elizabeth: what batya just said, congressman, get back to what the gop agenda is and gop fixes, rightwhy didn't the gop a year ago stipulate, hey, electricity is not green. you had california voters rejecting a plan to subsidize the electric car industry. $90 billion they rejected that. they didn't want that. michigan voters said no to a wind farm. why didn't the gop come out strong say electricity is not green. 80% of it is fossil fuels or nuclear? >> you're exactly right. we didn't do enough to tell the american people that the only way to have the first world that we have for now is to include fossil fuels, particularly natural gas. make the investment in nuclear and other zero emissions and that this idea that you can blow with wind energy or light the world with solar, it didn't work at sundown. it doesn't work when the wind drops off. you know everyone who wants to be legitimately contract considerate to have reliable, affordable fuel have to take the mixed approach. republicans have to say it better. elizabeth: say it better. batya, what the congressman said, the democrats are

the gop didn't do that.hat commitment to america, but, laura, i will read two quick goals -- economy that's strong, a future built on freedom. those are not policy action items. those are just hopes. it's not enough to -- there's not enough meat there on the bone. laura, when you peal back the polling data, it was young voters that gave the democrats the advantage. of all of the age groups, it was genz who delivered for the democrats. i'm not making this up. they mostly live with their parents. they voted 6 % of them for democrats, that's plus 28 points for the democratic party. and may have blunted the red wave that came from other groups. >> laura: i think a lot of the younger people, you know, the lockdown wasn't maybe so bad, right? for them? they got to -- >> hmm. >> laura: got to order uber eats and catch up on the netflix and get their checks. >> the democrats were also very deliberate in their pitch to young people. they offered them drugs, recreational drugs, abortion, paid off student loans. so, th

arm or the georgia gop arm?hat is going on with funding of your campaign? >> well, first of all you know, senator warnock is trying to buy this seat. that is what they did. they got into the runoff, they were trying to buy this seat. i was not going to let them to buy this seat. they may raise more money than i will. i will get more votes than they will. that is the reason we're in a runoff right now. he don't know how to spend his money we can't let him spend our money. i will not let him buy the seat. with the runoff we're only show in town. this is the biggest show in town. everybody is out there with type of scheme, some type of this. let everyone know to go to team herschel.com. we will not let them buy this seat. we'll raise money we need to raise to win the sheet for the great people of georgia. this ♪ senator warnock holds do not belong to him. it belongs to the people. we have to get back to in this country, get back to the people. this is the people's seat. elizabeth: listen to senator mitch mcconnell

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gop keep mitch mcconnell in place?e road ahead as republicans in florida become the stars of the midterm elections. rick scott on the way forward with the probable gop senate. homeland security byron mcdonald's on who exactly holdsn that gavelsi in the house.t is wisconsin senator ron johnson on what oversight is possible now. the investigations and the possibility and a likely smallet gop senate. it iows all here right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ we begin this sunday morninger with a deep dive into why the midterm red wave predicted by so many political pundits did not materialize. as control of the house is stile up for grabs, currently in the a house republicans have 211 seats compared to the democrats with21 205 seats. 218 seats needed to clench a majority. over mocr in the senate, democrats will contain control with a minimum of 50 seats with a georgia still impln y ahead of e runoff in december. all of this coming as americans have been dealing with forty-year high inflation due to president biden's tax an

inside the numbers are striking details that show the strength and breath of the gop advance.iden's approval rating is down two points from august. 71% of voters think the economy is moving in the wrong direction. there has been big movement to the republicans among key voting groups. most strikingly white women living in suburban areas who make up 20% of the voting population now favor the republicans by 15 points, that is a 27-point swing from the last pool in the summer. you also get a good sense of how nervous democrats are feeling about tuesday's results by the patent of campaigning in the final few days before the election. an indication how vulnerable they think it is it's been god's have been out shoring the democratic vote in some of the deepest blue parts of the country. joe biden was in san diego, california, hillary clinton was in new york. you also get a sense of the fear in the increasingly alarmist rhetoric the democrats are using to try to scare voters into voting. rather than talking about the most pressing issues the polls tell us the wrong voters minds, they

