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Are maybe 6% undecided. republicans lean republican. in massachusetts, they would be hard core right wingers, and in alabama, they're centrist republicans. and they may very well get to that place where they end up writing in a candidate and throwing it to doug jones. >> and tom, what's your perception here otthe voter turnout? the national focus on this, obviously, has been immense and overwhelming. what kind of turnout are we going to see in alabama? >> you know, typically, the turnout for an off-cycle election like this would be really low. and in fact, recently, we're seeing some polls tha...

In this barn behind me here in fairhope, alabama. he's not only going to go after people like roy moore's opponent, democrat doug jones, labeling his a progressive radical, but also going against the establishment republicans who have changed their tune on roy moore in recent days. we're told that one of his targets will be senate majority leading mitch mcconnell who previously said moore should step aside in this race, but as you saw on sunday, he backed down off that criticism and said it should be up to the people of alabama to decide. so we're certainly expecting steve bannon here tonight ...

By him on capitol hill and also at the rnc, and the rnc has broken ranks by not giving funding and support to roy moore. people on the hill, you have senate and house leaders who have said, look, there's credible evidence about this. you even have senate leader mitch mcconnell talking about, look, we're going to find a way to get him out if he wins. and i listened to the former head of the rnc, michael steele, saying this is not about the republican party and it's not about the women. what does this boil down to, and we're going to wait to find out to see if the president next week -- he's goi...

In the communications job. but to change a communications director this close to election raises a lot of eyebrows, poppy. >> it does indeed. marty savage, we appreciate the reporting. thank you. app ry april ryan, tom bates, and kiersten powers joins us. tom, let me begin with you given your position there in alabama. what do you think after seeing marty's piece and from all the folks you talk to. do voters care what trump thinks about moore, or do those other republicans who spoke out against moore carry more weight? >> i think marty did a good job of capturing where we are now. trump's stat...

Playing field in this critical special election. it could really decide the outcome of the legislative agenda, lawrence. they lost a couple republican senators, they have others teetering on the brink. this senator could be the deciding vote on the giant corporate tax cut, the giveaway to rich people, and trump is just unable to talk about it because of his personal problems and because of the horror of having to back a candidate who his own daughter said a special place in hell for people like this kind of person. >> tom bates, quickly before we go, is there any kind of tax debate going on in...