NEIL: I LEVEL WE HAVE A CHANCE
TO HAVE HIM ON THE SHOW.
HE IS KIND OF LIKE BOOKING
ELVIS.
A LOT OF SHOWS COMPETE FOR HIS
SERVICES AND INSIDE HE IS A
BRILLIANT WRITER, GREAT
ANALYSIS.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE KARL ROVE
YOU CAN HAVE TO STAND IN LINE.
I’VE A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME
THAT WANT TO COME.
I WON THE LOTTERY TODAY KARL
ROVE GOOD TO SEE YOU MY FRIEND.
>> WOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I’LL BE ON ANYTIME YOU WANT ME
TOO BE ON.
NEIL: WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO PICK YOUR BRAIN A
LITTLE BIT.
I ENJOYED NOT NOT ONLY READING T
WALL STREET JOURNAL PIECES BUT
WHAT’S AT STAKE IS A PRIMARIES
KICKOFF IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
AND MONTHS.
PARTICULARLY OHIO TONIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BACK JV
DANCE.
THEY HAD A TENACIOUS PAST, IS
FORGIVEN AND THE SUPPORT IS ON.
GEORGIA PRETTY SOON BACKING
GEORGE OR SENATOR PURDUE AGAINST
BRIAN KEMP, HOW MUCH OF THIS
WILL BE A TEST OF WHETHER WE GET
A TRUMP BUMP.
>> OF THINK ABOUT WILL BE A
TEST, IT IS NOT GOOD TO BE
UNIFORM EVERYWHERE AND THE
PRESIDENTS WOULD HAVE A BIGGER
IMPACT IN SOME CONTEST THEN HE
HAS ANOTHER’S.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK IN OHIO THERE
WAS A POOL THAT CAME OUT OF THE
FIELD THE DAY BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT ENDORSED.
HE ENDORSED ON FRIDAY APRIL 14,
JD VANCE WAS AT 23, JOSH MANDEL
AT 28 AND THAT BUILDING WAS AT
12.
A BUSINESSMAN MIKE GIBBONS WAS
AT 14, FORMER STATE PARTY
CHAIRMAN JAY TIPPED KEN WAS AT
EIGHT, THE REAL CLEAR POLITICS
AVERAGE IS VANCE UP AT 26,
MANDEL HAS DROPPED FIVE POINTS
TO 23.
DOLAN IS 22 IN LARGE PART A
GIGANTIC TV BLITZ TALKING ABOUT
HIS AGENDA AND GIVE IT UP
ESSENTIALLY FLAT. WHAT WERE SEEING THIS DID NOT
WHAT WERE SEEING THIS DID NOT
CONSOLIDATE THIS FAR.
MANDEL DROPPED, DOLAN ROSE BY
MORE THAN VANCE DID.
WE’LL SEE HOW IT COMES OUT
TONIGHT BUT IT’S CLEAR THE
WEATHER OF THE PRIMARY WITH
SEVEN CANDIDATES IN THE RACE AND
FIVE OF THEM BEING SIGNIFICANT,
THIS MAY BE ONE WITH 30 OR 32%
OF THE VOTES.
IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
BIG OF A BUMP BETWEEN THE 15th
OF APRIL 2 WHEREVER VANCE ENDS
UP TONIGHT.
NEIL: I’M JUST LOOKING AT THE
GEORGIA RACE, AND GOVERNOR BRIAN
KEMP SURVIVES ALL OF THAT WITH
HIS ATTACKS OF THE 2020 ELECTION
WAS LEGITIMATE AND IS UP DOUBLE
DIGITS LAST TIME I CHECKED.
YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I.
THAT COULD BE A REMINDER, AGAIN
YOU SAY ALL THESE RACES ARE
CONFINED TO THE STATES.
MAYBE THE SITE TO REDO 2020 IS
DONE.
WERE ON TO 2024.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THAT IS TRUE, WE
DON’T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL GEORGIA
WHICH IS THE 24th OF THE
MONTH.
WERE GONNA HAVE A WEEK IN AN
ELECTION IN IDAHO WHERE TRUMP IS
ENDORSED THE CITY LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR GETS A POPULAR
INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
BRAD LITTLE.
EVERY POLL SHOWS BRAD LITTLE UP
BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN, HE WILL
WIN AND WIN HANDILY.
LET’S JUST ASSUME FOR A MINUTE
THAT VANCE DOES WHEN IN OHIO.
LET’S SAY THAT HE GETS 32% OF
THE VOTE WHICH IS UP NINE POINTS
FROM WHERE HE WAS BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT ENDORSED HIM OR IN THE
LAST POLL WHERE HE ENDORSED HIM.
