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Opponent delma component of jack ciattarelli tonight? >> i don't think anybody was covering this very seriously because it was the assumption that it was going to stay so blue. one of the things illustrated, two things, the president of the united states and kamala harris are very weak. they are weak communicators, they are weak physically, i do not think they carry many coat tails because they certainly were trying to win these races by big margins and their coattails prove nothing. the other sleeper issue i think will come out in the days to come is how well republicans did with the hispanic...

Different states that don't like heavy-handed approaches to things and mandates and all the rest even though he tried to juggle that. it's on that issue that he seems to be running the most favorable among voters. the concern about high property taxes in the state, which remain among the nation's highest, that's not been able to sting him yet. i'm wondering if that's a sleeper issue that no one appreciates? >> it's been an issue forever in new jersey. the main reason being the state doesn't impose the property tax or spend it. that's local spending that does that. the state government obviousl...

As things stand, this money expires next year. those rage moms you talked about are going to be pretty pissed, i would say, if that money drys up in the middle of an election year. it would be very bad for democrats, i would have to think, given how much this has cut child poverty so far. there's also the issue of aca subsidies. democrats have wrestled with the republicans, with the courts, for voters for years and years. they want to set the subsidy boost to expire and risk future republican congress refusing to extend them. these are the questions that democrats will have to grapple with. be...

Buts athe president has been framing this trip, yasmin, you've heard about highlighting the value of democracy in a battle with autocracies. we've seen turkey moving in a much more autocratic direction so that's very much a sleeper issue or sleeper conversation that we're maybe not paying enough attention to that's happening over the next few days, yasmin. >> anne, as we're waiting for the president to drive away here getting into his vehicle, you can't but think about the task he has ahead with nato, considering we have just had four years of donald trump in the white house. in a way, he's go...

>> well, so bel edwards is an encome bent, he's pro life. he is not where beto o'rourke is on guns, far, far from it. and the sleeper issue here is medicaid. he expanded med cane. he said he's going to freeze medicaid. medicaid is kryptonite to republicans. >> i was just going to say this is -- in some ways this is why frankly eugene, the democratic party, why they're not united in embracing an expansion of obamacare is beyond me because they've got republicans in a bind. >> it is. it is popular. look at it from the president's point of view. you just had a big loss in kentucky. so, he certain...