at 5:38, nate silver laid odds of the gop taking the senate at 59 out of 100.e. only 37 for the democrats. in two key senate races, the group which often bucks co conventional wisdom, masters was over kelly. last night, the race was called for kelly with the latest tabulation up 5.7. nevada, the republican was up by nearly five over the incumbent, cortez masto. as of today, the lead is less than 1,000 votes or 0.1%. that lead has been steadily dwindling. yet, after midnight election night, nate silver was saying on his podcast, the pollsters seem to have had a pretty good night. joining me now to discuss is a political columnist and data analyst for "the washington post," where his election postmortem piece was sitetitlede early verdict, the polls were okay." if that's the case, if the polls were okay, why was the outcome received as such a surprise? >> well, i think the hype got ahead of the polls. if we forget for just a second about analysis and trying to say which pollster is better than the other pollster, or how are we unskewing this or that or whatever,

the gop-led investigations should center on joe biden.e is the center of the blackhole that america's problems revolve around. a tweet from stephen said regardless of my opinion, it will happen. as citizens, we need to take congressional investigations for what they are, grandstanding. if laws are broken, it should be settled in the courts. congressional investigations are typically just noise. here is a text from dan in pennsylvania. payback for extreme democrats spending and straining limits of the law to push an agenda without regard to the u.s. economy. here is pat from california on a text. the disastrous withdraw from afghanistan and leaving millions of dollars of military equipment should be investigated. whoever gave that advice should never again be allowed to advise a president concerning military strategy. let's talk next to steve in wisconsin, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. just a couple of points. as a former student and then teacher's aide and then lecturer at the univers

must gop foreign policy type support the bush foreign policy. most trade experts are pro- ccp in pro- wto. must gop policy types have sympathy for generous immigration amnesty. desantis and his team will be with memorandum supporting all of these bad ideas. my guest, and it's just a guess right now is that he and any smart serious candidates will consult with everyone and the gop, but avoid the establishmen trap. how can you campaign with a fresh populist message that affirmatively embraces america first policies? that has the best chance of winning, and that is the angled. now all eyes are on georgia, nevada and arizona is the senat majority hangs in the balance i the moment we are expecting a new number out of maricopa county in arizona. joining now is civil rights attorney, chairwoman of the republican national lawyers association. thank you for joining us, i kno you're a little under the weather, but you fight in play through injuries and only, you are down there in arizona, what are you hearing thus far? to get it has been a long day and th

the investigation and the policy goals doable in a likely smaller gop senate.all right here, right now on "sunday morning futures. ". ♪ ♪ maria: and we begin this sunday morning with a deep dive into why the midterm red wave predicted by so many political pundits did not materialize, as control of the house is still up for grabs. currently in the house republicans have 211 seats. compared to the democrats with 205 seats. 218 seats needed to clinch the majority. and over in the senate, democrats will retain control with a minimum of 50 seats with georgia still in play ahead of the runoff in december. all of this coming as americans have been dealing with 40 year high inflation due to president biden's tax and spend policies, an issue most voters said was a top priority. joining us right now to examine the reasons for the lackluster performance by republicans is the former white house senior adviser, stephen miller. thanks for being here. >> absolutely. maria: let's talk about your thinking here. what are the reasons, in your view, the republicans underperformed?

whoever wants to lead the gop should be giving us answers. let's not forget, we've had successes in the history book, 2022 will probably be remembered as the year roe v. wade was overturned. as the near nancy pelosi lost the house. it maybe remembered as the year the democrats lost florida for good. the year that republicans started showing new life in new york, huge victory there. those are great accomplishments. as we've been telling you, it's not enough to keep winning the same states over and over again. we need leaders who want to do better and who can help us grow this movement. we'll look for them until we find them. the conversation starts here tonight. that's the angle. joining me is kellyanne conway. this is kind of a tale of two elections made clear tonight. fox called arizona for katie hobbs who refuse to debate in that race for governor. yet, the gop is flipping seats. i got back from california, flipping seats there. what's your read right now tonight? >> few things, lot has been said in the last week. one thing that hasn't been

the gop finally, narrowly, takes control of the house of representatives blocking biden's progressivenda. but can it actually get anything done? and a cryptocurrency platform goes down, but will ftx's powerful democratic friends look after its well-connected founder? plus, a major democratic-controlled city declares no christmas or hanukkah festivities this year, but you can celebrate black lives matter. we'll be discussing this with sarah westwood and phillip levine, but first, not for the first time in his short political career, donald trump finds himself the object of revulsion in his own ranks. when he first announced his candidacy in 2015, it was greeted with derision by almost the entire conservative political and immediate ya establishment. they declared his limitations would be cruelly exposed s in the disciplines of that national campaign. seven years later, they know better. it wasn't trump who was undone by the realities of republican politics, instead, he bent those to his purpose and brought almost the entire party to heel. but as with any improbably married couple throw

