You can also follow along on cspan. Org or with our free video app, cspan now. Continues. Host we will focus on key battleground states food will focus on wisconsin, arizona, and other states today. Joining us to start this discussion is Jonathan Tamari of the philadelphia inquirer. He is there political reporter. Thank you for joining us. Tell us what is at play as of today. Guest you got two major races that have national implications, both at very different stages. The governors race looks like the democrat over republican. But this is really one of the most consequential elections possibly in the whole country. There is a republican legislature, so republicans are said to with the Governors Office as well. They could drastically change abortion laws in the state, voting laws, and the winner of where the governors will point the secretary of state, who oversees the certification of the 2024 president ial election. As we all know, the 2020 pennsylvania Election Results were challenge
Pennsylvania the battleground state. The director of Muhlenberg College institute of Public Opinion here to talk about what is going on. Thank you for your time today. Talk a little bit about the institute. Your job in polling when it comes to election years. Guest i have been director of Muhlenberg College institute of opinion for over 20 years. In allentown, pennsylvania, the eastern side of the state. We get a lot of Public Opinion polling. Not in the commonwealth but some National Survey to policy issues like energy and the environment. Host when it comes to elections, when you do poll, can you talk a little bit about your process, who you talk to, the amount of people you talk to . Guest over time it has evolved in terms of the process and methods that we use in polling pennsylvanians in election seasons. Our standard methodology is still telephone. Primarily cell phone in terms of a contact point for individuals. Our sampling is based off voter files as our frame. We use voter fi
Tax cut extension. And if republicans and here to that position, it is very likely they would then be taking us over the cliff. The keys to the car are now in their hands on this particular issue. You might be able to put off the spending cuts and then fight about the taxes . I am not sure yet. I think theres broad agreement that the acrosstheboard sequester cuts are bad for the country. Democrats to not like the cut to the fence and nondefense. We are together on the fact that would be bad for the country, but for the economy. I hope we could proceed on that track. We would love to be able to address the tax issue. But again, you have 98 of the House Republicans signed the Grover Norquist pledged that does not one additional penny of revenue from wealthy people for the purpose of reducing the deficit. We believe you ought to take a balanced approach. The approach Bipartisan Groups have recommended. That would be the question. In the lameduck session, will you have enough republicans g
Good point. Our state constitution has a provision so that if you are selected you can still run a four the office at the same time. But the fact that he is trying to hold on as a safety vest for the likely proposition that he loses the guy running for Congress Come he is running a Great Campaign against paul ryan. He is on television right now. I think robb is one to give paul ryan a run for his money. Paul ryan has not come back to talk to the constituents, to talk to the people whose votes he is seeking for congress. Host this is our look at wisconsin, the battleground state. Joining us is mike tate, Wisconsin Democratic party chairman. On our line for republicans, adele, wisconsin. Go ahead. Caller we have it Tammy Baldwin running for the United States senate here and wisconsin. I believe she is also what we call the house of representatives, did she give up her thing and there as the house of representatives when she ran . I am not sure. But i want to say, i am really you talk abo
Van hollen. Thank you for being here. And two reporters. David, go ahead. Theres been a lot of talk about the fiscal cliff. The automatic spending cuts, the tax increases unless Congress Finds an alternative way to reduce the deficit. Here we are before the election. What are the odds that you think you will find a way out of this mess . As opposed to going over the cliff . Their decent odds. We will avoid a part of the fiscal cliff. And let me explain. With respect to the sequester part, the automatic, acrossthe board cuts that take place on defense and nondefense, i think theres a good chance we could come up with something for a good period of time. Theres a reasonable chance we can do that. When it comes to the tax issue, i think it is a potentially different story. We have been quick. And president obama has been clear. We want it to extend middle class tax relief, months ago. Republicans have taken the position that unless you extend a bonus tax break for wealthier individuals, t