>> SMART PODIUM.
GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS MARK.
DOUG JONES JOINS US, GOOD
POLITICAL READ.
DOUG, THESE DEBATES ARE MAY BE
DIFFERENT OF THE SENATE LEVEL,
GUBERNATORIAL LEVEL VERSUS THE
PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL.
BUT SOMETHING’S GOING ON HERE
WERE SO MANY CANDIDATES PASS UP
THE CHANCE OR DON’T DO AS MANY.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST COME OVER SO POLARIZED AS
A NATION THERE ARE FEWER SWING
VOTERS THAN THERE WERE BEFORE,
FEWER PERSUADABLE.
IT’S MORE ABOUT GETTING YOUR
FOOT OUT THAN PERSUADING.
AND BECAUSE CANDIDATES REALLY DO
NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO AGREE ON
ANYTHING, THEY WOULD JUST YELL
AT EACH OTHER, BOTH SIDES AND
MOST DEBATE SEE MORE DOWNSIDE AS
YOU AND MARK MEADOWS WERE
SUGGESTING THEN UPSIDE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, DOUG, YOUR
TAKE ON WHERE THIS STANDS THAT.
RIGHT NOW SOME OF THESE RACES
ARE VERY CLOSE.
IT STILL SEEMS WITH THESE POWER
RANKINGS WE PUT OUT THAT
REPUBLICANS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE
OF TAKING THE HOUSE, ODDS ARE
BETTER THAN IT THEY WERE A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
SENATE APPEARS TO BE A JUMP BALL
BUT SOME POLLSTERS SAY
REPUBLICANS COULD PULL THAT UP
AS WELL, THAT HERSCHEL WALKER
COULD BE IN A RUNOFF ELECTION.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL OF THE
ABOVE?
>> ALL THE DATA I’M SEEING
SUGGESTS, IS YOUR COMMENT
UNDERSCORED, THE PUBLIC OPINION
IS MOVING TO THE REPUBLICANS,
THE GENERIC VOTE, THE PARTY
PREFERENCE HAS GONE FROM A
NARROW DEMOCRATIC LEAD AT THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 2 ABOUT A
THREE-POINT REPUBLICAN LEAD IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY POLL OUT WEEK.
THAT’LL TRANSLATE INTO 25 OR 30
SEATS OR MORE FOR THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE.
IN THE SENATE RACES, WHETHER IT
BE NEVADA, GEORGIA,
PENNSYLVANIA, ARE ALL MOVING
VERY SLOWLY.
BUT CLEARLY IN THE DIRECTION OF
THE REPUBLICANS. IF WE GET, AND IT’S A BIG "IF"
IF WE GET, AND IT’S A BIG "IF"
NEIL, IF VOTERS GO AGAINST
DEMOCRATS IT COULD BE ACHIEVED
FOR REPUBLICANS.
>> THE WAY YOU CAN PICK UP STEAM
IT SEEMS WHEN JIMMY CARTER AND
RONALD REAGAN WERE TIED GOING
INTO THE FINAL WEEKEND OF 1980
BUT IT ENDS UP BEING A BLOWOUT.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS THE SAME
DEGREE AND THE MIDTERMS AND 94
WHERE THE REPUBLICANS WERE
EXPECTED TO PICK UP SEATS BUT
NOT AS MANY AS THEY DID.
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> I DO.
IT’S A GREAT POINT.
I SEE THE SAME THING I SAW IN
1980, AND I’VE JUST STARTED MY
CAREER THAN, AND IN 1994.
ALL THE MOMENTUM IS WITH THE
REPUBLICANS AND IT’S TOUGH TO
MAKE AN ARGUMENT NOW FOR MY PART
OF THE DEMOCRATS BASED ON
INFLATION BEING UP, INTEREST
RATES BEING UP IN THE STOCK
MARKET BEING DOWN.
SO PEOPLE HAVING A TOUGH TIME
PAYING FOR THE GASOLINE, FURTHER
FOOD, AND THE ABORTION ISSUE,
WHICH PLAYED INITIALLY TO THE
DEMOCRATS, ADVANTAGES LESS AND
LESS IMPORTANT TO VOTERS IT
SEEMS.
SO I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED WITH
THE BIG MOVE AT THE END TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AT ALL LEVELS.
>> DOUG, SUPER QUICK,
BILL CLINTON CHANGED AFTER THOSE
RESULTS.
WOULD BIDEN DO THE SAME PUSH
MARK >> I DON’T THINK SO.
I’M PROUD OF WHAT WE DID WITH
CRIME, CUTTING SPENDING, WHEN I