THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT MAP AT THE OUTSET.
THE OUTSET. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY PURPLE
STATES.
STATES. >> WE GOT ANOTHER CALL TO MAKE.
IT’S IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. WE CAN NOW OFFICIALLY PROJECT
DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE AS WE SAID AT THE
START OF THE NIGHT, THEY NEEDED
TO PICK UP 23 SEATS TO GET OVER
THE MAGIC NUMBER OF 218.
THEY’VE DONE IT.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE TOLD THEY ARE
AT 229.
AT 229. CHUCK.
CHUCK. NOW IT’S A MATTER OF MEASURING
THEIR MARGIN.
THEIR MARGIN. >> NO DOUBT.
LET’S TAKE A SECOND HERE TO
REALIZE.
REALIZE. FOUR STRAIGHT MID-TERM ELECTIONS
WHERE AT LEAST ONE CHAMBER HAS
FLIPPED.
FLIPPED. >> THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THIS
COUNTRY SINCE THE ’30s AND ’40s.
WHAT WAS THAT DEPRESSION, WORLD
WAR II.
WAR II. MASSIVE CHANGES.
MASSIVE CHANGES. A NEW GENERATION.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF -- ONE
OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO ACCEPT
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
MASSIVE REALIGNMENT, WE ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THINGS
EVERY TWO YEARS.
THINGS ARE SHIFTING.
>> REPUBLICANS HELD THE HOUSE
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
>> THEY HAVE.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT.
EVERY FOUR YEARS.
STARTING IN ’06 THERE HAS BEEN A
FLIP OF THE HOUSE OR SENATE OR
BOTH.
BOTH. ’06, ’10.
’06, ’10. ’14 AND NOW ’18.
>> THAT IS MAJOR VOLATILITY IN
AMERICAN POLITICS.
AMERICAN POLITICS. >> YOU SEE A LOT OF WOMEN
CANDIDATES, THEY HAVE THIS VERY
BIG FIELD.
BIG FIELD. MILITARY BACKGROUND, YOUNGER.
THIS IS A NEW GENERATION COMING
INTO THE HOUSE.
>> IT IS BEING DONE THROUGH THE
SUBURBS.
SUBURBS. THIS IS NOT THEM WINNING RED
STATES.
STATES. THIS IS NOT RED DISTRICTS.
THIS IS THEM WINNING --
>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE FOR
DEMOCRATS?
DEMOCRATS? THEN RUN FAR TO THE LEFT OF
CENTRIST?
CENTRIST? >> VERY MIXED.
>> IT DEPENDS VERY MUCH WHERE
YOU RUN.
YOU RUN. I DO THINK THERE HAS BEEN --
IT’S BEEN CLEAR THERE IS A PUSH
FOR AUTHENTICITY.
FOR AUTHENTICITY. VOTERS WERE AUTHENTICS.
FOR DEMOCRATS THAT’S ON THE
PROGRESSIVE SIDE.
PROGRESSIVE SIDE. WE ARE VERY OBVIOUSLY INTO THE
VOTE COUNTS, JUST HOW MANY
DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CALLED
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE HAND POWER
TO DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON IN A
WAY THAT IS GOING TO DEFINE THE
NEXT TWO YEARS OF COVERING THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> WALK US THROUGH THE
PRACTICALITYIES OF DEMOCRATS NOT
CONTROLLING THE HOUSE?
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS
SUBPOENA POWER.
SUBPOENA POWER. WHEN REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED THE
HOUSE THIS LAST GO AROUND, THEY
ACTUALLY MADE IT SO THEY DIDN’T
HAVE TO CONSULT WITH THE
MINORITY IF THEY WANTED TO ISSUE
A SUBPOENA.
A SUBPOENA. IT WAS LARGELY OVERLOOKED AT THE
TIME.
TIME. DEMOCRATS COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AT
THE TIME.
THE TIME. BUT IT’S A CLASSIC CASE OF YOU
KNOW WHAT, WHAT GOES AROUND
COMES AROUND.
COMES AROUND. >> JUST TO REALLY DEFINE OUR
TERMS, YOU ARE TALKING DEMOCRATS
WHO WILL HAVE CONTROL OF
CHAIRMANSHIPS, THEN HAVE THE
POWER TO INVESTIGATE AND AS PART
OF THAT POWER TO INVESTIGATE,
IT’S THE POWER TO SUBPOENA,
WHICH IS THE POWER FOR CONGRESS
TO COMPEL TESTIMONY OR
DOCUMENTS?
DOCUMENTS? >> OR TAX RETURNS, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> WE COMPARED DEVON NUNEZ WHO
WAS AS NO OTHER INTELLIGENCE
CHAIR HAS BEEN THE HAND MAIDEN
OF THE WHITE HOUSE, HAS ALWAYS
BEEN AN INDEPENDENT BIPARTISAN
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. HE COMPLETELY POLITICIZE I’D IT
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATES
INCLUDING THE MIDNIGHT RUN WHICH
WAS THEN MISREPORTED.
NOW HE WOULD GET REPLACED BY
ADAM SCHIFF, A FORMER PROSECUTOR
AND SOMEONE LEADING THE CHARGE
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
>> THAT IS A STRONGER COMPARISON
AND ELIJAH CUMMINGS REPLACES
TRAY GOWDY.
TRAY GOWDY. >> NANCY PELOSI?
THAT’S THE QUESTION AT THE
MOMENT?
MOMENT? DOES SHE HAVE THE VOTES?
>> THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO
NANCY PELOSI AT THE SPEAKER
RIGHT NOW AND WHETHER OR NOT SHE
HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM ON THE FLOOR
OF THE HOUSE, WE DON’T KNOW THE
ANSWER YET.
ANSWER YET. CHUCK, WE NEED TO SEE THE LEFT
OF THESE RESULTS.
THE GENERAL CONSENSUS HAS BEEN
AMONG MY CONSULTANTS, IF THE
MAJORITY IS LESS THAN THEN, THEN
SHE AS IF THEY HAVE A MARGIN
LESS THAN TEN, SHE COULD
PROPERLY HAVE A PROBLEM.
THERE IS A SENSE, NANCY PELOSI’S
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING BEHIND
THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THIS
PATH WAS GOING TO BE SMOOTH.
THEY THINK THERE IS A FAR LOWER
NUMBER OF HARD CARORE ANTI-PELOS
THAN CANDIDATES THEY HAVE VOTING
FOR HER THE PROCESS, THIS WILL
ALL PLAY OUT.
IT’S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED
THAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
SO YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ON THE
FLOOR.
FLOOR. CAN YOU VOTE PRESENT, WHICH
WOULD POTENTIALLY SAVE SOME
DEMOCRATS THAT SAID THEY WOULD
VOTE AGAINST HER, THEN THEIR
VOTES WOULDN’T COUNT.
>> THAT MAY SAVE HER A BIT.
>> THE IDEA THAT THERE IS NO ONE
ELSE OUT THERE.
IT MEANS THERE IS NO ONE ANYONE
WOULDCO ACOULD COALESCE AROUND?
>> WHEN JOE CRAWLEY LOST THAT
PRIMARY ELECTION TO OCASSIA
CORTEZ, HE WAS SOMEBODY, HE’S