nothing to do with them. donald trump is popular in alabama. even though he backed -- luther strange it was manyfold, but the main reason a lot rejected him was because the republican national committee, the senate committee, mitch mcconnell were all pumping money from outside of alabama. we don't need someone from washington telling who to represent us. >> first of all on the polls believe that wilmer has a big lead right now. although i think they probably want to vote republican but just aren't there yet. to your broader point about spending, think democrats are trying to find a way to help

doug jones without being too involved. becomes a national race and you want the republican or democrat party one more. you haven't seen a lot of outside influence on the race. still over a month out. there could be more involvement but i think they need to get out the message. as someone who looks and handicaps races, whenever one side is telling their side and the other side is in, it has a chain it's to change the fundamental part of the race. >> host: will we talk about outside influence for usually talking about outside spending in the race. the caller brought up the party committees.

the talked up the campaign arm senate democrats race $19 million in september. they're outpacing the republican senate committee and the same thing is happening on the house battle and looking for a way to take on president trump. host: square that with the republican national committee having $44 million in the bank compared to just $7 million for the democratic national committee.

i think the dnc is still recovering from eight years of president obama. , then senator obama started his campaign, that became, evolved into the defective dnc. that became the national party on the democratic side. over his eight years in part -- in office, the dnc was largely irrelevant because the president had his own operation. now that president obama is not on the stage, the focus goes back to the dnc and it is still recovering and trying to regain its footing, in this new chapter for the party. host: ohio, always a battleground state. toledo, democrats line. caller: i am actually a republican. i called in to say what is going on is so important that we should all be aware of the issues and get informed and keep an open mind because when you

vote, you not only vote for what your belief system is, but you vote for what america stands for. i have to consider my neighbor, the person i work with. they may be of a different opinion, politically, but overall, what is this candidate saying? are they representing the united states of america? are they qualified? politics, everyone can live, anybody can be a bad person, but we have to investigate, as human beings and citizens, we have to take that right to look at all sides. host: will you be doing that for the senator running for election in your state? caller: yes, and i want to speak on the larger issue. americans,r a lot of it is about investigating the facts and realizing that when

people say fake news and put that in the minds of people, that when you put that in the minds of people, you can discredit the messenger and the message. you can't go by what other people say. everybody has to take the time to investigate the facts and look at it objectively and say what is my core belief system, what are we saying as people that are supposed to be united? host: got your point. guest: i think she is trying to inspire people to do their own homework which is healthy. the question becomes, where are people getting their facts from? on whichdisagreement issues are candidates should prioritize. healthng it should be care, something it should be justice or >> the fundamental campaigns have evolved into a focus on the candidates a messenger.

i think sherry is correct in that respect of blaming the messenger. what do you think the focus is going to be, in ohio? guest: ohio will be like many of the races around the country, i think health care is going to be a big part of the conversation. this could take one event or two events and we will have a national security election. last cycle, when republican senator rob portman was running for reelection against former democratic governor ted strickland, the portman campaign did a good job of targeting -- going regionally. someone in toledo may have received a different messaging can than someone in columbus. that is part of where campaigns are going. it will depend on where people live in what they care about.

>> with the majority in the senate there are 32 seats left in the elections and their currently looking at an came. the republicans up one or two seats. how often did that change your out after the election. >> guest: when data comes in particularly at this point in the cycle there's a lot of scenarios. as the cycle progresses a lot of it will be about polling data and will display now. but next year will really know. the ratings could evolve and change. i don't know the seats and change will change dramatically but there could be significant movement of party prospects in

the tossup's on the leaning seats in the various race ratings that you can check out, you'll be with us for the next 20 minutes to focus on the 2018 outlook. >> of morning. have a couple of questions. with respect to the trump folder, do you think there's a silent group of voters out there that doesn't get pulled and it's going under the radar? secondly, was the effect of the cumulative evidence about actions that took place in the prior administration. for example, the apology the irs had to give for targeting conservatives. the recent capture of the guy who headed up the benghazi

attack. the possible collusion by the podesta group and maybe being investigated now by mueller. there's things out there that could have accumulated a fact that might influence the election. >> host: for silent voters that don't get pulled, do think they're mostly trump supporters, how would you describe those silent voters you don't think it pulled enough? >> caller: that's interesting. i think there is a group of voters out there so fearful they will be attacked because of their politics and because the other side has had an identity politics has taken over. so they said i don't want my politics to be known, i'm want d

