as you can see from the map here, you can see the political position. 18 of the 19 are either tied or currently leaving. we have spent 25 million the first half of the year. we are defending so much territory. you look in iowa, south carolina and in mexico. we have taken these from single-digit to double digits. it has allowed us to play a little more offense the democratic states. three that were not competitive that now are.

baker is down five. it is a very expensive primary. we're going to have this. currently the former governor had this by six and a points. there are nine that i would describe that the most competitive. republicanwith incumbents. there is a tremendous pickup as theyity in illinois

had reference. you just put these down. florida and ohio has been to the biggest turnarounds as any governor in the country. four months ago rick scott have this on the valid. he had $17 million. ohio they issued a republic in the mid-30's. strong director cinnamon in the state. we are also in a strong position. sector they care a lot about. they will be competitive. our two most challenging

defenses are states where they have records. there will be challenges for republicans. committed. three pickup opportunities i mentioned to you. in a tremendous turnaround. the rga has put 3 million in. it is a very important summit raise. connecticut we have had three polls. only numbers are soft. we have a repeat of four years ago. it likely to be the nominee running against governor malloy.

is going togo this be a highly competitive race. as was about 6 million bucks. by 12 points. job approvals were about 30. there is a right number. strong or wrong direction sentiment. in fbinder investigation. i am optimistic for several reasons. financially we have the ability

to spend $100 million over the last hundred days. the political environment is good. it is getting good. you look at the senate map. states like louisiana where they are distancing themselves. we have a great senate candidates. they are reinforcing one another from the standpoint. there are or state where are candidates for governor are running. or two point. that is in iowa, south carolina. states theye four

have and will continue to engage in. our governors are getting result in the states are getting in the right direction. >> they've made job creation job number one. voters are giving them credit. defend 22 ofg to 36 races, we have governors who are either tied or currently leading or in strong position to maintain the majority. you want to say a couple of things before we do questions? >> on the president of the republican state leadership committee, we have the fortune of playing in all 50 states.

we are underneath all of the races that you see here today. we are fortunate the operational capacity and execution leads to these other committees, and the data front and ground operation is the kind of thing that we see and feel on a day-to-day basis. we thank you for the leadership you have an commend you. we are spread across 50 states. in each of the three branches of government. we are close to the ground. we are able to hear a lot of the feedback that is out there. and catch the wind, and understand what they localized conditions are. because of our edge -- our execution in that, we have opportunity based on the factors my colleagues have discussed. to give you a finer point, we are going to start our legislative national meeting beginning tomorrow. 93 liters from 50 states. the largest collection of state

leaders in history. we have an opportunity this cycle not only to exceed our all-time highs of legislative chambers, but to get a super majority of legislative majorities across the country. think of that. a super majorities across the country. that is achievable and it is right around the corner. we want to do that anyway that not only makes them leaders now and effective, and helps the governors, and the federal offices out there, but to put them on an escalator to make sure that we are putting our best foot forward. we have 750 new women candidates and candidates of diverse ethnicity. they are able to interface with their constituents and their voters through new mediums that the rnc is taking the leadership on, and we are parting with our friends -- and we are partnering

with our friends to have their top level domain. there is great opportunity right now to have those folks get into office and make a tangible difference. if you look at the maps of congress and the u.s. senate right now, more than half of those have served in local offices. in each of our races, not only do we want to make sure that we are getting the best possible talent to execute at the state level now, but folks that create form for these two compete down the line. we are looking for the next governors, senators, the next president. each one of those representatives in congress right now are either a republican that we have helped move through the leadership, escalation to higher office, or a democrat that we could have spent less money in defeating them at the state level. that's our goal.

wipe out the next generation of democrats. i will do the courtesy of not going through the 7500 races that we have in front of us this year. i'm happy to talk about it afterwards. i will turn it back to mike. [inaudible] [inaudible question] tothis impact is one similar president bush had. i haven't done a race by race comparison. i think you saw from historic gallup polling that they are in a similar neighborhood. -- historical trends

are powerful things to get away from. some folks say they don't count anymore. i think they do. 50's,ok going back to the no president has picked a seat in their second term. 1950 they lost six seats. i think this president, his unpopularity is going to be a real drag. you will hear talk of legacy brands, both that on the legislation, they are tied to a legislative agenda that is unpopular. directed ant has political career. and their political resume to get rehired in the same job. have and even worse view of congressional republicans.

