>> YES, IT IS.
>> Bill: THANK YOU.
>> Dana: FOR MORE LET’S BRING
IN KIM STRASSEL FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
YOU WROTE ABOUT THIS IN YOUR
COLUMN LAST WEEK THAT I READ
EVERY WEEK AND EVERYBODY SHOULD.
WHAT’S INTERESTING IS PRESIDENT
OBAMA NEEDING TO COME IN TO TRY
TO CAMPAIGN FOR TERRY
MCCAULIFFE.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THIS.
>> WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO BE
WASTING ON THESE PHONY TRUMPED
UP CULTURE WARS.
WE’RE AT A TURNING POINT RIGHT
NOW.
BOTH HERE IN AMERICA AND AROUND
THE WORLD.
BECAUSE THERE IS A MOOD OUT
THERE.
>> Dana: SO KIM, I WANTED TO
ASK YOU ABOUT THIS.
BEFORE YOU GO TO THE VOTING,
YOU HAVE THE FACT THAT 10,000
STUDENTS HAVE LEFT FAIRFAX
COUNTY SINCE THE PANDEMIC
STARTED.
FAIRFAX COUNTY IS THE MOST
SOUGHT-AFTER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PEOPLE WILL TRY TO DO ANYTHING
TO GET INTO THAT SCHOOL
DISTRICT BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS
ARE SO GOOD AND THEY ARE DOWN
10,000.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY VOTED,
KIM.
>> YEAH, THIS OBAMA LINE IS
COMPLETELY IN KEEPING WITH WHAT
TERRY MCCAULIFFE RUNNING FOR
GOVERNOR IS SAYING, TRYING TO
DENY THERE IS EVEN AN ISSUE.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, THERE IS
NO PROBLEM WITH THE SCHOOLS.
THE PROBLEM IS AS YOU SAID, NOT
ONLY HAVE YOU HAD ALL THOSE
STUDENTS LEAVE BUT YOU ARE
LITERALLY HAVING THOUSANDS OF
PARENTS SHOW UP AT THESE SCHOOL
BOARD MEETINGS.
THAT’S THE KIND OF ELECTION
PITCH THAT FALLS ON DEAF EARS
AND WHY MCCAULIFFE IS IN SO
MUCH TROUBLE.
NOT ONLY IS HE ON THE WRONG
PLACE ON EDUCATION HE IS
PRETENDING THERE IS NO PROBLEM.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PARENTS
AND VOTERS IN VIRGINIA KNOW
THAT’S NOT THE CASE.
THIS IS WHERE YOUNGKIN IS
REALLY MAKING HIS GROUND UP IS
ON THIS EDUCATION ISSUE.
>> Bill: KIM, YOU WRITE ABOUT
THIS IN THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" THIS WEEK.
HERE IS YOUNGKIN TALKING ABOUT
JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL GO TO VIRGINIA THIS
WEEK.
WATCH HERE.
THIS IS SOUND BITE FIVE.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO
COME CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA.
SPEND ALL THE TIME YOU WANT
HERE.
I’M TALKING TO PEOPLE IN
VIRGINIA.
WE ARE STOPPING AT 50 STOPS.
YOU CAN’T HELP BUT LOOK AT
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND RECOGNIZE
WHAT A FAILED PRESIDENCY LOOKS
LIKE.
LOOK AT AFGHANISTAN, LOOK AT
THE BORDER, YOU LOOK AT THE
ECONOMY, YOU LOOK AT THE FACT
THAT EVERYTHING HE IS DOING
SEEMS TO BE MAKING AMERICA
WORSE.
>> Bill: HE HAS A CAMPAIGN.
MAYBE IT WORKS IN THE END.
WE’LL FIND OUT A WEEK FROM
TOMORROW.
HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THE HEAD
WINDS FROM THE PRESIDENCY IN
THE 30s?
>> THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT
FEELS HE HAS TO COME, THAT
TERRY MCCAULIFFE FEELS LIKE HE
HAS TO COME TELLS YOU
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
THIS IS A STATE THAT JOE BIDEN
WON BY 10 POINTS.
IF YOU WERE TALKING TO
DEMOCRATS SIX MONTHS AGO THEY
SAID IT WASN’T AN ISSUE OR
CONCERN.
THIS STATE TRENDED BLUE AND
REPUBLICANS DIDN’T HAVE A SHOT.
NOW YOU HAVE HAD NOT ONLY OBAMA
BUT YOU’LL HAVE BIDEN, YOU HAD
KAMALA HARRIS.
IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE POLLS OUT
SHOWING THIS RACE A DEAD HEAT.
IT IS BOTH BECAUSE OF THE
MISTAKES YOUNGKIN HAS MADE ON A
NUMBER OF ISSUES AND BECAUSE OF
PROBLEMS DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING
IN WASHINGTON
BUT ALSO I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE
HONEST, YOUNGKIN IS A REALLY
GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS STATE
AS WELL, TOO.
HE PLAYED HIS CARDS VERY WELL.
>> Dana: MAYBE ZOOM OUT FOR US
A LITTLE BIT AS A FINAL WORD
ABOUT WATCHING THIS ISSUE OF
EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA.
DO YOU THINK THAT REPUBLICANS
COULD RUN ON THAT ISSUE IN 2022
FOR THOSE MID-TERMS?
>> I THINK THIS IS TERRY
MCCAULIFFE’S GIFT TO THE G.O.P.
HERE IS WHY EDUCATION IS SO
POTENT.
IT CROSSES LINES.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT DEMOCRATS
ARE TRYING TO DO, THEY WANT TO
DIVIDE REPUBLICAN BASE OFF FROM
THOSE SUBURBAN VOTERS THAT
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN MAKING
INROADS IN.
EDUCATION IS ONE OF THOSE THING
THAT UNITES ALL SIDES.
YOU ARE SEEING THAT IN VIRGINIA.
IT CROSSES SOCIO-ECONOMIC LINES.
IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO THE
WHITE WORKING CLASS AS SUBURBAN
PARENTS AND CROSSES DEMOGRAPHIC
LINES.
JUST AS IMPORTANT TO MINORITIES
AS IT IS TO WHITE VOTERS.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
WHO LOOK LIKE THEY DON’T CARE
OR PUSHING THINGS LIKE CRT AND
YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS PROMISING
TO DO IT DIFFERENT.
THAT’S A POTENT ISSUE ACROSS