republicans lost in 2016. handel said she had one of the truck august -- metrics, trump support she was thinking about a district that had been republican for years. this district in the northern atlanta suburbs is absolutely abandoning trump's rent of republicanism at a rapid rate and we are seeing this happen across highly college educated suburbs all over the country. this race is almost entirely off the board. the national republicans are no longer spending here to support handle because they have had to move so many of their resources to playing defense. host: we played the democratic add and a place where republicans are spending money is the third district race in michigan. focusing on the democrat who is running for that seat. fringe left-wing activists demanding sanctuary cities, open borders. we need immigration policy that reflects this inherent freedom of movement. copslped the aclu sue while protecting an actual criminal. you don't get to make the laws if you help people break the law. host: the i

the republican is retiring. democrat carolyn bordeaux is, in my opinion, the slight favorite to pick up a seat against republican er doctor rich mccormick. that district has seen an awful lot of spending but anything touching gwinnett county might be cursed for republicans this year considering how much of a melting pot it's become and how its professional workforce has migrated out of the republican coalition. the real key, in my opinion, for who is going to win the state both at the presidential and the senate level is going to be rural african-american turnout. we know that both republicans and metro atlanta voters are fired up. in 2016, we saw black turnout in rural georgia go down. one of my favorite bellwethers in the state is peach county. it is outside macon. it's home to the bluebird bus corporation. it happens to be the best bellwether because in 2012, when black turnout was 73% in the county, barack obama managed to carry it. when black turnout fell to 54%, donald trump carried it. the question is can

and what, you know, what latino republicans are conservative latinos have partisan identity as republicansat they begin to ask other latinos in 1960's is what has your -- whether this is the kind of caricature what the democrat party has done or not or misrepresentation of what the democratic has done or not. they begin to ask other latinos, what has your blind loyalty to the democratic party gotten you, and they start to make the argument that democrats are only looking for your votes, they only come around during election season, they've otherwise ignored you but they don't care about you whereas the republican party they create economic opportunity, they are the one who is are kind of waging this cold war battle with latin america, those kinds of things. the kind of party of patriotism as well and free enterprise. the other things that appeal to group of latinos. they start to argue that's the democratic party that has ignored them and not repaid their loyalties since the new deal with actual improvements in their lives. they also in 1960's start to make the argument that all the democr

republicans agree, republicans agree heartedly to disagree on many of their applications, but we havec fundamental issues of why you and i are republicans. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is a party, this republican party is a party for free men, not for blind followers and not for >> in fact, in 1858, abraham lincoln said this of the republican party, and i quote him because he probably could have said it during the last week or so. it was composed of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements. end of the quote in 1858. yet all of these elements agreed on one paramount objective, to arrest the progress of slavery and place it in the course of ultimate extinction. today, as then, more urgently and broadly than then, the task of preserving and enlarging freedom at home and of safeguarding it from the forces of tyranny abroad is great enough to challenge all our resources and to require all our strength. [ cheers and applause ] >> anyone who joins us, in all sincerity, we welcome. [ cheers and applause ] >> those who do not care for our cause, we don't expect to enter our ranks in a

so which is it, republican leader? is it absurd to think that judge barrett might strike down the affordable care act? or is it a good thing that shouldn't tarnish her reputation? it is a joke that judge barrett could curtail women's fundamental right or a rerepublican -- were republican senators relieved to know that she thinks roe v. wade is judicial imperial i feel? americans are starting to get sick of these mealy-mouthed talking points, pretty sick of politicians who just four years ago declared they couldn't possibly confirm a democratic nominee to the supreme court in the early months of an election year but are now rushing to confirm a a republican nominee in the middle of an election that's already underway. and most of all, pretty sick of republicans claiming that they support protections for americans with pre-existing conditions while at the same time supporting a lawsuit that would eliminate them. well, we're about to put a few of these senate republicans on the record. soon the senate will vote on a bill

explicit about the fact that african-american republicans are leaving the republican party in droves and need to replace with new voters. one of the more likely targets that they conclude our latinos for reasons we can talk about the family values, the work ethics, the drive to succeed. so that's the first thing to note. the second thing to note, you can think about nixon's personal collections. his best friend and th cuban guy whose family came over from cuba so you can think about that but also he makes a commitment to a kind of patronage politics where he creates a committee for spanish-speaking people and sens them across the united states to communities like chicago, miami, dallas, new york with the kind of guarantee. interviewing a woman named linda chavez, the patronage politics as a reason she didn't like nixon because she called him the father of the quota system so part of it was just providing goodies i guess, jobs. but he also starts making some of the first high level appointments both within his administration and other federal posts so he appoints the first treasurer o