it could be a crowded gop field when he announces.ernor, asa hutchison in just a moment. he's considering a run for the white house. first to palm beach, florida with rich edson on trump's announcement tonight. what should people expect? >> good afternoon, sandra. former president trump says he will go after this for a third time, announcing he's running for president. the folks on his team will only say this is a special campaign announcement and that will not commit to him actually running for president. we'll have to wait and see until he starts this prime time event tonight. a number of republicans asking him not to announce for president. they say given the mid-term season and that december 6th run off in georgia and the potential the democrats are just going to make that run off race, that senate run-off race a referendum on donald trump and he should sit this out at the very least until after that has ended. also, the former president's success rate in highly competitive races during the mid-term season according to fox is 13 o

the last thing i will say, the gop can tolerate a lot from trump, a whole lot.hat they can't tolerate is losing. ironically, with donald trump, the biggest winner, his ultimate achilles heel can be -- >> abortion was also a big part of the midterm cycle. we saw nationally it was the most important issue to voters only after inflation, based on the polling from nbc news. i wonder what you make of abortion victories. we saw five states voting on abortion-related measures. all five seats, including kentucky, every vote went for people who were supportive of abortion rights. what does it say >> it is an issue a majority of americans support some form of abortion rights. yes, they may not support total abortion rights or may support some limits, but they do not want abortion to be outlawed. that is clear when you look at all of these races over and over again. i think some in the media, let's take some blame for that, underestimated how much of a role it would play. it was clear after dobbs there was momentum. i think the momentum had stalled. but clearly, that is no

what is encouraging from the gop's perspective is the gop has deep bench, you mentioned a handful of republican governors. desantis is getting all the credit he deserves for the red wave that happened in his statement in virginia where i live we have governor glenn youngkin, who promised to hold schools accountable, give back power to parents, we have kim reynolds in iowa, kristi noem in south dakota. despite the losses being felt and reckoned with within the gop there's a lot of power to pursue positive policy solutions at the state level and prove to americans why these conservative policies will make their lives better. jackie: policy matters. you we've seen this on both sides, democrats and republicans when trying to get the nomination, all those people are going to get on stage and attack each other, make the case why each is an individual is better than the other. those are the soundbites that play through the course of campaigns and never die in some ways. your thoughts on parties trying to narrow the playing field a little more before things heat up in that way. >> clearly do

even more worrisome, new gop shows they are leading. grand canyon state is where we find former president tomorrow. suffice to say, trace, they realized that odds are stacked against them now. >> kevin corke, back to you a little bit later. >> you bet. >>> let's go in-depth of the arizona's governors race with the republican candidate steadily gaining ground. you can see on the screen he has the advantage over katie hobbes in our latest fox news polling, kerry lake is joining us tonightment so nice to have you and your successes have been amazing to watch. you said this morning that you think this race is pretty much over. we just showed the polls, it is still very tight. i am wondering if you are getting different information. some of your supporters are worried that you may be taking your foot off the gas too early. >> oh no. my foot is, i am speeding down this last seven days as fast as we can. we are doing six to 10 meetings and events in a day, we are not letting up at all. i am heading as soon as this is over to a big rally. we go

on right now as gop senators meet privately for the first time since the midterms. john. >> john: all right, chad pergram for us, watching all of the workings on capitol hill. >> sandra: some of the big names in the republican party are in florida today for the annual republican governor's conference featuring conservative ideas and some potential candidates for the 2024 t presidential campaign. and that is where we find mark meredith, live there in sunny orlando, for us. how much talk is there of 2024 down there. let me guess, a lot. >> sandra, there is some talk of 2024. one governor told me people are certainly talking about it, but it's not been their main focus. good afternoon to you. not really a crystal ball for the republican governors but are braving the heat and humidity down here in orlando so that they can talk about the best way to help move their party forward and talk about ways to solve problems they think voters care most about. the big headliner at this year's conference is going to be florida governor ron desantis. he is due to be here later this

and that is how the gop won the south. what was their strategy do that. now today we're going to talk about different versions of southern strategies that benefit different groups, even democrats. so thinking about that. i was trying to position bill brock within this constellation of actors who engineered the southern strategy and situate him within them and thinking about really i guess what are some different ways that frame the southern strategy? and also i began to wonder what what is it? is it useful anymore. has it become so ingrained systemically in the institutions that. it's not just regional strategy that benefits a particular group or individual politically. right. and so, you know, i think maybe i'll start off by i have a little script here. so that's in general framing here for what i was thinking about. but the script goes a little bit like this that i was thinking and this really happened so father a committed massachusetts liberal called me and just the other day and said that he had a solution to, the nation's problems. he had solved it.

