THOSE IMPACTED BY SANDY HOOK AND
COLUMBINE SHOOTINGS.
NEIL?
NEIL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BLAKE
BURMAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THERE IS A BACK AND FORTH
TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC MATTERS
BOTH PARTIES ADDRESSING ABOUT
THE TAX CUTS AND MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS NOW IN FACT, DOUBLE
WHAT WAS THE INDICATES BEFORE
THESE CAME OUT THE CHUTE NOT
LIKE THEM, HAVE FAVORABLE VIEW
OF THEN.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN A BIT OF A
CONUNDRUM HOW TO REACT TO ALL OF
THAT.
CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN, REMEMBER
HE WAS THE OHIO DEMOCRAT
CHALLENGING NANCY PELOSI FOR
LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE, HE RECOGNIZES THAT.
TAKE A LOOK.
SHE RUNS UNCHALLENGED WILL YOU
LET THAT HAPPEN?
>> WELL, YOU CAN HAVE ME ON IF
THAT IS THE CASE AT SOME POINT
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD
BE THE CASE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE ELECTIONS
ARE GOING TO TURN OUT.
I KNOW BETWEEN NOW AND THEN,
BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER,
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO JUMP ON THIS
NEIL: LET'S SEE HOW THAT SORTS
OUT WITH THE DOW UP 100 POINTS.
DEROY MURDOCH AND KAT TIMPF AND
SHELLY HOLIDAY.
SHELBY, ARE DEMOCRATS IN A BIT
OF A BOX BECAUSE NOT ONE OF THEM
VOTED FOR IT IS GETTING
FAVORABLY VIEW.
WE'RE.
>> THEY ARE BOXED IN.
CANDIDATES HOLD THE VOTE AGAINST
TAX REFORM AGAINST THEM.
SENATOR HEIDI HEITKAMP THAT IS
BEING HELD AGAINST HER.
THE BIG ISSUE THE DEMOCRATS
SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
THEIR PERCEPTION OF TAX CUTS
DON'T MATCH UP WITH REALITY.
POLLS SHOWING MOMENTUM IN FAVOR
OF TAX CUT BILL, EVEN AMONG
DEMOCRATS.
NOW THAT THEY SEE TAX CUTS IN
THEIR PAYCHECKS AND SEE
BENEFITS, THE MARKET STUMBLED
AND BACK ON SOLID GROUND.
PEOPLE GENERALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THE ECONOMY.
WHEN YOU OPPOSE A BILL THAT YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE HAPPY ABOUT
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
TROUBLE.
NEIL: RESPONDING TO IMPROVING
ECONOMY THAT THOSE TAX CUTS ARE
MAKING POSSIBLE, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS AN ECONOMIC WORRY.
IF YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT THE FED,
YOU YELL AT THE FED, NOT THE
REPUBLICANS.
GOP IS NOT PUSHING UP --
NEIL: THEY'RE LOOKINGS AT, I GOT
A TAX CUT.
NOW I KNOW IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE
FOR ME TO BORROW.
DO THEY SORT THAT OUT WHO TO
BLAME?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY BLAME THE
GOP.
WE HAD LONG DEBATE ABOUT THE TAX
CUTS.
GOP WON THAT.
YOU WOULD THINK THE DEMOCRATS
WOULD BACK OFF.
BUT NANCY PELOSI SAYING GOING
FROM CRUMBS TO ARMAGEDDON.
IF YOU VOTED FOR TAX CUTS I
GUESS YOU'RE GUILTY OF TREASON.
THEY GOT, SAID YOUR TAX WAS GO
UP.
YOU HAVE ALL THE BENEFIT.
375 COMPANIES RAISED WAGES,
GIVEN BONUS, ANNOUNCED SOMETHING
LIKE $50 BILLION INVESTMENTS IN
THIS COUNTRY BY APPLE ALONE.
SO YOU HAVE ALL THIS GOOD STUFF
GOING ON.
IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
AT SOME POINT THE DEMOCRATS SAY
WE'RE SORRY WE SHOULD HAVE VOTED
FOR THE THING OR COME UP WITH A
POSITIVE AGENDA, CHANGE THE
ISSUE.
>> STOP SLAMMING IT.
>> THEY CAN'T STOP DOING THAT.
NEIL: WE TALK ABOUT, YOUNG
PEOPLE, YOU BOTH ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT, MAYBE
NOT YOU AND I ARE THEY MIGHT
CHANGE THEIR VIEWS ON THIS,
DEPENDS WHAT THEY SEE IN THEIR
PAYCHECK, RIGHT?
>> YOUNG PEOPLE, JUST LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE LIKE TO HAVE A
LITTLE MORE MONEY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT
THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD FOCUS ON A
ECONOMIC MESSAGE.
WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN SIMPLER FOR
THE DEMOCRATS AS DEROY HINTED,
HAVE THEM HAVE SOME KIND OF A
MESSAGE.
MAINLY BY AND LARGE THE
RESISTANCE, RESISTANCE.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT TRUMP SAID,
DID YOU HEAR WHAT TRUMP DID,
BAD, BAD.
THEY ALREADY TRIED TO RUN AN
ELECTION ON RESISTANCE.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY LOST THAT ELECTION, OOPS,
EXACTLY.