with a republican-controlled senate, with republican senator mitch mcconnell in control of the senate, the president has been able to be perfectly confident that nothing would happen, that there would be no consequences no matter what he did. but about that republican control of the senate, at fivethirtyeight, the polling analysis group founded by nate silver, the fivethirtyeight forecast right now says the chances the democrats are about to take control of the senate is roughly 70-30. they put it at 72-28. at the economist, their forecast for senate control has it a little higher. they say it's 75-25 that the democrats end up taking control of the senate. the cook political report doesn't put a number on it per se, but the way they are saying it now is, quote, democrats are now the clear favorite to flip control of the senate. that might mean something very different for this presidency in his second term if he does get re-elected. i mean polls right now look like biden's going to win. but if trump wins and democrats control the house and the senate? if you want to see what the fight

in a sea of not so great numbers for republicans, perhaps there is hope for republicans that or of aearch is not being protected -- detected. >> thank you very much. before we turn to michael, i would like to welcome our c-span audience and thank our staff. for all the help they have given us in putting this together. also, the wonderful events team. we are grateful to all of you for the help you have given us. michael, let's turn it over to you. let's look at the senate contest. the last time, you said the democrats have a serious chance of recapturing the senate. is that where you still are today? >> yes it is. it's an interesting contrast with 2016. then, you had four incumbents that ran ahead of donald trump and one there states. they were seriously contested races. this year, it's different. two states, republican senators are running for reelection. hillarye carried by clinton. cory gardner, and one pole we have in colorado does not seem to be running about even with trump not sufficiently ahead to be competitive if one pole is correct. fiveis interesting to me, incumbent repub

republican congress. it is further the cause of republicanism to restore a clear understanding of the tyranny of man over man in the world at large. it is our cause to dispel the foggy thinking which avoids hard decisions in the delusion that a world of conflict will somehow mysteriously resolve itself into a world of harmony, if we just don't rock the boat or irritate the forces of aggression, and this is hogwash. [applause] it is further the cause of republicanism to remind ourselves, and the world, that only the strong can remain free, that only the strong can keep the peace. [applause] now i need and remind you, for my fellow americans, regardless of party, that republicans have shouldered this hard responsibility and marched in this cause before. it was republican leadership under dwight eisenhower that kept the peace, and passed along to this administration the mightiest arsenal for defense the world has ever known. [applause] and i need not remind you that it was the strength and the unbelievable w

republicans 202748001. independent 2022478002 jessica taylor beginning to talk about lindsey grahamou the chaimplet senate judiciary committee where amy coney barrett will be having her hear physician republicans moving forwards with those hearings next week is fashion jamie harrison the democrat in that race over the weekend they held their debate and one of the issues that came up was the supreme court nomination here's a little bit from that south carolina debate. >> sometimes listening to senator graham is like playing monopoly he changes rules every time he place. senator you said, use my words against me and you said it after the kavanaugh meeting not before the kavanaugh hearings after the kavanaugh hearings in your words your promise was that no judicial nominee should be considered or proved or what have you in the last year of an election and you even named president trump when you said it. and so this was my thing you know my grandfather always taught me i said jamie is a man only as good as his

senate republicans tried and failed to repeal the affordable care act so donald trump and republican attorneys general are suing to eliminate the law in court. and now if senate republicans confirm judge barrett, someone we all know is critical of decisions upholding the aca, they could be on the brink of achieving their goal. that is what this is all about. the american people who are voting right now by tens of millions, are not fooled by this farce of our confirmation process and they know what is at stake, their rights, if amy coney barrett is confirmed. this nomination should not, should not go forward. senator feinstein. >> good morning. last week, committee rules were broken to set today's vote. republicans broke the rules again like we are seeing today without any democrats present. all along, democrats have objected to proceeding on this nomination in the middle of an election. 40 million americans have already voted and we are just 12 days from an election. in 2016 the republicans set a precedent against filing a supreme court vacancy in an election year where they blocked

