>>> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO MTP DAILY.
YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT TUESDAYS.
IF IT'S TUESDAY, SOMEBODY IS VOTING SOMEWHERE.
IT IS A BIG SOMEWHERE TODAY. I'M CHUCK TODD IN WASHINGTON.
WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THE FRACTURE WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY. ANOTHER FAILURE ON CAPITOL HILL
AND ANOTHER RETIREMENT FROM AN ESTABLISHMENT SENATOR.
BOB CORKER SAID HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2018.
AND MITCH McCONNELL DECLARED THE LATEST VERSION OF THE GOP HEALTH
CARE BILL OFFICIALLY DEAD. GOOD LUCK GETTING OUT THE VOTE
TODAY FOR LUTHER CHANGE. AND THE SENATE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY RUNOFF IN ALABAMA IS GOING.
YET IT'S ELECTION DAY. POLLS ARE SET TO CLOSE IN LESS
THAN THREE HOURS. WHAT IS BEING DECIDED MAY BE
MORE THAN JUST WHO THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL BE IN
THE RACE TO FILL JEFF SESSIONS VACANT SEAT.
THE BATTLE IS BETWEEN LUTHER STRANGE, AND ROY MOORE.
MITCH McCONNELL IS BACKING STRANGE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT. SO IS, TECHNICALLY, THE
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE.
SARAH PALIN, STEVE BANNON AND SEBASTIAN GORKA ARE BACKING
MOORE. THAT MEANS THIS RACE IS
ESSENTIALLY TRUMP VERSUS TRUMPISM.
HE IS BACKING STRANGE INSTEAD OF THE INSURGENT CANDIDATE.
HE IS OVER THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CANDIDATE OVER THE TRUMP
SOUNDING GUY. BOTH CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO
SOUND LIKE THE ONES HUGGING PRESIDENT TRUMP THE CLOSEST AND
HITTING McCONNELL THE HARDEST. >> WE DID NOT COME HERE TO DEFY
DONALD TRUMP. WE CAME HERE TO PRAISE AND HONOR
HIM. FOR MITCH McCONNELL AND WARD
BAKER AND KARL ROVE, AND STEVEN LAW, ALL THE INSTRUMENTS THAT
TRIED TO DESTROY JUDGE MOORE AND HIS FAMILY, YOUR DAY OF
RECKONING IS COMING. >> I HAVE BEEN IN WASHINGTON
LESS TIME THAN THE PRESIDENT HAS.
AND WE'VE BECOME FRIENDS, PERSONAL FRIENDS.
WE WORKED WE HAVE THE SAME GOALS SAME AGENDA, I'M KEEPING MY EYE
ON BALL WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT AND HIS AGENDA.
>> IF YOU HAVE TO ASK WHO STEVEN LAW AND BAKER ARE, ONE RUNS THE
NRSC, ONE IS INVOLVED IN THE SUPER PAC THAT HELPS THE NRSC IN
SOME OF THESE RACES. ANYWAY IT'S MITCH McCONNELL'S
POLITICAL FUTURE THAT MIGHT BE ON THE LINE.
AND ROY MOORE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER WEEKEND OF
HEADLINES LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION.
THE REPUBLICAN'S HEALTH CARE BILL FAILED AGAIN TODAY.
IN THE MIDST OF ANOTHER CULTURE WAR WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ATTACK ON THE NFL FOR TAKING A KNEE ON THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THOSE COMMENTS FELT OUT OF THE
BLUE. STRANGE'S TIES TO McCONNELL IS
MOORE'S VOTERS' NUMBER ONE GRIPE AGAINST HIM.
>> I THINK LUTHER STRANGE IS A MITCH McCONNELL BOY SKPOO I'M
ALL FOR DRAINING THE DAMN SWAMP STARTING WITH NOT LETTING HIM IN
THERE. >> I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FLIP
ABOUT MITCH McCONNELL. DOENG HE HAS DONE RIGHT BY THE
PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH RYAN AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
THEIR ENDORSEMENT MEANS NOTHING TO ME.
>> IT'S NOT GOOD HOW EASILY WHEN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS NAMES ARE
ON THE LIPS OF CONSTITUENTS NOT FROM THEIR HOME STATES.
THAT'S USUALLY NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR SAID KONG LEADER.
IF MOORE MINUTES, McCONNELL'S LIFE IN WASHINGTON GETS EACH
HARDER. I'M SURE FOLKS IN HIS OFFICE ARE
GOING HOW CAN IT GET HARDER. WHIPPING VOTES, AND FINDING
CONSENSUS. CORKER'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY,
DOES THAT FORESHADOW THE RETIREMENT OF SORT OF
McCONNELL-LIKE SENATORS. MOORE IS A FLAME THROWER.
IF HE WINS BY DOUBLE DIGITS MITCH McCONNELL'S AS THE
ULTIMATE POLITICAL SURVIVOR MAY BE TESTED BIKE NEVER BEFORE.
RANK AND FILE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS AREN'T HAPPY WITH McMONTHLY
BECAUSE THEY THINK HE RUNS THE SENATE IN A TWO PARTISAN WAY.
IRONRY, GRASSROOTS THINK HE IS NOT USING THE PARTY'S MAJORITY