new republican senator.u put that together? you are a democrat, elected where you were elect did. yet the state looks like it is going very red. >> the state is so different than any one pocket. southwest ohio, the city of cincinnati, the eastern suburbs of our county up to warren county, it is trending blue. and it is a lot of folks who i think, regardless of political affiliation, are done with the kind of chaos and extremism that i think voters across the country rejected. one of the reasons why we didn't see or aren't seeing this big red wave, folks are really, you know, wanting a new generation of leaders who are going to work together and be done with all of the nonsense. there is just so much at stake. i think the expectation is that we get to work. judy: discuss what congressman chabot's position were that hurt him. what were the arguments that you de thaton ratesedh i had a provn track record. i had built a broad coalition, republicans, democrats, independents, to pass the preschool promise, which i

the trump candidates drive down the republicans? -- drag down the republicans? [overlapping chatter] >> we needed help. >> there were different places. but you look at places like michigan, the democrats had good incumbents. who withstood trends. but the whole state seemed to move. whether it was just the top of the ticket, governor whitmer, the abortion referendum, or more broadly issues that brought out college-educated individuals, you saw this trend that pulls -- at polls across the way. virginia actually, republicans did well in virginia broadly speaking. abigail spanberger did a lot better. winning, but winning by a very small amount. you saw strong movements at some of the top of the ticket races. some going the other way. i think you see it in some states. >> do we have any states where you had a weak or maga-y senate candidate and no governor running? arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, georgia all had both, right? so maybe the answer is that we don't have a good test, because of a lot of these states also having a strong gubernatorial candidate, too. so it

arizona is where is--losing republican votes a lot faster than republican voters. republicans are very split in arizona when it comes to donald trump. he is not overwhelmingly popular in arizona. he did not win arizona in 2020. by having him back candidates for the republican ticket in arizona is a gamble for the republican party. host: a republican in arizona, mike in cave creek. good morning. caller: yes. should i go ahead? guest: -- host: yes sir. caller: ok. i notice when they were discussing the audit and the vote count etc., i have watched the actual audit and it looked to me like -- the security -- host: we are going to work on your audio so stay on the line because you were going in and out a little bit there. as we tried to do that, david in flowery branch, georgia, republican. good morning. caller: yes, i have it question about the strategic oil reserve. donald trump had it for at 50% a gallon when he left office. -- at $.50 a gallon when he left office. but joe biden said we will defend taiwan and china tax, why are we releasing the strategic oil reserve

republican line. good morning. caller: i voted republican. have to say that as much as i did vote republican tonight are last night, have to say, the -- party is dead, it is dying. it is no coming back. i am ok with that. the problem is, is the rest of the country ok with that? that is all i can say. host: ready think that leads to your governor if he decides to run for president? caller: i would vote desantis because that would take the smaller people. i would rather have him then donald trump. i would speak for pretty much every floridian. we are trying to not divide the countries. ron desantis opened the borders when covid hit. it hit us hard. desantis opened up the borders. i am sorry. i am having a little trouble hearing. host: it is ok. democrats line. caller: i voted democrat. i voted the state democratic ticket all the way down. the republican party has been taken over by trump and his wackos. i just feel we need a new direction in this country that somebody should take. republican party to be a pretty good party at one time. what has

seats the republicans get. i will have one other seat to add new hampshire is very interesting, right? now, because it does not expect to be strong challenge from maga, republican, to a democratic senator, but the only there is it was the democrats who funded the republican mag this campaign to some extent where he's boosted his campaign because they thought he would be easier to beach now it looks like he may well beach, the democratic incumbent in the senate shades of when the country folks in 2016 were rather hoping the donald trump to be the republican candidate because i thought he'd be easier to beat another one of those questions that can be asked about how much the democratic leadership of nouns ok, she have, thanks very much. i'm going to get the final word to elizabeth. i can out. she's in washington dc. i just before i give you the final one on the quick, far round to get an idea from you as to who you think will win some of these races that we're going to be looking at. some of the key races i get,