republican. i am waiting and i am going to vote at the polls and so are a lot of republicans, so all of your numbers are not in yet. the undecideds could include those of us who are waiting. we are decided, we just have not voted yet. respect for of president trump. he did not divide this country, as everyone is trying to blame him for. he is a good president. he is good for our economy. he provides jobs. guest: that economic message is that, when i talk to republicans about the election, it is something they want to talk about all the time. basically that before the pandemic, trump had a booming economy behind him. the argument is that he is best-positioned to bring in the united states back after this pandemic that was not in his control. that is the main message republicans want to talk about. the challenge is that trump is not the most disciplined messenger. so we will hear him talk about a rally, or what ends up making news, or what he ends up tweeting about is stuff like the pandemic, or ab

host: florida, ralph, a republican. becausei'm calling since president obama was in office, i've seen the republicans come off quite spiritual religious. however, i have not learned how to be saved. i have not learned from the republicans how a person is to is to react in these whys i'm just wondering they are becoming so spiritual but no advice on how to live together, how to be a better person. it has gone downhill. just one, if i may. person think an educated would have a hard time listening to c-span. there is so much misinformation. just really difficult to watch c-span now. thanks for your call. host: how would you change things? do you not want to hear from the callers so much? fact-checkthey would some callers that call in. give some information. you guys try to pull up things that counteract things they say. the misinformation is so horrible. a person of any understanding would not want to listen to this. host: you think misinformation is worse today than it has ever been? caller: it is the worst it has ever be

party which is why millions of republicans like me have left it ok well i don't see the republican party really fighting the charge for donald trump here i mean when you look at foreign policy they've turned against them almost every single way here and i give them a go back to ted here you know dick responding to what chris said most american presidents the vast majority of american presidents have been protection as that's how america built its industry now that is a fact so no saturday up until i somehow or it was a barry protection regime ok jerk you know you're a little bit of historical perspective here surely you should did from what we say you know you have to jet airplanes the nature trade sort of changed but you're you're right but the arc of american trade policy by republicans and democrats who got the world's trade policy has been to lower tariffs as close as possible to free trade. and people like peter navarro have turned us completely other direction and the republican party is not there i disagree with you republicans have not a closed trunk and like people like i think

the republican platform cries about cruelly high prices. have been trying to get them to do something about high prices every since they met the first time. now, listen to this one. this one is equally as bad and cynical. the republican platform comes out for slum clearance and low rental housing. i've been trying to get them to pass that housing bill every since they met the first time, and it's still resting the rules committee, that bill is. republican platform favors equality of educational opportunity and promotion of education. i've been trying to get the congress to do something about that every since they came there. and that bill is at risk in the house of representatives. republican platform urges extending and increasing social security benefits. think of that, increasing social security benefits. and yet when they had the opportunity they took 750,000 people off the social security roll. i wonder if they think they can fool the people of the united states with such poppycock as that. there's a long list of problems in the republ

elected, onlyen one was republican and the total number of republican women in which wasfell to 13 the lowest point in the last two decades. that is compared to 88 democratic women currently in the house. you guys have had your work cut out for you in the last few years. i just wanted to start and see if each of you could give us a sense of your organization and what your overall strategy has been too close that gap as much as possible and what your forecast is in the next few weeks. --, the bar is set pretty low for 2020. we are expecting great things in 13 days. we've been working really hard and we got great candidates as i'm sure most of you have read, it has been a record year in terms of republican women signing up to run for federal office. number, aboutic twice what it was before the all-time high. 228, we have 94 women running for the u.s. house which is extraordinary. so we are excited about that. that there continues are a lot of democratic women in the house, so it is going to take probably a few cycles to get some sort of parity but we have some great women running. probab

every republican, every republican in the senate supports protections for preexisting conditions, but apparently that doesn't matter to democrats. the truth is, mr. president, republicans have no idea how judge barrett would rule on any particular obamacare case. the facts of each case are unique, with unique legal and constitutional issues. what we do know is that judge barrett will approach each case without prejudices or preconceived notions. we know that she will examine the facts of the case, the law, and the constitution and make her decision based solely on those criteria. not on her political beliefs, not on her personal opinions, just the law and the constitution. no matter which party drafted any legislation in question. mr. president, that should reassure democrats, but it doesn't, because for many democrats, their primary concern in confirming judges is not whether they will uphold the law but whether they will deliver the policy outcomes that democrats want. that's why some democrats are threatening to resurrect the longest credited idea of court packing should they retur

