WHAT A LITTLE HOPE IN THE MARKET IS HANGING ON RIGHT NOW.
CHRIS?
CHRIS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE THAT.
APPRECIATE THAT. >>> MEANTIME, THERE IS A NEW
POLL OUT FROM FOX NEWS SHOWING A
CLEAR TREND.
CLEAR TREND. WHILE JOE BIDEN CONTINUES TO
LEAD AS HE HAS ALL ALONG, LIZ
PAETH WARREN MOVING UP STRONGLY
TAKING YOUNG VOTE E.R.A.sWAY
FROM BERNIE SANDERS AND SHOWING
THE STAKES FOR THE UPCOMING
SEPTEMBER DEBATE.
SEPTEMBER DEBATE. BETO O’ROURKE GETS JUST 2% IN
THE POLL BEHIND SEVEN OTHER
CONTENDERS MAKING IT EVEN MORE
CLEAR THOUGH LAST NIGHT ON MSNBC
THAT HE IS GOING TO STILL RUN
FOR PRESIDENT NOT FOR ANYTHING
ELSE.
ELSE. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I WILL NOT IN ANY SCENARIO
RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
SENATE. I’M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
I’M RUNNING FOR THIS COUNTRY.
I’M TAKING THIS FIGHT DIRECTLY
TO DONALD TRUMP AND THAT IS WHAT
I AM EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON
DOING RIGHT NOW.
>> THERE’S BEEN PRESSURE ON
O’ROURKE SINCE THE MASS SHOOTING
IN EL PASO TO COME BACK HOME AND
TRY AFTER KEEPING IT CLOSE
AGAINST TED CRUZ TO CHALLENGE
JOHN CORNYN AND HE DOES HAVE
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9th THE FILING
DEADLINE TO MAKE UP HIS MIND.
BACK TO TALK ABOUT IT MY GUESTS.
THERE ARE ALREADY EIGHT
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WHO HAVE
SAID I’M GOING TO CHALLENGE JOHN
CORNYN INCLUDING JOHN HAAGER WHO
TOOK IN OVER A MILLION DOLLARS
IN HIS SECOND QUARTER ACCORDING
TO THE CAMPAIGN.
SO I DON’T KNOW.
DO THEY NEED BETO O’ROURKE TO
RUN?
RUN? >> WELL, BETO HAS THIS SORT OF
UNPRECEDENTED GROUND OPERATION
THAT HE BUILT AND IS RUNNING
AGAINST TED CRUZ SO THE PARTY
VERY MUCH WANTED HIM TO REVISE
THAT AND TURN TEXAS BLUE, HELP
TURN TEXAS BLUE WITH THE SENATE
RACE THAT COULD HELP THE
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER AND THAT
COULD BUILD UPON ALL THE WORK HE
DID COMING WITHIN 2.6 POINTS OF
WINNING.
WINNING. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN VERY
FRUSTRATING FOR THE PARTY
ESTABLISHMENT THAT THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM ALONG
WITH GOVERNOR BULLOCK IN
MONTANA, HICKENLOOPER IN
COLORADO, AND STACEY ABRAMS IN
GEORGIA NOT TO RUN FOR SENATE.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
SENATE AS A WHOLE BUT JUST TO
TALK ABOUT TEXAS, HOW VULNERABLE
DO YOU THINK JOHN CORNYN IS
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> IT’S DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
HE IS NOT A LIGHTNING ROD LIKE
TED CRUZ AND DOESN’T INSPIRE THE
LEVEL OF LOVE.
>> HE IS ALSO NOT THE REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRATS LOVE TO HATE.
>> HE DOESN’T INSPIRE THE SAME
LEVEL OF HATE EITHER.
BUT IN A WORLD WHERE THE SUBURBS
ARE MOVING SO RAPIDLY AWAY FROM
REPUBLICANS AND TOWARD DEMOCRATS
WE SAW SOME OF THIS IN 2018, AND
THE TRENDS CONTINUE, THE DATA
EXPERTS WHO SAID TEXAS IS NOT
GOING TO TURN BLUE THROUGHOUT
THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY WERE RIGHT
AND NOW ARE RAISING ALARMS THE
TRENDS ARE MOVING IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. SOCCER MOMS, COLLEGE EDUCATED
VOTERS, AFFLUENT WHITE VOTERS
ARE MOVING AWAY FROM REPUBLICANS
IN THE ERA OF TRUMP.
