>> Dana: MARK, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
FOR MORE ON THIS KARL ROVE IS A
FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
JOHN FETTERMAN SAID THIS WEEK
THAT HE BLAMED OZ FOR MAKING
FUN OF HIS HEALTH AND THAT WAS
THE REASON HE WASN’T GOING TO
DEBATE.
NOW HIS CAMPAIGN IS SAYING ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO
THINK ABOUT IS HOW HE HAVE WILL
DEAL WITH CHAOTIC SITUATION.
PERHAPS A SOLUTION IN A A
DEBATE LIKE THAT IS JUST OZ,
FETTERMAN, MODERATOR, NO
AUDIENCE AND YOU CAN HAVE A
DEBATE.
WOULD THAT BE A GOOD COMPROMISE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BUT ACTUALLY THE STATEMENT FROM
THE FETTERMAN CAMPAIGN WAS MORE
IN DEPTH.
THEY REFERRED SPECIFICALLY TO
SOME OF THE SPEECH PROBLEMS
THAT HE HAS HAD AS A RESULT OF
HIS STROKE AND SAID THEY HAVE
TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
HE DOESN’T WANT TO DEBATE FOR
TWO REASONS.
ONE IS HE IS STILL ILL.
HE HAD A MAJOR STROKE AND KEPT
HIM FROM APPEARING MUCH ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
HE GAVE A SPEECH IN EERIE,
PENNSYLVANIA AND IT IS PAINFUL
TO WATCH IT BECAUSE HE IS
CLEARLY LABORING UNDER THE
DIFFICULTIES THAT STROKE
VICTIMS OFTEN HAS.
THE OTHER REASON HE WANTS TO
DEBATE HE HAS WILD VIEWS.
THIS IS A GUY WHO SAID WE CAN
LET 1/3 OF THE PEOPLE IN
PENNSYLVANIA PRISONS OUT AND
OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE JUST AS
SAFE.
HE CALLED IT A PROFOUND
OBSERVATION THAT HE SUPPORTED.
HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE ABOLITION
OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE.
HE LOVES ALL THE SPENDING THAT
HAS BEEN DONE.
THE GUY HAS GOT A LOT OF -- HE
IS AGAINST FRACKING.
MOST PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
PENNSYLVANIA MAY NOT KNOW THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
SOURCES OF NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY
THROUGH THE USE OF FRACKING AND
FETTERMAN HAS SAID IN THE
PENNSYLVANIA I WANT THERE WILL
BE NO FRACKING.
HE HAS GOT POSITIONS THAT THE
MORE THEY ARE EXPOSED WILL
CREATE PROBLEMS.
THIS RACE WILL BE INTERESTING
TO WATCH.
THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR POLLS IN
AUGUST.
ONE FROM FRANKLIN MARSHALL
UNIVERSITY HAD THE RACE AT 13
POINTS.
THE OTHERS HAD IT AT 4 POINTS,
4 POINTS, 4 POINTS, 5 POINTS.
FRANKLY I THINK THE F AND M
POLL IS AN OUTLIER.
THIS RACE IS DOWN TO SINGLE
DIGITS AND BARELY OUTSIDE THE
MARGIN OF ERROR WITH ALL THE
ATTENDANT CONCERN THAT PEOPLE
HAVE ABOUT GEEZ, FETTERMAN IS
SUCH A GOOD GUY WE HOPE HE GETS
HEALTHY AGAIN.
IT WILL BE A BARN BURNER TO THE
END AND FETTERMAN WILL WANT TO
AVOID DEBATES AND DISCUSSION OF
THE ISSUES AND SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS HE CAN MIMICKING JOE
BIDEN’S 2020 CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
OF HIDING IN THE BASEMENT.
>> Trace: EXPANDING TO THE
MID-TERMS YOU WRITE PARTLY IN
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL." THE
TRUMPETING FROM DEMOCRATS AND
MEDIA ALLIES APPEARS TO BE
PRE-MATURE.
THE EXTRAORDINARY COMEBACK
SCENARIO SEEMS TO IGNORE
UNDERLYING REALITIES AND ASSUME
THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LEFT IS
ASSUMING?
>> THEY ARE ASSUMING THAT THE
PRESIDENT’S JOB APPROVAL RATING
IS RISING AND WE PASSED ALL
THESE BILLS AND ABORTION IS A
CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN.
A COUPLE OF NUMBERS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S APPROVAL
RATING TODAY IN THE 538.COM
AVERAGE IS 42.
AT THIS POINT IN 2018 PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S WAS 40.
THE REPUBLICANS LOST 42 SEATS
IN THE HOUSE.
2 POINT DIFFERENCE IS HIM BEING
BETTER THAN TWO POINTS BETTER
MEAN THEY’LL HAVE A DEMOCRATIC
VICTORIES AND NOT LOSSES LIKE
THE REPUBLICANS HAD?
THINK ABOUT THIS.
IN A RECENT POLL, NBC POLL, 44%
STRONGLY DISAPPROVED OF THE
PRESIDENT’S PERFORMANCE WHILE
ONLY 21% STRONGLY APPROVED.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE
HIM AND HIS PERFORMANCE NOT
ONLY OUTNUMBER THOSE THAT
APPROVE BUT THOSE THAT STRONGLY
DISLIKE HIM ARE 2 TO 1 AGAINST
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN WE IGNORE WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE IGNORING, WE HAVE
8.5% GROWTH IN INFLATION IN
JULY YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME INTO
OFFICE IT WAS 1.2%.
GASOLINE YESTERDAY FOR ALL
FORMULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WAS
$4.09.
$2.42 WHEN BIDEN WAS
INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL
DRIVE THE BALLOT.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE IGNORING IT
AND ASSUMING IT IS ALL GOING TO
BE ABOUT ABORTION AND THE BILLS
THAT THE PRESIDENT JUST SIGNED
ON CHIPS, SEMI CONDUCTORS OR
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
WHICH WON’T REDUCE INFLATION.
NOBODY SAYS IT WILL REDUCE
INFLATION.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN SLIGHTLY
BETTER PLACE TODAY THAN THEY
WERE A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN THEY
WERE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO
BUT STILL IN A BAD PLACE.
THE IDEA THAT THEY WILL SOMEHOW
OR ANOTHER GOING TO REELECT
NANCY PELOSI AS SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE AND RUN AWAY WITH THE
SENATE IS, I THINK, FARFETCHED
AND A LITTLE PREMATURE.
>> Dana: ARE YOU IN A GREAT
STATE TODAY?
>> I’M IN THE GREAT STATE THAT
YOU AND I HAVE A SPECIAL
AFFINITY FOR THAT SPENT PART OF