republicans will still be able to filibuster most legislation. republicans holding the house means that reconciliation, the main way they were getting around filibusters to past weeks ending bills, is effectively off the table. not much can happen aside from 2020 for messaging. over the next couple of years -- the big thing for the president retaining the senate is viewed should be able to fill vacant seats in the cabinet and dish area as long as he can get unanimous democratic support. host: brenda, pennsylvania, democrats' line. caller: i wanted to talk about donald trump's campaign strategy. his strategy in 2016 was to spend months condemning the electoral college at rally after rally, he called the electoral college a rigged system. it was unfair, should be done away with one person, one vote. his supporters jumped on the bandwagon. they called for the electoral college to be done away with. they were complaining so loudly that washington journal actually had at least one colin showed dedicated to that topic. every republican caller said the

it strikes me that republicans back republicans, democrats back democrats. the anticipation that republicans were so democrats were so soured on biden they would break republican. it might be even if they broke evenly, that was enough to help democrats just hold off in some of these close races. i don't know, to me, the story about the independent voter, and what they want, is really something to dig into. >> we may have under polled young people. i think there's something happening because i'm hearing from people who are still standing in line on campuses waiting to vote. biden perform for young people when you talk about student loan stuff, marijuana, climate. there is that concern about abortions out there. we miss something. whether the independent voters or the young voters or something out there. but i cenk we're gonna look at tomorrow morning, something is gonna go back more in their direction. i think everybody is gonna look in the mirror and say i don't think we understand what the american people are going to. this much economic pain should have re

that republicans won't be pushed through republican agendas over the next few years?uest: i don't think so. let's assume that the republicans have narrow control of the house. i think with a would be very well-served to do is doing limited things, being slow-moving in the things they do. they represent majority opinion on immigration, i think they should focus on that. they should focus on responsible dealing of the white house on the annual appropriations fund and i think they should be very limited in this of oversight that they would perform, which is to say that things that should be investigated, particularly the crisis out of order, but let's not turn a four seat majority into a witchhunt at the white house. that is not what independents. want. host: we've already heard some republicans say if they take the house they were going to open investigations into the border, into the withdrawal from afghanistan, into the presence some. -- presidents son. are you advising them not to do that? guest: i think they should open investigations at the border. in the united ki

not the republicans.ould like to encourage all of my fellow will roger democrats in the independence to please vote democrat this year. it is so essential. host: what did you do for a living? caller: i am 74 years old and retired. i worked as a painter, but i have a college degree, and i fell in love with my craft, and right now, i just know, and i went through the political turmoil of the 1960's when they assassinated our president

garcia wins it for the republicans. ten minutes before this call, one other unresolved race was finalized in the second district of maine where they do a runoff. the democrat won there. so what you see is outside of those two races that have been called in the last ten minutes, these are the remaining outstanding house races. the question for republicans is, because yes, they will have a majority. they would like to have the smallest amount of pad to that. so where else on this list of now only seven uncalled seats could republicans pick up? there are a few here. the third district here, which is basically the population goes from sacramento to the sierra nevada. the republicans leading in the tally here. we're waiting on an update, probably later in the week from this district. so it may still be a few days before we know. but republicans believe we can hold on to the third district. so that is potentially one republicans could get. but there's also the third district of colorado that's lauren boebert's district. she l

to the republicans., new york. john. the democrat. caller: i've been working for the postal service for almost 50 years, still working there. i want to tell the american people that the postal service takes mail-in ballots very seriously. we treat them like gold. the american people would expect nothing last. i just wanted to assure the people, i have been there 50 years. 50 years ago we hardly got any mail-in ballots. i want the american people to know they can trust the postal service. we treat these ballots like gold. i vote by mail, i will continue to vote by mail. the american people can depend and rely on the postal service to treat this as seriously as possible. going into the future we will continue to treat mail-in ballots like gold because that is what the postal service does, we do our job for the american people and you can trust the postal service. host: that is john in liverpool, new york. we mentioned president biden at the g20 summit in indonesia and he is taking questions from reporters

if it's a tiny republican majority, he doesn't just have to win a majority of the republicans, he hashit 218 votes, which means he could lose a couple republicans. let's assume it's a tight margin. that gives people like jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene -- i would say boebert, but it looks like she's not going to make it through -- real power to extract concessions for their votes or to simply pick another candidate. this is where you have a real opportunity. i will say this to my democratic colleagues if they are in the minority and it's close. maybe to look for a moderate republican that you can stomach and get democrats to vote for that person with concessions. see if you can peel off a couple republicans. you have a real opportunity for an interesting dynamic that never occurs. i don't expect that to happen. i'm just putting that bug in people's ear. look, on terms of things like the debt limit, kevin mccarthy, assuming he is speaker, will have to reach out to democrats or he will not be able to pass anything. i have lived through this. i have lived through when you have the fre

