5050 senate right now we have a 5050 nation and i think the outcome is likely to be either close either way. Amisha our viewers what you published the morning before he said that. Reading teaches in pennsylvania, colorado, and utilities look like . Guest this is a much tighter race than we expected to see. Back in april or so before the primaries started i would put Senate Control at about likely to flip to republicans but what happen through may antigen is republicans nominated some very problematic candidates and ones that did not take advantage of the primaries to take the summer to rehash their image. What we are left with, we knew the environment was back for democrats. It has been since a year ago with the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan but we do see Democratic Forces of change. The economy is getting better, gas prices are going down, they had legislative successes in congress they can point to. And i think critically is the Dobbs Decision that sent a portion, the question of abortion back to the states and it is now restricted in key places. This energized democratic voters. You are saying that and other elections. While republican enthusiasm was a higher metric it may be a more neutral environment and a more neutral environment cap that marked in senate races. Host lets talk about georgia. The incumbent but only served a couple of years versus guest he was elected in 2020 in a special election. He has never stopped running. He was able to maintain his political base. Trump sort of picked the candidate early in this race. Walker is from georgia. He has been living in texas and moved back to the state. The he has a history of Domestic Violence allegations. He talked about Mental Health challenges he has faced but also there have been questions into his businesses and veterans charities. He has made a lot of gas on the campaign trail. There is a question of candidate quality. Someone like walker is worn on through georgia and being an fec football fan myself i do not discount the power of being a football star in georgia. But we see here brian kemp has a consistently over stacey abrams. A good may be drug walker across the finish line but this is not a race that is in your camp at this point. Another instance here or bidens Approval Rating has been so well and they are still not great to be clear. It is just up a few points. 40s or so, low 40s. But i have seen numbers of him in states that he won i have seen the states, his Approval Rating with arties. But these democratic incumbents, they have been outperforming him by several digits which is not something we usually see. We usually we see that type correlation. Host what about the democratic apparatus in georgia . Stacey abrams in the get out the vote effort there . Guest that is something you cannot discount. She has empowered the get out and vote effort. But brian kemp was the one person who seemed to think wish the trump endorsement against him. Cap kemp has gotten out to areas that i think will help republicans. There are some good stories on this. There could be concerns about walkers companion. I have heard people feeling a little better about his campaign versus these other funds. Not one they can take for granted in a Midterm Election like this. I think it has to do a lot with candidate quality. Host if you are watching in georgia this morning, please, and we want to know how you plan to vote and why. Viewers are in any of these other key states we are interested in hearing from you. Georgia arizona michigan pennsylvania. If youre in the states this morning you are watching, callin and tell us how you plant about and why. Lets talk about pennsylvania and that senate race. The candidates, how they are doing, and the latest polls. Guest this is a change we made last week. This is i think the most likely senate seat in the country to flip parties. It is an open seat with the republican incumbent not running for reelection. He is someone willing to work across the aisle he is someone very well respected by both sides of the aisle. This primary was a very brutal one. You have dr. Oz to run in this race. Things are really hurting him. He want from medical school at the university of pennsylvania, his wife is from there. He spent most of his time outside of pennsylvania and taping his Television Show in new york. He is taking on David Mccormick who was a hedge fund executive. What oz suffered from, he had millions of dollars in ads against him. This is someone who is well known. If you watch over it, you see different things. This is an image and has Approval Ratings were under water. This is not a recipe to went a state. There is a little bit of frustration from republicans i have talked to. I have heard that he really didnt use the summer months and after he won the primary in may to sort of rehash his and much iowa and he was spending the time in his other properties in different things. Even though the democratic nominee, Lieutenant GovernorJohn Fetterman was off the campaign job because he suffered really a more serious stroke that was initially but on the primaries. His campaign was using social media to campaign. You didnt see a lot of pushback. We have seen consistent polling with settlement winning fetterman when impairing however in the Leadership Fund which is a super pac. Adds coming up that will hit him. All that hit fetterman . You have to be relatable as a candidate and this is a problem oz had even before the melee last week or he was going to meet crudites. Normal people would call that a vegetable tray. How much that goes with voters think it speaks to the fact that you have a connected that is to try to connect with these workingclass voters in pennsylvania. Oz struggling to do that. Look at fetterman, he does not look like a typical politician so he is able to connect more in those rural areas. Host what about the role of former President Trump . Guest there is a question about trump undressing these candidates. He has plenty of money that