THAT STILL MEANS CLOSE TO SEVEN
OUT OF EVERY TEN OHIO
REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID I’M NOT
GOING WITH THE PRESIDENT’S
CHOICE.
THAT’S A PRETTY STRONG
COMMENTARY.
HIS ENDORSEMENT, IF VANCE WINS
IT’LL BE BECAUSE OF THE
PRESIDENTS ENDORSEMENT.
NO IF’S, AND WHEREABOUTS ABOUT
IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND WHAT ABOUT THE
SEVEN OUT OF TEN.
THOSE WERE PEOPLE MANY OF WHOM
WERE STRONG TRUMP PEOPLE WHO SAY
I HAD A CHOICE, HE STEPPED IN HE
DIDN’T LISTEN TO ME, THERE WILL
BE A LOT OF HURT FEELINGS.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS ENDORSED SO MANY
CANDIDATES AND SOMEBODY RACES IN
THE FACE OF A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM HIS PEOPLE INSIDE THE STATE
FOR OTHER CANDIDATES.
WE HAD THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OF
THE DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION FROM OHIO IN
2016 WRITE A LETTER TO THE
PRESIDENT SAYING WE WERE WITH
YOU FROM THE BEGINNING, WHY ARE
YOU DOING THIS.
NEIL: THAT’S A VERY GOOD POINT.
I’M CURIOUS TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
THE SUPREME COURT.
MAYBE A STRIKE DOWN TO ROE V.
WADE AND THE THREAT OPINION.
WHAT’S TRUE OR NOT THE SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS HAS
INDICATED THAT IS A LEGITIMATE
THREAT.
NOT THAT IT DOESN’T GUARANTEE
THE FINAL OUTCOME.
HAVING SAID THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
POLITICAL EQUIVALENT OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS TO
GALVANIZE THEIR BASE.
THEY’RE NOT WASTING A NANO
SECOND, NEU THE PUSH TO GET
LEGISLATION GOING TO ENSHRINE
ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE LAW.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
DIFFERENCE IT COULD MAKE IN THE
MIDTERMS.
>> YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
SOME STATES AND SOME RACES
PARTICULARLY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE IS, WE HAD 18 STATES
WITH LAWS ON THE BOOKS IF ROE V.
WADE IS OVERTURNED, I GUARANTEE
THE STATE-LEVEL ABORTION RIGHTS,
WE HAVE 13 STATES IN WHICH
THERE’S VARYING LEVELS OF
RESTRICTIONS ON THE BOOKS THAT
WILL COME INTO FORCE OF ROE V.
WADE IS TOSSED OUT WHICH MEANS
THERE’S 19 OTHER STATES --
EXCUSE ME 20 OTHER STATES YET TO
CAMP THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS
ONE THAT HAS ABORTION RIGHTS AND
LOCAL LAW.
ANOTHER 20 STATES WHERE I WILL
BECOME A BIGGER BATTLE THAN THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS INNOVATIVE FOR THE
DEMOCRATS IN GENERATING THE
ENTHUSIASM.
HOW BIG OF AN ADVANTAGE ON THE
LITTLE SKEPTICAL.
IF I WERE THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
DOING BADLY ON THE INFLATION IN
THE ECONOMY IN THE WORLD,
IMMIGRATION, CRIME, WELLNESS AND
EDUCATION, I WOULD WANT TO TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER OTHER THAN
THOSE OTHER THINGS.
>> IS NOTION THAT THEY MIGHT’VE
FOUND OUT THIS RACE MAYBE NOT
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS, EVEN
INDEPENDENCE.
NATIONALLY IT DOES IT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE?
>> I THINK IT MIGHT IN SOME
STATES AND SOME LOCALES.
IT COULD REQUIRE THE DEMOCRATS
TO MAKE ABORTION RIGHTS THE
CENTER OF THEIR EFFORT.
THE SEE OF A DEMOCRATIC THIS IS
MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE WE NEED TO
RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS
INTERSTATE AND I’M RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS WERE RUNNING FOR THE
STATE LEGISLATURE TO DISOBEY MY
TOP PRIORITY IN THE REPUBLICAN
OPPONENT SAYS I HAVE VIEWS ON
ABORTION.
HERE’S WHAT THEIR BUT THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE IS DOING SOMETHING
ABOUT INFLATION AND THE OTHER
TWO ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND NUMBER
THREE IS IMMIGRATION AND NUMBER
FOUR ISSUE ABOUT STANDING UP TO
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
I THINK THE ARGUMENT IS GOING TO
GO WITH DIFFERENT WAY THAN SOME
OF THE PEOPLE MIGHT THINK TODAY.
WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT AND
MAY BE GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED IT IS
IMPORTANT IN SOME A BOY AND
SHOULD BE RELUCTANT TO DO SO BUT
YELP IS REACTING TO THIS IN THE
RESTAURANT BOOKING SERVICE
SAYING OVERTURNING WILL PERSUADE
WILL JEOPARDIZE THE RIGHTS TO
STAND TO LOSE THE LIBERTY TO
MAKE DECISIONS OVER THERE BODY
TURNING BACK THAT PROGRESS THAT
WOMEN HAS MADE OVER THE PAST 16
YEARS, SEISMIC IMPACT ON OUR
SOCIETY AND ECONOMY.
I GO ONE BUT THE GIST OF THAT
THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE.
WHETHER THEY WAY AND LIKING IT
WERE HITTING IT, JUST WONDERING
ANY 50/50 COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARGUE
OVER THE NUMBERS HERE PRO-CHOICE
VERSUS PRO-LIFE, WHAT IS THE
IMPACT OF THAT, COMPANIES THAT
WAY AND.
>> IN THIS INSTANCE THEY SOUND
LIKE THEY’RE OUT OF TOUCH WITH
ORDINARY AMERICANS.
THE MOST RECENT WALL STREET
JOURNAL 48% OF THE PEOPLE
SUPPORTED A BAN ON ABORTION
AFTER 15 WEEKS.
THAT IS A MISSISSIPPI LAW.
AT 47% OPPOSED IT.
44% OPPOSED IT.
WE HAVE NEARLY HALF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SUPPORTING ONE OF THE
STRICTEST ABORTION LAWS IN THE
COUNTRY.
THE SCIENCE HAS GIVEN US A LOOK
INTO THIS ISSUE THAT IS DEEPER
AND MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT WAS
40 OR 50 YEARS AGO.
AS A RESULT AMERICANS OPINIONS
ARE MORE NUANCED AND WILLING TO
SAY WOMEN TO HAVE A RIGHT TO
CHOOSE BUT WE ALSO ACCEPT THE
FACT THAT THEY BETTER BE LIMITS
ON AND AFTER 15 WEEKS OR 20
WEEKS OR 25 WEEKS PEOPLE SHOULD
SHOULD NOT BE GETTING AN
ABORTION IT’S DESTROYING HUMAN
LIFE.
THIS IS NOT AN EASY ISSUE FOR
ONE SIDE WITH THE OTHER TO DEAL
WITH.
AS A RESULT ATTACK WITHOUT THE HUGE BENEFIT THE DEMOCRATS THINK
HUGE BENEFIT THE DEMOCRATS THINK
THAT SOME DEMOCRATS MIGHT HAVE.
I KNOW WHY THEY’RE DOING AND WE
ALL KNOW WHY THEY’RE DOING IT.
LOSING ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT
ARE DOMINATING THE AGENDA
STARTING WITH INFLATION.
THEIR PARTY LEADER HAS APPROVAL
RATINGS ON INFLATION IN THE HIGH
20s WHICH MEANS OVER HALF THE
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM ARE
ALMOST HALF THE PEOPLE SAY I
THINK HE’S DOING A LOUSY JOB ON
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FACING THE
COUNTRY.
NEIL: FINALLY I’D BE CURIOUS
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 2024 RACE
AND WHETHER REPUBLICANS EMERGED
TO CHALLENGE DONALD TRUMP
ASSUMING HE RUNS.
INCLUDING RON DESANTIS.
SOME SO CONVINCED OF THEIR OWN
STATURE INCLUDING GOVERNOR
DESANTIS THAT IT’S OPEN SEASON
AND THEY WILL TRY REGARDLESS OF
THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ISN’T
IT OR NOT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THERE WILL BE
CANDIDATES TO GET INTO THE RACE
AND GET IN EARLY.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE PRESIDENT
TRUMP RUNS AND IF HE DOES RUN
THERE’S NO GUARANTEE THAT HE
WINS.
I THINK THIS LIKE ENDORSING
VANCE, MEL BROOKS AND ALABAMA HE
ENDORSED HIM EARLY AND IT TURNED
OUT TO BE A GENTLE CANDIDATE
THAT HE WITHDREW THE
ENDORSEMENT.
THERE WILL BE OTHERS LIKE THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND IDAHO
AND GOVERNOR KIM OR DAVID PERDUE
AND GEORGIA WHO COME UP SHORT,
WEAKENING ALL THE DONALD TRUMP
HAS OVER THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I DON’T THINK HE TOOK THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION WHEN HE DECIDED HE
WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING NOBODY
IS EVER DONE BEFORE AS A FORMER
PRESIDENT.
THAT IS GET THEMSELVES INVOLVED
IN SO MANY CONTENTIOUS PRIMARIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> A GRUDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY TO
BACKFIRE.
GREAT SEEING YOU YOU ARE THE