i don't want to exaggerate the republican defeat.f the republicans seem very likely to seize control of the house of representatives, then uh, i assure you that very soon, and they will be tried and their leader, trump, will be tried. not later. how many seats they have taken in the house of representatives, they will take a lot, and they will be judged by to what they'll get there and if the republicans are in the house. will be able to start an effective investigation of the democrats, including a personal buyd, if they can block the biden budget of the biden program, including if they can block the blind support that the byte punishes ukraine then, i think, uh, what for a trump for a trump, it will be good, because he will be associated with this success of his party. so no, nothing is guaranteed for trump, but he is absolutely not written off into politics. he has real possibilities. well, i agree with you. it seems to me that trump has put the republican party in a very difficult situation, largely hopeless, but because, objecti

for republicans.nd themselves once he away with a number of different ways to get there. >> steve kornacki, never escapes well, it does not escape us that new york and california may ultimately be instrumental attending republicans control the saber, although margin matters, and that something is very much. stephen her big anymore cause us, our pretend, by and that is, now we will get right back to, you thank you as always! we are much more tonight as we wait for the once and future leader of the republican party to make his big announcements including a look at the beginnings of a campaign organization, headquarter at the former president speech club, we'll look from our quarter that got that scoop just ahead and michigan governor gretchen whitmer first her next primetime interview since winning reelection. stay with us! stay with us when cold symptoms keep you up, try vicks nyquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. for max-

republicans, there are about 350,000 more republicans than democrats. 600,000 vote registration swing. so just all of the trend lines are massive there, and by the way, it's -- that's what makes it so hard to come back. >> true for sure and also in desantis's case, voters liked the way he handled covid. opening schools quicker, and handled hurricane ian a couple months ago. and victory speech, a lot about a fight against wokism. move to florida if you want to live in a free society. that resonated with a lot of voters. >> yeah. >> back to the point what republicans do next. if anyone thinks there's going to be a grand meeting at the capitol hill club of republican intelligence arounden donald trump, it ain't happening. the reality of it is, despite the losses, and in some cases massive in terms of the resources that were put into winning those races, donald trump still has a firm grip on a lot of the gop, and his -- and his messaging and his ability to animate the base in a way, it's going to be a real test for someone like desantis beyond florida. that

republicans on the select committee.ou for joining us. first, listen to what the former vice president mike pence just said about your committee. >> congress has no right to my testimony. we have a separation of powers under the constitution of the united states and i believe it would establish terrible precedent for the congress to salomon a vice president of the united states to speak about deliberations that took place at the white house. >> so you're closing the door on that entirely? >> i'm closing the door on that, but i must say, again, the partisan nature of the january 6th committee has been a disappointment to me. >> let me get, congressman kinzinger, your reaction. >> so pence is trying to re-win over the trump people and then he'll make something that makes them mad -- first up, we do have a right to your testimony if you needed it. secondly you violated the separation of powers who your boss sent rampaging people to destroy the capitol. so let's just stop that. we're probably not going to talk to him, that's

republicans by 39%. the other the -- the other question they ask are the effects of a dividing congress. which of these comes closer to your view about a divided congress in which different party controls the house and the senate? is it a good thing because one party can provide check from the other party? nearly 48 percent of republicans think that. 26% of democrats think the divided congress is good. it is a bad thing because it results in gridlock. that is the view of most democrats. for few are republicans at 30%. in the liberal column -- the liberal columnist ej dionne writes divided government demands creativity. he writes the past two years deserve to be seen as a time of progress. the 2022 election has a ratification that voters noticed. even in the face of high inflation they cape the senate and, credit cans limited public and gays and rejected far right at the stennett level. he says make progress without legislation. presidents can do a lot through executive orders, and biden will certainly tr

