>>> AS THEY SAY DOWN SOUTH, IT
AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER, AND
GEORGIA IS NO EXCEPTION WITH
SEVEN WEEKS FOR RUNOFFS FOR BOTH
OF GEORGIA’S SENATE SEATS.
IT’S REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT DAVID
PERDUE VERSUS DEMOCRAT JON
OSSOFF.
IN THE OTHER CORNER, LOT OF LER
VERSUS DEMOCRAT REVEREND RA
FEMALE WARNOCK, TWO RACES THAT
COULD ULTIMATELY SWAY CONTROL OF
THE SENATE CHAMBER IN THE NEW
YEAR.
WHAT HAPPENS IN GEORGIA
ULTIMATELY DETERMINES IF JOE
BIDEN’S AGENDA WILL BECOME
REALITY OR REMAIN ANOTHER
DEMOCRATIC PIPE DREAM.
NBC’S IS A HILLSAHIL KAPUR IN AT
US.
CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH THEIR
STRATEGY AND WHETHER OR NOT
DEMOCRATS ARE CONSIDERING DOING
SOMETHING SIMILAR?
>> Reporter: ALICIA, THE TWO
REPUBLICAN SENATORS, DAVID
PERDUE AND KELLY LOEFFLER ARE
RUNNING TOGETHER SAYING THIS IS
NO LONGER ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL
CANDIDACIES OR SEATS, AND THIS
IS NOW ABOUT KEEPING THE SENATE
IN REPUBLICAN HANDS.
THAT IS "D"A DELICATE DANCE THEY
DOING BECAUSE THEY’RE CAREFUL OF
ALIENATING TRUMP VOTERS.
SO THEY’RE NOT REALLY
CONTRADICTING THE PRESIDENT, BUT
THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY SAYING IN
THE SUBSEX THATTEXT THAT SUBSIDI
GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT
AND CALLING THE SENATE THE
REPUBLICAN FIREWALL.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE
AGENDA AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE
THOUGHT OF AS ONE OR TWO VOTES
HERE OR THERE.
THIS IS WHETHER THE SENATE
AGENDA WILL BE RUN BY MITCH
McCONNELL, THE REPUBLICAN, WHO
CAN CONTROL WHAT PIECES OF
LEGISLATION AND WHAT CABINET
NOMINEES COME UP, OR WHETHER IT
WILL BE AN ALLY OF
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND CHUCK
SCHUMER WHO WILL MAKE THE
DECISIONS, SO THE STAKES ARE
ENORMOUS HERE.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME
DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TURNOUT
YOU HAD IN GEORGIA, THE
COMPENSATION OF THE ELECTORATE
FOR THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND
THIS EARLY SENATE RACE AND
WHETHER OR NOT THAT’S GOING TO
TRANSPOSE ONTO THIS SECOND ROUND
OF THIS ELECTION.
SO I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE HEARING
BOTH ABOUT WHAT BOTH PARTIES ARE
EXPECTING AND THE ORGANIZING
THEY BELIEVE THEY WILL HAVE TO
DO IN ORDER TO TURN OUT THE
VOTERS THAT THEY NEED TO SECURE
THESE SEATS.
>> Reporter: THERE IS AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY
HERE, ALICIA, GIVEN THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SO DOMINATED
AMERICAN POLITICAL LIFE FOR FOUR
YEARS, AND NOW HE’S NOT GOING TO
BE ON THE BALLOT.
SO DEMOCRATS ARE WONDERING, IS
THEIR TURNOUT GOING TO FLAG AS
IT TRADITIONALLY DOES?
WAS THIS MASSIVE TURNOUT THAT
POWERED JOE BIDEN TO WIN A ONE
OFF?
THEY’RE NOT LEAVING ANYTHING TO
CHANCE.
I TALKED TO LABOR LEADS WHO SAY
THEY’RE GOING TO BE SENDING
MAILERS TO EVERY VOTER,
REGISTERING NEW VOTERS, TRYING
TO REGISTER YOUNG VOTERS WHO
JUST TURNED 18 AFTER ELECTION
DAY.
SO THEY’RE WORKING VERY HARD TO
DO THIS.
AND REPUBLICANS ARE JUST
ASTONISHED.
MANY OF THEM I’VE SPOKEN TO ARE
SHELL SHOCKED THAT THIS
TRADITIONALLY RED STATE HAS NOW
APPARENTLY -- NBC HAS CALLED
IT -- GONE FOR JOE BIDEN AT THE
PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL, AND THEY ARE
EAGER AND DESPERATE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEIR VOTERS TURN OUT.
THAT’S A BIG PART OF WHY THEY’RE
TRYING TO ELEVATE THESE
CONTESTS, IT’S NO LONGER ABOUT
ONE OR TWO SEATS.
THEY’RE SAYING IT’S ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN ABILITY TO HAVE KIND
OF A RESTRICTION OR BLOCKADE ON
PARTS OF THE BIDEN AGENDA THAT
CONSERVATIVES DON’T WANT PASSED.