ADD PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME IN THIS AREA. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOU. KEEP KRISTEN TOYOTA TIME
SAVER TRAFFIC.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ON TO
NOVEMBER, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT
THE IMPACT OF YESTERDAY’S
PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS IN
THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS. BOTTOM
LINE IS THE FINAL PIECES IN
THE MID TERM PUZZLE ARE
FINALLY COMING INTO FOCUS AND
SOME OF THE BIGGEST PIECES CAN
BE FOUND RIGHT HERE IN
FLORIDA. JOINING GOING TO GET
IN THE MORNING SHOW, CHRIS
HAND THE GOVERNMENT LAW
ATTORNEY AND COAUTHOR OF THE
BOOK AMERICA, THE OWNER’S
MANUAL. SO FOR THE SECOND TIME
IN 8 YEARS, WE’VE GOT CHARLIE
CRIST BEING CHOSEN BY
DEMOCRATS AS THEIR NOMINEE FOR
GOVERNOR. HE HAS JUST 11 WEEKS
TO ENERGIZE HIS BASE TO TAKE
ON RON DESANTIS. GOING TO BE
INTERESTING HERE IN CHOOSING
KRIS, DEMOCRATS ARE BETTING A
WELL-KNOWN AND INOFFENSIVE
NOMINEE GIVES THEM THE BEST
CHANCE TO UNSEATED THE VISIT.
BUT DYNAMIC INCUMBENT
REPUBLICAN. IT’S A PLAYBOOK
NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE ONE
DEPLOYED SUCCESSFULLY BY BIDEN
TO DEFEAT TRUMP IN 2020. SO
THE QUESTION BECOMES, HOW
EFFECTIVE MIGHT THAT BE IN
2022?
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: FIRST,
THERE’S A POLITICAL
CONSULTANT. I KNOW WHO SAYS
THAT EVERY CANDIDATE HAS 3
IMPERATIVES TO FIND YOURSELF
DEFINE YOUR OPPONENT AND
DEFINE THE STAKES OF ALL OF
THE ELECTION. WELL, AFTER 30
YEARS IN FLORIDA POLITICS,
CHARLIE CRIST IS PRETTY WELL
DEFINED. AND SO FOR THAT
MATTER IS RON DESANTIS. SO THE
KEY GOING FORWARD FOR GOVERNOR
CRIST AS HE TRIES TO RECLAIM
THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IS TO
DEFINE THE STAKES OF ELECTIVE
THE ELECTION AND THAT COULD
TURN A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
LEADERSHIP STYLES. THE DOJ’S
DECISION GOVERNING
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COULD BE A
HUGE ISSUE, BUT I ALSO
WOULDN’T SLEEP ON SOME OF THE
KEY QUALITY OF LIFE AND
ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT GO IN
WHICH THIS ELECTION COULD
TURN. OBVIOUSLY, FLORIDA IS IN
THE MIDST OF A HUGE,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND
ALSO AN INSURANCE CRISIS THAT
EVEN IF YOU CAN AFFORD A HOME
IN MANY CASES, YOU CAN’T FIND
INSURANCE, FORD OR EVEN AFFORD
THE INSURANCE FOR IT. SO I
WOULDN’T AGAIN DISCOUNT THE
FACT THE WHERE THIS RACE COULD
ULTIMATELY BE DEFINED AS ON
SOME OF THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE
ISSUES. THAT’S CERTAINLY HOW
CHARLIE CRIST WILL SENT TEMP
TO FRAME UP THE CHOICE THAT
VOTERS HAVE ON NOVEMBER. THE
8TH I MENTIONED THAT BIDEN
PLAYBOOK. I DO HAVE TO SAY IT
DIDN’T NECESSARILY WORK HERE
IN FLORIDA BECAUSE TRUMP DID
WIN HANDILY. YOU KNOW, IN THAT
PARTICULAR ELECTION, YOU KNOW,
WE KNOW ABOUT THE DIVISIVE
LEADERSHIP. WE KNOW ABOUT SOME
OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT
UP, THE ECONOMY, ABORTION AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> COULD SOMETHING AS SIMPLE
AS HIS CHOICE OF A RUNNING
MATE. AND TRADITIONALLY THE LG
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S CHOICE
IS NOT HIGH PROFILE IN
FLORIDA, BUT COULD THE RIGHT
RUNNING MATE MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THIS ELECTION?
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WELL, I THINK
THAT ALWAYS, AS YOU SAY, THAT
POSITION HAS NEVER BEEN IS
HOPING HIGH PROFILE AS SAY,
THE VICE PRESIDENCY IN THAT
PARTICULAR CHOICE. BUT LOOK IN
A STATE WHERE MARGINS ARE
ALWAYS VERY SLIM. YOU MENTION
TRUMP WINNING HANDILY. WILL
THAT MASSIVE WIN WAS 3 POINTS
WHICH IS SORT OF A FLORIDA
BLOWOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN A
STATE RIA, VERY CLOSE MARGINS,
ANYTHING CAN MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. IF
CHARLIE CRIST HAS A RUNNING
MATE WHO CAN HELP HIM EXTEND
THE CAMPAIGNS REACH AND THEN,
OF COURSE, ALSO BE A GOVERNING
PARTNER IF HE’S ELECTED, THAT
COULD WELL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A SUFFICIENT OF THE ELECTION
TO DECIDE ITS OUTCOME.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO THE
NATION IS LOOKING TO FLORIDA
COMES TO THE ISSUE OF BALANCE
OF POWER. GOVERNOR’S RACE IN
PLAY. THEY’RE AS THE SENATE
RACE, VAL DEMINGS HANDILY WON
HER PRIMARY. SHE’S ALSO HOPING
THE ANGER IN THE WAKE OF THE
SUPREME COURT’S DECISION TO
OVERTURN ROE V WADE PROPELS
HER TO AN UNLIKELY VICTORY.