republicans saying, i'm a republican, i am voting for him he is a republican, i hate the democrats, that come into play as well for the republicans right now. but to think that this anything but a split moment where either side could win is crazy. i don't think that democrats think it say red wave, they know even i think that fox ranking show, likelihood of a republican takeover of the house. >> that was my question. >> yeah. martha: josh, when you look at that enthusiasm, we have seen g.o.p. en enthusiasm, outpacing that of democrat side, is that real? have they brought people home in these last few days. >> republican enthusiasm is real, but really big factor is that independent voters at the end of this election, they are not following politics like we are, not obsessed with campaign horse race coverage, they are carrying about their pocket book issues, they feel a malaise. we talk about house races, i have always looks at house races as an early warning system on where political map is headed, republican outside groups spent the 55 million in democratsseats where biden won by double

the republican party.for presidential purposes the republican national committee in all its wisdom and based on stellar results in the past 3 elections has decided to close it off. they are really mad. it is worth looking at the nominees produced in this past election by open versus closed primary, looking at the battleground states where there were real trump candidates on the ballot, close states included nevada, the senate, secretary of state, pennsylvania governor and senator. the open primary state had been at work so well so arizona, with the secretary of state, new hampshire's senate, ohio's senate and michigan and wisconsin, whether it is an open or closed primary can still produce the same affiliated candidate. i am not sure the discussion over open or closed is what you need to get at and discussed to get what you want to be. >> the specific prescriptions, nonpartisan preliminaries. you are saying where should we look? >> i'm not saying the republicans or closed primary matters. i kind of don't l

republicans, you could start seeing republican gains in the 30's. host:host: which races will you be watching on election night ? those virginia races? guest: that is the key thing i will be watching. there is also an election in indiana in the gary area where there is a white democrat facing off against a republican lack female. it has swung against the democrats in recent years. that is an indication there'll be problems for democrats across the midwest. we will be watching that race in new hampshire. there is a competitive race in the first district republicans didn't get the nominee they wanted but it is a young, former trump staffer running an energetic campaign. if she wins that district it is a good indication this will not be a good night for republicans. that virginia seventh and 10th districts --n if the in a situation -- if the 10th flips we are in a situation we have not seen in a long time. host: which voter or which voters will have made the difference? guest: there are 2 groups i think are interesting. the first group is hispanic vote

if the republicans take back the house of representatives, the republicans take back the house of representativesmargin is not as large as it could become, but it is still a win, so i don't know that republican voters are going to be looking for people to blame right now. maryam: there is a feeling, though, is there, of a great victory comin from the republican side, is there? taylor griffin: well, no. from the sort of establishment, political prognosticators are all saying republicans did not do as well as they could have done, and that is absolutely true. but i the same time, i think for the regular republican voter, especially the ones that follow donald trump, if donald trump says it is a victory, it is a victory. and i don't think there's going to be some huge reckoning over this among the republican base. maryam: ok, well, we know that president donald trump attention he is going to announce that he is going to run 2024. do we want ron desantis to throw his hat in the rain? if he does throw his hat in the ring, he would be, made people predict, a formidable opponent for president trump, no?

the republicans in the house will be a different set of republicans.ority, there will be a larger number of republicans who you might agree with, the kind that don't choose to certify elections. -so rational republicans. -and that's not great for democracy. but there will be some republicans hopefully returning to the senate who do believe in democracy, voted to hold donald trump accountable, like lisa murkowski in the senate. so you're gonna have a mixed bag. -bonnie, w-what are you thinking in this moment? -ya know, milk is expensive, so, of course, we should vote in the party slow-roasting the planet and keep that cheap milk flowing into our sticky children's faces. -voters know that republicans get stuff done. just think about how we pulled off those several hundred thousand covid funerals. -let's go back to that debate in pennsylvania between "david mamet" oz and david fetterman. afterwards, there was a lot of speculation about whether fetterman has the cognitive capacity to serve alongside mental super athletes like dianne feinstein and chuck gra

the republican leading by more than 6,000. if that holds, that would be a republican pickup.re's the possibility that in new york state republicans end up picking up one, two, three, four, five seats. and then there's one endangered republican seat here in the 22nd district. this is a republican-held seat right now where the incumbent is retiring. most of the vote, still more to come, it's been trending in the republican direction to hold on to it. we talk about kathy hochul getting re-elected, she did, she defeats lee zeldin, the republican, but what happened in new york is that zeldin ran up some monster numbers on long island and he did really well up state, southern tier where all of these competitive congressional districts are that democrats were trying to hang on to. lee zeldin did really well and kathy hochul generally did really poorly. that's what you're seeing in new york. kathy hochul gets re-elected. it looks like democrats are losing potentially, potentially they could lose up to five seats out of new york. that would make holding on to the house that much more

