TESTA, AND CAITLIN, I GO TO YOU FIRST, WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST
TAKE-AWAY IN OHIO.
I LOVE THAT DRESS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> REPUBLICANS ARE SPINNING THAT
AS A WIN, BUT NOTABLY, YOU
LISTEN TO WHAT CAME OUT FROM THE
CONVERSATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND.
THIS IS A SUPER PAC INVOLVED IN
FUND-RAISING.
FUND-RAISING. THEY WERE SENDING WARNING SHOTS
LAST NIGHT SAYING EVEN THOUGH
THIS COULD BE A WIN, REPUBLICANS
ARE BEING OUTRAISED OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THAT
CAN’T HAPPEN.
CAN’T HAPPEN. ALSO, WEE FOCUSED ON OHIO,
RIGHTFULLY SO SAND THERE ARE
OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE TRUMP WON
BY LESS THAN THIS OR HILLARY
CLINTON WON BUT ALSO LET’S THINK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
WASHINGTON STATE LAST NIGHT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF RACES.
THAT’S A TWO-TIERED PRIMARY
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. AND THAT GIVES US A GOOD KIND OF
BAROMETER HEADING INTO NOVEMBER.
WHERE THE REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRAT IN THOSE PRIMARIES WERE
VERY, VERY TIGHT.
IN TWO OF THOSE DISTRICTS TRUDGE
WON OVERWHELMINGLY AS WELL.
WE’RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND THE BIGGER PICTURE,
REPUBLICANS ARE STILL CONCERNED,
EVEN IF THEY CAN CLAIM VICTORY
IN OHIO.
IN OHIO. >> MIKE, I WANT TO STAY ON
CAITLIN’S ORIGINAL POINT, THAT
SUPER PAC STATED WHILE WE WON
TONIGHT THIS IS A VERY TOUGH
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, MOVING
FORWARD, ANY REPUBLICAN RUNNING
FOR CONGRESS GETTING VASTLY
OUTRAISED BY AN OPPONENT NEEDS
TO START RAISING MORE MONEY.
SO, YES, SOME ARE CLAIMING
VICTORY.
VICTORY. HOW WORRIED SHOULD THEY BE,
ESPECIALLY IN OHIO?
>> THEY SHOULD BE EXTREMELY
WORRIED BECAUSE THERE ARE 50 OR
60 SEATS MORE FLIPABLE THAN THIS
ONE.
ONE. AND THIS ONE CAME WITHIN 1% BUT
I DO HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON
THE ENTIRE REASON WE’RE LOOKING
AT IT YOU SAID IT A COUPLE TIMES
BUT LET’S RE-EMPHASIZE IT.
THIS SEAT WILL BE UP IN
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THREE MONTHS
OF SOMEONE SERVING A CONGRESS
THAT’S STILL OVERWHELMINGLY
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS I LOOK AT
THE CALENDAR, CONGRESS IS IN
SESSION ONLY TWO WEEKS OF THOSE
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >> WHAT A GARGANTUAN WASTE OF
MONEY?
MONEY? >> THE THING IS IT’S A DATA
POINT.
POINT. IF THE DEMOCRATS COME WITHIN 1%
OR 2%, LEVER VOTES, IT’S THE
SAME DATA POINT.
AND THE DATA POINT IS TELLING US
THIS IS IMMINENTLY WINNABLE, NOT
OVERWHELMINGLY, BUT IMMINENTLY
WINNABLE FOR DEMOCRATS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
SO, BIG DEAL, YOU SEND ANOTHER
REPUBLICAN TO CONGRESS FOR THREE
MONTHS.
MONTHS. WHY SHOULD ANYONE WASTE THEIR
ENERGY AT THE 1,000 VOTERS WHO
DIDN’T VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRAT?
WHO ACTUALLY HOLDS THIS SEAT FOR
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS DOESN’T
REALLY MATTER.
REALLY MATTER. WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE DATA.
>> I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WHY NOT SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LET’S ALL GET
ON THE SAME PAGE.
YOU’VE GOT TWO MAJOR PARTIES.
ONE PARTY BELIEVES CLIMATE
CHANGE EXISTS.
CHANGE EXISTS. THE OTHER PARTY DOESN’T.
GET ON BOARD WITH THE TEAM THAT
DOES.
DOES. >> I AGREE WITH THAT MESSAGE.
BUT I’M TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU
LOOK AT THIS RACE AND SAY, OH,
MY GOD, GREENS, HAD YOU ONLY
CHANGED YOUR VOTES, YOUR ACTUAL
REPRESENTATION OF THIS DISTRICT
SHOULDN’T REALLY MATTER THAT
MUCH TO ANYONE.
THE SYMBOLISM AND DATA SHOULD
MATTER.
MATTER. NO ONE’S BEEN MORE CRITICAL OF
JILL STEIN AND HER VOTERS THAN
ME BUT IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER
WHY AMERICA THINKS THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> BUT IS THE MESSAGE BROADER
THAN THAT?
THAN THAT? IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE TO THE
GREEN PARTY, BUT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. THOSE WHO ARE PUSHING VERY FAR
TO THE LEFT, OR TO THE MIDDLE,
LET’S ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE.
