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Because this is an important election and a 50/50 senate is better than 51/49 senate because we can keep joe biden in check and thats what we have to do. right now you see what rafael warnock stands for. stands for high gas prices company stands for open borders, mens and womens sports, or crimes on the streets, those are exactly the things he stands for. i am against that. i think this is about the people of georgia, the people of the united states, not the government. >> brian: if you talk abo...

Peti petition. >> even that one extra vote would matter. it is disconcerting that we have not following more condemnation following the former president trumps dinner with kanye west. we are slowly hearing that condemnation for more and more republicans. we heard from governor kemp in his interview with kaitlan collins saying there is no place for that in the republican party but he quickly showed support for herschel walker. you see the connection between the silence or the dragged out response...

Up the whole process for things like moving forward on a bill confirming a judge. senator patrick leahy this year was out for hip surgery for one week and the whole week they couldnt process or vote or advance any judicial nominees on the senate floor whether they were other wise going to. it is such a slight difference between 50/50 and 51/49 but in the senate that means a huge difference in terms of productivity. >> jennifer, thank you. we appreciate the time. >> thank you. still ahead, were...

All of the voters that voted in the general election, they have to see who didnt turn out and try to get those voters as well. >> it tight. and it is significant, john, weve covered congress for a long time, the difference between a 50/50 senate and a 51/49 senate, depending on what happens in georgia right now, the difference could be pretty significant for the biden administration. >> and enormously important and the vice president leaving town more. the vice president has to break the tie. i ...

This makes race in georgia the runoff thats coming up in early december a little less important to democrats although if they have that then they have 51/49 thats important internally because democrats then have higher ratios on committees right now it is pretty much even steven. theres a power sharing agreement with the republicans. as this means that mitch mcconnell wont have much power at all, in fact, one wound percent there are any crimination towards mitch mcconnell not able to get control...

This makes race in georgia the runoff thats coming up in early december a little less important to democrats although if they have that then they have 51/49 thats important internally because democrats then have higher ratios on committees right now it is pretty much even steven. theres a power sharing agreement with the republicans. as this means that mitch mcconnell wont have much power at all, in fact, one wound percent there are any crimination towards mitch mcconnell not able to get control...

In georgia. i want to bring in now ron brownstein, cnn senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. so good to see you, ron. we now know that democrats will hold the majority in the senate, regardless of what happens in the georgia run-off, so how important is that race, especially when you consider how it might impact committee assignments? >> oh, yeah. 51/49 senate is much easier to manage. you dont have issues with discharge petitions on judicial nominations. theres a lot of pr...

This makes race in georgia the runoff thats coming up in early december a little less important to democrats although if they have that then they have 51/49 thats important internally because democrats then have higher ratios on committees right now it is pretty much even steven. theres a power sharing agreement with the republicans. as this means that mitch mcconnell wont have much power at all, in fact, one wound percent there are any crimination towards mitch mcconnell not able to get control...

Trump carried by 20 points, you do not want to be roughly splitting the vote. 52 -- its 51/49 -- i rounded up the numbers here because of the smaller percentages. you see here in the raw numbers, thats more votes. you always want more votes. but this is a county donald trump carried by 20 points. so, in this county, you want to be -- you need a much more lopsided number. same here. in this county that donald trump carried by 20 points -- this is just one vote report. this is not the county. as y...

The chess game, the cheryl beasley race, its one of our competitive races. if it ends up being 51/49 in favor of the republican, democrats are going to be saying we shouldve spent more money. >> ive already heard democrats say they shouldve spent more money for cheri. >> obama won it in 2008. historic african american turnout. thatll be critical for cheri beasley. at the top of the hour georgia is the big one for us. because what happens here is this in the house race. these are the ones that ar...