sometimes it's republicans that blocking that. so we are waiting and opening and you don't even have that extra time to start the process. >> these two calls are waiting. ellen and florida. democrat. good morning. >> that was quick. i am a teenage drm and one topic that seems to have dropped off the radar is many people because i live in both florida and new york, so i'm back and forth with in florida it's my main residence, completely dropped the entire thing that went on with covid and the mandating. i know ten people personally their healthcare workers who moved to florida because they were going toto lose their job n new york and in fact in new york going on right now with the teachers union and the nurses is that those who were fired because they refused to take the vaccine are getting their jobs reinstated and are getting back pay so that is a big issue that was never even spoken about yet i think has a lot to do with the popularity and i am a florida resident. i voted for him and that was the reason. they are not mandating

as you mention, 12 republicans joined those 50j republicans joined those 50 democrats.against this? you republicans, what is the push back against this?— back against this? you know, that is a great _ back against this? you know, that is a great question. - back against this? you know, that is a great question. i - that is a great question. i talked to a couple of them. some of them had an issue with the amendment process because democrats close the amendment process. but also one of the big resounding push backs was that this wasn't necessary. republicans felt that most states respect same—sex marriage, why are we doing this? as i mentioned, democrats felt alarmed that this could be overturned in a court and therefore they needed to ensure, enshrined the legislation.— legislation. these representatives, l legislation. these - representatives, they are to representatives, they are to represent the views of those in their constituencies. what did their constituencies. what did the opinion polls say amongst american people about this? this is a very interesting thing. it

republicans leading with 198. these results not stopping house minority leader kevin mccarthy from claiming victory despite many undecided races. >> now let me tell you, you're out late but when you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. 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. >> he may be right, but he's a little bit ahead of himself. everything is not decided yet. let's look at the senate side. republicans still hoping to gain control at this moment. we are watching four key races here in nevada, wisconsin, arizona and georgia and cnn has not made any projections in these states at this hour. you can see it's very, very, very close. in nevada, adam laxalt very close. his opponent catherine cortez masto was ahead. ron johnson who is the republican hanging on to the lead. mandela barnes and 50.5% for ron johnson. let's head to arizona. they are doing reporting

so, republicans in that state, well, they have done something that a lot of republicans haven't. they have released a postmortem report, it only took them 48 hours, which gives you the sense that they were ready to go. and according to the report, a republican focused largely on republican red meat issues, in hopes of inspiring in 2020 like showing at the polls. there were more ads on transgender sports than inflation, gas prices and bread, and bread and butter issues i could've suede independent voters. we did not have a turnout problem middle of the road voters simply did not like what tutor was selling. ouch. that is, well, to use a clichÉ, throwing to their dixon under the bus. it was not a turnout issue, it was a persuasion issue. they lost to voters. it happened all over the country. trump backed a bunch of it election deniers who just came across as audibles, and those candidates campaigned exclusively on odd ball stuff. we are right wing culture war obsessions. it turns out, middle of the road voters found alienated, weird, and a lot of those candidates, a lot of them, lo

a new republican senator.o you put all of that together? you are a democrat, elected where you were elected. yet, the state looks like it is going very red. mr. landsman: yeah. the state is just so different from anyone pocket. in southwest ohio, the city of cincinnati, the eastern suburbs of our county,, up to warren county, it is trending bluer. it is just a lot of folks who, regardless of political affiliation are done with the chaos and extremism that i think voters across the country rejected. one of the reasons why we did not see or are not seeing this big red wave, folks are really wanting a new generation of leaders who were going to work and be done with all of that nonsense. there's so much at stake and i think the expectation is that we get to work. judy: you discussed what congressman chapa's positions were, that you think her 10. what about you? what do you think the arguments you made that did resonate with voters? mr. landsman: i think a couple things. i had a proven track record. i had built a

republican primary process? >> absolutely. absolutely. first of all, the midterm election reenforced that if we want to win, you've got to have that kind of republican -- reagan republican leadership. there's a spirit in america tha we want washington to work better, whether it takes better leadership or whether it takes institutional reform. and so you need somebody not just with the right principals but with a passion and a fighting spirit that's needed to accomplish those objectives. i absolutely believe there's room for a traditional reagan republican that understands the heart of the republican party and the goodness of america to prevail. >> well, with that, governor asa hutchinson, thank you for your time. thank you for joining m here on "firing line." >> good to be here today. thank you. >> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possie by -- . >>> hello, everyone and welcome to "amanpour and company" from the capital, kyiv. celebrations continue as movement into kherson. the reaction from two russian