instead, a tactic republicans would revisit under president obama when republicans used filibusters to block his nominees to the d.c. circuit judge. ,t the time publican senators including my colleague from kentucky, amazingly accused president obama of trying to pack the court by the mere act of nominating judges to vacancies of the second circuit. what a double standard which thears to be endemic in recounting of history. on top of it all, the leader has asked the senate to play a blame 1987,hat dates back to pointing to a three minute about by senator kennedy robert gore as the original sin in the judicial wars. seriously, that is what he said. one democrat gave 13 minute speech that republicans did not can, leader mcconnell steamroll the minority to confirm a justice in the middle of an election. imagine trying to explain to someone, sorry, i have to burn down your house because of something one of your friends said about one of my friends 33 years ago. that is how absurd this game has gotten. unjustifiable the majority's actions are, how flimsy their excuses have become . the lead

a tactic republicans would revisit under president obama when republicans used partisan filibusters to block his nominees to the d.c. circuit. at the time, the republican leader and senators from iowa and utah said that president obama was -- get this -- trying to pack the court. amazing. pack the court. they held up the nomination so that president obama couldn't have his rightful appointees to the second highest court in the land, and they september a number of seats -- i believe it was four -- vacant for such a long time. well, we've heard all this before. it seems whenever the republicans need to scare up some votes, they accuse democrats of trying to pack the courts, even when it's a democratic president invoking his constitutional authority to appoint judges and the republicans blocking it. now, republicans tried to nullify president obama's authority to nominate judges to the circuit court, and then as soon as republicans had a majority, they succeeded in nullifying his prerogative to have a supreme court nomination considered by the senate. and what did leader mcconnell say abo

republicans just hated that, the regular republicans. i think of all stripes. he called his campaign on foreign policy statements as campaign oratory before a congressional hearing in 1941. he ran again in 1944 for the nomination but he had so embittered the republicans by becoming roosevelt's almost foreign policy agent that he had no chance against dewey. but he really was pro-roosevelt with regard to foreign policy. for purposes of the campaign, he took an opposite position. but after the election, he came around and, you know, really endorsed roosevelt's foreign policy, went over to england to tour on behalf of roosevelt. in 1944 roosevelt and willkie had met and i think roosevelt wanted his endorsement. willkie held off and he did -- before the election he died. so he never endorsed dewey or roosevelt. >> john, i'm going to jump in, you bring a number of key points. thank you for phoning in. we're going to talk about this book "one world" and his post-1940 campaign visits to europe and his relationship with frankly roosevelt. let's touch on the fall campai

republican. this is a convention in philadelphia that went for six ballots. >> but nobody had come from a business side. nobody had come from the way of how do we create jobs in the economy? nobody was actually doing that, of any of the other candidates out there, except for wendell willkie and he certainly rose up and he had an electric personality, a magnetic energy about him that brought people to him. >> you never knew your grandfather but as you talk to family members who knew him. he died at the age of 52. we'll learn more about his life. why did he decide to run for the nomination? he set the groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 1940. >> he was always interested in politics from a very young age, even growing up in his hometown of elwood, indiana, just up the road from here. he talked about it in his life, in his childhood, with his parents, when he got to college, to indiana university, it was always an integral part of his life. >> we are in rushville, indiana, one of the homes

the republican party lost me completely. they take allegiance to trump instead of truly being a republican. i am coming down on the democratic side this time. host: let's talk about georgia. see whether there will be a runoff? if there is a runoff, how long will it take for us to find out who won the runoff? i willthe first thing say, of these two georgia senate races, it is almost certain at least one of them will go to a runoff. this is a special election that resigned lasthe year. he was replaced. by governor brian kemp in georgia. ther n

republican. and this is a convention in philadelphia, that went for six ballots. >> but nobody had come from the business side. nobody had come from that way, how do we create jobs for the economy, nobody was actually doing that or any of the other candidates out there, except for, when the wilkie. and he certainly rose up, and had an electric personality, and a magnetic energy about him that he brought. >> you obviously never near grandfather, but you talk to family members who knew him, he died at the age of 52. we will learn more about his life. but why did he ultimately decide for the nomination? because he did set the groundwork in 1939 for a possible presidential bid in 1940. >> oh, he was always interested in politics from a very young age, even from growing up in his hometown of yelled, would indiana, which is just up the road from here. >> he talked about it in his life, in his childhood with his parents, when they got he got to college and indiana university. it was always an interim pa

