Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on Peter Lavelle as expected ballots are still being counted but what we do know about this election that its close and the country is deeply divided what are some of the lessons to be learned was it enough to frame this election as a referendum on donald trump. There is because this and more im joined by my guest Christopher Metzler in washington he is a legal scholar in monterrey we have Spencer Critchley he is the author of patriots of 2 nations and is the former Communications Advisor for obama for america and in los angeles we have rahm elwood he is a pretty good guest on that your show and the podcast the political vigilante and you tube dust up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to spencer in monterey whats whats happening in the selection because for days and weeks before i kept hearing all of these polls this is going to trump is going to be. This is g
Joined once again by Energy Editor of crystal ball at the university of virginia has sundered for politics. Lets start this morning in the battle for control of the senate. Three months out if you had to pick the hand to play right now, would you rather be in the position of democrats or position of rubble goods. Id be rather be with the position of the democrats for joe biden is in a better position than with Senate Results are not correlated but they have more bearing on than they did a generation or two ago. Back in 2016 that was the first election [inaudible] in which every state had a senate race ntalso voted for same party for president. Thats not guaranteed to happen this time but it does show president ial connections to the senate but basically the democrats are probably going to lose alabama where doug jones won that special election in 2017. [inaudible] the good thing for democrats is i do believe it will look good in four senate races, arizona, colorado are outright favored
Honest. We want to make sure the election is honest. Im not sure that it can be. I dont know that it can be with this whole situation, unsolicited ballots, unsolicited. Millions being sent to everybody. Just quick fact check on that, in 41 out of the 50 states, voters have to request a mailin ballot, doesnt just go unsolicited in a majority of states. Cnns Kaitlan Collins reports it follows months of the president stoking fears of fraud without providing any evidence and mounting an aggressive legal strategy. Reporter President Trump facing swift pushback today after he refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lose loses in november. We have to see what happens. You know that. Ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots. Though the white house tried to spin what he said on camera, Even Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell issued a tweet saying there will be an orderly transition in january should trump lose to joe biden. But mcconnell and other gop lawmakers r