what do persuadable voters do if that is their choice? >> it is important to see that slide this in the message of the president. that hunk ofg votes right now. it is important we have a positive agenda that highlights the incompetence of this administration, but offers an alternative. campaign is in the process of developing. this election is going to be driven about where things are. presidential elections are about midterm elections about the present. the present is going to be driving this election. our candidates have to present a credible alternative as a candidate, have to have the resources not to outspend the democrats, we are not going to do that, and have enough money to get out an alternative message that says there is a

different direction to go here. follow-up, it illinois, the white house has already said the president is poised to help governor quinn, they had breakfast together, can you assess what the impact will be in this big battle? >> that remains to be seen. it is pretty clear, governors races are a little different from senate and congressional races. voters view them through a different lens. there are more local issues involved. illinois is the state with the largest unfunded liability per capita of any state. it is a fiscal train wreck. the most recent public polling 10 peoplehan two in

that think the state is moving in the right direction. rough.ce is really we've got a great change argument to make. we got a great candidate. the president can come in and campaign wherever he wants. , think these governors races the one area where we seem the obama impact in governors races is on the intensity question. you saw that slide that ron pointed out. without question, whether it is congressional races, gubernatorial races, republican voters are simply more motivated right now. >> thank you. a two-part question. we have yet to hear anybody talk about the tea party. how is that going with senate races?

the cousin of senate races, there are third-party and libertarian candidates on the ballot. how do libertarians affect the race? how do third parties affect the chance of picking up the six? >> that's actually a three-part er. grassrootshe they are already tough. if you look at the races, tough primary in iowa, and the republican team came together. mitch mcconnell had a tough primary. you see his polling going in the right direction as a result. the republican base coming home. the for-profit conservatives in

d.c., we are never going to get along with them. at least this cycle. aere are some that will have role to play in the general election. ite of the louder voices, doesn't help their bottom line to get along with us. they choose not to. where we can work together we will. i think at the grassroots level that intensity is only moving in the right direction as we get more and more primaries. we have exciting primary candidates coming this fall. i feel pretty good about where we are with that. what was the second part? >> third parties. 2002was on the ground in were libertarian candidates was spending his can tame -- campaign. i understand the impact personally.

it is a challenge. it is something that we factor in. it is incumbent upon us to model our research and polling accurately so that we can build elections and political plans that allow us to win. we would love to get their support, even if they are libertarian or otherwise ideological bent. we're going to try to talk to them in a way that we can get their support. look at the senate right now, it is a very diverse group of folks. we have a lot of senators, national leaders who can speak to certain segments of the population that may not be whatever word you want to do. classic establishment republican. wehink it is incumbent that recognize the many voices in the senate and see where everyone fits in and put in the work. great news about that is our senators are streaming gauge.

that is one shock coming from the house side. how willing they are to step up. attack the democrats jodi ernst. that is something i wouldn't discount. >> from a national party perspective, i've been through election cycles were based was not motivated. ifhink coming out of 2012, we have been a party that was quiet and didn't have a verbose conversation it would have been bad for republicans. we have had that family conversation. some has been in primaries. what has come out as a motivated base. you look at the polling we showed you, this is the tribute at the end of the project. there is a few competitive primaries left. we are through that phase of the

election cycle. what you're going to see is support for publicans up and down through these races down with a very motivated group of republicans that are going to turn up and vote, and i not as of a group of republicans -- democrats. we are in a good position because we have a motivated base. >> we are seeing the tea party enthusiasm swing behind the republicans. , ben't mean to blanket critical of the groups. there is a lot of energy at the state and local level who are registering voters, talking to their neighbors, and doing a really impressive job. if you see them leave through these races, sometimes there's this national group that is here. they'd understand the local levels, the enough fake it -- focusing on a house race.

[inaudible question] >> is a much smaller playing field because of redistricting. people are in the district where they belong. field in 2010 was over 100 races, and 12 we are around 75. 50 is pushing it in terms of what is competitive. 50 would be pushing it on how many are actually in play this cycle. it has made the field much smaller. >> that's exactly it. >> you use the term community organizing, doing data mining, trying to get out voters. when a how sarah palin

disparaged it. obama -- areg the you emulating the obama ground game? >> we are reinventing the republican party for elections. we had a technological leap on the democrats and we had is a a superior ground game. those were two areas we need to improve coming out of the 2012 elections. our goal is not to catch them. it is to surpass them. this is a space race. they leapfrog one another when it comes to how robust and efficient their ground game can being. i always say the democrats put sputnik.-- but nic

we can put a man on the moon. it's not a matter of emulating. it is a matter of surpassing. [inaudible question] if you look at the growth and opportunity report there is a section on what we could have done better, we needed to do better from a mechanical perspective. the person running our latino voter outreach program ran the 2004. we've also looked and seen where we could do things where we have done before and with the right resources towards it. i think we are building a modern political party to win in the 2014 elections based on what we see that we can do to help koppelman the great things that our colleagues are doing to take advantage of the political winds blowing in our direction. >> thank you for coming. i appreciate you being here. we lookpress office,

