Report that has gotten a lot of special with a special guest and we will bring you the latest media buzz. F new i am chris wallace. Two days until the midterms and the battle if control of the senate. This race comes down to one question above all others who is on director side . The reason why the election will be so poorly for the democrats it will be a referendum on the president s policies. From the campaign trail we will look at hottest races. Every crazy liberal wishes me ill and the president has been trying to beat he for years. You are the ones that will deliver the knock outs to mcconnell. We will hear the closing arguments from leading voices in both parties, for the going, mitt romney and for the
democrats, senator cardin. What x factors will determine the balance of power . We will check with karl rove and joe trippi and democrats continue to distance themselves from president obama ahead of tuesdays vote. Tillis wants to make this about the president , but it is about who will represent North Carolina in the senate. Our special elections sunday group weigh in on this, all right now on fox news sunday. Welcome to fox news election headquarters in new york just two days before millions of americans go to the polls. Hello, again, from fox news, we are getting ready for Election Night when the pollsters and pundits stop talking and you tell us who you want running the government. The surprise right now is how
close many of the key races still are especially in the battle for control of the United States senate. We want to get the latest on two of the contests, first, kentucky, where wednesday mcconnell is in a battle elf reelection hoping to become Senate Majority leader. Here is our political correspondent. No couple cup has more riding on 2014 than mcconnell of kentucky, standing to become the Senate Majority leader but, first, he has to win reelection. He had a narrow but steady lead but is unpopular in washington, dc, he has lashed the more up popular president Alison Lundergan grimes who casts herself as a new face of change. To do what . Vote for the president s agenda, a face to make harry reid the major leader of the senate, the new face for the status quo. I am not an empty dress or a
rubber stamp or a cheerleader. She causes mcconnell an obstructionist. She refused to admit whether she voted for rebound in the last election. There is no reluctance this is a matter of principle. It is nasty and personal. Alison Lundergan Grimes is saying aides promote racial decision with a poe to of a black family and stop mcconnell he is targeting our president and community. Mcconnell confident of the lead added a lighthearted add. I approved this message. Spending will top 100 million. Bolt sides are trying to getoutthevote in the final hours and there is some indication that mcconnell could be pulling away. Thank you. Now, a look at louisiana, one of a number of traditionally republican states where Democratic Senators are
struggling to hold on. Democratic senate Mary Landrieu is under fire there for recent comments. Fox News Senior National correspondent john roberts joins us from new orleans. Good morning to you, incumbent Senate Landrieu is trying to survive. She does not yet have the votes to win outright and could lose in a run off a month later on december 6. So in the closing daze of the race she is pull also out all of the stops to turn her fortunes around. Give her three days if six more year. The senator brought in Hillary Clinton to rally voters in new orleans yesterday and at the same time they doubled down in the controversial statement that the president s popularity in louisiana is suffering in part because of racism. What do you say do people who say you insulted the state . It doesnt me the statement stands for itself. To many republicans including her opponent, congressman cassidy the charge was outrageous. Semi alleges we are sexist and racist. Now, that is wrong. She besmirches the people she seeks to r. Candy appeared with a political rock for the, dr. Carson hoping to win the tea party vote. He said that the commends on race were Old Fashioned and inflammatory and were to manipulate. I have been to louisiana a lot of times and i feel nothing but love here so i dont know what she is talking about. I dont. If she hopes to hold on to her seat she needs to turnout africanamerican voters closer to 2008 and 2012 and she has pretty good numbers but the question is, are those numbers good enough . Thank you, john. With just two days until the election, we want to hear the
closing arguments great both sides. First, the republicans and their last president ial nominee, mitt romney, who has been campaigning for the going candidates in two dozen states. Governor, welcome back. Thanks, chris, cogood good to be with you. What is the republican closing arguments . Why vote if the going . This, really, is the last chance for america to pass judgment on the Obama Administration and on the policies and the president himself said he is not on the ballot but his policies are including weakness abroad leading to a certain degree to the rise of isis and also includes the violation of the most fundamental promise of obamacare to let people keep their doctor and their insurance if they want to, a policy also of basic amnesty for those coming in illegal and that is where we know the president will head when the election is over. By the way those are policies that are not helpful for the poor. Under the president , the policies that led to greater poverty and greater income gap between the rich and the poor. The Republican Party is saying we will take a different direction and break the blockade by having a Republican Senate and we will have an increasing policy which means we will have the keystone xl pipeline and we will secure the border and jump start the economy and we will help get people out of poverty and their kids the have better schools. Governor, i want to pick up on the issue of the economy which is everyones stop concern. The president said he and democrats have made Real Progress since the recession. Over the past 55 months our businesses have had 10. 