[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Shannon: PRETTY SURE HE
MEANT THAT AS A COMPLEMENT.
JOINING ME NOW, REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY,
MATT BEVIN.
GOVERNOR, WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT
COMMENT AND I?
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S
CONSTANTLY ASKING FOR THINGS FOR
KENTUCKY BUT YOU'RE DOING A
GOOD JOB.
>> I LOVE THIS PRESIDENT.
I LOVE IT.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
HE SAID THE SAME THING TO ME IN
PRIVATE.
HE SAID IT VERY PUBLICLY
TONIGHT, BUT IT'S TRUE.
I ASK HIM FOR A LOT.
HE DELIVERS A LOT.
HE'S A MAN THAT LOVES AMERICA,
HE'S A MAN THAT LOVES KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY WAS THE FIRST STATE
CALLED FOR HIM WHEN HE RAN.
HE'S NEVER FORGOTTEN IT AND HE'S
BEEN VERY GOOD TO US.
>> Shannon: BACK THERE TONIGHT
BY BRIEFLY RALLYING AHEAD OF A
BIG ELECTION, A NUMBER OF
OFFICES IN KENTUCKY TOMORROW.
LET'S LOOK AT THE LATEST
MASON-DIXON SURVEY, IT HAS YOU
IN THE DEMOCRAT TIDE, LOCKED IN
46-46 -- 47% -- UNDECIDED.
ALSO NEPAL, THOUGH HIS JOB
APPROVAL REMAINS UNDERWATER,
COMPARED WITH 48% DISAPPROVAL,
THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT IN RECENT
MONTHS.
HOW DO YOU SWING THIS THING, CAN
YOU, AS YOUR CRITICS POINT TO
THE THINGS THEY DON'T LIKE ABOUT
WHAT YOU'VE DONE AS GOVERNOR OF
KENTUCKY?
>> IF YOU TAKE ON CHALLENGES,
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
PLENTY WHO DON'T LIKE THINGS.
IF YOU TAKE ON THE PENSION
FAILURE, IF YOU TAKE ON TORT
REFORM.
IF YOU TAKE ON EDUCATION REFORM,
IF YOU TAKE ON TAX REFORM, THESE
THINGS ARE GOING TO CREATE
CONTROVERSY.
WE HAVE KICKED SO MANY CANS DOWN
THE ROAD FOR SO MANY YEARS AND I
TOOK THESE ON VERY
INTENTIONALLY.
THIS IS THE FIRST POLITICAL JOB
I'VE EVER HAD, SHANNON.
I'M NOT A POLITICIAN, I'M NOT
DOING THIS TO KISS RINGS OR
BACKSIDES.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BUILD A
POLITICAL CAREER, I'M TRYING TO
CLEAN THE STATE UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION,
THERE'S A LOT OF MESS THAT'S
BEEN LEFT BY 96 STRAIGHT YEARS
OF DEMOCRAT CONTROL OF OUR
HOUSE.
I'M ONLY THE FOURTH REPUBLICAN
AND 100 YEARS.
I WILL REMIND YOU THOUGH, FOUR
YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME, FOUR
YEARS AGO, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION, THE SAME POLLS SHOWED
THAT I WAS DOWN BY 5%.
I ENDED UP WINNING BY 9%.
AT THE POLLS WORK WELL HERE, SO
IF THEY SHOW THAT WE ARE EVEN
RIGHT NOW, THAT BODES VERY WELL
FOR US.
I WANT TO WIN BY DOUBLE DIGITS.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS A BONUS TO HAVE
THE PRESIDENT HEAR BECAUSE THIS
IS A MAN WHO LOVES OUR COUNTRY
AND OUR STATE, AS I SAID, AND
THE PEOPLE HERE ARE GRATEFUL,
AND THEY WILL BE ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT TURNING OUT, EVEN TO A
GREATER DEGREE THAN THEY MIGHT
OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN.
>> Shannon: I WANT TO READ
SOMETHING FROM CONGRESSMAN, A
DEMOCRAT FROM THERE AND
KENTUCKY.
THE ONLY ONE I THINK IN YOUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION -- HE
SAYS THIS TO
"THE WASHINGTON POST."
"MATT BEVIN IS KIND OF
ANTITHESIS OF ANY POLITICIAN
I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND IN THAT HE
SEEMS TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND
DECIDE "WHO AM I GOING TO PISS
OFF TODAY"?
YOU'VE TANGLED WITH THE
TEACHERS, PEOPLE HAVE COME TO
THEIR DEFENSE AND SAID LISTEN,
THESE ARE ALL CHILDREN'S
EDUCATORS.
YOU'VE TAKEN ON SOME UNPOPULAR
FIGHTS.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF WHAT HE HAS TO
SAY?
>> COMING FROM A LIBERAL WHINER
LIKE HIM, THAT'S ONE OF THE
GREATEST COMPLIMENT I COULD EVER
GET.
QUITE LITERALLY, I'VE QUOTED HIM
RECENTLY, ARISTOTLE SAID IF YOU
WANT TO AVOID ANY CONTROVERSY,
SAY NOTHING, DO NOTHING AND BE
NOTHING AND THAT'S WHAT TOO MANY
PEOPLE AND POLITICS DUPE,
NOTHING.
AND I'M FED UP WITH THAT,
FRANKLY.
AS A TAXPAYER, AS A MILITARY
VETERAN, AS A BUSINESS OWNER,
I'M SOMEBODY THAT SAID
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO GET IN AND
TAKE ON HARD ISSUES.
I WILL SAY THIS AS IT RELATES TO
TEACHERS, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A
RETIRED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER.
MY FATHER, PUBLIC-SCHOOL SCHOOL
TEACHER, TWO OF MY FIVE
TEACHERS, PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS.
MY SISTER IS STILL A
FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER.
I LOVE TEACHERS.
THIS IDEA THAT I DON'T IS
NONSENSE.
WHO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS THE
TEACHERS UNION.
IT'S CORRUPT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
NARCISSISTIC, IT'S ALL ABOUT
SPENDING TEACHER DUES FOR ITS
OWN POLITICAL POWER.
DOESN'T LOOK OUT FOR THE
TEACHERS OR THE STUDENTS OR
THEIR PARENTS AND I HAVE A BIG
PROBLEM THE WAY IN WHICH THEY
CONDUCTED THINGS IN THIS STATE,
SO YES I'VE TAKEN ON BUT I'M THE
ONLY GOVERNOR IN THE STATE THAT
HAS EVER IN HISTORY FUNDED THE
TEACHERS PENSION, WHICH IS A SAD
COMMENTARY.
I'VE ALSO PUT 100% OF THE
LOTTERY MONEY TO EDUCATION,
WHICH KENTUCKIANS HAVE BEEN
PROMISED FOR 30 YEARS, I'M THE
FIRST GOVERNOR TO EVER ACTUALLY
DO IT AND WE ARE PUTTING MORE
MONEY INTO THE CLASSROOMS POOR
PEOPLE THAN EVER IN HISTORY OF
THE STATE, SO THERE'S NOTHING
REALLY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.
AT THE TEACHERS UNION HAS GOT
ITS KNICKERS IN A TWIST BUT
AGAIN, I CONSIDER THAT A
COMPLIMENT AS WELL.
>> Shannon: YOURS IS ONE OF
MANY TOUGH RACES IN KENTUCKY AND
SEVERAL OTHER STATES AS WE LOOK
ONE YEAR OUT FROM THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
NEXT YOUR FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE