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Minority to the detriment of the party and the country. jerry: president biden indicated he does intend to run. i think that would be pressure on him given his age, but do you think that is likely, why he would be the democratic nominee next time. >> hes clearly emboldened and i believe he will run, he will run as long as he can, his health allowing him to do so. to be the nominee. jerry: thanks very much. there may not have been a red wave across the country but there was a soon army for florid...

Him do quite well, georgias governor, ron desantis a 20 point win in florida, is stunning. i dont think theres anything inevitable about donald trump being the nominee. he probably starts as a front runner but that race is far from over. jerry: you mentioned ron desantis, stunning victory in florida. does the record he has of governing in florida, and an electoral victory, does that make him your favorite or should he be the favorite in 24? >> i am not making selections. dont know what the field...

Jerry: lets talk where democrats lost ground, among latinos. republicans had their best showing, ron desantis did well, the latino vote did seem to swing significantly towards republicans, is that a larger trend we are seeing? that we can expect be a dominant factor? >> very much a larger trend. of the republicans attempt to be more them corrosive -- inclusive in rhetoric and policies they have a chance to build the kind of permanent majority they are seeking, the democrats have taken minorities...

Margin, then uncured ballots and provisional ballots come into play, the deadline, the balance on which officials want to check a mismatched signature, the deadline for those is 5:00 pm monday, deadline for counting provisionals is wednesday, it could bleed into next week. the way the vote counts have been breaking the last couple days, the momentum is definitely with incumbent senator catherine cortez masto but we are on a knife edge and we are waiting those numbers, we should have up clear ide...

Donald trump and run on their policy outlook as opposed to 2020 election considerations. jerry: a lot of votes to be counted in california, republicans will come out ahead in overall votes passed in the house, the generic poll, leading democrats by 3% or four% which what was striking as distribution of votes. there is a kind of red wave in the national vote but it was distributed in ways that were very efficient for democrats and efficient for republicans. that speaks to the problem with particu...

Race. would like to take ohio for granted but we couldnt. new hampshire clearly was lost. arizona was looking difficult. they put tremendous amount into pennsylvania and kept the race close and almost pulled it off and even north carolina which wasnt on the radar, a close race as it was through the cycle. i dont for the life of me understand how you can good-sized mitch mcconnell for raising a record amount of money and putting it all to work in the states we really needed it. jerry: thank you f...

Jerry: weve not seen any polling since the election results but donald trump had a big lead when republicans asked who they would favor. do you expect that to change as a result? we start to see the waning of donald trumps *cuecue >> maybe. it is fascinating to watch reaction, to attack ron desantis. part of the dynamic is i dont think that will land very well with republican voters who just gave him a huge band-aid on tuesday. jerry: as republicans close in on a narrow majority in the house doe...

Candidate, kept it close but we lost three opportunities for house seats, lost the state house and the party needs to get past donald trump. jerry: cannot get past donald trump? he is still set to announce what everyone is expecting to be his big announcement tuesday, his candidacy. he seems to have according to polls before the midterms a sizable support among republican primary voters, may not appeal to independents, can he be beaten? >> absolutely. his influence was always going to wayne and ...

Meta-in particular, amazon had a tough time and we have seen the acquisition of twitter by elon musk, is the technology sector, will we see more fallout or is the worst over? >> it is cyclical because they grew so fast during covid, their services were in more demand than they had been previously. they over hired and that will fix itself. jerry: always a great read, thank you for joining us. that is it for this weeks show. thanks to all my guests and the panel and to all of you for watching. you...

You will have a number of challenges. the main thing is blocking president biden from passing the build back better agenda and people could look at what was in there that remains undone including universal pre-k nationwide and first-time homebuyer, down payment subsidies, to negotiate on these issues like inflation, the border, president biden still ticking to his message that we dont need more drilling but republicans can put a bill forward and put that on the washington agenda. jerry: if they ...