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Number of months ago he trailed by 905 votes, 0.4 of 1%. thats how close. there were the question marks because of the election fraud that was committed and so take a look, though, in the context of this district, that was already a big surprise. it was a district that donald trump had carried by 12 points in 2016, a district that mitt romney had carried by 12 points in 2012, in recent times a very solidly republican district, but in the midterms it swung towards the democrats and towards mccrea...

He made a great point, north carolina is going to be kind of a harbinger in state of things to come in 2,020. if bishop doesnt win this, i think will be somewhat of a letdown for republicans and conservatives and trump supporters. north carolina is a critical state president trump to win heading into 2,020. its really hard to do the electoral map without north carolina being part of that and i think bishop is going to win and theres a lot of attention in the special elections and sometimes these...

For all intents and purposes, though, this is the first big race of the 2020 cycle. we are 421 days, in fact, away from election day 2020. we are 307 days past last years midterm. as we say, this election in the ninth district of north carolina, a special election to fill a house seat that has been open since last year, it is going to be a key indicator for 2020. this is the district. this is sort of the charlotte suburbs and beyond. the southern part of north carolina here. this is a republican...

They could stage some dog and pony shows. they could have debates without trump there. they could have town halls without trump there that might be of interest for people to broadcast. while i dont think they can -- any of them can beat him, win a state or even win a delegate, necessarily, they could create -- they could kick up some dust. what the result of that dust is, it could be totally meaningless or it could suggest themes that democrats will jump on to try to appeal to moderates and disa...

Another subject that really deals at home here in texas and of course has national implications. i was here this morning on a preaching assignment, and its widely a concern. there are five republican congressmen from texas who are not running for re-election in 2020. do democrats have a strong group of candidates that can take these seats on? >> well, the answer is an absolute yes. but terry anderson, a pastor at lily grove, and for you to be in that pulpit was a great honor, and im sorry i wasn...

Approval rating in their first midterm. obama lost 63 seats in the house, trump lost 41. is 41 great? no, but is not 63. so dont read too much into that. >> melissa: when you said its the moderates who flipped out and they sound like this guy, is there anybody besides joe biden running for president in 2020 was in that top ten who sounds like this? who sounds moderate? >> jessica: not in the top ten. there are bits and pieces of it. >> harris: nobody else matters. john delaney sounds like it. >>...

Other things in this fascinating usa today poll. when voters were asked how they feel about the 2020 election, some of the top words that came up, and they were pretty consistent, frightened, train wreck, nervous, chaotic. how do you think we see this play out? does it depress the vote or fuel it? >> i think in some ways it could depress the vote, and thats why democrats have to be very careful and cautious about how this could play out in 2020. im not concerned, to be frank with you, chris, abo...

Vote i will quote the same philosopher and race car driver, ricky bobby. "if you eat first, your last." thats his problem. >> robert: as you know, i spent the last month in the democratic hotbed become marthas vineyard. everyone is talking about a brokered confection convention. people are worried there are two sections of the party. got the populist left, which may face not be 40%. the moderate, which may be 40%. this uncertainty, 20%. and we dont know where thats going to go. thats what the po...

Heart. >> 20 years later, one of those little boys, my son beau was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only months to live. i cant fathom what would have happened if the insurance company had said for the last six months of his life youre on your own. the fact of the matter is, health care is personal to me. obamacare is personal to me. when i see the president try to tear it down and others try to replace it and start over, thats personal to me, too. >> up until now, hes mostly relied on ...

Tradition. i think people took the wrong lesson from president obamas election. i think some people thought change comes through the better angels of our nature. but i dont think thats how it works, in an unintentional way, president trump has galvanized so many progressives, theyre doing things she you this have done but didnt do when president obama was in office. >> when you talk about galvanizing progressives, you use this term trump lash. >> right. >> what is that? >> the trump lash is what...