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none of this is an accident. it's thanks to your resilience, resolve, and hard work that america has recovered faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on earth. now we have the opportunity to ensure that this growth is broadly shared. our economy grows best not from the top-down, but from the middle-out. we do better when the middle class does better. so we have to make sure that we're not just creating more jobs, but raising middle-class wages and incomes. we have to make sure our economy works for every working american. my opportunity agenda does that. it's built on creating more jobs, training more workers, educating all our kids, and making sure your hard work pays off with higher wages and better benefits. on thursday, i traveled to delaware to highlight how we're trying to create more good, middle-class jobs rebuilding america: rebuilding roads and bridges, ports and airports, high-speed rail and internet.

this week, vice president biden will release a report he's been working on to reform our job training system into a job-driven training system. and i'll visit a community college in l.a. that's retraining workers for careers in the fast-growing health care sector. because every worker deserves to know that if you lose your job, your country will help you train for an even better one. in recent days, both parties in congress have taken some good steps in these areas. but we can do so much more for the middle class, and for folks working to join the middle class. we should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full-time has to live in poverty. we should fight for fair pay and paid family leave. we should pass commonsense immigration reform that strengthens our borders and our businesses, and includes a chance for long-time residents to earn their citizenship. i want to work with democrats and republicans on all of these priorities. but i will do whatever i can, whenever i can, to help families like yours. because nothing's more important to me than you -- your hopes,

your concerns, and making sure this country remains the place where everyone who works hard can make it if you try. thanks so much, and have a great weekend. >> good morning, i'm steve scalise, representative of louisiana's first congressional district and incoming house majority whip. i'm speaking to you from the old house chamber, the same room where abraham lincoln once served as a member of congress. and i'm just steps from where house republicans are working to build a stronger economy and a better future. this is certainly a long way from jefferson, louisiana -- a town on the banks of the mississippi where my wife jennifer and i are raising our two young children. i'd like to talk to you today about something near and dear to me, and that's hard work. only in america, can a boy born in a single-room cabin in rural kentucky work hard and become the 16th president of the united states. and only in america, can the great-grandson of an italian immigrant who came to the united states as an indentured servant, work hard and be elected by his

colleagues to serve as the majority whip of the house of representatives. because of my great-grandparents' sacrifices, i was born into a middle-class family in new orleans. growing up, i was taught the value of hard work. i worked at home depot to help pay my way through lsu, where i became the first in my family to graduate college. from an early age, i was taught that this is just what you do -- work hard, play by the rules and never give up. it's what's made america the greatest country on earth. that's a lesson democrats in washington don't seem to understand. they think every problem can be solved by raising taxes and borrowing money we don't have to grow an already bloated federal government. and where has this gotten us? on the president's watch, the number of americans age 16 and over who are not working has jumped to a record 92 million. that's about 10 million more americans not working than when president obama took the oath of office. hard-working taxpayers know we can do better. because when americans work

hard, there's nothing we can't accomplish. here's an example. if you look at the regions in the country with the lowest unemployment rates, many have energy-based economies. i'm proud to represent one of them -- the houma-thibodaux area, which boasts a 3.7 percent unemployment rate. in southeast louisiana, someone can graduate high-school and get an entry-level job making over $60,000 a year producing american energy. american energy brings billions into our economy, increases our nation's energy security, and helps lower gas prices at the pump. the american people know energy is the best way to jumpstart our economy. but democrats running washington don't seem to get it. they block bill after bill that would expand energy production, would lower gas prices, and create jobs. as a matter of fact, there are nearly 300 house-passed bills collecting dust in the senate today more than 40 of them specifically focused on creating jobs. these include popular bipartisan projects like the keystone xl pipeline -- something the

president's own administration says will create 40,000 jobs. washington democrats have said no to legislation to rein in the size of government, no to fixing our broken tax code, and no to lower health care costs... every time they say no -- every time they pick their interests over yours -- they hold our economy hostage, and with it, our chance to make sure our kids will have that same shot at the american dream. the president likes to say he can makes things happen with a pen and a phone. well, what will it be, mr. president? will you put down the pen and stop trying to rewrite laws you don't like, and instead pick up the phone and call on senate democrats to get to work passing those good bipartisan jobs bills? will you help us make real progress, or will you sit by and encourage more gridlock and more politics as usual? it's your call. we stand ready to work with you to solve our nation's problems. in the meantime, we'll be here in the house continuing to work hard for the american people. thank you for listening.

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