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You were either most surprised by or you were proudest to see? >> there was a bunch that i was thrilled about, but i was -- im really delighted to see that it looks like -- it hasnt been called yet, but it looks like lucy mcbath is going to pull it out in the georgia 6th. that was the district that jon ossoff ran in in the special election last year. i remember going down there to cover that and being so struck by all these women activists who had not been super political before, not paid a lot ...

Begala doing writing this on twitter? im as nervous as a porcupine in a balloon factory. what are democrats so nervous about tonight as we go into tomorrow? >> i think that democrats are always going to be concerned with the prospect of complacency, this baked-in narrative that we have a blue wave upon us. there might be some voters that think they dont even need to go out to the polls. the fact of the matter is midterms are typically a base turnout election. the president is making the effort t...

Are talking about, thats what a lot of voters are talking about and thats what democrats are having to respond to. its been a challenge for the democratic candidates and for the democratic partys leadership to grapple with all of this. >> sabrina, i want to show you two different graphics. number one is the classic pollster question about right track, wrong track about our country. these numbers were kind of astounding when they came out. 54%, i believe were on the wrong track, 38% the right tra...

Thats what people on the news are talking about, thats what a lot of voters are talking about and thats what democrats are having to respond to. its been a challenge for the democratic candidates and the democratic leadership to grapple with all of this. >> sabrina, i want to show you two different graphics. number one is the classic pollster question about right track, wrong track about our country. these numbers were kind of astounding when they came out. 54%, i believe were on the wrong track...

That will largely be answered here, clark county, 70% of the vote comes in right here, this is where we have seen democrats voting like gangbusters in the early vote. can they run up enough early vote to actually win this state? that will be the open question in the days ahead. so thats where the senate lands. >> and joining me now to talk more about the midterms is a professor of international politics at city university london. thank you very much for being with us. so in many ways people with...

Six years. anthony, the presidents closing message seems to be beating the immigration drum. but he has the kavanaugh bounce. this economy is right hot with wage growth is at record highs. there is great paying jobs out there, and we are going to see 3% gdp for the year. is the economy whats keeping the blue wave pat bay in your opinion? anthony: the economy does do that. but there is come complacency with all that good economy. thats why hes pressing the hot buttons the last 5 or 6 days. if you...

Anthony, the presidents closing message seems to be beating the immigration drum. but he has the kavanaugh bounce. this economy is right hot with wage growth is at record highs. there is great paying jobs out there, and we are going to see 3% gdp for the year. is the economy whats keeping the blue wave pat bay in your opinion? anthony: the economy does do that. but there is come complacency with all that good economy. thats why hes pressing the hot buttons the last 5 or 6 days. if you look at th...

Anthony, the presidents closing message seems to be beating the immigration drum. but he has the kavanaugh bounce. this economy is right hot with wage growth is at record highs. there is great paying jobs out there, and we are going to see 3% gdp for the year. is the economy whats keeping the blue wave pat bay in your opinion? anthony: the economy does do that. but there is come complacency with all that good economy. thats why hes pressing the hot buttons the last 5 or 6 days. if you look at th...

Six years. anthony, the presidents closing message seems to be beating the immigration drum. but he has the kavanaugh bounce. this economy is right hot with wage growth is at record highs. there is great paying jobs out there, and we are going to see 3% gdp for the year. is the economy whats keeping the blue wave pat bay in your opinion? anthony: the economy does do that. but there is come complacency with all that good economy. thats why hes pressing the hot buttons the last 5 or 6 days. if you...

We have never really had a class i think this good probably it would be a bigger class maybe since post-watergate, but that should give us a lot of confidence. the other thing is this turnout surge that we are seeing, this incredible determination to participate i think is driven largely by people who want to change the direction of the country, and when turnout is high, democrats win. so the combination of the great candidates and how we have expanded the playing field and the determination of ...