3 million new jobs. Fore the first time in six years unemployment is below 6 percent. On thursday we learned that over the past six months our economy has green at the fastest pace since 2003. The president now says that democrats want to raise the minimum wage and spend more money on infrastructure jobs and your Party Opposes that. Look, the question is whether anything is going to get done in washington. Of course, the economy comes back after recession. The president s policies delayed that recovery and made it much more difficult for americans to get back to work. Record numbers of americans have drop out of the workforce. We have such gridlock in washington in part because the senate has put up a blockade that keeps any new bill the house of representatives passes and they never get to the president s desk because the president says no. It is time to pass some legislation and get jobs growing in america again and put the pieces of legislation on the president s deck. We do not and you will sigh the president sign some of them, we will see increase in wages and increase in jobs and theAmerican People will recognize it is time foe action. Governor, a way that democrats are going after republicans this year is the same way that president obama went after you in 2012 and, in fact, people now are calling it getting romney. Here are demi shell nunn going after her opponent and illinois governor pat quinn going after the business minute opponents. He said that from his own words he spent the majority of his career outsourcing jobs. I question whether that is the criteria we want in the person who is running for senate. My open important is a job el him nature, teaching other firms how to outsource jobs. Governor, do you have a way that businessmen who erupting should answer that . You are finding democrats
across the country pretty desperate at this stage trying to distance themself from the president and who they vote for time and time again even will not admit they do and the American People have recognized that these attacks on a persons character, the attacks on women, the attacks related to race, these are getting weaker and weaker and people are tired of being manipulated by democrat candidates. These arguments have less and less sway and people are stopping and saying, look, do you really want to see change . Do you want do have a blocking of the we gridlock process . Do you actually want to have progress on things like the economy, schools, health care, and the strengthing of americas hand abroad . By the way, another issue, the less than competent management of the federal government everything from the i. R. S. To the Veterans Administration to
the centers for Disease Control and hhs on the implementation of obamacare. People want to see real change. They recognize if you have all the same players, harry reid and president obama, blockading any kind of progress, you will see america going in the same direction. Governor, the republicans after 2012, the Republican National committee did what was called a postmortem on what they needed to could to change and how to reach out more. Here is what they said about hispanics. We must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform. If we do not our partys appeal will continue to shrink to the core could be constituencies only, but, governor, after the senate in a bipartisan basis, passed comprehensive immigration reform, House Republicans lost it. What you will see the bills
the republicans come up, you cannot get something through the Senate Unless you have 60 votes and you need a lot of democrats but you will see a provision to secure the border, second to deal with those who come illegally and third to make sure the immigration policies are open and transparent. That will happen. You will see a bill actually reach the deck of the president. If we finally have someone beside harry reid in the senate. We will get it done. Republicans in the house of representatives are looking at what was coming officer the senate and saying, we can do better and we pick up more seats in the senate. I cant tell you whether we will win the senate on tuesday but i can tell you we will pick up a lot of seats and we have a lot better prospect of having a piece of legislation that deals with the issue in the way i described. Governor, a couple of weeks ago Republican Party chairman put out 11 principles for what the party should stand for but they are awfully general. On the economy, we need to start growing americas economy rather tha washingtons economy so working americans see better wages and more opportunity. On health care we need to start over with Real Health Care reform that pits patients and doctors in charge not unelected bureaucrats in washington, while people may agree with those principles it doesnt president mutt meat on the bone. Have republicans made a mistake not running on a more specific agenda . You talk about breaking the gridlock, yes, a republic congress, house and senate will pass bills but will they pass bills. President will sign . That is the test. The good news is in many cases. President will sign them with regard to, for instance, the economy the president has asked for trade Promotion Authority and harry reid will not give that authority. Republicans want him to have that authority. We want to tree trade negotiations underway and see if we cannot find more places to