STILL RUNNING ON THE SAME THING.
YOU HAVE TO BE FOR SOMETHING.
SOME SORT OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE
RATHER THAN COUNTING ON TALKING
DOWN EVERYTHING TRUMP SAYS OR
DOES.
NEIL: I'M WONDERING HOW ALL THIS
FACTORS OUT BY NOVEMBER?
PEOPLE ALWAYS SEE THE PRISM OF
POLITICS AND SO MUCH ELSE THAT
HAPPENED COULD STILL YET HAPPEN,
THAT WILL TAKE ATTENTION OFF
THIS.
I WAS THINKING IF YOU HAVE THE
ATLANTA FED AND SOME OF THESE
OTHERS, NOW EVEN THE WHITE HOUSE
ITSELF GIVING PRETTY
CONSERVATIVE ECONOMIC
PROJECTIONS.
3% GROWTH ON THEIR PART.
THE ATLANTA FED DRAMATICALLY
REVISED DOWN OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO
FOR FIRST QUARTER GROWTH.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
>> WELL THAT IS TRUE.
ASIDE FROM THE MARKET DATA THAT
WE'RE SEEING, THE MARKET
PROJECTIONS WE'RE SEEING THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE A VERY
DIFFICULT TIME FOCUSING ON THE
ECONOMIC AGENDA, FOCUSING ON
BENEFITS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO CONTINUES TO TWEET
ABOUT THINGS LIKE RUSSIA.
WE SCHOOL SHOOTINGSES SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT, FOREIGN ELECTIONS
AND THE SHIFT IS DIFFICULT, VERY
DIFFICULT TO TOUT YOUR MESSAGE
WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT
DRIVING THE NEWS CYCLE EVERY DAY
IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
>> WOULD CERTAINLY HELP IF THE
REPUBLICANS DIDN'T TALK ABOUT
THINGS LIKE RAISING THE GAS TAX.
THAT IS ABSURD AND RIDICULOUS.
>> VOTERS WILL NOTICE THAT.
>> NOT JUST A LITTLE.
THEY WANT TO GO FROM 18 CENTS TO
43.
NEIL: UNDER REAGAN IT WAS
NINE CENTS, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
NEIL: HE IS LAST REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT TO DO IT.
>> THAT WAS WHAT, A GENERATION
AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
IF THEY RAISE THE GAS TAX,
AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM THAT IT
WILL REDUCE THE TAX CUT BENEFIT
BY 6 60%.
PEOPLE FEEL THAT.
NEIL: WHEN THEY RAISED GAS TAX
IN NEW JERSEY, WAS RAISED MANY
TIMES IT WAS FALLING.
MANY DID NOT SEE THE MAGNITUDE
OUT OF IT.
COULD THAT HELP.
>> GAS IS GOING UP.
NEIL: FAST IS ON THE RISE.
>> TO YOUR POINT MAYBE
REPUBLICANS WOULDN'T BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE BY VOTERS FOR
INCREASING INTEREST RATES BUT
GAS TAXES CERTAINLY.
>> THEY WILL GET THE BLAME FOR
THAT, DESERVEDLY SO.
THEY SHOULDN'T DO THAT.
>> THEY WILL GET THE BLAME NO
MATTER WHAT.
PEOPLE DON'T PUT THE INTEREST
RATE THING TOGETHER.
IT IS REALLY THE FED BUT IT IS
REPUBLICANS.
>> NO MATTER WHETHER YOU LIKE
THE IDEA OR NOT IT IS NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH MONTHS TO GO
BEFORE THE MIDTERMS.
IT IS NOT IN THE OFFING.
>> RIGHT.
NEIL: REAL QUICKLY, DO YOU TWICE
SEEING REPUBLICANS HANGING ON TO
THE MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE TOUGH.
I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY TOUGH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES
AFFECTING VOTERS RIGHT NOW.
WHETHER SEXUAL ASSAULT,
SHOOTINGS.
LIKE I SAID, RUSSIA.
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED --
NEIL: NORMALLY PARTY IN POWER
LOSES SEATS.
I THINK THEY DON'T LOSE THE 23,
24.
THAT COULD BE A WORRY.
THEY LOSE SOME --
>> I THINK THEY HANG ON TO THE
MAJORITY IF THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC.
THEY'RE DIVING UNDER THEIR
DESKS.
ECONOMY IS GROWING.
THEY CAN RUN ON TAX CUTS.
ISIS DOWN TO COUPLE SAND DUNES
IN THE DESERT.
THERE IS POSITIVE NEWS.
THEY SHOULD BE OPTIMISTIC, NOT
HIDING BITING THEIR NAILS WHICH
THEY DO NOW WHICH IS TERRIBLE.
>> AS LONG AS WE PUT FORTH GOOD
CANDIDATES INSTEAD OF SOME
DISASTERS IN THE PAST, WE ALL
KNOW WHAT I'M REFERRING TO
THERE, ABSOLUTELY THEY COULD
HOLD ON TO THE MAJORITY AS
EVERYONE BEHAVES THEMSELVES AND
STAYS ON MESSAGE.
NEIL: INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT.
>> ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT.
DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE A
MESSAGE.
I THINK REPUBLICAN COST BE IN
FOOD SHAPE.
NO RIDING TO THE POLLS ON A