a lot of people have since. that republican romp in november that was a give-me, not so fast and not a give-me. we have you covered with connell mcshane on what has mcconnell worried. jessica taylor on the polls showing the cracks and grady trimble at the iowa state fair with potential presidential candidates looking for openings. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. let s begin with connell mcshane on what is giving mitch that twitch. it s interesting. leader mcconnell is making the point that if you look at a statewide race, that s really when the candidate matters, not just whether there s an r or d next to his name what many expect to be a big year for republicans, when we dig in, we see the gop struggling in senate races. the democrat is john fedder man leading dr. oz in the polls so much so that the cook political report has changed the rating from toss-up to now lean democrat. fedderman has been trying to portray oz as this out of touch carpet b
but neil: i don t know what crude detite is. now i m up on it. i want to take issue with what he said. there s candidate quality issues. on the other happened, mitch mcconnell has tried to not run on an agenda other than criticize the democrats for inflation. republicans have been reluctant to put forward an agenda. there s a popular agenda. a lot of polls neil: you raise a very good point. sarah, you can pick up on this. mitch mcconnell would not be the first opposition party chieftain to say we have a big lead, let s ride it out. there s concern there where this goes. but what do you think and do you think now that given the tide potentially turning, democrats could suffer the same fate?
report has changed the rating from toss-up to now lean democrat. fedderman has been trying to portray oz as this out of touch carpet bagger that talks about inflation with references to crude detite. it s working for fedder man. that s not the only state to watch. changing the colorado rating from likely democrat to lean democrat. utah going from solid republican to likely republican. then there s arizona, which is an interesting one. the incumbent is the democrat, mark kelly. up eight in a new fox poll over blake masters who has the support of formertrump. wisconsin, the incumbent there is ron johnson. he looks to be in trouble now against the lieutenant governor, mandela barnes. barnes is up 4. to be sure, not all is lost. all of these are races that we mentioned that they could easily win and maybe pick up a seat in georgia. but it s fair to say that the