.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT, THE PRESIDENT
IS OFF IN MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW.
HE HAS BEEN SORT OF ENERGIZING
HIS BASE AND CONCERNED RIGHT
NOW THAT DEMOCRATS -- HE'S NOT
CONCERNED, HE'S HAPPY ABOUT IT,
HAVE HURT THEMSELVES WITH THE
WAY THEY'RE HANDLING THIS
KAVANAUGH THING.
ON CAPITOL HILL, THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH, THIS READING THIS FBI
REPORT, AND WE'RE TOLD THAT
PEOPLE LIKE LISA MURKOWSKI AND
SUSAN COLLINS ARE SAYING THE
KIND OF THINGS THAT HINT, HINT
OF A YES VOTE, I STRESS HINT,
INCREASINGLY THE SENATE IS
SAYING KAVANAUGH WILL BE A
JUSTICE.
SHELBY HOLLIDAY AND LIZ PEEK.
LIZ, THE PRESIDENT USED THIS AS
AN GALVANIZING TOOL TO SAY LOOK
WHAT THEY DID TO THIS GUY, AND
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET IF
DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S SENT A
POWERFUL MESSAGE.
AMERICANS ARE FAIR MINDED
PEOPLE.
I KEEP SAYING THAT, I BELIEVE
IT.
THEY DON'T LIKE THE CHARACTER
ASSASSINATION WE'VE SEEN ON
DISPLAY HERE.
WHAT WE REALLY DON'T LIKE IS
FEINSTEIN SAT ON THE
INFORMATION, SPENT AN HOUR WITH
THIS GUY IN HER OFFICE,
INTERVIEWING HIM.
NEVER MENTIONED IT, IT LOOKS
LIKE A WELL-ORCHESTRATED HIT
JOB.
WE WENT FROM VIEWING JUDGE
KAVANAUGH AS A MAN OF
INCREDIBLE INTEGRITY, LIKED AND
REVERED BY PEERS, STUDENTS,
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SOMEONE
WHO IS A SERIAL RAPIST AND A
DRUNK?
IT WAS TOO BIG A LEAP.
I DON'T BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT AS MUCH AS THEY
FOUND HER TESTIMONY SOMEWHAT
CREDIBLE, AND THEY'RE
RESPONDING TO THAT.
YOU SEE IT IN THE POLLS, PEOPLE
DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT WAS
HANDLED.
NEIL: DEMOCRATS PLAY IT,
SHELBY, IN POLLS AND YOU MIGHT
SEE IT IN THE BATTLE STATE
POLLS WE REPORT ON FOX, AMONG A
KEY GROUP.
THAT IS WOMEN VOTERS, WHICH I
THINK IS A BIT MONOLITHIC.
IT'S GOING TO HELP DEMOCRATS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> THE NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT.
THE NUMBERS SUGGEST WOMEN
DISLIKE KAVANAUGH AND DO NOT
STAND BEHIND HIM.
NOT A BROAD MAJORITY, BUT MOST
WOMEN, IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO
MEN, MEN ARE CONSISTENTLY NOT
JUST IN THE REPUBLICANS' CORNER
BUT BEHIND KAVANAUGH.
NEIL: I KNOW IT WAS A DIFFERENT
TIME AND ENVIRONMENT FOR ANITA
HILL.
>> VERY DIFFERENT, OF COURSE.
I DO THINK THAT IT SUGGESTS THE
GOP COULD HAVE TROUBLE WITH
WOMEN IN THE UPCOMING MIDTERMS.
I TALKED TO A DEMOCRAT THE
OTHER NIGHT, MY BIGGEST FEAR IS
IT'S A TRIPLE WHAMMY.
REPUBLICANS GET KAVANAUGH, SO
GALVANIZED BY KAVANAUGH IN THE
MIDTERMS AND REPUBLICANS GET
THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S A LOSE, LOSE, LOSE
CASE FOR THEM.
IT'S THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
NEIL: THE POLLS ARE RELIABLE,
AS YOU ALWAYS REMIND ME, LIZ,
AND THE LATEST FEEL IS MAYBE
REPUBLICANS DO HANG ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS IS THE ENTHUSIASM GAP
WHICH HAS NARROWED
DRAMATICALLY.
IT WAS THOUGHT THE DEMOCRATS
HAD A HUGE PENT-UP ANGER THAT
IS GOING TO DRIVE THEM TO THE
POLLS AND REPUBLICANS ARE
LACKADAISICAL AND NOT CARING SO
MUCH.
WHAT THE PROCESS HAS REVEALED
OR CREATED IS A SHRINKING OF
THAT.
NOW REPUBLICANS ARE FIRED UP,
AND DEMOCRATS ARE TOO, BUT IT'S
VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH THESE
RACES CHANGE.
NEIL: LOOKING AT THE ONES IN
THE KEY STATES WHERE THE
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS ARE IN A
WORLD OF HURT.
TRAILING BY DOUBLE DIGITS, WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> A BIG SWING SURROUNDING
KAVANAUGH.
NEIL: KAVANAUGH?
>> A LOT OF THE MOVEMENT WAS
OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO, SO
YES.
NEIL: McCASKILL AND HEIDI
HEITKAMP, YOU WOULD THINK
TWICE, RIGHT?
>> I THINK IT'S VERY --
NEIL: COME OUT AGAINST.
>> I THINK IT'S VERY HARD FOR
MANCHIN, MANCHIN IS THE ONE
REPUBLICANS KEEP HOPING --
NEIL: MANCHIN SOUNDS LIKE HE
WILL.
>> I THINK HE WILL.
HEIDI HEITKAMP IS GONE, LOOKS
LIKE NO HOPE IN THIS ELECTION.
WHETHER SHE VOTES FOR HIM OR
NOT, NOT GOING TO AFFECT HER
STANDING, SHE MAY WELL VOTE
AGAINST HIM.
IT'S NOT JUST THE KAVANAUGH
PROCESS, ALSO WE'VE GOT A
BOOMING ECONOMY.
YES PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
RISING RATES, THAT IS AN
AFTEREFFECT OF A BOOMING
ECONOMY.
NEIL: NOT SURPRISING, IF YOU
THINK ABOUT IT, ON THE ECONOMY
EVERYTHING AND ELSE, YOU SAW
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL"
PIECE, WE WERE GETTING INTO IT
EARLIER, ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S GOOD FOR STOCKS PERIOD, NO
MATTER WHO WINS?
>> MIDTERMS ARE GOOD FOR THE
STOCK MARKET.
IF THE REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL
OF CONGRESS, WE COULD SEE
ADDITIONAL TAX REFORM.
WE COULD SEE MORE BENEFICIAL
POLICIES FOR THE ECONOMY.
IF THEY DON'T WIN, IT'S NOT A
BAD THING, YOU SEE MINORITY
PARTIES INTRODUCING
LEGISLATION, THAT'S ALSO VERY
GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY.
THE JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTED THE
PIECE, NO MATTER WHO LOSES OR
WINS, THE ECONOMY WILL LIKELY
WIN.
NEIL: WALL STREET LIKES A SNAP,
RIGHT?
>> AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE SAYING IF DEMOCRATS
CONTROL CONGRESS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS RE-ELECTED IN 2020
BECAUSE HE CAN BLAME THE
DEMOCRATS FOR LACK OF PROGRESS
ON THE WALL AND OTHER THINGS
HIS SUPPORTERS ARE DISAPPOINTED
ABOUT.
HE CAN BLAME THEM FOR NOT
MOVING IMMIGRATION REFORM
FORWARD.
HE ALREADY DOES.
THAT BLAME THEM FOR NOT FIXING
HEALTH CARE.