>> Bill: THANKS FOR FOLLOWING
THAT AT D.O.J.
>> Dana: TWO WEEKS AFTER
LAUNCHING HIS RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN A RECENT POLL HAS
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S APPROVAL
RATING AT 36%.
RNC CHAIRPERSON SAYS THE
HISTORICALLY LOW POLL NUMBERS
DON’T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO
G.O.P. VICTORIES.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE ALWAYS
INVESTING IN PROCESS.
YOU DON’T SEE THEM SITTING
AROUND WHINING THEY LOST THE
HOUSE OR COMPLAINING NANCY
PELOSI IS NOT THE SPEAKER.
THEY ARE ALREADY IN PENNSYLVANIA
ORGANIZING AND GETTING ON THE
PERMANENT VOTER ROLL.
THEY CARE ABOUT POWER AND
PUTTING THESE BAD POLICIES ON
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> Dana: LET’S BRING IN FORMER
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NEWT GINGRICH.
GINGRICH.
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S JOBAPPROVAL OF
36%.
I DON’T THINK IT’S AN OUTLIER.
SHOULD REPUBLICANS TAKE RONNA
MCDANIELS’ WARNING SERIOUSLY?
>> SURE.
LOOK.
FIRST OF ALL, IT’S A LONG WAY TO
THE ELECTION.
AND THINGS CAN CHANGE.
SECOND, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
VERY, VERY GOOD AT SURVIVAL.
LOOK AT THE BIG CITIES THAT ARE
DISASTERS BUT HAVE DEMOCRATIC
MAYORS AND IT’S UNLIKELY YOU
COULD BEAT THEM.
THE CAPACITY FOR POWER IS
ENORMOUS.
THEY DESPERATELY WANT TO STAY IN
POWER AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO DO THAT.
HAVING SAID THAT, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, IF THEY GET MAD ENOUGH
THEY’LL THROW PEOPLE OUT.
JIMMY CARTER LEARNED THAT,
GEORGE H.W. BUSH LEARNED THAT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ULTIMATELY
CAN HIRE AND FIRE DESPITE THE
NEWS MEDIA AND DESPITE
EVERYTHING ELSE.
AT LEAST AT THE PRESIDENTIAL
LEVEL.
SO I THINK BIDEN HAS TO BE
WORRIED AND DOUBLY WORRIED
BECAUSE KAMALA HARRIS IS AN
ENORMOUS DRAG ON THE TICKET.
IF I WERE A DEMOCRAT I WOULD BE
A LITTLE NERVOUS.
>> Bill: LET’S TALK ABOUT
BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS.
MITCH MCCONNELL SAID THIS.
WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF
SCREWING THIS UP AND THAT GETS
BACK TO CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT.
I THINK WE LOST GEORGIA, ARIZONA
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BECAUSE WE
DIDN’T HAVE COMPETITIVE
CANDIDATES.
RIGHT NOW 51 DEMS, 49
REPUBLICANS IN THE U.S. SENATE.
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
MCCONNELL THINKS THEY CAN REALLY
GO AFTER STATES LIKE WEST
VIRGINIA AND OHIO, MAYBE
PENNSYLVANIA, MAYBE MONTANA.
HOW DO YOU FORECAST THAT AS OF
TODAY?
>> WELL, I THINK IT’S VERY
CLEAR.
I HAPPEN TO BE AT THE GREENBRIAR
WHEN GOVERNOR JUSTICE ANNOUNCED
FOR THE SENATE.
A VERY FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE.
FORMER DEMOCRAT.
THE MOST LIKELY PERSON TO BE
ELECTED TO THE SENATE FROM WEST
VIRGINIA, A NET ONE FOR THE
REPUBLICANS.
I THINK THAT IF THE BIDEN
ECONOMY AND THE BIDEN BORDER
ISSUES AND THE DRUGS, THE REPORT
YOU JUST HAD FROM WASH WSH
STATE.
DEVASTATING.
AT SOME POINT WHAT HAPPENS IS
PEOPLE SAY THIS AIN’T WORKING.
AND IF THEY CONCLUDE THAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN’T
SUCCEED, THEN I THINK STATES
LIKE OHIO, WHICH IS VERY HEAVILY
REPUBLICAN NOW, PENNSYLVANIA, A
NUMBER OF PLACES SUDDENLY TILT
OUR WAY.
MONTANA VERY EASILY COULD BECOME
REPUBLICAN.
I THINK THE MOOD OF A YEAR FROM
NOW IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
MOST PEOPLE NOW FORECAST THAT
THE ECONOMY WILL GET WORSE, NOT
BETTER.
CLEARLY THE PROBLEMS ON THE
BORDER ARE ASTONISHING.
I WATCHED FOX FOOTAGE OF
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN, ALMOST
ALL OF THEM YOUNG MALES OUT IN
THE OPEN ON A HIGHWAY IN
DAYLIGHT ENTERING THE UNITED
STATES ILLEGALLY.
WELL, ALL OF THAT WEIGHS ON THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I THINK ALL
OF IT PROBABLY IS GOING TO MAKE
IT VERY HARD FOR THEM -- FOR THE
DEMOCRATS TO WIN NEXT YEAR.
>> Dana: QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON
AT 4:00 THE WHITE HOUSE IS
INVITING REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT
THE DEBT CEILING.
BIDEN WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS IS
CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIM AND
MCCONNELL BUT IT IS BETWEEN HIM
AND LEADER MCCARTHY.
SPEAKER MCCARTHY.
HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL GO THIS
AFTERNOON?
WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND SPEAKER
MCCARTHY DO THIS AFTERNOON?
>> WELL, LET ME PICK UP ON THE
POINT YOU JUST MADE.
VERY HISTORIC.
MITCH MCCONNELL HAS BEEN A
PLAYER IN THESE KIND OF
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A GENERATION.
HE CONCLUDED APPARENTLY -- I
COMMEND HIM FOR THIS.
THAT MCCARTHY, HAVE PASSED A
DEBT CEILING BILL.
MCCARTHY COULD SAY THE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS HAVE ELIMINATED THE
DANGER OF DEFAULT.
THE QUESTION NOW IS WHETHER OR
NOT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO
RECOGNIZE THAT HE HAS GOT A WAY
TO AVOID DEFAULT AND GOING TO
WORK IT OUT.
I THINK FOR MCCONNELL TO HAVE
SAID HE WILL FOLLOW MCCARTHY’S
LEAD IS TRULY A HISTORIC SHIFT.
WHO IS BASICALLY GOING TO
REPRESENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS.
>> Dana: INTERESTING.