then they show up in droves. >> host: i appreciate the question. >> guest: the silent trumpet voter before the election we get these questions and i would say if there was a group of silent trump voters it would need to be a large number in key states for it to matter. i think that's part of what happened said there are groups of trump supporters and minnesota, michigan and wisconsin that were being picked up in the polls. maybe because they were not frequent voters so they're saying they had imploded in recent elections. but with president trump they decided to vote. i think that group exist and it's up to pollsters and party

operatives to find out who they are and how they will vote. so regarding the prior administration i think a lot has the potential to rally the republican base. if you bring up the investigation into paul manafort the trump operation, the president supporters will bring up hillary clinton and what her campaign did or didn't do. that has the potential to keep republicans excited in 2018 when they might not be excited about so i think right now it's a rallying cry for the party. >> so were getting ready on tuesday and i'm good it did the

same thing because i think macola has been working on few policies that would help and convict him fellas given them a second chance. last week i met a guy at a 711 getting ready to pull my wall and give him money. he said i don't need your money, i need a job. that is why encourage our people in the commonwealth of virginia to look at the democratic policies. and i don't have a lot of time, to the trump supporters who keep talking and blaming media, i want to let them know it's not the media's fault, for donald trump to grope women. or to market disabled journalists.

the difficulty that people in so for the president to come on and say things like that, that's not american at all. >> the for junior gubernatorial race that they brought up they can't run for reelection because of the state law, he's popular. that's another reason why ralph has an advantage in the race. more voters of virginia believe the state is headed in the right direction. they're less likely to make a change. but the idea on jobs and the economy, even though healthcare is a side issue i think things come back to jobs because we want to feel secure first. people want to see their brother or cousin has a job and then

other issues flow. >> host: the president focusing on jobs in one of his three tweets. he was tweeting this morning. the first two focusing on the story that we focused on during the first hour and will focus on the mueller investigation. he said the fake news is working overtime. the lawyer said there is no collusion. few people knew papadopoulos who is already proven to be a liar. check the dams. i hope people focus on massive tax cuts for business, and the middle class in addition to the corruption. >> the tax-cut job issue, how important is tax-cut push

becomes for republicans heading into the calendar year and what will that mean a year and a week from now? >> guest: i think it's critical. republicans have been promising voters they will do certain things. this is before donald trump came on the same. republicans promise voters they would do something when they got in office. now that there empower the reality that they haven't delivered on some of those healthcare and repeal the affordable care act. builders increase pressure of delivery no tax cuts. republicans believe specifically middle-class tax credi cuts is

critical and they can go back to the constituents and said you put us in office, here's how you deliver. they don't have that may come empty-handed then the election could get difficult for republicans because i have the risk of an apathetic base that doesn't turn out to vote in 2018. call. to another swing state, barry is a republican. good morning. i haven't been a republican most my entire life. in my entire family forever were democrats. were no longer involved in identity politics or demonizing

people because they are deplorable's. we learned from hillary who keeps going around the country saying the same thing over and over again that they are the saviors of what? she went to west virginia until coal miners should get rid of their jobs in industry. she didn't go to the rust belt states. they don't care. all they care about is saying that were racist, islam a phobic's, jenna fallbacks, and for the economy, my wife is on the affordable care act and it was gone up 250% in florida. those are real-life issues we have to deal with. as long as democrats have gone over the edge forever, this is

not the democratic party of my family and generations. >> i think part of what he's talking about is that democrats right now are in the political wilderness. whenever they don't have the white house there's no clear leader and everyone thinks they have to get it on the right track. there wrestling that right now and does the party go to the base and try to rally the base or do they go to to the middle. from my vantage point, an order for party to be a majority party after both. and excited base and an appeal to the middle. they're trying to figure out who are the best messengers going forward. i'm not sure the 2016 election the democratic party has come to

groups with that yet. >> host: barry from florida, take us on a walk through the house selection map in florida. what should viewers be watching? >> i think a place to start is in south florida. iliana's not running for election, she's been able to knock it down, that's a tepid district that democrats have been trying to target for years and haven't been able to do it. now that she's there it's a resy

living in virginia. and i just wanted to tell that guy, it's very idealistic of him to think that way but it's not republicans versus democrats it's washington versus everything buddy else. it's not giving people the right to vote, he is doing that because he assumes his people will vote democratic. that's not true. at the same time he's talking about the jobs. washington is anti- protection is for so long. that's why donald trump on.

