welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. and tonight we re less than a month, 27 days, away from one of the weirdest and least predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what s happening now and ending on election day, november 8th, is not typical. it s not. as of now it s not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. no. it s more like a sharknado. now, typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins, feeling good because things are bad. with high inflation and fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power right now, that s democrats responsible and accountable. because phrases are up almost everywhere you look. life is more expensive. by which of course i mean life cereal, wheat and processed wheat products up more than 20% year-to-year. and as humpty hump might say, straight butter baby, by which butter is up 30% august to august. an
reality tv based. i love the inventing ana. i love the interview because you know most people can t speak to her. even the shows and series people have, there are drawings of her, there s drawings from her in jail. now this is actually right in the thick of things. it was a great interview. thank you so much. i don t think if you picked it up i m not really sure i m buying what you re selling. but we ll see. i think the phrase is you weren t picking up what was being put down. we ll see. she has a chance now to do her thing. let s see what she does. let s see what she does and i think we ll probably get a show out of it. i wouldn t be surprised maybe there was another angle to pursue. maybe that s the next one. thanks so much. great show as always. good evening, everyone. look, this is cnn tonight. i m laura coates. allison is off tonight. we ll see her again soon. we are going to keep our conversation going with panels across the political spectrum. this is a day