>> Bret: AT THE HEADQUARTERS
IN MONTGOMERY AND THE JONES
HEADQUARTERS IN BIRMINGHAM.
THIS WERE JUST GETTING OUT AS WE
ARE MAKING THIS RACE.
JOINING US TONIGHT TO BREAKDOWN
JUAN WILLIAMS.
THIS ELECTION RESULT.
>> THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR THE
DEMOCRATS.
THEY WENT ALL IN, THEY HAD A
MAJOR GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT
CORY BOOKER GOING DOWN THERE
THIS LAST WEEK TO TRY AND
MOBILIZE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
VOTE WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA,
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE
CALLS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY WERE REALLY GOING ALL IN.
THEY HAD A ONCE IN A GENERATION
CHANCE TO WIN A SENATE SEAT IN
ALABAMA THEY WENT FOR IT.
AND IT IS SIGNIFICANT,
OBVIOUSLY.
A TWO VOTE MAJORITY HAS BEEN
PRETTY TOUGH TO GOVERN WITH IN
THE SENATE, NOW IT'S GOING TO BE
A ONE-VOTE MAJORITY.
51-49.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I'VE GOT TO
TELL YOU I TALKED'S WHO DON'T TO
SOME TOP OFFICIALS EVEN IN THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WEREN'T
SURE -- GUESS THEY WANTED THE
BOAT.
THEY WANTED MOORE TO WIN, BUT
THEY ALSO FEARED THE BURDEN THAT
HE WOULD PUT ON THE PARTY.
THEY LOOKED BACK AT TODD AKIN,
WHO MADE THE COMMENTS AS A
REPUBLICAN SAINT CANDIDATE
MISERY IN 2012.
THAT WAS KIND OF A POSTER BOY
FOR REPUBLICANS RUNNING AT THAT
ELECTION.
THEY WORRIED ABOUT ROY MOORE AND
ALBATROSS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THAT EVERY TIME A
SENATOR WALKED DOWN THE
CORRIDOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT ROY MOORE?
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
ETHICS INVESTIGATION?
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE TO EXPEL
HIM?
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THEY ALSO
THOUGHT THAT ROY MOORE IN THE
SENATE WAS GOING TO BE A REAL
BURDEN FOR THEM AND WHAT
PROMISES TO BE A TOUGH MIDTERM
BEEN WORTH IT FOR THE G.O.P.?
>> THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING
ALL ALONG.
SENATE REPUBLICANS AND THE
QUESTION IS WHICH ONE WOULD HIT
THEM.
THE ONE THAT HIT THEM IS THE ONE
THAT COST THEM A SEAT.
BUT AS CHRIS HAS ABLY SUGGESTED,
A MOORE WIN WOULD HAVE BEEN NO
BETTER ROSES EITHER.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT
ASSESSMENT AND I WOULD ADD ONE
MORE THOUGHT FOR EVERYONE, AND
THAT IS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
THE GREAT STEVE BANNON, AMANDA
WITH WITH BEEN GIVEN TO BELIEVE
IS A MASTER POLITICAL
STRATEGIST.
HE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO THINK
THAT HE'S THE MAN WHOSE WISDOM
GOT DONALD TRUMP ELECTED.
BUT HE WENT DOWN AND DID GO ALL
IN FOR ROY MOORE.
THIS IS A STATE WHERE IT'S VERY
HARD FOR REPUBLICANS TO LOSE AND
HIS MEN LOST AND HE LOST AS THE
RESULT OF A FACT THAT ENOUGH
PEOPLE IN ALABAMA THOUGHT ENOUGH
OF WHAT THOSE WOMEN SAID ABOUT
ROY MOORE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT
HIM AS THEIR SENATOR AND THAT IS
THE RESULT TONIGHT.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THIS
WILL AFFECT THE STANDING OF
STEVE BANNON WHO WE THOUGHT WAS
A PRETTY BIG PLAYER OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> Bret: YOU COVER THE LAST
DEMOCRAT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
>> IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME.
DEMOCRATIC BREED THAT NO LONGER
REALLY EXISTS.
HE WAS PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON A
LOT OF ISSUES AND HE WASN'T
SOMEBODY THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP COULD COUNT ON.
I THINK LOOKING AT ROY MOORE'S
RECORD.
HE WILL BE PRETTY MUCH A DOWN
THE LINE VOTE FOR THINGS -- DOUG
JONES, I'M SORRY.
OF COURSE.
THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WILL BE EASILY ABLE
TO WIN OVER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT SEEMS FAIR
TO SAY THAT FROM DAY ONE HE WILL
BE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE
DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE THE NEXT
TIME AROUND.
>> Martha: WHAT DOES IT SAY
ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES.
ROY MOORE WAS ONE OF THE FEW
SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT TRUE,
THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE, AND
HE LOST.