. >> republicans focus on inflation. arguing democrats holding onto power will hurt voters wallets. >> it is important we get the right people so we can maintain our freedoms we worked so hard for. >> i think the country is going in absolutely the wrong direction. crime is of, inflation is horrible. >> with americans so divided with which direction the country is heading. next. >> this is washington week. corporate funding is provided by -- >> consumer cellular. additional fundingrovided by -- and patricia for the u.n. foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl delay-magnuson, rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. >> good evening, welcome to washington week. election day is four days away. more than 35 million americans have voted early. republicans appear to have the momentum on

and republicans? in arizona and with the election deniers. in other words, how do you build your coalition going forward so that you have solidified this group of people who believe in your mission and who stopped believing in the election deniers? >> look, it did not start with this campaign. it started way back when i was the reporter working with a board of supervisors in maricopa county. that includes the chairman. there is then chairman, bill gates. that includes claimed and some others who die of work with over the years. they know that i am a fair dealer in an honest guy. they know i am not going to pull their leg or re-frame things for political gain. the bottom line is we have to do our jobs in these public offices. there is the call to celebrity. there is the idea that flash is correct. just that brutal strength is going to win the day. that does not work anymore. we are a little bit more sophisticated in that out here. arizona does have a good time once in a while. we know how to get things

republicans have to hold the line. be in charge of the house, potentially in charge of the senate, this needs to be nonnegotiable to reinvent the policies that worked during the last administration and nothing else can get passed until we take care of our national obligation to protect citizens of this country and to secure the borders, that should not be nego negotiable. that is what i hope to see from soon to be speaker mccarthy and mcconnell as they move forward, that has to be job number one, period, full stop. >> carley: more on the border crisis to come. robert. thank you. forget the senate, the media imagining john fetterman in the oval office. >> fetterman as nominee at some point for president, what he did in the super red deep red part of pennsylvania makes you wonder about his future. >> todd: that is not a deep fake, yeah, that is real. that happened, beverly hoburg is here to respond. i get bladder leaks. i didn't want to feel like i was wearing the pads i wore when i was twelve. then i tried the always di

said i may be a reagan republican, i may be a bush republican, but this republican party ain't one for me. after three failed elections, three in a row, it should be obvious that embracing maga is a total loser for the republican party. if anyone thinks otherwise, just look what happened last night in purple arizona. katie hobbs, the democratic nominee for governor, was declared the winner in her race against kari lake. everyone thought kari lake would win because of her communication skills. but even she lost. proof positive that maga just doesn't work. i earnestly hope that in the next couple of months republicans will realize it's better for the country, and even better for their party, to focus instead on working with democrats over the next two years to get things done for the american people. now, i know this is not going to happen overnight, in the next week or two. our immediate focus, of course, is the lame duck, where there's a lot of work to be done. but when the dust settles come january and republicans have hopefully resolved some of their own internal fights, we hope that

so he will be a republican senator in the next senate, and that means republicans have now $49.00 seats. democrats 48. that also means that the race is still too close to call in nevada, georgia, and arizona even more important for each party to swing their way in. there is the surprise, the democrats, so far for now. hold on to a lead in the senate race in arizona. and in georgia, it looks like that their candidate will have to go into a run of electron with the republican candidate on december 6th. so we gotta wait a little bit longer until this is all decided. however, one surprise the democrats pulled off and that's a really important one for them. and that happened in pennsylvania. ah release after a hard fought and treacherous battle to the top. pennsylvania man of the people did what republicans feared most. i never expected that we're going to turn these red counties blue, but we did well, we needed to do and we had that conversation across every one of those counties and to newly that's why i'll be the next us senator from pennsylvania. oh, medical expedia. during the campaign

