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Almost 4 to 1, 5 to 1. a lot of outside money, though, has perhaps evened it up a little bit. theres been about $14 million spent on behalf of mr. rosendale by outside groups, and about $8 million to $9 million spent on behalf of tester, as well. i think its going to come down to another close contest. i dont think its going to be that much different than the other ones. the fact is really who turns out. trump is here to juice the turnout for republicans and also people who may be sitting on the...

Caused complete mayhem in the state as well, not only a lot of very ugly partisan sniping about this, bringing the courts in and bragging it through the mud but it will have ramifications in the near future as we move into a special election thats coming up in pennsylvania and obviously the mid-terms later this fall which a decision like this could potentially imperil the republican majority in the house. >> paul: on that point, larry sabatow changed his ratings based on this new map. he said on...

Done? >> they said we will create the standards that the districts must be contiguous, subdivide counsel icountys in the least nf ways. this is nowhere in the constitution. it created a new standard. they sathey could still be unconstitutional if they meet the standard. >> paul: the cost, kim, could be for the inte integrity of the cs because if the courts are suddenly caught willy-nilly making decisions, political decisions over every gerrymander map, the danger is that the public will think th...

What the legislature would have done? >> they said we will create the standards that the districts must be contiguous, subdivide counsel icountys in the least nf ways. this is nowhere in the constitution. it created a new standard. they sathey could still be unconstitutional if they meet the standard. >> paul: the cost, kim, could be for the inte integrity of the cs because if the courts are suddenly caught willy-nilly making decisions, political decisions over every gerrymander map, the danger ...

Pennsylvania court did, and its caused complete mayhem in the state as well, not only a lot of very ugly partisan sniping about this, bringing the courts in and bragging it through the mud but it will have ramifications in the near future as we move into a special election thats coming up in pennsylvania and obviously the mid-terms later this fall which a decision like this could potentially imperil the republican majority in the house. >> paul: on that point, larry sabatow changed his ratings b...

Ask him to stay, but that he, sean, said that given the situation, he thought it was better for the white house and it was also better for sean, personally, to leave now. >> but what was the issue with the scaramucci hiring? he didnt -- he was going to have to report to scaramucci? what exactly was the issue? >> we didnt get into that that. it was a very brief conversation but i can answer that based on other people who have talked to machine and are familiar with the situation that, yes, not on...

Yes. the bill as dana points out, has been changed a few times. what the bill was prior to july 4th and what its going to be, its not fundamentally going to be different. they dont have a secret, like heres the awesome cbo score bill we were just waiting to roll out in the end. somewhere for those reasons -- how do you defend switching from a no to a yes to your constituents or anyone else? when the bill is deeply unpopular, frankly, among the average person? >> when the house bill passed that m...

Tof. the race turning out a successful effort so far for the gop to keep the house even as the president posts a 36% approval rating. attempted to tie ossoff to comedienne kathy griffin to nancy pelosi. second, superpac money poured in. "new york times" estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who i...

Second, superpac money poured in. "new york times" estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of "audacity," and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey, michelles writing from the tears pe...

He is learning how much more difficult it is here on -- here in washington when you have to deal with the folks on capitol hill, you have to deal with a disagreement between fiscal fefsh quefshtives and more moderate republicans and the tremendous pressure thats been put to bare by outside groups. all i can tell you right now is that some intense meetings were going on as of five or ten minutes ago and theyre trying to find the path forward. >> chris, thank you, well let you go. kelly odonnell h...