they can go through the normal channels now. i find this is a searing indictment of politics. people have literally suggested on this program. and i have listened to these suggestions that the expiration of earmarks is bad because there s no way to keep rowdy house members in line anymore. and the same way, oh, it s better now. josh points to the silver lining and all of this. now, we re giving we re stuffing the party coffers think with cash, at least john boehner can keep his rowdy caucus in light. which is to say that legislators won t do the right thing or compromise or be moderate unless there s cash at the end of the line with them. i hate to semi agree with that. i really hate to do it but money is the lubricant in politics. and we have really seen what happens in washington when there ain t no money there, there s not a lot happening. i really hate to say but that money say gigantic motivator, on
in arkansas mark pryor leads challenger tom cotton by ten points. and in two other races where republicans are thought to have the advantage, polls are neck and neck. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leads allison lundgren grimes by 1%. whole within the 4% margin of error. and north carolina, only two points separate kay hagan and her challenger tom tillis. joining me now is josh beryl and patricia murphy from daily beast. josh, let me start with you, who is better at fund-raising? outside group, dark guards, official party coffers, what have you? yeah. we got this news, i think it was a week ago. democrat has a 3 to 1 edge over republicans in terms of outside
politics, on the hill, off the hill, in campaigns. and the reason this decision has so many people worried is that there will be more money in campaigns. not necessarily just from this decision. and i think this decision does give more transparency, if those mega donors truce to put their money back into the committees they re going to are to tell people they re doing it. that s why i don t think that much money is going to flood in. we already know who the big donors are. to me, the money that s been unleashed to the dark money, the superpacts, that s more troublesome, we don t know who is doing it and why they re doing it and what they are giving in return for it. the language that was used in the decision seemed to indicate this is the first of several limits that are going to be struck down. so the voice of the voter will be greatly diminished while the voice of the dollar bill will increase. and that is the direction i think we can all agree we re going in, unless congress acts. a
i ve talked to other liberals, a afl-cio, they re giving to everybody. not the battle of who s the senator in arkansas. patricia i know you re a betting woman, what s going on with these four contested races, how bad does it look, you re in a red state as we speak? speaking of a red state, i think red states are still going wrong. they re still red? yeah, they re red, that s why a lot of liberals don t want to support them because they don t vote the party line along with democrats any way they want them to. north carolina, i think kay hagan might be okay. arkansas i think, baggetts is going to be okay in alaska. these people are born and raised in these states. they know how to win elections and that s why they re there. will the democrats keep the senate? i m not so sure. josh and patricia, thank you both for your time and thoughts, my friends. coming up, the gop certainly
dawn zimmer what she wrote to herself in details with troubles new jersey governor chris christie. in a letter to the state legislature this week, zimmer explains the reason she did not come forward last year when she says the lieutenant governor threatened to withhold sandy aid because she did not support a project allegations the governor has denied. in an attachment to that letter zimmer included the undated journal entries which she says are notes from a conversation with hoboken s attorney. quote, yes, this is illegal. i debated with joe mar ziti whether or not to go to the u.s. attorney. we decided that christie has friends throughout the u.s. attorney s office. not much chance of getting help from them and it could create a nightmare for us. a little scary to realize there s no war to turn. my best defense is to stand up to the bully, my beloved gov who wants to run for president. her beloved gov of course ran the u.s. attorney s office in newark the one who is now i