i think she can win the general. i m with steve israel i think she should try again in november with a bigger electorate. you can t get a smaller one than you get in a bi-election and in these sorts of specials. but i do think it s a problem i m trying to look at here. that s the thing. alex sink lost the election in a special election which just by definition gets fewer number of people voting than say in a presidential election or even in an off-year election in november. perhaps she should jump back in the race and run for the general in november, because lots of analysts say if the election had happened in november, she would have won. but you know what? one thing that i think, we all know that the democratic party base just doesn t typically show up during a midterm election. and that has to change. and one of the things that people always say is that, well, midterm elections, the turnout is lower because the president is not on the ballot. well, the democratic party faithful ha
i think she can win the general. i think she should try in november with a bigger electorate. you can t get a smaller one than you get in a bi-election and in these sorts of specials. but i do think it s a problem i m trying to look at here. that s the thing. alex sink lost the election in a special election which just by definition gets fewer number of people voting than say in a presidential election or even in an off-year election in november. perhaps she should jump back in the race and run for the general in november, because lots of analysts say if the election had happened in november, she would have won. but you know what? one thing that i think, we all know that the democratic party base just doesn t typically show up during a midterm election. and that has to change. and one of the things that people always say is that, well, midterm elections, the turnout is lower because the president is not on the ballot. well, the democratic party faithful have to realize that while pre
it s a tough bi-election. doesn t like his policies in ukraine, doesn t like his medicare policy, doesn t like affordable care. it s just an accumulation to me, opportunity for people to hit the to bang on the pipes and say more hot water, or whatever they re angry about. you know, it, chris. on the other hand, the republican party is not exactly that popular right now either. but your point is well taken if voters are mad at everybody, you know, it s the president s party that probably suffers most. you know, win or lose, i think on both sides, the professionals are going to be look agent the results down to the precinct level to try to figure out which obamacare message played well where in front of what voters, what age groups, what race, what demographics. and they re going to try to fine-tune that for the fall. i think one of the things you
ryan. bottom line, it be electric a fight about entitlements. if you think the fairness issue now is large, it will be far worse. the upstate congressional race last year, the. bi-election was a referendum on ryanful he lost. there is nothing in his plan to suggest the same thing won t happened. portman s a real player. ryan, i think is doa. to stop ryan, put him in the vice presidency. liz: how much do you think it matters at the end of the day? i like to think it matters. but at the end of the day, how much does a vice-presidential candidate really matter? for a lot of real conservatives with questions about romney, i am not sure that those questions would be erased by his picking someone, you know, that was really, really conservative because if you look at joe biden, he is not had that
chance that it would be paul ryan. bottom line, it be electric a fight about entitlements. if you think the fairness issue now is large, it will be far worse. the upstate congressional race last year, the. bi-election was a referendum on ryanful he lost. there is nothing in his plan to suggest the same thing won t happened. portman s a real player. ryan, i think is doa. to stop ryan, put him in the vice presidency. liz: how much do you think it matters at the end of the day? i like to think it matters. but at the end of the day, how much does a vice-presidential candidate really matter? for a lot of real conservatives with questions about romney, i am not sure that those questions would be erased by his picking someone, you know, that was really, really conservative because if you look at joe biden, he is not had that