>>
>> WELCOME. IT'S 4@7:00 HERE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.
IT4@ IS TIME FOR OUR STATE HOU4E
INSIDERS ANTOINE AND OUR
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST 4@DAVE
WILSON OUR REPUBLICAN STRATEGY.
GUYS THE BIG DEBATE COMING UP
SATURDAY NIGHT BETWEEN JAMIE
HARRISON AND SENATOR LINDSEY GRA
HASMT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT?
>> -- GRAH4@AM.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR JAMIE
HARRISON TO BE JAMIE HARRISON.4@
I'M LOOKING FOR HIM TO CONTINUE
IT MAKE THE CASE THAT DEMOCRATS@
INDEPENDENTS REPUBLICANS ALIKE
ABOUT WHY HE SHOULD AND WOULD
LIKELY BE THE NEXT U.S. SENATOR
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
I THINK THAT DAY AFTER DAY, WE
SEE THE FAILURES OF LINDSEY4@
GRAHAM AND HE GIVES PEOPLE WHO
ARE LOOKING FOR A REASON TO VOTE
IN A DIFFERENT WAY A REASON TO
DO SO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO I THINK JAMIE, I'M LOOK HIM
TO MAKE THE CASE ON POLICY4@ OF@
LIFE ISSUES.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR HIM TO DO
WHAT WE SAW TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND THAT'S4@
GET DRAWN INTO A PERSONALITY
DISCUSSION.
WE'RE REALLY HAVING A POLITICS
DISCUSSION.
>> THAT REALLY IS WHAT IT DOES.
HE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE ON
SATURDAY NIGHT, JR.
I THINK WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR4@
ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN WE START
TAKING A LOOK AT DEBATES ABOUT
WHAT DOES AND DOES NOT WORK.4@
THERE NEEDS TO BE SUBSTANTIVE.4@
THERE NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT@
ISSUES BECAUSE THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES THAT4@ E
BETWEEN ANTOINE AND MY VIEWPOINT
BETWEEN JAMIE HARRISON'S
VIEWPOINT AND L4@INDSEY GRAHAM'S
VIEWPOINT.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SEE IS A CLEAR
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE POLICY
DIFFERENCES THAT REALLY CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
AND CLOSING THE GAP FOR SOME
PEOPLE AND RECOGNITION OF OTHERS
THAT LINDS GRAY HAM OR JAMIE
HARRISON ARE EXACTLY WHO THEY4@
SAY THEY ARE.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THES
4@PARTY CANDIDATE4@ DROPPING OU
SAY THEY ARE. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THES 4@PARTY CANDIDATE4@ DROPPING OUF
THE RACE TODAY, BILL BLEDSOE.4@
HE LE4@FT THE RACE.
HE'S ENDORSING THE INCUMBENT
SENATOR GRAHAM OF THE LAST TIME
HE GOT 2% OF THE VOTE IF I
REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
HOW'S THAT GOING TO WEIGH IN
DAVE?
HOW IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THE
RACE?
>> EVERY SINGLE VOTE IS GOING TO
MATTER IN THIS RACE.4@
THAT'S JUST A PLAIN AND SIMPLE
FACT.
WE H4@AVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE
POLLING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON4@
WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK AND A
48-48 SPLIT RIGHT NOW.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4, 5,4@ 6% OF
VOTERS IN SWHOK ARE SAYING I
HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND YET4@.4@
I THINK THAT POLL IS TAKEN PRIOR
TO THE PRESIDENTIAL4@4@ DE4@BAT
HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND YET4@.4@ I THINK THAT POLL IS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL4@4@ DE4@BATE
IMPACT OF JAMIE WILL BE A REAL
TELLTALE SIGN AND A 4@CHANCE FOR
HIM TO TALK TO AUDIENCES BACK AT
HOME SAYING THIS IS ACTUALLY
WHAT I'M DOING IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. F4@OR4@ YOU.
>> ANTOINE LET ME LET YOU WEIGH
IN ON THIS AS WELL.
IS THAT BIG BLOWS TO THE4@
HARRISON CAMPAIGN?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I DON'T THINK THAT JAMIE
HARRISON'S CAMPAIGN WAS PUTTING
ALL THEIR MARBLES IN THE
CONSTITUTION OF PARTIES4@4@ THE
TRUTH OF MATTER JAMIE SUPPORT
THIS IS STATE AND THE MOMENTUM4@
HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT HIS MESSAGE
TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA@
WHAT HE WOULD.
DO I LOVE THE CHANGE OF TONE AND
TEMPERATURE AS MY FRIEND4@ DAVE.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO MY HE WAS SO4@
ARROGANT AND BULL HEADED AND NOW
HE'S SAYING VOTE COUNTS.
I LOVE T4@HAT HE SETLES IN ON T@
TRUTH.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS4@ IT
MAKES AN DIFFERENCE DOES.
TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE?
I DON'T THINK SO.
THE ONE THING I REMIND PEOPLE
ALL THE GIM ENDORSEMENT THEY
BRING ALONG SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS
BUT THEY BRING ALONG ALL 4@OF YR
ENEMIES AND I THINK THAT YOU
HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN
YOU PRAISE THE ENDORSEMENT OF
SOMEONE LIKE A CONSTITUTIONAL
PARTY CANDIDATE.4@
>> ALL RIGHTS.
>> AND4@ LET TO BE TOLD JR WE
DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL GOING4@
TO BE TAKEN OFF 4@THE B4@ALLOT D
THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION THAT
WILL BE ANSWERED IN THE NEXT
COMING DAYS BECAUSE HE MAY HAVE
BEEN4@ ENDORSED LINDSEY GRAHAM T
MAY BE ON THE BALLOT WHICH MEANS
HE MAY HAVE A COLLECTION OF
VOTES COMING HIS WAY.
>> OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
SENATO4@R LINDS GRAY HAM HAS MAE
IT NO4@ SECRET HE'S BEING OUTSTT
BY JAMIE HARRISON.
HE'S BEEN ON VARIOUS NETWORKS
BASICALLY BEGGING FOR MONEY.
I'M HEARING REPORTS THAT WHEN
ALL IS SAID AND $100 MILLION
COULD BE SPENT4@ IN THE SENATE
CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
WHICH I THINK WOULD BE SOME SORT
OF RECORD THAT.
>> JR WHEN WE LOOK AT LAST RACE
THERE WAS MORE THAN TENS OF
MILLIONS SPENT ACROSS BOTH
CANDIDATES.
WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FACT
THAT WE'RE NOW IN A VERY
DIFFERENT TYPE OF ELECTION4@ CYE
WE'RE IN A CYCLE THAT HAS A
SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT 4@AND
NATIONWIDE IMPACT AND A CROWD
IMPACT.
THAT'S WHAT JAMIE HARRISON IS
KEYING OFF OF RIGHTS NOW IN HIS
FUND-RAISING BECAUSE THE
MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY IS EQUAL
COMING FROM OUT OF STATE, GIVING
MONEY TO THE CAMPAIGN, WORKING
THROUGH TO DO WHAT THE4@ DEMOCRS
HONESTLY HAVE DONE VERY WELL.
AND THIS IS CENTRALIZE A LOT OF
THEIR DOLLARS ELECTION SO THAT
THEY CAN START CHARMING THAT
INTO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DPRON
TH4@EIR STANDPOINT IN A RACE LIE
THIS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT IS4@ OUTSIDE
MONEY COMING IN SAYINGS LIKE WE
DON'T NEED TO HAVE LINDS GRAY
HAM AND THE REALITY IS, LINTEDZ
DON'T NEED TO HAVE LINDS GRAY HAM AND THE REALITY IS, LINTEDZ@ GRAY HAM IS OUT THERE TRYING TO
RAISE MONEY AS WELL TO BE ABLE
TO TURN BACK AND SAY THIS IS WHY
TO VOTE FOR ME.
>> TRUTHFULLY MY FRIEND DAVE IS
A BIT WRONG.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE MONEY IS
COMING FROM IN AND OUT OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
DEMOCRATS,4@ REPUBLICANS,
INDEPENDENTS ALIKE.
THAT IS4@ THE GOOD NEWS.
THE EVEN BETTER THAN THIS FOR
THE FIRST TIME MANY MY POLITICAL
LIFETIME, DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE
JAMIE HAR4@RISON HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE HIS
OPPONENT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
HE'S FOR.
OPPONENT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE'S FOR.4@ HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE SPENT.
IN THE END WE JUST DO NOT KNOW.
THAT MONEY IS NOT COMING IN BY
ACCIDENT.
IT'S COMING IN BECAUSE LINDSEY
GRAHAM CONTINUES TO EMBARRASS4@
SOUTH CAROLINA AND HIMSELF ON
THE NATIONAL STAGE AND THEREFOR@
PEOPLE ARE FED UP AN4@D TIRED OF
IT.
SO YOU SEE THIS MOMENTUM AND THE
MONEY4@ COMING TO SOUTH CAROLINA
AND BEING GIVEN FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA BECAUSE OF THE FAILURES
OF LINDS GRAY HAM.
>> I THINK WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT IT ANTOINE THE MAJORITY HAS,
THE VAST MAJORITY OF4@ THESE
DOLLARS ARE DOLLARS COMING IN
FROM OUT OF STATE.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
COMI4@NG FROM OUT OF STATE INTO
THIS PARTICULAR RACE AND I THINK
THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE
LOOKING AT NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS TRYING TO
INFLUENCE WHAT'S GOING ON IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.4@
WE'RE ALL GOING TO -- ALL OF4@
THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 AND $100
MILLION ON A SINGLE RACE4@ FOR E
UNITED STATES.
>> DAVE, YOU CAN MAKE THE SAME
ARGUMENT FOR THE MONEY THAT
LINDS GRAY HAM IS RAISING.
YOU DON'T GET ON FOX NEWS AND
BEG -- LINDSEY GRAHAM.
HE'S BEG FOR 4@NATIONAL MONEY,4@
NATIONAL ATTENTION.
HE'S WHINING ABOUT THE FACT HE'S
GETTING UPSET.
SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME
SORT OF ARGUMENT OR SOME SORT OF
JAB ABOUT THE MONEY JAMESY IS4@
RAISING.
>> AND --
>> NO, NO, I'M MAKING A POINT.
>> FUND-RAISING EFFORT.
THAT'S THE4@ ROOELT I'M MAKING A
P4@OINT.4@
P I'M MAKING THE POINT THAT
LINDSEY GRAHAM CONTINUES TO
RAISE OUTSIDE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
MONEY INCLUDING HIS --4@4@ INCLG
HIS D.C.-BASED EFFORT THAT TRIED
TO COME INTO SOUTH CAROLINA AND
TELL LIES ON JAMES YOU 4@HARRIS@
10 I THINK 245 WHAT ALL OF US
TELL LIES ON JAMES YOU 4@HARRIS@ 10 I THINK 245 WHAT ALL OF US4@ ARE TRYING TO SAY IS THERE'S A
LOT OF MONEY SPENT A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> GUYS APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.
THE FIRST DEBATE IS SATURDAY
NIGHT.
THE SECOND DEBATE IS MONDAY
OCTOBER 1TH AND