at this hour, cbs estimates the gop will win at least 214 seats and democrats, 210.ut a majority requires 218 seats, and neither party will reach that number until a handful of closely contested districts finish counting. cbs news senior national correspondent mark strassmann has more from atlanta. >> reporter: for days to come, many states will still tally ballots. but the biggest midterm winner is already clear -- democracy. it held without mobs in the streets, without violence, despite all the election denialism out there. >> are you ready to take this state back? >> reporter: arizona's gubernatorial race between republican kari lake and democrat katie hobbs could still go either way. lake, a trump protege accuses election officials of slow-rolling returns. reality check -- no state counts all ballots by midnight election day. >> we're not doing anything wrong at all. and that someone from here would suggest we are doing something wrong, that's frustrating. >> reporter: on the same ballot in arizona, republican senate candidate blake masters has yet to concede. he

last time the chamber flip to the gop.ork to basically hijack the abbas investigation with bogus investigations and subpoenas. the trump cult of 2022 looks to be doing the same to president biden because what when republicans campaigned on things like cam crime, immigration, we found out this week that the first focus of their newfound oversight powers will be hunter biden. yes. the republican james coleman is soon to be chair of the house oversight committee made it clear in the party's first press conference after winning control of the chamber. now the trump is running for office again, house republicans talk right priorities are to attack president biden and his son. now, quick note here, we don't know whether hunter biden is in real trouble or not not. we don't know if he has done wrong or even committed crimes are not. but to make hunter biden the focus of republicans first press conference to skew the campaign promises and focus on the partisan investigations of political opponents and the family members of politica

to what do you attribute the rather lackluster performance by the gop? >> well, you're absolutely right. it was not a red wave. even though i'm disappointed in that outcome, it's refreshing that democracy really demonstrated it's alive and well and working and the people spoke loud and clear as to their direction that they wanted to go in their state. and so, it wasn't a big gop wave. i think there's a couple lessons from it. first of all, candidates matter. you know, you have candidates that were not able to pick up independents and could not win in a general election. and if the gop learns anything, let's have those that we support in a primary capable of winning a general election, capable of winning the suburben vote and attracting independence. and we have to expand our base and not contract our base. and so that's a key point. >> well, on that point, i mean, there were some republicans who simply were not electable in competitiv states. for example, pennsylvania where you had a trump-endorsed -- and michigan -- trump-endorsed election deniers. to w

lectured the priority be for gop leadership.ch mcconnell wants to quit deal for us with chuck schumer and conservatives are saying that way a second, you know, what about the principles we care about? >> herschel: i think the first thing you should think about is we the people up. not we the government and that is the problem we have. that is one reason i decided to run. i just saw that the georgia people, the people of the united states were being mistreated. they are spending our money. they made us unsafe by giving up our energy and they have this border wide open and you hear chuck schumer talking already about bringing more people in. we got to secure the sport and right now fentanyl is killing a lot of our young people. 18 to 45. i think you need new leadership. we need new leadership all the way about. that is the reason i said i'm going to washington. i'm going as a leader because i represent the people of georgia. that is all. i don't care about anything else. right now, the people of georgia and the people of the unite

a likely candidate was asked today if there's a gop civil war. >> no. finished this election. okay? people need to chill out a little bit on this stuff. seriously. we just ran an election. >> there may be a little less family involvement in mr. trump's third bid. his daughter ivanka says she loves and supports her father but does not plan to be involved in politics this time. it sounds like she's had enough. charles? >> charles: i think a few people might sit this one out. president trump already looking ahead to the next election. many are wondering if he should be looking at this one. the former president boosting 35% of candidates and highly competitive mid-term races. so will president trump have a tough time securing the gop nomination? with me now, independent women's forum kelsie bolar and democratic strategist sarah norman. kelsey, it was interesting last night watching president trump, the tone, you can call it presidential, avoiding certain things. he didn't bring up the election of 2020 being stolen and he didn't bring up ron desantis. so he