>> I THINK THAT BASED ON WHAT
WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR VOTER
ANALYSIS AND ALSO FROM THE
OUTCOME IS THAT HIS DENIALS WERE
NOT CREDIBLE ENOUGH, BUT ALSO I
THINK THAT WE ARE IN AN ERA OF
POLITICAL DISRUPTION.
NOBODY THOUGHT THAT FROM GOOD
WIN AT THE BEGINNING IN THAT
JUNE OF 2015.
HE'S OUR PRESIDENT.
DEMOCRAT HASN'T BEEN ELECTED IN
SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE.
WITHOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS I
THINK ROY MOORE WOULD DEFINITELY
BE THE SENATOR FROM ALABAMA.
ONE THING TO LOOK OUT IS IS THE
ETERNAL PATTERN SIMILAR TO THE
RATE THAT HAPPENED JUST LAST
MONTH IN WHICH ED GILLESPIE THE
REPUBLICAN LOST BIG TIME IN
IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
VIRGINIA WON MARRIED WOMEN BY
TEN POINTS.
ED GILLESPIE ONLY WANTED BY ONE
POINT AND HE LOST SO BIG.
THAT SAID, THE 2018 MAP FOR THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE IS
VERY, VERY GOOD.
THEY ALSO THINK OF A POSSIBLE
COUPLE OF PICKUP OPPORTUNITIES
LIKE IN MISSOURI AND INDIANA.
THEY ARE WORRIED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT NEVADA.
THEY ARE PRETTY SURE ABOUT
TENNESSEE BUT THEY HAVE A STRONG
CANDIDATE, THE DEMOCRATS DO, IN
PHILIP FELT RETICENT THING WE
KNOW FOR SURE, WHILE McCONNELL'S
KNOW FOR SURE, WHILE McCONNELL'P
KNOW FOR SURE, WHILE McCONNELL'S
KNOW FOR SURE, WHILE McCONNELL'T
KNOW FOR SURE, WHILE McCONNELL'O
KNOW FOR SURE, WHILE McCONNELL'N
HAD BEEN TO ALWAYS SUPPORT THE
INCUMBENT, THERE'S GOING TO BE
A FOCUS ON QUALITY OF CANDIDATES
GOING FORWARD AND YOU CAN BET
THAT 2018 WILL BE A VERY
EXPENSIVE RACE.
>> Bret: JUAN?
>> TO ME THIS IS A RED STATE AND
EVERYBODY WILL TALK ABOUT JOE'S
ON THE APPEAL TO THE DEMOCRATS,
EVEN CHARLES BARKLEY THE
BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR WHO WENT TO
WHAT STRIKES ME IS PICKING UP ON
WHAT DANA WAS TALKING ABOUT,
SUBURBAN REPUBLICANS, ESPECIALLY
WOMEN, WHO, ACCORDING TO ALL
THAT WE CAN SEE TONIGHT, OUTSIDE
OF BIRMINGHAM, EVEN OUTSIDE OF
MONTGOMERY, WERE QUICK TO DECIDE
EITHER TO STAY HOME OR TO VOTE
FOR JONES.
THIS IS A SURPRISE.
AND THIS SUGGESTS THAT THIS
ARGUMENT, SOME CALL IT A CIVIL
WAR WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN RANKS,
IS REALLY AT A BOILING POINT.
THAT'S WHY STEVE BANNON IS SUCH
AN IMPORTANT PLAYER HERE.
REMEMBER STEVE BANNON PERSUADED
STRANGE AND IT WAS STEVE BANNON
WHO WAS TAKING ON THE SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, MITCH
PLACE IN HELL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW GOING INTO
BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE SEATS BUT
THEY ARE HOLDING WHILE DEMOCRATS
HAVE MORE SEATS THAT ARE OPEN,
BUT TO MY MIND WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT IS DEMOCRATS
ANTICIPATING A WAVE IN THE
MIDTERMS OF 2018 AND THINKING
THAT THIS IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT
DONALD TRUMP AND STEVE BANNON
ARE HURTING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
NOT ANYTHING THE DEMOCRATS ARE
OR EVEN STRONG CANDIDATES IN
MANY PLACES.
IT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HOW
REPUBLICANS ESPECIALLY
REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEEL ABOUT THE
PARTY.
>> Bret: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS RACE WAS UNIQUE IN THE
SENSE THAT IT HAD TO DO A LOT
WITH THESE ALLEGATIONS?
DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE TRUMP
AGENDA.
IF YOU WOULD PUT THE TRUMP
AGENDA UP IN AN ELECTION ALABAMA
STRANGE, LUTHER STRANGE SHOULD
HAVE WON OVER ROY MOORE.
INSTEAD, STEVE BANNON BACK ROY
MOORE AND ROY MOORE BEAT THE
TRUMP CANDIDATE.
THEN STEVE BANNON IS CALLING IN
THE OVAL OFFICE AND SANK TO THE
YOU SHOULD BE BACK IN ROY MOORE.
HE'S A POPULIST AND YOU ARE A
POPULIST PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE GUY WHO'S GOING TO
DISCOMBOBULATED, SHAKE UP THE