ms. ferrechio: say donald trump does not win on november 9. say republicans are in the minority, or even the majority. it doesn't matter, there is talk of maybe anger or backlash against leaders, either for not endorsing him or not supporting him enough, not getting behind him, not helping prop up the top of the ticket. what do you foresee in terms of potential backlash post donald trump at the gop establishment, who has along the way, has had a lot of criticism in terms of how they did or did not support him? mr. law: some of that is kind of hard to predict. one of the things we spend a lot of time trying to figure out is whether this particular election and this particular nominee was part of a new direction of the party, or sort of an anomaly. was he able to win the nomination because he cobbled together a small but secure part of the republican base, that while the other candidates were contending against him, had to divide up the rest of the pie, or does he represent some sort of future more populist representation of the party? the party

ms. ferrechio: will she choose merrick garland? you hear from chuck schumer that he will not endorse merrick garland, he says i will talk privately with president clinton, if she wins. there are other possible nominees. the democrats may want someone more liberal as a nominee. the first question we need to ask, who will the nominee be at this point? it's not 100% certain. ms. swain: the story continues, as washington always does. lots more ahead after the election he will be very busy. thank you for being with us this week. thank you. room brings you more debates this week from key races. tonight at 10:00, the pennsylvania senate debate katyen pat toomey and mcginty. followed at 11:00, trey gowdy and chris for daily debate in the south carolina fourth district race. at midnight, the north carolina governors debate between at andury, roy cooper, lawrence issa. and monday night at 8:00, republican senator rand paul and jim gray debate the kentucky senate seat. now until election day, watch key debates on the c-span networks, c-span.o

ms. ferrechio: will she choose merrick garland? you hear from chuck schumer that he will not endorse merrick he will not endorse merrick garland, he says i will talk privately with president clinton, if she wins. there are other possible nominees. the democrats may want someone more liberal as a nominee. the first question we need to ask, who will the nominee be at this point? it's not 100% certain. ms. swain: the story continues, as washington always does. lots more ahead after the election. you will both be very busy. thank you for being with us this week. thank you. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage like this evening from waterfront park in cincinnati for a hillary clinton rally. the race is about to hit the one-week stretch. hillary clinton in ohio focusing on ohio and florida and attempting to turn out the early vote. herecoverage of this rally on c-span this evening. we will follow donald trump. we covered a rally earlier today with donald trump. on the stage comes former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. let's

ms. ferrechio: i would agree. both parties are big spenders. these elections have become increasingly expensive. laws, whenn finance you look at public polling, you bottom of what citizens are concerned about. part of the reason they don't understand the flow of money 's,ween big donors, the pac the candidates, and lawmakers, it is all confusing, even to people following it daily. i think that's one of the reasons why it never moved up on the level of importance for voters. it is talked about every election cycle, but it takes a lot to get movement on campaign finance reform. it is really difficult. the last time congress did anything about it was years ago. i don't see it happening anytime soon, especially if you have the divided government that we are predicting in the fall, and in 2017, where you will have republicans likely holding the house. any effort to move campaign finance there would be practically impossible. ms. swain: that was a good portion of the conversation, not just on mechanics and money, and senate races, but what washington

ms. ferrechio: will she choose merrick garland? you hear from chuck schumer that he will not endorse merrick garland, he says i will talk privately with president clinton, if she wins. there are other possible nominees. the democrats may want someone more liberal as a nominee. the first question we need to ask, who will the nominee be at this point? it's not 100% certain. ms. swain: the story continues, as washington always does. lots more ahead after the election he will be very busy. thank you for being with us this week. thank you. >> c-span brings you more debates this week from key u.s. senate races. monday night at 8:00, rand paul and jim gray debate for the kentucky senate seat. 8:00, thenight at louisiana senate debate between a field of candidates. at 9:00, kelly ayotte and maggie hassan debate for the new hampshire senate seat in now until election day, watch key debates on the c-span networks. listen on the c-span radio app. history unfolds daily. mitt romney was the keynote speaker at a recent summit hosted by the u.s.

ms. ferrechio: say donald trump does not win on november 9.licans are in the minority, or even the majority. it doesn't matter, there is talk of maybe anger or backlash against leaders, either for not endorsing him or not supporting him enough, not getting behind him, not helping prop up the top of the ticket. what do you foresee in terms of potential backlash post donald trump at the gop establishment, who he has along the way, has had a lot of criticism in terms of how they did or did not support him? mr. law: some of that is kind of hard to predict. one of thi