ads from the democrats starting right now. i mean, i know in pennsylvania that there are a couple of republican congressmen who are rumored to be running for the governship and even president trump said this is mean and they voted for it. this is happening across the board and the you re a senator like senator coe pidto in west virginia, where trump is very popular, you have to weigh even stronger if you want to vote for it if you have president trump saying that the legislation is quote mean. i know in the long term effects is when september starts, right, so they have their august break. they do vote and it gets through, what is it going to be like for those congress members having to go up for re-election starting in september when that campaign season goes and this is not a good thematic. no, absolutely not. when we talk about the july 4th recess the big reason for that deadline is mcconnell doesn t want republicans to get walloped
i mean, if you look at some at least of the reports of the private polling that trump s favorability is down into the 40s that s indicative of how this race which should not have been one has become one. for republicans i think it s that the worry is if this goes democrat, what does that indicate and at least to me without exaggerating the race, the significance of one race what it means is they have got a serious problem on their hands. if they re losing suburban districts in the south, that is a problem. and you re going to see an increasing degree of panic because at a minimum what it shows is that trump is a problem. and you ve got to assume i would say fairly that the problems the president faces are not going to go away any time soon, so put that together. you start creating this potential wave conditions for 18 where at least it starts emerging the democrats could have a really good midterm. 2010 was the last one we saw.
not overdig for a theme coming out of this sixth district here. but the cato institute in trying tounrstand, you know, what is at play here, what c we take away fro this idea of the trump effect and the democrats in terms of what they can learn from this race coming out of georgia is they basically said for those who voted for donald trump, there s about five different groups and they have different issues that they care about. for democrats, it s not about the issues per se. it s more about the energy in coming together. would you agree with those broad themes that the cato institute came up with in their research in looking into this quote/unquote trump effect? in general. i think the problem that president trump has, republicans have is that coalition was not a natural republican coalition. and you had a lot of voters that were either disaffected that voted for trump and made a difference in some of those close states. he has not done anything since he s become president to appeas
republicans don t even have the guts to allow it to go to the committee where we can have an open hearing, where questions could be asked. it seems to me that what they want to do because this legislation is so bad is keep it secret, keep it hidden and then in the last possible second rush it before the senate and get a vote within a few hours. that is beyond belief. senator bernie sanders there on cnn denounsing republicans for their approach to the new health care bill. a group of 13 republican senators are rewriting the bill to replace obamacare with no input from women or democrats and fellow senators on the right. the process is so secret, even fellow republicans not included. listen to this exchange here between democrat elizabeth warren and bill cassidy on tuesday. mr. chairman, i assume that
their voices heard. exercise their right to vote. and, you know, this is an opportunity for georgia to send the message to the rest of the country that we re not satisfied by the direction of things in washington, that we want a greater commitment to accountability. that we can build a coalition committed to those goals. this race is extremely close, richard. there was a poll out that showed it within two points and that s basically been where the polling is at. i talked to one group who said they re preparing for three possible contingencies. a win, a loss and a recount. because of the how close it is. those numbers that you mentioned at the top about various demographics those are key for democrats. they re outnumbered by republicans. they need to maximize the turnout as much as possible and republicans have a lot more room for error. there s simply more of them here. one of the things that when i lived in that area where you re close to where this district is in the atlanta me