction to the president. it is a reaction to the establishment in washington. both parties should listen to voters not from a partisan perspective, but to try to get something done. i think we will hear a little bit from the president about that. >> we have seen this gridlock -- [indiscernible] >> norm ornstein. >> they are turning out in droves. >> they will start by integrating this panel. [laughter] >> let me ask you a question about the white house. we talked about this earlier in the show. the president's one public event today was on ebola. does that make any sense? >> much. [laughter] we will go back. >> i think what the president is going to say after tonight is

let's get to work. the question is, a republican senate if they win are they going to say the same thing? can they bridge their own party to really get to work? i think that is what we need to figure out. >> you do not want to talk about barack obama. patti i will let you talk about your former boss. does this matter at all to hillary clinton? >> of course. of course it matters to her. >> does it affect her at all? does it affect her candidacy? >> we do not know she is going to run. should she decide to run of course it affects her prospects. here is what i think is going to happen. i think if the republican held senate does not get anything done, does not try and collaborate, compromise, work with the democrats that in 2016, anyone who gets the democratic nomination is going to run against the republican held senate. >> i will say something that

patti maybe can't say. if there is a republican majority in the senate, they are part of the governing establishment, right? if for some reason secretary clinton decides to run for president, she will be running against the republican senate. >> and the great job your party did demonizing the koch brothers? >> if you look at colorado, iowa places they ran a lot of ads talking about how big money was having a negative impact on politics, it did have an impact on moving voters. most people will not know who the coat others are nationally but i bet you they know in colorado and iowa. going back to this election and whether it portends anything for 2016 -- there was a great column today talking about how democrats have been on an improvement cycle of coalitions and our coalitions in presidential years are a lot of minorities and young folks. midterm years, it is a lot of

white folks. >> an interesting thing -- democrats have all of these demographic advantages in presidential election years. this year was a year where a lot of effort on the democratic side went into expanding the electorate. does it look -- it does not look now like that will happen. what does that mean needs to be done? >> john, first of all i will disagree with you. we have close races in states that barack obama lost by very large margins. it is hard to believe that that is not some of the result of intense efforts by the party committees to get some of these people registered, and you have seen in colorado, and iowa, alaska georgia, or carolina, you have seen across the board. actually i would politely disagree with you. >> i will take that strawman.

>> i think you are right that some people, particularly blacks may turn out in great numbers for democrats, but you are not getting those white votes. >> al, you can flip it. this goes to the meaning of this election. two years ago, everyone was sitting down on election night. the democratic party in terrible trouble. two things happened -- one, a midterm electorate, and the second was the map. also things changed in 2016. the challenge for post political parties but certainly the republican party, is reaching out to the voters that are not agreeing with them every other election cycle. >> ok. you have the last word for this moment. thank you to all of the rest of you. of course you have a lot more to say tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. in our bloomberg politics election all nighter. coming up, our favorite guest of all -- al! al!

al hunt. we will be right back. ♪

>> he is tireless. he is unparalleled. he is a human encyclopedia britannica or google. al hunt back with us to talk about what to expect tonight. al, this has been a weird midterm in some ways. gartner brady and others. there have not been a lot of big events. as we look forward to tonight what do you forecast? >> i do not think in 20 years we will be talking about the great campaign of 2014. i do not think any of us have seen as many tight races at the end. i think all indications though mamma mark anyway it will break republican. if that happens -- if it breaks that way they will clearly pick up some seats in the house.

maybe as many as a dozen or more. i would not be shocked in that context am a the democrats still getting one or two governorships. >> if democrats have a bad night and they want to figure out what they did wrong -- not blaming the president -- what do you think they will point to? >> they will start with obama, obama, obama. he made some small mistakes. he said some silly things he should not have said. going on al sharpton -- >> you cannot argue that. >> of course. >> message was, what do think they will say? >> he did not preside over big crises this year. he was reacting on isis. he was reacting on ebola. if he had, i do not think it would have changed the dynamics a lot. i think what the president really did, he looked like he was almost a tuned out chief executive.