arizona is where is--losing republican votes a lot faster than republican voters. very split in arizona when it comes to donald trump. he is not overwhelmingly popular in arizona. he did not win arizona in 2020. by having him back candidates for the republican ticket in arizona is a gamble for the republican party. host: a republican in arizona, mike in cave creek. good morning. caller: yes. should i go ahead? guest: -- host: yes sir. caller: ok. i notice when they were discussing the audit and the vote count etc., i have watched the actual audit and it looked to me like -- the security -- host: we are going to work on your audio so stay on the line because you were going in and out a little bit there. as we tried to do that, david in flowery branch, georgia, republican. good morning. caller: yes, i have it question about the strategic oil reserve. donald trump had it for at 50% a gallon when he left office. -- at $.50 a gallon when he left office. but joe biden said we will defend taiwan and china tax, why are we releasing the strategic oil reserve? we are down to

republican voters. republican voters were excited. the -- the ground was very fertile for a big republican victory. joe biden's approval was in the toilet. 75% of the country thinks we're going in the wrong direction. just objectively speaking, things are bad in the country, whether it's the southern border or crime or foreign policy, inflation. and that republican leaders could not turn that into a big victory for republicans is really an indictment for how they're running things. i could not agree more with your opening where you talk about the importance of understanding that elections are not run anymore like they were in the 1980s. there is now extensive period of voting where people who are smart are running get out the vote operations every day, hauling in ballots every day. republicans keep on thinking that election day is a single day and they think if they get everybody excited for that last day that that will be sufficient. that's not sufficient. there needs to be an effective ground game tha

one was previously republican. now as democrat, this was a hard fought campaign, it was very close, and no one could really predict how this was going to go. but now with this race being called for john fatter men, this puts the democrats in the control or in the driver's seat, if you will, to potentially remain in control of the u. s. senate it's not there yet, but this is a big step in that direction for the democrats. this was a very hard fight campaign. as i mentioned, john fedor, men a the lieutenant governor. ah, he had a stroke just 6 months ago and he almost lost his life. he almost died from it. he was taken off the campaign trail for many months while he recovered to regain his health. and he had a big lead in the summer, but that was so whittled down in the last several weeks. and the pulls indicated that this was a dead heat with both candidates tied at 46 per cent. and it appeared that his opponent, the republican trump backed celebrity dr. met oz was actually had a lot of the momentum in the last coup

voting republican. that's not just a republican lead. that's a reassignment of voters to a conservative philosophy. >> dana: the changes they've seen in the last six weeks as maybe people were paying more attention and decided to know where they're going. it's like the political realignment an both sides seems to be working in the republican advantage. with president obama going to all those stops, is it too little too late for the democrats? >> number one. working class voters of all backgrounds and races are moving toward the republican party. if republicans have a big, big election night, it is going to be on the backs of hispanic voters who have moved more towards the republican party and small shifts in the african-american vote maybe more open to supporting some republican candidates. it doesn't take a lot of movement for that to make a big impact on the political map. we've been talking about the new york governor's race. how is a state like new york so competitive? not just the suburbs. a lot of

it is republican, but how republican? norm knows a lot about what happens when he -- when you have changes when stuff goes on. now, he is going to give us the lay of the land. if things were to go as i think the four of us have concurred, that would, what is going to happen? >> first, let me say, this is the 40th year we have done this. i was president -- present at the creation. we have the creator here. >> here, here. >> [applause] >> they started election watch before anybody else was doing anything like it. also, sean mentioned research assistant. one of our own is sitting in the front row. andrew helped a lot with election watch when he was here. with that, a couple of comments as we move along. adam, like josh mandel, has a characteristic. 18 members of his own family said they were going to vote for his opponent. so, you lose your own family but that doesn't necessarily mean that you are going to lose your state. i would keep and i on iowa, 89-year-old chuck grassley is the republican candidate. he was campaigning

in 2010, favorable republican districts, so the republicans are in a position potentially to win enougheats this year to have a super majority, which would mean they would override any veto from the governor, so the democrats have kind of a two front battle here. they are trying to get governor eve is reelected and are also trying to fend off republican gains in the legislature because an eve or's when with a -- evers wind would be a hollow victory. host: other statewide races in wisconsin, that we should be paying attention to, what is on the ballot this year? guest: there's another interesting race. the attorney general race, democratic incumbent attorney general facing a challenge from a republican d.a., eric tony, and the secretary of state's race, which normally gets almost no attention because in wisconsin the secretary of state has nothing to do with elections, duties, but this year, the longtime incumbent who has been in office since 1983 and who served a term prior to that is secretary of state facing a challenge from a republican who wants to work with the legislature to trans