LET’S GET A UNITED FORCE LET’S
HAVE ONE FOE INSTEAD OF
FRACTURING OUR PARTY.
THE DEMOCRATS COULD BE HAVING
THAT CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. THEY DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN
THIS RACE, HE WAS NOT REALLY
TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I KNOW A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN THE
COUNTRY WANT TO SAY, HE’S THE
FOE, LET’S RUN AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. HE DIDN’T REALLY DO THAT, HE
STUCK TO ISSUES.
SO THAT MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO
FORWARD.
FORWARD. WHICH IS LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE’S ENOUGH OUT THERE, WE
HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
MONEY FOR A MINUTE.
THEY POURED A LOT -- HE DIDN’T
RAISE THE MONEY, THE REPUBLICAN.
>> HE BEING WHOM?
>> BALDERSON DIDN’T RAISE A TON
OF MONEY AS WE JUST SAID.
NATIONAL REPUBLICANS SENT MONEY
THERE.
THERE. THIS ISN’T THE KIND OF RACE THEY
WANT TO SEND MONEY TO.
THEY GOT WAY MORE IMPORTANTLY TO
SEND IT TO AS WELL.
THIS IS KIND OF A SHOT ON THE
MONEY.
MONEY. DO WE HAVE 80 SEATS THAT THEY’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THAT MUCH
MONEY TO?
MONEY TO? >> CAITLIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
A GOOD TRACK RECORD, HE ADORES
HIS CANDIDATES.
HIS CANDIDATES. WE SAW THAT HAPPEN IN FLORIDA
AND IOWA.
AND IOWA. AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE
PRESIDENT FACED CRITICISM FOR
NANCY PELOSI.
NANCY PELOSI. HE SAID NANCY PELOSI, I WOULDN’T
VOTE FOR HER AGAIN.
HE BACKED OFF OF THAT.
THERE’S A LOT OF PUSH FOR
LEADERSHIP IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY BUT YOU CANNOT FORGET
THERE’S NO GREATER FUND RAZOR
FOR DEMOCRATS THAN NANCY PELOSI.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S THE
ARGUMENT THAT SHE AND OTHER
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN MAKING.
.
. REPUBLICANS USE NANCY PELOSI AS
A BOOGIEMAN OF SORTS BECAUSE IT
IS EFFECTIVE ESPECIALLY IN THESE
DISTRICTS WHERE THERE IS A DEEP
TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN DNA.
THEY’RE TRYING TO USE PELOSI AS
A FOIL TO SAY TO REPUBLICAN
VOTERS WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR
TRUMP RELUCTANTLY OR DIDN’T VOTE
FOR HIM AT ALL TO SAY, LOOK, YOU
MAY NOT LIKE WHAT HE’S DOING OR
BEHAVING IN OFFICE, DO YOU
REALLY WANT A DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS AND WHAT THAT WOULD
WOULD MEAN?
WOULD MEAN? THAT’S WHY THEY’RE TRYING TO TIE
ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES TO THAT
TO TRY TO NEGATE’S TRUMP’S OWN
POPULARITY WHICH IS OF COURSE
WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE FACING IN
ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT VOTER
TURNOUT IN HIGHLY POPULATED
AREAS.
AREAS. YOU SAW A BIGGER TURNOUT MORE
THAN YOU DID IN RURAL AREAS THIS
IS AN OMINOUS SIGN FOR
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. THE HIGHEST INCOME AND BEST
EDUCATED ELEMENTS OF THE
ELECTRICORATE
ELECTRICORATE ELECTORATE, THEY’RE SHOWING UP
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN
VIRGINIA A FEW MONTHS AGO.
>> YES, ONCE AGAIN, IF WE’RE
LOOKING FOR DATA POINTS IT
CONFIRMS WHERE IS EVERYTHING
WE’RE SEEING, WHERE IS THE
EXCITEMENT?
EXCITEMENT? THESE VOTERS, THAT’S A BIG ASK
SO I THINK THERE’S WEARINESS IN
THE RURAL AREAS.
I WANT TO QUESTION ONE THING
DOES DONALD TRUMP HAVE A GOOD
RECORD?
RECORD? OR HAS HE CHOSEN CANDIDATES WHO
MAY BE TOO EXTREME?
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SARAH
PALIN WILL IN 2010 AND 2012.
SHE STATED THEY AND WOUND UP
LOSING THE SENATE.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
SENATE.
SENATE. >> TO THAT SAME POINT, JAUVN
MORONEY SAID O’CONNOR WINNING IS
A WIN FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
>> HE’S A LIGHTNING ROD THERE.
THERE’S JUST BEEN SO MUCH ON
IMMIGRATION, VOTER FRAUD.
AND HE WORKED ON THE VOTER FRAUD
COMMISSION THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAD.
HAD. HE HEADED THAT UP.
THERE’S SO MUCH NEGATIVE ABOUT
CHRIS KOBACH IN THE STATE.
IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
>> THE NOTES ON THAT VOTER FRAUD
COMMISSION, IT WENT NOWHERE.
>> HE WAS ODD MON INITIALLED BY