>> about this ebola meeting at the white house, obviously it -- ebola dominated news coverage. do you think in the end, once we of course all of the animal entrails and exit polls, do you think ebola hurt the democrats? >> i think it hurt a little bit. we have a survey on bloomberg view that said -- we know -- i think he should have appointed david petraeus. the message it would have sent -- can you imagine any republican on the campaign trail saying, they are not loving this on ebola? that is not the way this white house thinks. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> no, no. i think that is a small example. >> what does it take in the governor's races for this to be a good night for chris christie? >> they have to have a net gain. they have to win a couple of critical races, florida and

wisconsin. if john kasich wins, he will say it was all john kasich. >> i hear more concern from republicans about that florida's governor raised -- both because they want to keep it, but also over christi. they spent a lot of money in that state. >> and they're going to lose pennsylvania. if you lose two big states, that is going to hurt. it could even out a bit. >> it seems to me if they lose florida and wisconsin and pennsylvania, that is a pretty hard night. >> you are right. >> if you are making the best case for republicans -- we will talk about this later -- let's say they when really big and they want to say our mandate after this resounding victory is what? best case for them? >> not barack obama. >> but they are already not barack obama. >> i know it, but this is as

content free a campaign as i've ever seen. on both sides. >> will be present have to give into them on keystone? >> keystone -- it was a laundry list of things. on obamacare, people like mitch mcconnell back down at the end. clearly their agenda will be the president has to move our way on some things. that is not impossible, mark. i do not think it is as weak as conventional wisdom would have it. >> a lot of states -- who in your mind, win or lose who are the tough love one or two new stars on the republican and democrat side on the governor or the senate level? >> i was not in iowa but just watching it you have to say jenny ornstein. i am not sure how good she will be, but if she wins it. and i actually thought michele

knight and with a much better candidate than i thought she was going to be six or seven months ago. if ms. burton knocks off scott walker, she will be a giant killer. >> we may have these overtime races. if things are in suspended animation -- if we do not know the senate for days or weeks or a couple months, what happens to the coverage of washington, of the president question mark is it in suspended animation? will there be daily average? >> it can't be. you have a lame-duck session that starts in eight days. >> and the president's foreign trip to holland. >> exactly. you can say we will wait for louisiana or georgia. it will be chaos. probably any sort of conciliation, any effort to come together will be put on hold. >> even if republicans have big nights -- they won new hampshire, iowa, work and -- arkansas, if they do not have

the senate, you cannot have an exclamation point on the night. inc. for joining us. >> thank you. >> albert reinhold junior -- >> i was just thanking him for his august advice. >> do you think in the end -- really in your heart and soul -- do you think anything is going to get done in the next two years? >> i do. i am not sure what will get done. i think trade will get done. kevin mccarthy had an interesting piece last week. he talked about the things we can do. he mentioned infrastructure. immigration is the toughest nut, but you know something? if i am a republican right now and i want to win the presidency i want to pass an immigration bill.

>> harry reid even as the minority leader would never agree to a bill that does not have a path to citizenship which cannot pass the house. >> yes, it can pass the house. that is where john boehner says, ok i am giving it to the president. >> that would be political suicide. >> maybe. >> now it is time to say goodbye to albert reinhold hunt junior. tweet us tonight. >> and you can stay tuned for election coverage the rest of the night on bloomberg tv. we will see you at 7:00 right here, right here on bloomberg and wherever else you are watching it. we will see you then. sayonara. for now. ♪

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out to vote. >> the balance of power on capitol hill shifts to the republicans. >> it's more than likely than not the republicans are going to le take -- retake the senate and retire harry reid as the minority leader. >> health care is the top issue. while president barack obama is not on the ballot, his policies are. >> the republicans in congress have blocked or voted down every serious idea to strengthen the middle class. >> this hour, a look at who is behind the money and issues in the election. >> god bless america. >> for marijuana, the minimum wage to energy, the initiatives to shake the country's youth. >> welcome to bloomberg's special coverage of the 2014 midterm elections. i'm pimm fox in new york. over the next hour, the business of the ballot and how money changes everything. a report from wall street and the executive suite as the nation votes. one country, many elections, and at least two views of the economy.