he has raised and i think talking with a lot of people that is what they think fundraising has been down because trump is dominated it. He spent a lot to boost these candidates. You just cant take the win of getting them through the primary. What matters is if they win the general election are not. Host more races to get into but we will take a call from bill, in richmond virginia. Caller thank you for taking my call. I have a comment on the georgia priests. Listening this morning for a few minutes and i noticed if you think about it you have canadas who have been accused of Domestic Violence, the number of kids and navy, baby mommas. If this is ok with the American People for elected officials of this is all over the country. I just want people to realize this is what is being put forth that this is what you are electing. Host are you talking about the nonpoliticians and the appeal of not being a politician . Caller now because not being a politician is not an excuse for your character or your behavior or whatever. You cannot say just because im not a politician, its ok for me to be elected with all the accusations. Host got it. Guest these are things that have sort of hurt Walkers Campaign here. He has one son and it turns out he has several other children. Walker is running as the outsider but remember, someone else was a outsider to. Republicans do have a voting record they can attack him on. It sort of a crime line between politician. How long do you have to have been here . What was your day job before hand . We are seeing the analysis that you can find on our site there just coming to congress now, and that has been since 2010. Host lets take this next call from georgia, democrat caller. Caller good morning. I am from georgia. I will be voting for stacy abrams, but i voted for brian kemp because of his challenger. He was way far right for my taste. As far as brian kemp, he is it is a level of trustworthiness he does not have. The heartbeat deal, that he is openly hostile towards minorities and women, it is scary. I remember when he was governor, and how it was focused on the economy in georgia, and it became the number one thing for businesses, and we have just gone so far into the social conservatism rabbit hole. It makes me want to move out of state. Host you are calling on the line for democrats. Caller i am a democrat. In georgia you do not have to be registered for a party to vote in the primary. I wanted to be more of a middleoftheroad approach. You get someone who is super far right, as opposed to brian who is more in the middle. He is not supporting trump openly. These very hostile towards minorities. Host thank you. Jessica . Guest shes right. In a state like georgia, this happens in other primaries ready want a more pragmatic candidate. I will vote for stacey abrams, but might backup plan is i would rather have brian kemp and david perdue. That is not surprising to me. She brought up the issue of abortion. We talked about how that is changed, with the environment, the trajectory for democrats, this is an something that abrams needs. A boost against brian kemp. I think this is about decisions that will matter more and governor races because they are the ones that are sending it back in georgia. They have trigger laws on the books that would come into effect. Gretchen whitmer in michigan is blocking that. Tony ebert their law from 1800 would criminalize doctors who perform abortions. So yes. How the issue, especially suburban women, we see that going back to the vote in kansas a couple of weeks ago. It was not an up or down vote, and that is not the case, although it is michigan. Its not as simple as a yes or no question. You have to decide on the candidate, but it showed us that is not the coalition. It was with voters and republicans. They voted to preserve the abortion protection, so it is not just a democratic issue, and in the trump years, republican struggled with collegeeducated women, and that is where they were bleated. The abortion issue makes that harder. Host talk about the senate race. Caller this is an interesting one. These are the only two states held up by republicans and one by biden in 2020. Ron johnson is the most endangered incumbent for republican spirit he has survived before when he was counted out, and written off in 2016, but he came back in one. He has an opponent lot now in the Lieutenant Governor. Johnson is controversial pretty look at his Approval Ratings, and there in the 30s. Thats not what we see for a successful incumbent. In early polling, there is a lead by Lieutenant Governor, but he takes controversial positions , see will see that from republicans with teachers and say it polish ice and say medicare for all. We are going to see republicans really trying to defy this as extreme. That hasnt happened yet, but with a senator, he didnt have a lot of controversy. With code, he had a slate of electorates where an aide was apparently trying to get to mike pence. It was downplayed about what happens on january 6. I think it is Economic Issues you will hit on with Social Security or different things. It was one of the more comic k things in the country. Host lets hear from a voter in pennsylvania. Pat, independent. Who do you plan to vote for . Caller no question, John Fetterman. The earlier caller, a gentleman from georgia, he was absently right. Stockton is not a politician. Hes an elite. Hes a snake oil salesman. Anyone whos ever seen him he is a snake oil salesman. I dont want him anywhere Near Government control. Also, commercials are really offensive. Who has ever done anything bremer except the democrats . People have approached me during election time, and i say i cannot vote for you. But maybe i could. Can you tell me one thing that republicans have done for the working class in this country, i might go free. They sputter and they cannot come up with anything. Host why do you consider yourself an independent . Caller i have some misgivings about the democrats, as well. They dont hit hard