THE DEADLINE IS NEXT FRIDAY.
NEIL: THANK YOU.
BYRON YORK AND THE EXAMINER,
DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A PREVIEW
FOR COMING ATTRACTIONS, HOW
PARTY MAKEUP WILL SORT ITSELF
OUT.
>> THIS BILL IS LIKELY TO PASS
AT SOME POINT.
THE OBJECTIONS YOU JUST HEARD RAND PAUL SAY, UNTIL WE HAVE
RAND PAUL SAY, UNTIL WE HAVE
ONE HOUR OR 2, THAT IS TRUE.
THERE’S A BIGGER DEBATE ABOUT A
LONG-TERM BILL.
THE 2 SIDES ARE THIS.
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THIS
BILL IS WRITTEN BY HOUSE
CONTROLLED BY NANCY PELOSI AND
SENATE CONTROLLED BY CHUCK
SCHUMER.
LET’S WAIT UNTIL REPUBLICANS
CONTROL ONE OF THE HOUSES OF
CONGRESS AND GET MORE
CONSERVATIVE PRIORITIES IN THE
BILL.
IN ANY NORMAL TIME THAT MAKES
SENSE BUT THERE ARE SOME
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE WHO
ARE SAYING WHEN REPUBLICANS
TAKE THE HOUSE IS GOING TO TAKE
A WHILE TO GET ORGANIZED.
THIS BILL NEEDS TO BE DONE
QUICKLY.
WHAT THEY ARE NOT SAYING OUT
LOUD IS THEY ARE WONDERING IF
KEVIN MCCARTHY REALLY HAS THE
VOTES TO BECOME SPEAKER?
MAY BE THE HOUSE WILL GET
BOGGED DOWN IN A FIGHT OVER
THAT AND THEY WANT TO PUSH
DEFENSE SPENDING AND AID FOR
UKRAINE OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
THEY WOULD RATHER MAKE A DEAL
WITH DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW THAN
WAIT FOR KEVIN MCCARTHY AND THE
REPUBLICANS TO TAKE OFFICE IN
JANUARY.
NEIL: YOU MENTIONED
REPUBLICANS.
I NOTICED SOMETHING DEVELOPED
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS PICKING
UP PACE, GROWING WILLINGNESS ON
THE PART OF REPUBLICANS
EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION, THE
GEORGIA SENATE SEAT WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS.
>> ANYONE SEEKING THE
PRESIDENCY, THE CONSTITUTION,
SHOULD NOW BE SUSPENDED, IT
SEEMS TO ME WOULD HAVE A HARD
TIME BEING SWORN IN.
>> DEMOCRATS IN MANY CASES WERE
ABLE TO TURN IT INTO A CHOICE
ELECTION BECAUSE OF TRUMP’S
PRESENCE OUT THERE.
WAS HERE FACTOR I DON’T THINK
THERE’S ANY QUESTION.
A LOT OF CANDIDATES THAT HAVE
PROBLEMS IN THESE ELECTIONS
WERE RUNNING ON THE 2,020
ELECTION BEING STOLEN AND I
DON’T THINK INDEPENDENT VOTERS
WERE HAVING IT.
>> DONALD TRUMP LOST AGAIN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR PARTY
LOVED THE FORMER PRESIDENT BUT
HE IS IF YOU WILL THE KISS OF
DEATH FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO
WIN A GENERAL ELECTION.
AT SOME POINT WE’VE GOT TO MOVE
ON.
>> WHAT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA
LAST NIGHT, THAT IS
CENTER-RIGHT STATE.
IF YOU GET THINGS DONE
CORRECTLY YOU WILL END UP WITH
A MARGIN OF VICTORY LIKE KEMP
HAD.
ALL OF THOSE ISSUES WE’VE GOT
TO GET BETTER AT OR WE WILL BE
DISAPPOINTED.
NEIL: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ALL
OF THAT?
>> TRUMP’S STATEMENT ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTION, WOULD SUPPORT
TERMINATING SOME ELECTORAL
PROVISIONS IN THE CONSTITUTION
IN ORDER TO BE REINSTATED TO
THE WHITE HOUSE NOW OR TO HAVE
ANOTHER 2020 ELECTION, THAT WAS
TOO MUCH EVEN FOR SOME OF HIS
SUPPORTERS.
IT IS PUSHING HIM FURTHER AND
FURTHER INTO A SITUATION WHERE
HE HAS A REAL HARD-CORE OF
SUPPORT BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS
READY TO MOVE ON BUT THE BIGGER
FACTOR FOR REPUBLICANS IS THE
FACT THAT HE HASN’T BEEN
WINNING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SENATE RACES
WHERE TRUMP THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO
THE STATE AND DO A RALLY FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE, FOR THE
CANDIDATES WHO WERE NEWCOMERS,
FIRST TIME SENATE CANDIDATES
THAT TRUMP ENDORSED AND PUSHED
HARD, 7 OF THEM AND HE LOST 5.
HE WON IN OHIO, HE WON IN NORTH
CAROLINA, HE LOST IN
PENNSYLVANIA, ARIZONA, ALASKA
AND GEORGIA.
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THIS IS
A LOSING PATH AND THAT HAS MORE
INFLUENCE ON REPUBLICAN
FEELINGS ABOUT TRUMP THAN
ANYTHING.
NEIL: A LOT OF THEM USED TO BE
AFRAID OF HIM, AFRAID TO
CHALLENGE HIM, NOW IT APPEARS
THE POLITICAL EMPEROR HAD NO
CLOTHES.
I WONDER IF THAT WILL EMBOLDEN
THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE HIM ON
FOR THE 24 NOMINATION.
HE SAID THAT WOULD BE AN ACT OF
CHALLENGE, SHOWING HONOR AND
LOYALTY TO HIM.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS COMING?
>> THERE WAS A BELIEF IN EARLY
STATES LIKE IOWA, A WHILE BACK,
IF TRUMP WERE TO DECLARE HIS
CANDIDACY IT WOULD CLEARLY,
THAT SEEMS NOT TO HAVE
HAPPENED.
IT IS CLEAR THAT WE SHOULDN’T
OVERSTATE THIS.
TRUMP REMAINS VERY INFLUENTIAL
WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE
REPUBLICAN BASE, MAYBE AS MUCH
AS HALF OF IT.
THAT’S THE BIG DEAL BUT NO
DOUBT HE’S LOSING ALTITUDE BOTH
IN THE PARTY AND IN THE GENERAL
ELECTORATE.
THERE WAS A RECENT POLL BY
MARKET UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
THAT HYPOTHETICAL 2024 HEAD TO
HEAD MATCHUPS.
THEY DID A HEAD TO FARK MATCHUP
BETWEEN TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN AND
JOE BIDEN WON BY 10 POINTS 44
TO 34.
THEY DID A HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUP
BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND RON
DESANTIS AND IT WAS TIED 42-42. THAT IS AN INDICATION I THINK
THAT IS AN INDICATION I THINK
OF OTHER CANDIDATES, OTHER
FIGURES GROWING IN INFLUENCE IN