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Have the wind at their backs coming into 2020. so like i said, this special election is about a lot more than the seat that's up for grabs. joining me in this conversation is dave wasserman, house editor of the cook political report, also an msnbc contributor. and still with me are betsey, matthew, and juanita. so mr. wasserman, is this the last election of 2018 or the first one of 2020? >> i think it's the first one of 2020. it's in a critical 2020 state. president trump carried this district by 12 points and republicans badly need a moral boost right now. keep in mind that we've seen three t...

Welcome back to "morning joe." it is tuesday, july 9th. still with joe, willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner. joining the conversation, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie d.c." on msnbc, kasie hunt with us. also, associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. and house editor for the cook political report, david wasserman. great to have you all on board this hour. a lot going on, joe. >>...

Than he did. i think he seemed a little unsure of himself and seemed a little confused of himself. >> biden at first i really had hopes for him but the longer it's going on, i don't know. i don't feel as strongly about him as i did in the past. >> the signature moment was kamala harris. i didn't like what she said at all about joe biden. it offended me greatly. >> kamala basically called joe biden a racist and that was just like -- i loved it. >> joe biden isn't a racist. he doesn't have a racist bone in his body and i think she did it for political gain but i like kamala harris. >> i just wan...

>> but you'll vote for her? >> i will. >> chris, we just heard from those two women, a sentiment we've heard from a lot of particularly white republican voters over the last 48 hours is that while they found her comments to be what they were saying distasteful or were taken out of context, even and they wished she had used different words. ultimately, she's the republican and conservative in this race, last night she reminded people about her position on second amendment and pro-life senator. in her opening statement and in her closing statement, chris, she made calls for people to attend rall...

Once held by newt gingrich in the doughnut down there. republican karen handel who won in 2017 against a guy who didn't live in the district, now conceded to somebody who does. live in the district you run in. lucy mcbath does. she won. democrats are on track to gain an astounding 35 to 40 seats. this is the most significant pickup for the democratic party since the post-watergate election, electing all those watergate babies back in 1974. david wassermann, house editor for the cook political report, tweeted that a clear picture is emerging of a true post-election beatdown of house republicans...