enough or tout their achievements. What i think they should do is emphasize what the republicans wont go along with. There are so many bills on voted on because they dont bring them up. So republicans are once again tied with their hands. When obama was elected, the whole thing was that we will not pass anything he proposes, and thats what theyre doing with biden. Host what about the governors race . Caller schapiro. Absolutely. His ideas and where hes going to focus, its for the people. What the people need in this country. Guest republicans have a week slate in pennsylvania. We talked about the senate primaries, and the caller typifies where federman is winning over independence. There was an ad about his medical career, and federman hurts people with his policy positions. He is leading into his background, and outplaying up the tv show where he pedaled questionable metal coal cures. Federman medical cures. Federman has a doctorate for that. You have doug mess triano who is raised no money and is endorsed by trump, but i think he was on pace to win that election, regardless. It is a week slate of republicans, and he is open. It is democrat held, and wolf had the term limit. But Josh Schapiro did not have a primary, and mess rihanna was here on january 6. He has been one of the leading conspiracy theorist to overturn the election results. On abortion, he supports with no exceptions for rape or incensed. This changed after the primary. We changed to leaning democrat because democrats have an edge in both of these states. In pennsylvania, it is a state were republicans made gains after 2016. We saw it really changed in 2018. A backlash, and then nearly lead for biden again. I think candidates matter. They matter even more and governors than in senate races. Host north carolina. Karen and columbus. Independent. Caller i was going to mention about herschel walker, but i wanted to mention about dr. Oz and federman. Theyre saying im not one of them, but dr. Oz is a better person. He has federman has never worked a job in his life, and dilute off his familys wealth. To me, he has a pretend persona. Herschel walker and rafael warnock, both of them have been accused of Domestic Violence. The exwife thats out the window. That should be part of the campaign issue. Both men have been accused of Domestic Violence. Guest this issue came up in the first race where his wife was divorcing at the time. She alleged he had run over her foot and the police came. They did not file a report. There has been a fight over child support. So yes, there was an accusation of things, but walker talked about the allegations, in the book, where in the frame of Mental Health, democrats were trying to make it an issue and they walk a tight rope, and he admitted that he held the gun, and this issues on both sides, but which way and suffer boaters which way it ends up for four boaters owners voters, well have to see. In the Philadelphia Inquirer were, there was a story that detailed how his parents had given him substantial amounts of money way to his 40s, almost as 50s. Trying to help. He ended up buying his systems sisters condo for a dollar. That is less than market value. He did make a lot of money as the mayor. He says that took this money to supplement so he could do jobs that did not pay as much. I think this will be a republican attack ad did they are frustrated up about these things are making it harder for them because something keeps happening. Again, i think image matters. There is frustration from not looking like a politician, but boaters with First Impressions matter. Host speaking of the working class, that senate race in ohio. You have tim ryan running from youngstown, workingclass area. What does it look like . Guest he was the best nominee democrats could get in this race be it hes the closest thing to the other senator who held on. He is really in the bluecollar workingclass area, and he is running a phenomenal campaign, and even the republicans have admitted it. J. D. Vance, who won the nomination, thanks to trump, they felt like he disappeared from the campaign trail after that any took it for granted. There was a super pac there. The dynamics have shifted there because it is after labor day when the campaign really begins in earnest, theyre still talking, they are worried about ohio. They are running a Good Campaign well vance has been mia. But theres been an authenticity problem there because he was never trumper and he became very famous for that, and he transformed into a trump acolyte. He is facing he left the state. There are questions about that, but republicans need vance to run a better campaign. Host ron in san clemente, republican. Caller always an honor. He may take into consideration that when he goes into the political report. The days of guns and butter are over. That happened a long time ago. Today, we have issues two issues, that i call the litmus test for running for senator or dogcatcher. If you believe that the election of 2020 was stolen, thats an important answer. The other answer is, because of the supreme court, that decision on abortion, theyve upset every woman in the united states. One way or another. If you dont split of the running for office, where these down abortion, one hundred percent, and get a definitive answer, youre not going to find out who will win the election. You have to answer to questions. Who won the election, and where you stand on abortion. Thank you. I appreciate it always. Guest these are questions we ask candidates, im assure you we do. Abortion is one we talk about, and obviously, it has taken extra importance now. I will say with other candidates, for governor, its a republican decision they are prolife and antiabortion. There are exceptions for rape, but now are seeing candidates were not for any exceptions, not even the life of the mother. We havent seen a republican candidate move away. They are trying to argue that after so many weeks into the third trimester, but the majority of americans are somewhere