if you are a republican, you hate kamala harris. if you are a republican, you love her. it is hard. anything she says will be accentuated one way or another based on how you feel going into it. martha mcsally would say, every day i wake up, 50% of the people love me and 57 -- 50% of the people hate me. and is the people who hate me i will hear from. this is a hard life. how they can say or do what they do. that was the first conversation i had with any candidate. why do you want to do this? why do you want to put your family through it? >> i try to persuade them or really give them a sense of what is ahead? >> both. my only goal is to make candidates as good as they can possibly be. i had a conversation with a couple of candidates who i spoke to after they got into the race. i told them, you are not going to win. this is not good. this is a waste of your resources. it is a waste of your family's time. and they pulled out. they might rank for something else down the line. it is kind of a, because he thing. i want the best candidate out there do have the best chance of winning. we hav

which is it, republican leader? is it absurd to think that judge barrett might strike down the affordable care act or a good thing that shouldn't tarnish her reputation. it is a joke that judge barrett could curtail women's fundamental rights or are republican senators rereceived that she thinks at that roe vs wade is imperialism. americans are getting sick of the double standard and me mealy-mouthed talking points and they couldn't hear a democratic candidate in the early year or a nominee during an election that's already underway, pretty sick of republicans claiming they support protections for americans with pre-existing conditions while at the same time supporting a lawsuit that would eliminate them. well, we are about to put a few of these senate republicans on the record. soon the senate will vote on a bill that if passed, would protect the health care of hundreds of millions of americans, and prevent efforts by the department of justice to advocate that courts strike down the affordable care act. i was able

it shows have republicans. but nothing to strip health care for millions of americans with pre-existing conditions." this morning after the vote senate democrats gathered at the capital to explain the decision. [no audio] >> let's go over why we are here. we are waiting for her. i wonder if that is going to stop. sen. schumer: ok, everybody. thank you very much for coming, and thank you for joining us this morning. i am here to stand with my colleagues on the judiciary committee who are boycotting today's committee markup on the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. this is not a decision the members of the committee have taken lightly, but a republican majority has left us no choice. we are boycotting this illegitimate hearing. the nomination of amy coney barrett is the most illegitimate process i have ever witnessed in the senate, and her potential confirmation will have dire, dire consequences for the senate , for the supreme court, and our entire country for generations to come. the se

-- not republican senators. not when her views only represent an extreme minority of american -- of the american people, her views on the key issues. so, mr. president, in order to proceed to the consideration of h.r. 25, the heroes 2 bill, i ask unanimous consent -- no. sorry. what did i say? , oh, pardon me. let me repeat that. in order to proceed to the consideration of h.r. 925, heroes 2, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? shutdown. mr. thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. thune: reserving the right to object, the minority leader is requesting to move to legislation after having repeatedly this week requested and asked for votes to adjourn, multiple times, leave town. now all of a sudden he wants to legislate. i think there's a serious question about the sincerity of the minority leader's request here, mr. president. and, frankly, to his point, the united states senate has now twice and most recentl

republicans have launched an all-out war on voting. last night they were successful when the supreme court voted 5-3 to block curbside voting in alabama during the pandemic. and earlier this week, when the court split 4-4 to uphold the right of pennsylvanians to vote by mail. republicans obviously believe a justice barrett will ensure they do not lose again when they try to stop people from voting. time and time again, the president has said he needs judge barrett on the bench when he raises his baseless come outrageous claims about mail-in balloting. another reason, another republican on the senate committee said it is the entire reason they need her confirmed and out, is for the election. president trump says he has to have a supreme court justice who will do what he wants her to do. that duringode well the hearing, judge barrett refused to stand for the most basic tenets of our democracy. she refused to affirm that the constitution requires a peaceful transfer of power. she refused to acknowledge that voter discrimination is happeni

it's precisely the kind of suburban metro traditionally a republican area that republicans have been losing in the state of texas and others like it. it's not the only one. in the 21st congressional district of texas, republicans won the seat by nearly 21 points in 2016. that's not a competitive seat. that's a walk. in 2018, the republican candidate chip roy won by less than 3% of the vote. this year, he's facing a challenge from democrat wendy davis. davis is no stranger to taking on republicans in texas. you might remember in 2013 she gained national attention as a texas state senator for her filibuster of a sweeping anti-abortion law and she unsuccessfully ran for governor the very next year, and wendy davis joins me now. it's great to have you. i want to start with the sort of environment of texas right now. i mean, it's a fascinating place politically. it has been for a long time. but you've got tremendous amounts of mobilization, enthusiasm, and this kind of battle developing between the governor and the republican sort of power apparatus at the statewide level. and these incre