you're at a political rally for michigan gop candidates. can you name a michigan gop candidate?xon was not your first choice? no, no, ryan kelly was. but you're accepting your second choice here in the results of the electoral process up to this point. yes. yeah. to be honest-- i'm not gonna lie-- that's how i feel. that's just how the electoral process works. sometimes the person you want to win doesn't get enough votes, and you accept it and you move on? -yes. -yes. who do you think won the last election? -trump! -yeah. part of what makes michigan so interesting is the variety of creative ways the gop worked around democracy, including fake primary ballot signatures, fake electors, and plots to hide those electors overnight in the capitol. still, they maintain they're about one thing-- -election integrity. -election integrity. the democrats are so good at rigging elections, why didn't they win against trump? they weren't good enough at it. the second time around, with biden, they perfected it. democrats did crafty stuff like sending in fake electors? -oh yeah. -right? it's all

cbs news projects the gop winning at least 218 seats in what will be a slim majority. it's a narrower margin than what many expected before the midterm elections. earlier this week republican lawmakers nominated kevin mccarthy to lead their party meaning that he will now likely be the next speaker of the house. a formal vote is still needed when the new congress convenes in january. elise preston is in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the nominations come as the gop is divided over its future after an underwhelming midterms and former president trump's announcement for a 2024 white house run. republicans are taking a victory lap after narrowly clinching control of the house. >> one party democrat rule in washington is finished. we have fired nancy pelosi. >> reporter: on fox news channel's "hannity" gop leader kevin mccarthy downplayed challenges to a potential house speakership after his fractured caucus voted to nominate him this week. current house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to address her future plans today, but some ho

the gop makes no sense in the need to read the room.ere is a text from joan in minnesota that says, the dems hounded president trump from the day he was elected and most of it was false. so, yes, the biden family and the doj should be investigated for wrongdoing and their hatred. it is not revenge but finding the true facts. let's hear next from eric in vermont, independent line. caller: hi. i do not agree with any of these so far. i think the republican party needs to take a look at themselves and get some integrity back in there. it is pretty sad, the fact that they get offended when donald trump messes up some eight times and lies to everyone and now they are like children doing a, "you did this to me so i am going to try to find something to do to you" kind of deal and i do not think most americans want to put up with that. host: kelly is next in north carolina, republican line. caller: hi. host: hi. caller: i am ready for all of these investigations. when the people find out the truth, they are going to be so shocked. they will not

you're starting to hear from gop leaders, folks elected by gop committee people, elected by gop votersent and they're looking for something different here in pennsylvania in a swing state that's been suffering for a number of years. i think the comments chris christie made the other week were right on point in terms of what folks are going to be saying about donald trump's candidacy is that he said, look, we're going to be tired of winning. a lot of folks at least in pennsylvania are tired of losing. >> we could have had the exact same combination in, say, february 2021, post january 6, post the loss in those georgia runoff elections, post some republicans at the time coming out and denouncing trump from mitch mcconnell on the senate floor to others, but it changed. kevin mccarthy went to mar-a-lago, other candidates asked -- begged in circumstances for his endorsement. why do you believe it's different now? i mean, is it really the electoral losses? >> it's not just the electoral losses. i believe it's the -- it's kind of the will of the electorate on the gop side, right? back then, y

he sets the gop senate strategy.s famously obstructionist approach to both obama and biden which apparently did not prove popular in these key races last week. and while mcconnell did publicly question the quality of the more extreme maga candidates, he knows the buck stops with the leader, especially a long time leader like himself. that's why tonight's news is striking. it's an official challenge within the republican party, within the senate caucus to mcconnell's leadership. mcconnell has this official challenge now as the top republican in the senate from a fellow senator, florida republican rick scott. so he is making big waves. this is the big story as the senate is now set, unlike the house. and he will run against mcconnell for leader. now, as everyone knows from "the wire", when you come at the king, you best not miss. because mcconnell will surely punish and ice out any republicans who oppose him if he does. he's held power for 15 years, precisely by knowing how to use power. it is notable the attempt to ta

casting their gop opponents as extremists. >> it's a choice.n two vastly different visions of america. >> truth and facts and logic and reason and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. >> reporter: across the keystone state, former president trump appeared with gop ticket mates dr. mehmet oz and doug mastriano blasting democrats on the economy, crime and immigration. >> if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream, then this tuesday, you must vote republican in a giant red wave. >> reporter: pennsylvania is one of five toss-up races that could decide control of the u.s. senate, along with georgia. >> i'm going to keep fighting the good fight. >> reporter: where democratic senator raphael warnock is locked in a statistical tie with gop senate nominee herschel walker. >> you got to vote for something new. you got to vote for something new and historic. >> reporter: the former football star teamed up with former south carolina governor nikki haley and florida senator rick scott. >> yo

