jason, we will start with you. mr. crowe: yeah, the starting point has to be that that is the people's money. people have paid into that system. they have earned that money over a lifetime of hard work. they deserve to have that money when they retire for a retirement of dignity. my opponent has called that system a ponzi scheme. i think that's reflective of his view. i deeply disagree with that characterization. that's people's hard-earned money so it's time we lift the weight cap so we confirm up that system and give it the solvency it deserves and that we fight against issues like chain cpi that will make it harder and harder for people to pay their living expenses and live in a community with increased cost of living. rep. coffman: i strongly believe we made a commitment to the seniors on social security. we back to that commitment. if there's a problem with the solvency of the fund, it will come from the general fund which will further aggravate the debt. but we made that commitment. one important bill that i voted soci

i get it that jason crowe wants to raise taxes and i understand that. but the fact is, we were losing jobs. u.s. corporations were moving overseas as a result of having a 35% tax rate and the fact is, we were alone in the industrialized world in taxing overseas earnings paying to the host country and then paying again to coming here. we have ended that practice, lower the rates to 21% but also for individuals. we doubled the standard deduction that's not taxed. we increase the child tax credit from $1000-two thousand dollars and lowering the individual rate from 15% to 13%. jason is a big-time attorney who represents some pretty unsavory individuals. i won't go into that. >> let's keep going. let's get another question. >> i want to ask you an open ended question. we are at the midterm elections in many people regard this as a referendum on the current administration, the trump administration. we are two years in my would like you to give me a grade on style and substance. b onwould give a substance. well, a b is kind of hard, maybe a c. i differ on imm

>> in colorado's sixth congressional district, mike coffman is seeking a term against democrat jason crowe. in denver.r a debate it ran just under half an hour. good evening. host.our joining the

jason crow is ahead by a handful. host: political triage, when it comes to ad spending by the party committees, can you talk through that and how to follow the money to understand when the committees and the national parties think these races are going? guest: party committees have to make tough decisions because some races will fall off their map and some races will be latebreaking. colorado 6 is an example of a place the republican congressional committee has stopped spending because they do not see it as a good investment to try to prevent democrats from gaining 23 seats. they see their firewall more aligned with other districts. this districts being added -- district being added to the triage list. host: cap to hear from -- tough to hear if you are the incumbent. guest: some republican incumbents look likely to go down to defeat but still getting help from republicans, including barbara comstock in northern virginia who probably does not have much of a way to reelection but is still receiving some help from person

colorado's sixth district, republican incumbent mike coffin is in the fight of his life against democrat jason crowe. this is a district that hillary clinton won by nine points. mike coughman needs your help tonight. let's head to new mexico. the second district there. a toss-up. both candidates fighting for an open seat in a district that president trump carried by more than ten points. meanwhile, there's many toss-up seats in the great state of texas. look at the 7th district. that encompasses part of houston. john culberson is in a tight race versus lizzy fletcher. in texas, the 23rd district, well herd is favored against democrat gina jones. in texas 31 district, another income ban incumbent john carter is favored. in suburban dallas, a toss-up tweet between pete sessions and democratic lawyer collin alp red. and in you tall, republican rising star mia love has an edge over democrat ben mcadams. we need mia love back in the house. in the state of washington, republican house conference chair, kathy mcmorris rogers has a slight edge over the democrat, lisa brown. an important race. in washington

commitment to run ads for mike coffman who is facing a tough climb against a young veteran candidate jason crowthere are some house seats where democrats are pulling back, so it's not all bad for republicans. it looks even better for them on the senate side. i just talked to a source that pointed out big money groups like the nra and chamber of commerce are pumping last minute cash into montana where the race is tightening and skwraeuter jon tester is fighting to keep his seat in democratic hands. democrats are spending millions to defend the once seat of senator bob menendez in new jersey. he's got a tough challenge there from bob hugin. on the house mostly on defense, on the senate side they're going on offense. >> dana: we had senator hugin but he knew he had a deficit to make up. thank you. republicans are pumping up voter anger in california over the gas tax, pushing campaign to repeal a recent hike of $0.12 a gallon. california drivers now pay $0.55 in state taxes on a gallon of tax. the national average, $0.23. meredith kelly, matt gorman is her counter part. matt, i know you were in cal

closely, and that is colorado, where the incumbent republican mike coffman is trying to stave off jason crowon this district by nine points. coffman ended up winning by double digits. but health care is playing a lot right if they if you go to the balance of power in the house, the current breakdown, 240-195, these are tossed up house seats. if, in the scenario where democrats win every district that hillary clinton won in 2016, plus every house district that she lost by eight points or less, take a look at this. democrats win the house of representatives, 241-194. in that same turnout scenario, again, winning every house district hillary clinton won, everyone that she lost by eight points or less, you go over to the senate, that same turnout gives you republicans 55-45, a net pickup of four. it could be a breakdown at the house and senate, health care is simply one of the issues affecting a lot of races. >> that is why i am here, to let them know that somebody cares. >> i'm excited about this race, excited about the job. >> bret: in florida senate race... republican rick scott pushes back a

so let's go to colorado six where democrat jason crow has a comfortable lead over mike coffman who ismbent. >> yeah. again, this is exactly what i was talking about. this is still a poll with -- it's incomplete at this point. there may be some more numbers that change a little bit, but it's consistent with what i think expectations are in this district. hillary clinton did very well here in 2016. if you have this idea potentially of two kavanaugh effects, this is where you would expect to see this helping democrats and energizing democrats. outside chicago, i said there's some examples there, as well. i think the issue here for democrats is when you start looking at districts that fit this profile, if the overall number they need to hit is 23, you can quickly get yourself past a dozen pick ups that that like they're right there. the question is what is on top of that. >> so let's find another district. here we are, the next one that the upshots reporting on. this one, new jersey 11th. the 11th congressional district is usually a reliably republican district. again, you have to ask you

jason crow is ahead by a handful.ost: political triage, when it comes to ad spending by the party committees, can you talk through that and how to follow the money to understand when the committees and the national parties think these races are going? guest: party committees have to make tough decisions because some races will fall off their map and some races will be latebreaking. colorado 6 is an example of a place the republican congressional committee has stopped spending because they do not see it as a good investment to try to prevent democrats from gaining 23 seats. they see their firewall more aligned with other districts. this districts being added -- district being added to the triage list. host: cap to hear from -- tough to hear if you are the incumbent. guest: some republican incumbents look likely to go down to defeat but still getting help from republicans, including barbara comstock in northern virginia who probably does not have much of a way to reelection but is still receiving some help from personal

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