makeup was between 57% and 59% republican. in the years democrats put up a challenger, the republican received 57% and 59% of the vote.01 but in the republican received 48% of the vos, and robyn vining received 138 more than that. >> i don't think that we are as polarized as we think we are, that democrats live in one area and republicans live another one area. i think that people vote for both pties. >> sreenivasan: for more on the issues that wionsin voters have front of mind this election season, i spoke with pbs wisconsin reporter zacharyz. schu >> well, clearly, covid-19, the pandemic, is the number one w issue acroconsin. we saw kind of up and down caseloads throughout the summer, but, starting right after labor day, when college kids came ba to campus and after a lot of people around labor day took their family vacations, we saw cases skyrocket. and we're over 3,000 cases a day on t seven-day average. we just had a day with 4,000 new cases, 1,600eaths in wisconsin, and this is clearly the top of the mind. ntit infiltrat

republicans are moving full steam ahead. the woman president trump has tapped to fill that seat a prove conservative. her children are with her today. we've seen images of them at the capital. she's xektded today to focus on family, morals and her judicial philosophy in her own opening statement. that will come after 22 members read their opening statements inside the hearing room. the seats socially distanced. some senators participate virtually in today's nomination hearing. some republicans, one of whom tested positive of coronavirus after attending that rose garden where the president selected the judge as the nominee. republicans say they are following cdc guidelines. we have our entire team joining us this morning to take us through this step by step. let's go to our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce, this will look different from hearings past. we're going through this pandemic and we he days until election day, we should note, well more than 5 million americans have voted in this presidential election. >>

they know that republicans have failed them. no health care bill, no infrastructure bill, the president talked about in the campaign, i will invest in infrastructure, no bill as represented by the president to do that, no health care bill. they know their republican colleagues failed them through their in action and your responsibility. they know the democrats have offered a serious agenda of leadership, demonstrated the capacity to govern responsibly and have shown ourselves always to be for the people. today we will be considering a bill. we are in negotiations, i hope those negotiations work. nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin reach four bipartisan deals. mister meadows was not chief of staff at that time. let us hope we can reach a bipartisan deal. we are supposed to consider our heroes 2 bill, our statement of what we think is necessary to uplift the american people, to let them know they are not on their own, we are with them, we are to gather. we will consider that bill today. if there is not an agreement. i hope there is an

you see the president going to georgia, a republican stronghold. the democrats looking at texas, they're looking at georgia, south carolina, the senate race there with jamie harrison. is some of this new money, the big money, for biden, going to go now into the deep south and the sunbelt? ayesha: it seems like they can try to make a pitch for those places. i think part of it may be just keeping the trump campaign on its toes and making them spend in some of these places that they shouldn't have to be. the president is in macon, georgia, today. why does a republican president have to be in macon, georgia, 18 days out from the election? that is not good. and so if they can use some of this, you know, this gusher of cash that has comin to kind of make them fight on all of these, you know, on all of this territory, that's in the democrats' favor. but, you know, i don't know about these polls that are showing things tight -- in places like georgia or texas. it seems very -- you know, it seems very hard to believe that biden would be able to pull somethi

, a 26% saying they are republicans or lean republican break -- republican. supporter of president trump in virginia, hello. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: social media, i don't do the twitter thing. i do have a facebook account. anyone who thinks republicans can get their message out there is living in some kind of silly land. republicans cannot do nothing on facebook. you know it, i know it and everybody knows. the man before about google, that is so false, that is 100% false. i can't figure out why you didn't correct him right there. host: that was an experience per die will ask you about your experience of what you're saying as far as republicans putting things on facebook. is that your personal experience of things being taken down? caller: not me, i don't put stuff on facebook. i've got 1512 followers and every time somebody put something up about the president, it is blocked or it says we fact-check this. who are these fact checkers? host: they are usually employed by the companies themselves. caller: the companies themselves

within republican politics and frankly people who are involved willing to project and involved republican voted against there are some culpability for that take what happened in 2008 for instance you had the rise of sarah palin who really represented in the 1st figures this past decade represent this kind of know nothing populism she's a pioneer of this kind of discourse and one of the people most responsible for her rise is obviously steve schmidt now one of the co-founders of the winter project i think the iraq war was a big predecessor for trampas and one of the people you know it was a supporter of the iraq war is bill kristol who's one of the lead figures in republican voters going strong we're not here to rehash ideology we're going to rehash the past what i did already gave whether or not the iraq war was right wrong or indifferent or whether or not we disagree or agree on any particular policy thing every minute there wasting time going to getting about what the republican party is or was or could have been or what our role in any given part of it was my question is what the hell