a possible red wave for the gop. i'm dagen mcdowell in for harris and you are in "the faulkner focus." republicans appear ton winning on inflation, crime and immigration and hurting democrats. republicans are predicted to take the house, 236 total seats, net gain of 23 seats. for the democrats to hold onto power they would now need to win all 26 toss-up races. the best case scenario for democrats right now not so great. a small majority for republicans. the best case for house republicans 249 seats to democrats 186. that's the kind of shift which could be very meaningful. >> it's clear that republicans have the political-momentum one week before election day. biden districts are moving in the lean republican category. >> the govern majority for republicans. not a squeaker night where then you have to find a couple democrat votes to pass anything. a larger governing majority than speaker pelosi has had for the first two years on the biden presidency. >> races in georgia, arizona, nevada and pennsylvania for the senate

meanwhile barring any major surprises on the house side, yep, the gop, could be tight, could be 220,be 224, but at least right now all-pro jackss would suggest that kevin mccarthy and the gop will send nancy pelosi packing from the speaker's office. >> when you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. [cheers and applause] >> the american people are ready for a majority that will offer a new direction. that will put america back on track. republicans are ready to deliver it. >> and now's the chance to do just that. meantime let's look at some of the high profile gubernatorial races around the country, brian kemp no problem beating stacey abrams in georgia again. beto o'rourke in texas facing off with greg abbott losing again. but the news wasn't all bad for the democrats as far as gubernatorial races were concerned. kathy hochul and gretchen whitmer both beat their republican opponents despite tighter than expected races. a runoff likely in the great state of georgia, it could change but unlikely between now and then. we'll also keep a ve

most gop trade policy experts are pro ccp and pro world trade organization, and most gop policy types have sympathy for generous immigration amnesty. to santos and his team. >> they will be flooded with memoranda supporting all of these bad ideas. but my guess, and it's just a guess right now, is that disinterest in any smart, serious candidate will consult with everyone in the gop but avoid the establishment trap. i'm thinking a campaign with a positive, fresh populist message that affirmatively embraces america first policies that has the best chance of winning. and that's the angle. all right. now all eyes are on georgia, nevada, and arizona as the senate majority hangs in the balance any moment now, we are expecting a new number out of maricopa county in arizona. joining me now is harmeet dhillon, civil rights attorney , chairwoman of the republican national lawyers association. harmeet , first of all, thank you for joining us . i know you're a little under the weather, but you fight and play through through injury and illness. so thank you so much. you're down there in arizona. w

. >> blake masters came out on top in a brutal gop primary thanks to part to the backing he receivedrom former president trump and his support for the false conspiracy theory about the 2020 election being stolen, but he softened that stance once he was pitted against senator kelly in the general election. so do you think ultimately that would hurt blake masters with trump supporters? >> yeah, i don't know that it hurt him with trump supporters much, but he did sort of go back and forth rhetorically on this a bit after their october debate. president trump actually called him and told him to sort of change his language back again, and he did see sort of a pivot from blake masters just to sort of put more corners on his language around the idea that the 2020 election was unfair, as he liked to put it. i don't think that's what cost l him. i think it was the independent voters of whom there are plenty in arizona who just were not going to vote for blake masters. >> and perhaps of those independent voters did it also speak to a trump fatigue, their support for senator kelly? >> you know,

donald trump's fault, there was one red wave in florida where ron desantis created his own one-man gopandslide is see the future of the republican party or maybe the country? what about the democrats will biden took a victory lap but still dissatisfied with his presidency and his party will he change course in the next two years? this time it seems no one stole any elections is a republican better shape than we thought? will be talking about all this and more my guest this week charles hurt and laura curran. they are still counting votes in some parts of the country in georgia will have another runoff in a few weeks time but we know enough about the midterms to draw significant conclusions. first republicans appear to be poised to take control of the house of representatives. it is a thin margin and we still don't actually know whether there will be a majority but if it is a be smaller than the one nancy pelosi's democrats have had for the last two years but is still a majority all the same in order to bring an end if happens to joe biden to the left's efforts to remake america some st