>> caller: i appreciate that. it sounds like your kids are going off to school. >> we have to start the morning off right. his washington verse everybody else. that mentality house at playing out some of the races on the ground? >> guest: the idea that government isn't working or is disconnected from certain americans is a thread that went through the election and i think it went through the 2018 elections. i think it's up to the candidates and the parties to help voters understand why does this matter. the get turnout in general. turnout tends to be in the 60s, midterms the traps in the 40s. primary elections which are often the most important because

seats are safely democratic or republican drops into the teens. until voters believe or understand how government impacts their everyday life, turnout will be low. and i think that could increase as people take a look at its what's going on. >> who like to see increased turnout in 18? i think it would benefit democrats. in the most recent elections democrats have suffered from a lack of minority and younger voters turning out. they are all democrats but they disproportionally vote democratic. trump might be able to do something that obama wasn't on that's to get people to turnout in the midterm election. it's not because they're voting for him, they feel a sense to vote against him.

this is about voting for more people whom i put a check on the trump administration. democrats are trying to boost in georgia. >> it's troy. my thought is isn't it ironic to say your democratic strategists considering your state is the democratic party? >> host: who are you talking about? >> caller: so many of these people title themselves democratic strategists look

>> host: you're calling it as an independent. >> caller: i tried to tell people i'm not a republican or democrat, and american. i try to vote to make this country better not to make either party better. that's the biggest problem we have going in. >> independents are key. my former boss and colleagues for the great piece about independent voters and if you watch them in midterms and how they're acting and reacting to the president and in the elections, they will be key. independents, the term sometime

become disproportionately center-right because there's persons of the republican party who don't like the direction or the leadership. but independents are critical. about base turnout and about getting runners in the middle. >> host: are there any independent candidates that have a shot? >> guest: in theory independents sounds like a good thing. but, the numbers is difficult. the math is difficult. for an independent with you have to have a collapse of one party. one reason my bernie sanders continues to it is because there's no democratic nominee. remember when joe lieberman lost other formed his own party, there was a republican nominee but it was irrelevant. neither became the de facto nominee so as long as you have

both a republican nominee and democratic nominee, i don't believe there's a lot of space for the independent candidate. >> is there one that came through your door that is been particularly memorable the cycle? >> guest: not the cycle. our system is structurally biased by the two parties. it's easier to get access as a republican or democrat. unless you have your own and for structure can drawn it as an independent candidate, wealthier access to considerable fundraising, it's a must to get your foot in the door. >> and the last thing, you can get a lot of people together to say i don't like republicans or democrats but when you start talking about what your four things start to fray.

because everybody has an idea of what the tax care policy should look at and one last line, marcia has been waiting. good morning. >> good morning. i wanted to say that two things. obama care was simply a band-aid put on to a highly dysfunctional health care system that doesn't work. there was no way that you can just put a band-aid on a huge gaping wound to stop the bleeding. it's a shame our healthcare system is what it is. my other comment is that 40 years ago they said there is one political party in america, is the money party. there are two branches,

democrats and republicans. the sad thing is, america has unlimited potential to be the best, but were not doing it. >> guest: there's a bit of optimism about what the country could become. about obama care, what's remarkable is how the conversation has shifted. when democrats pass that in 2010, you couldn't really get democrats to talk about it or defend the vote, now, because republicans have proposed an alternative that hasn't been popular, democrats are defending it in a way that i haven't seen in years. that's remarkable turnaround. and the point about money, as long as the supreme court has

upheld that spending and campaign of the former freedom of speech, any changes we make in the law in the country are changing how the law has spent, the reality is you could be the best candidate with the best message but if you don't have the money to introduce yourself to voters are probably not to win. >> inside elections, also for roll call.com. i appreciate it. come back and talk to us again. >> thank you. >> c-span's "washington journal", live everyday with

some policy issue that impact too. coming up on wednesday morning, the tax reform bill scheduled to be released on wednesday. joining us is tom mcclintock who will weigh in on the recent indictments. although the service will expand registration to include women. and author of former obama administration talked about his book, impeachment. the citizens guy. watch "washington journal", 7:0. join the discussion. >> tonight on c-span2, officials from facebook, google, and twitter testify on information distributed on social media. the former hhs secretary sylvia burwell in california congressman on the health care system. after that, james mattis and rex tillerson on the authorization to use military force. later, a discussion on the trump administration.

>> next, officials from twitter, facebook and twitter. the topics included russian use of false advertising and micro- targeting. and suggestions for regulation of political advertising on the web. the subcommittee hearing is three hours. no one know. >> thank you. the subcommittee will come to order. i'll make an opening statement.