on the republican line. >>caller: thank you for taking my call. yes he spoke very clearly about what i had said when i called in. i don't know if ms. taylor is partisan and it is okay if she is but it's not just her other facets of the media say they are republicans they are challenged in behind in thee polls. and i have always wondered if they go down evenly there are democratic challengers or senators that are challenged in behind in the polls. i would like for her to speak on that. >> talk about what you do. >> a lot depends on which senators are up. one third of the senate is up they have six year terms and for instance in 2018 last cycle mostly democrats were defending states and republican territories. even though they have a very successful midterm they lost states and democratic senators in indiana and north dakota. so again they were defending democrats in red states. it's really the opposite this time around they have almost doubled the number since the 23 republican seats compared to 12 for democr

here's ken spain, a republican strategist who said on friday "six months ago, republicans were hoping that we'd be talking about senate races in colorado, arizona and maine. instead, there is concern of the potential outcomes in states like south carolina, georgia, and kansas." the point being, it was about this time in october of '96 when the word went out, it's every republican for themselves, don't worry about bob dole anymore. how close are senate republicans to that mind-set? >> a week ago, they were very close to that, chuck, but not -- this has been a week of enormous relief. i've interviewed a dozen republican senators, and the vice presidential debate really turned it around for a lot of republicans, as did the president's sort of powerful energy on conservative media, getting back out there. they're not afraid they're going to be out of the picture, generating base enthusiasm. i remember '96, when jack kemp just got completely creamed by al gore in the vice presidential debate. well, this time, vice president pence played direct to pennsylvania on fracking, direct to pennsyl

-- testi the ideology of the republican party, there is support for a republican wall. madeleine, is to calling from granite bay, california. madeleine supports joe biden. caller: good morning. i am not in my residence in granite bay. i am in arizona. i am the daughter of a railroader in the great-granddaughter of a scotch immigrant to yuma, arizona and a mexican immigrant who was in los still partn it was of mexico. i am a retired hr director of a city and county in california, and i keep up with the need for more people to fill jobs and we need immigrants just as we always have, and i really get thet in arizona with all of umpers. how can people really support trump when we need people of all races to come into this country to fill jobs? we do not have enough people in this country. we have all these immigrants peeking the fruit and vegetables in california and working in the fields here. that is my question. why can't people be more supportive of immigration? guest: madeleine, i don't know and i entirely agree with you. is:: let's go to susan, who from tucson, arizon

so, he's likely to be-- to be rejected and republicans will gain, but the only other possible republicanain in the current run of state is in my old home state of michigan where the republican, john james came within six points of beat incumbent debby stabenow, is running just about four points behind gary peters, democratic one-term u.s. senator, who at one point had the lowest degree of substantive identification of any u.s. senator. so that's-- that's a possible pickup and a possible good news for republicans in what otherwise appears to be a bad news night for them in u.s. senate contests. >> thanks, michael. none of these senate candidates to my knowledge have tied themselves in any way to donald trump in recent advertisements overall and some are going so far to say they will be a check on joe biden presidency. is that something that happens at this point when races are at the state they are today? >> i think it is something that usually happens and i'm surprised it hasn't happened more. you've got, when joe biden has been unwilling to state where he stands on packing the supreme c

it was not a great year for republicans. only -- themen, number of republican women fell to 13. that was compared to 88 democratic women in the house. needless to say you have had your work cut out for you. i wonder if you can give assistance of your organization and what your strategy has been and what your forecast is in the next two weeks. let's start with you. vew pack. we are expecting great things in 13 days. we have them working really hard. it has been a record year in terms of republican women and signing up to vote -- two run. 208 is the magic number, which is twice what it was before. we have 94 women running for the u.s. house, which is extraordinary. we are excited about that. a lot of democratic women are in the house. we know that we will make inroads this cycle. heavily geared to win already. i do not know how deep you want to go on that. we can get into more specific places? >> yes. let's talk about that. this is something to watch as the election clock clicks down and we are watching the news and the elect -- the election returns. >> yes, absolutely. thank you