there are republicans who can show republican voters there's a better way.ill give you all of the fight you want but something you didn't get out of donald trump and that's competence governance, no drama governance, no constant anxiety. i will give you what you want but i will take away the anxiety. that model exists and that's what primaries are for. we will see if we learn the lessons, but this is the battle that the republican party is going to have with itself over the next couple of years. if it wants to compete in 2024, and i think this may be for the democrats too, new may be better than old. another lesson for this election for me, wolf, is i think americans with -- you know, would rather pick two names out of the peoria phone book to run against each other than trump and biden. it may be both parties need to look for a new generation next time around. >> it is interesting. we are learning chuck schumer, the democratic leader in the senate -- >> i predicted. >> as you predicted, is about to make a statement. he is not waiting too long. hold on a sec

it appears that -- >> republicans. >> republicans will not flip a seat in pennsylvania. >> go to connecticut 5, please. >> west side of connecticut. this is a seat they... it'll be here, trust me. just give it one more time here. george logan against hannah hayes, what do you see, karl? i see a close race, a little bit of a vote there. what do you see? because i think that's behind the real count by about... i think he's up now by maybe as much as 10,000 votes. >> wow. >> appoint, appoint a point and a half? >> karl, are we looking at a 219 majority? >> north of 220. >> 225. >> more than that. i'm approaching 20. >> there are races to out there. >> we pick up four seats in florida, we picked up a seat in texas right there. the 15th. >> what about california? >> we picked up a couple of seats in michigan. we lost one, we picked up two or maybe three. >> can we turn to the senate really quick question mike you don't have to do what if. >> the numbers we have on connecticut 5 -- all this matters, folks. all this matters. >> every single one. in connecticut 5 right now, 49.24 logan. three tenths

republican or democrat. i don't have a specific -- even though i am a democrat, i don't have a specific party i want to go with. but this is what i wanted to say to you all. every body needs to take a step back and find out about who is running. trump, that boy he lied so bad, it doesn't make sense. now, i am black, and a lot of black people think that when you have these polls, nobody asks the black people what they want. nobody asked me nothing. i've been alive for a few years. i am 73 years old, getting ready to turn 74 years old. in the meantime, people don't recognize the fact that trump is a liar. look at what he has done to new york, look what he has done to people that went to his program about wealth and whatnot, and they lost all that money. trump is just mental. host: she brings up new york. new york, along with florida, a great spot for republicans when it came to congressional races, including where they knocked off the chairman of the house congressional campaign. what happened in new york? >>

so for republicans there is a little on the line. it is just tough to put on a bumper sticker, we don't want subpoena power for the democrats. so there will be a little bit lack of maybe fire in the turnout. >> i am interested that charlie thinks this will make it harder for the democrats. i respect him very much. my initial reporting and cents was that it might be a little tougher -- if herschel walker it was going to be the senator it would be because he got 50% on election day, and there were clearly a lot of people who just could not stomach voting for him who voted for brian kemp. are they going to bother showing up in four weeks when the senate is not on the line? it seems to me that is a harder argument to make, whereas there have been more positive reasons for democrats to show up for rough l warnock. -- for raphael warnock. >> who will be the next speaker of the house? mike, the next speaker of the house, will that be kevin mccarthy for short? >> it will. he's having to fight for it anyway he certainly did not expect to. >>

with republicans in ruin. leading off our discussion tonight is democratic -- as california, impeachment in the second impeachment of donald trump. author of it was all a lie have the republican party became donald trump. and congressional historian scholar norm ernst dean, an emeritus scholar at the american enterprise institute. okay let me begin with you. you now know you're gonna be a member of the minority in the house of representatives. what are you anticipating if kevin mccarthy becomes the speaker, which is in doubt at this moment. it's not clear who among the republicans is going to be the speaker. >> it's absolutely in doubt, and despite being in the minority, we have a historic performance, and i think that's because the voters in the senate and many house races unexpectedly, to the media, chose confidence over payoffs and that puts us in this very tight majority that he referred to which is if kevin mccarthy is a leader will we have a land of misfit toys, a vassal state amalgamation. the shingle o