I AM KENNEDY.
A NEW MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY POLL
SHOWS DEMOCRAT CONOR LAMB IS
LEADING REPUBLICAN WRITING
SACCONE.
THE SAME POLLSTERS HAD SACCONE
UP BY 3 POINTS JUST LAST MONTH.
WHY DOES LAMB STEAM HAVE THE
LEAD?
LET ME ASK COREY LEWANDOWSKI.
COREY, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BIG RALLY
THE PRESIDENT HAD IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
IT SEEMS HE WAS SAY TOGETHER
VOTERS QUITE OBVIOUSLY, I CARE
ABOUT YOU.
YOU VOTED FOR ME.
THE AGENDA WE SHARE TOGETHER IS
HAVE MUCH ON TRACK.
AND VOTE FOR THIS GUY AS A SMALL
FAVOR.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORIC TAX
CUTS THIS PRESIDENT GOT THROUGH
CONGRESS.
HE DID NOT HAVE ONE DEMOCRAT
VOTE.
IF YOU WANT TO BEAT CONOR LAMB,
ARE YOU GOING TO CAMPAIGN AND
SAY I'M GOING TO VOTE WITH THE
PRESIDENT AGAINST THE PARTY?
WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
WE HAVE SEEN POLITICIANS MAKE
PROMISES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS
AND GO TO WASHINGTON AND VOTE
THE OOBS WAY.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT NEEDS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. IS THEY WILL
HELP HIM GET HIS AGENDA DONE.
>> IT WASN'T ABOUT THE AGENDA OR
THE CANDIDATE.
DO YOU SEE RICK SACCONE AS BEING
A WEAK FUNDRAISER AND WEAK
CANDIDATE?
>> HE HAS NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL
IN FUNDRAISING AS WANT TO BE.
BUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PUT $10
MILLION INTO THIS CAMPAIGN
BECAUSE THIS IS A DISTRICT
THAT'S A MUST-WIN FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS DONALD
TRUMP IS 5-0 ON HOUSE RACES.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT.
THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE
TOMORROW FLIGHT IN
PENNSYLVANIA -- TOMORROW NIGHT
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
KENNEDY: THEY CAN'T BE
COMPLACENT GOING INTO THE
MID-TERMS.
THAT WOULD BE BAD FOR THEM.
YOU SAY IT'S A MUST-WIN.
WHAT HAPPENS IF RICK SACCONE
LOSE HIS SEAT IN A DISTRICT THE
PRESIDENT WON BY 20 POINTS JUST
OVER A YEAR AGO.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO THE FUTURE
MID-TERM RACES?
>> IN THIS DISTRICT IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WILL BE REDRAWN AND THE
DISTRICT WILL BE DIFFERENT COME
NOVEMBER.
6 MONTHS, 8 MONTHS FROM NOW.
KENNEDY: DOES IT MEAN THE
PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY ONE WHO
CAN DELIVER THOSE WHITE WORKING
CLASS VOTERS?
>> THIS PRESIDENT RAN AS THE
OUTSIDER AND HE IS THE PERSON
WHO WANTED TO BE A FUNDAMENTALLY
DIFFERENT CANDIDATE.
WHEN YOU HAVE CANDIDATES THAT
WANT TO RUN ON THE SAME PARTY
LINE THEY HAVE SALES RUN, THAT
DOES NOT ENTICE THE CANDIDATES
TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE TRUMP
PEOPLE.
SEE YOU WANT TO RUN AS THE
OUTSIDER, THAT IS WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED FOR IN
2016.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO
CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR.
>> THEY ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO
VOTE FOR A GOOD ECONOMY.
BOTH SIDE LIKE TO PLACE PEOPLE
IN BOXES.
IT MAKES IT VERY CONVENIENT.
BUT PEOPLE DON'T VOTE THE WAY
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.
PEOPLE VOTE TO BENEFIT
THEMSELVES.
IF THERE IS ONE THING AMERICAN
WORKERS LIKE, IT'S WORKING.
THEY LIKE JOBS AND A SOLID
ECONOMY.
CONOR LAMB HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT
APPROACH TO THIS RACE THAN OTHER
DEMOCRATS HAVE IN OTHER RACES.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT
REPUBLICANS CAN LEARN FROM THAT
AND SHIFTING THEIR MESSAGING
LOCALLY.
>> CONOR LAMB CAN'T RUN AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO DISPARAGE THE
PRESIDENT BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS
DOING SO WELL.
HE CAN'T DISPARAGE THE PRESIDENT
ON THE ISSUE OF SAVING COAL
JOBS.
SO HE MADE THIS ELECTION ABOUT A
LOCAL ISSUE AND NOT DISCUSSING
THE WASHINGTON ATMOSPHERE.
THAT IS A MODEL.
TIP O'NEILL SAID ALL POLITICS IS
LOCAL.