sell American Goods to help the american economy. The republican will side it. With regard to health care, when he talks about adjusting our Health Care System to make obamacare work better, we have oh observe for the next couple of years but there are a number of things a lot of democrats in the senate agree with republicans to keep the penalty for people who are in part time work from driving more people out of full time jobs. These kind of changes, you will see the president sign. Im convinced that you will see with a Republicanled Senate if we get that, you will see bills get to the president s desk, he will sign some, some he wont sign, no question. He will veto some but at that point we will find out who is the party of no. Finally, as soon as this election is over on tuesday, you know we are going to Start Talking about 2016 and the president ial race and the big question is whether or not you are going to run again, your most recent comment was
probably not but things could change. On the other hand and put this up, your wife had a different and she slammed the door shot writing when asked are you running again done, completely, not only are we done but the kids are done, done, done, done. That is six dones, so, who speaks for the romney, you or mrs. Romney . We both speak for the romneys i found that any time you Say Something different in answering a question, it raises speculation whether it is changing and the reality is this i will say the way i have for some time, i am not running i am not planning on running but i am not going to add anything else to that story. You are not saying you are done . What i am saying is i am not running, i am not landing on
running. That is all i got for you, chris. Finally, would the results of this election if it is a big republican year or a big democratic year, could that affect your decision whether to run . I can tell you it will be a big republican year. I cant tell you whether we get the senate or not but we will pick up a lost seats in the senate. We will pick up a lot of seats in the house of representatives, we will pick up seats across the country because as the president said his policies are on the ballot this year and frankly people are passing judgment on the Obama Administration which they are not very happy. Governor romney, we thank you for joining us today. The democrats fighting to hang on to the majority and sent cardin joins us with his partys closing arguments. What do you think will happen on
tuesday . Will happen tuesday . Let me know on facebook or twitter foxnewssunday and use fns. And were back at fox news election headquarters in new york where well be watching as results come in tuesday night. We heard from the republican side, now its the democrats turn to make their case. Joining us senator ben cardin. Welcome back to fox news sunday. Thanks, chris. Lets start with the question i started with mitt romney, why should folks vote for your Party Tuesday . We feel good about whats happening. You look at the economy, you pointed out, 55 consecutive months of job growth, 10 million new jobs, Unemployment Rate the lowest since 2008. The economy is usually what turns voters direction. So we feel good, the facts on the ground indicate things are going well. Ive talked to many of my colleagues in tough races over the weekend. Theyre feeling optimistic theyre doing well. We have a good ground game to get our vote out. Were feeling good about tuesday. You say, senator, things are going well but lets drill down in the economic numbers that dont look so good. For all the talk about income inequality by your party, Median Household Income is 8 lower than before the recession. 5. 5 million more People Living below the poverty line and 46. 5 Million People are getting food stamps, 14. 5 million more than when the president was sworn in. A Record Number of people may have jobs but theyre temporary jobs. So, i guess the thing s maybe some of the mack yoe numbers are good but peoples everyday existence, theyre not feeling it. I think voters know whos fight are for them. Democrats are fighting for College Education costs, to increase real wages in this country, fighting for gender equity. But you theyve seen republicans use filibusters to block that. You say that but Median Household Income is 8 lower than before the recession. Income inequality has gotten worse under president obama, not
better. We are not satisfied but we are on the right path, moving in the right direction. Its been the republican filibusters on many opportunities to grow the middle class. We are fighting to increase minimum wage. Republicans are fighting to block it. Yes, we need to make more progress but its been the Democratic Party fighting on mafl of middle income families. Lets pick up on the minimum wage. Democrats support raising the minimum wage. A lot of republicans dont. Lets drill down into that, sir. The Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects raising the minimum to 10. 10 an hour by 2016, as the president proposes, raising the minimum wage will cost 500,000 jobs. So why raise the minimum wage for some people which means half
a million fellow americans are going to lose their job . Chris, weve seen those predictions before by the same groups every time weve increased the minimum wage, weve seen a growth in jobs, not a loss . Is the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. They were wrong before when we increased the minimum wage. We saw economy grow. When middle income families have more money, they buy more, they spend more, our economy grows. Thats been the facts on the ground. And the cbo has just been wrong in the past and theyre wrong this state. My state incre