SHE HAS A FUNDRAISING
ADVANTAGE. SO IS ALL OF THAT
COULD BE ENOUGH FOR HER TO
TAKE ON MARCO RUBIO. RUBIO
SUCCESSFULLY WILL VERY
POSSIBLY, OF COURSE, RECENT
POLLS HAVE TOLD US THAT THE 2
OF THEM ARE ESSENTIALLY IN A
DEAD HEAT AT THIS POINT. SO
IT’S NOW AN 11 WEEK SPRINT TO
SEE WHO CAN FINISH FIRST AT
THE END OF THE AT THE END OF
THE CAMPAIGN RIVER. THIS IS
GOING TO BE A NATIONALLY
WATCHED RACE CONTROL OF THE
U.S. SENATE MIGHT COME DOWN TO
THE DEMINGS RUBIO RACE GOING
FORWARD. BUT SO FAR SHE’S
DOING A NUMBER OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE NECESSARY TO WIN.
THERE’S A PRETTY SIMPLE
FORMULA POLITICS. IF YOU’RE
OUT SPENDING YOUR OPPONENT AND
YOU’RE AT COMMUNICATING YOUR
OPPONENT AND YOU’RE OUT
MESSAGE IN YOUR YOUR
OUTPERFORMING YOUR OPPONENT.
IN MANY WAYS, YOU ARE LIKELY
TO WIN RIGHT NOW. VAL DEMINGS
HAS SORT OF HELP TO MAX OUT
HER CAMPAIGN AND A VARIETY OF
THOSE DIFFERENT METRICS. IF
SHE CAN CONTINUE DOING THAT
MOVING FORWARD, HER CHANCES
VICTORY ARE DEFINITELY REAL IN
NOVEMBER. BUT THERE’S ONE
THING THAT EQUATION THAT
DOESN’T PLAY. AND THAT’S THIS
IS FLORIDA. SO CORRECT. YOU
KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW IN
FLORIDA A LOCALLY. THE
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S RACE IS
HEADED TO A RUNOFF. I KNOW.
THAT’S RIGHT. NO SURPRISE TO
YOU BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY SAID
TO ME YESTERDAY, YOU YOU
EXPECTED IT. SO YOU’VE GOT
TAKE A WATERS IN THE CASE OF
BURDEN. THEY WERE THE TOP 2
VOTE GETTERS, BUT NEITHER GOT
THE REQUIRED 50 PLUS ONE
RUNOFF IN NOVEMBER. ANOTHER
VOTE IN MARCH CRIMES. A BIG
ISSUE HERE, HAVING LEADERSHIP
HANGING IN THE POLITICAL
BALANCE LIKE THIS, AN ISSUE
FOR JACKSONVILLE OR IS IT JUST
IT IS WHAT IT IS? WELL, NO, I
THINK IT IS AN ISSUE THAT
COULD ISSUE PROJECTS FOR.
THERE’S GOING TO BE A COUPLE
OF KEYS TO THIS NOVEMBER
ELECTION ONE. WHAT IS THE
TURNOUT LOOK OBVIOUSLY WE HAD
A SITUATION YESTERDAY WHERE
REPUBLICAN TURNOUT SLIGHTLY
OUTNUMBERED DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT
BY ABOUT 1000 VOTES AND WITH
ABOUT 17,000 IN PA BUILDINGS
IN PA’S VOTING. SO WHAT IS THE
TURNOUT MODEL LOOK LIKE IN
TERMS OF CAN SHE UNITE THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES? THERE
WERE 4 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
ON THE BALLOT. CAN SHE
PERSUADE ALL OF THEM TO GET
BEHIND UNITE BEHIND HER
CAMPAIGN? AND THEN THAT FACTOR
I JUST NAMED WHERE THE VOTERS
WHO HAVE NO PARTY AFFILIATION
GO IN NOVEMBER. THEY ARE OFTEN
DECISIVE IN CITY POLITICS.
THIS WILL BE ONE MORE RACE FOR
THEIR PROBABLY ONCE AGAIN
GOING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE
DECISION AS TO JACKSONVILLE’S.
NEXT SHERIFF IS AND I’VE GOT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT
CONGRESSIONAL RACE WHERE THE
PEOPLE LIVE HERE DIDN’T GET TO
VOTE, BUT THE DISTRICT 10 RACE
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. THINGS GOT
A LITTLE WAUKEE BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THE THE BOUNDARIES WERE
REDRAWN BY THE GOVERNOR.
CORINNE BROWN THREW HER HAT
INTO THE RING. SHE DIDN’T
NECESSARILY HAVE THE NAME
RECOGNITION DOWN THERE. SHE
DIDN’T FARE AS WELL AS SHE’S
USED TO GOT 9.5% OF THE VOTE.
YOU THINK THIS IS THE END OF
THE POLITICAL LINE FOR CORINNE
BROWN? WELL, YOU NEVER SAY
NEVER, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKELY
THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST
CONTEST. THE CONGRESSWOMAN
BROWN HAS RUN. YOU KNOW, SHE
DID FINISH. I THINK 4TH OR 5TH
IN ABOUT A 10 CANDIDATE FIELD
LAST NIGHT. SO AGAIN, YOU
NEVER SAY NEVER, BUT IT DOES
FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE THE
LAST TIME WE SEE CORINNE BROWN
ABOUT. ALL RIGHT, CHRIS HAND,