IF THAT CONTINUES YES DEMOCRATS
HAVE A SHOT.
>> THIS ISN’T THE ONLY CROWDED
RACE THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE GET
OUT RUN FOR SENATE.
COLORADO FOR EXAMPLE WHICH HAD A
WHOLE PLETHORA OF CANDIDATES
INCLING WOMEN OF COLOR
RUNNING, ALL OF THE PEOPLE BEING
TALKED ABOUT TO COME OUT OF THIS
RACE, BULLOCK BEING ANOTHER ONE.
BUT EVEN HAVING SAID THAT
CHATTERING ARE THE DEMOCRATS
PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO HOW
IMPORTANT THE SENATE IS?
>> NOT AT ALL.
IT IS REALLY NECESSARY FOR THEM
WHETHER THEY WIN THE WHITE HOUSE
OR NOT GOING FORWARD TO BUILD ON
A MAJORITY IN THE SENATE THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO NOMINATE AND
CONFIRM JUDGES, TO CHANGE THE
BALANCE IN THE SUPREME COURT,
AND TO OBVIOUSLY PASS ANY
LEGISLATION WITH THEIR VERY
AMBITIOUS AGENDA, THINGS LIKE
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
THEY HAVE NO HOPE EVEN IF THEY
HAD THE SENATE MAJORITY LET
ALONE GETTING STARTED ON
STABILIZING THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
ACT. THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT THE
SUPREME COURT A LOT AND THEY
DON’T TALK ABOUT A SENATE
MAJORITY.
MAJORITY. I THINK THAT AFTER ALL THESE
MONTHS THAT THIS RACE STARTED
SO, SO EARLY AND THEY HAD THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS’
ATTENTION IT’S NOT TOO LATE BUT
IT’S LATE ENOUGH THAT THEY
SHOULD SORT OF REFOCUS THEIR
PRIORITIES ON WHERE THEY WANT TO
SPEND, YOU KNOW, THEIR RESOURCES
AND THEIR RHETORIC FOCUSING THE
VOTERS.
VOTERS. >> AND, CONVERSELY, IF YOU GO
OUT AND TALK TO A LOT OF
REPUBLICAN VOTERS, ONE OF THE
THINGS THEY WILL CONSISTENTLY
BRING UP UNPROMPTED IS LOOK WHAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE WITH THE
COURT.
COURT. HE PUSHED IT FORWARD.
REPUBLICANS HAVE KEPT THAT
MANTRA GOING FOR LITERALLY
YEARS.
YEARS. AND IT’S TAKEN HOLD WITHIN THAT
PARTY.
PARTY. I THINK MUCH MORE TO YOUR POINT,
A.B., THAN THE OTHER SIDE.
>> IT’S BEEN A POWERFUL,
GALVANIZING FORCE FOR
REPUBLICANS FOR DECADES.
THERE IS A MUSCLE MEMORY THERE
CONSERVATIVE VOTERS HAVE WHEN
THEY GO TO POLLS AND THIS IS ONE
OF THE REASONS A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE SKEPTICAL OF DONALD
TRUMP DECIDED TO VOTE FOR HIM IN
THE 2016 ELECTION.
AND IT PAID OFF.
>> NOW ALL THAT WAITING WITH THE
DECADES YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE
YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT IT FOR
THEM IT IS COMING TO FRUITION.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. THERE IS A RECORD NUMBER OF
JUDGES THE PRESIDENT HAS
CONFIRMED AT THE CIRCUIT LEVEL.
THESE ARE ENORMOUSLY
CONSEQUENTIAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THE LAST WORD AND THE VAST
MAJORITY OF FEDERAL CASES.
VERY FEW ACTUALLY GO TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
SUPREME COURT. ABOUT ONE IN FOUR OF EVERY
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE HAS BEEN
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
BY THE WAY, THERE ARE TWO
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES RIGHT NOW
WHO ARE APPOINTED, ON THE LEFT
END OF THE COURT WHO ARE IN