i think this is a net winner for the midterms. i m not worried about the polling at all today. dave, you have to react to that. absolutely. it s not just the cnn poll. they also put out a poll days ago showing 29% of americans supported this bill. i think lose lose scenario. they haven t passed any major accomplishments. so this was last ditch effort to get something done. but on the same time in is incredibly unpopular bill. rich are getting richer and poor g getting poorer. this is a tax cut and a handout to big fat cats on wall street and big corporations. and it raises taxes on millions of hard working americans. i m in california. it s going to raise taxes because of our state and local taxes that can t be written off
about draining the swamp. this is such an easy picture for americans to think, okay, when they think about what is wrong with washington, big fat cats, riding in a limousine, smoking cigars, flying on private jets doing hardball, right? this goes against what his brand is. his brand was, i m going to drain the swamp and the populist for the small people and this is actually an important story for democrats because this undermines the foundation of donald trump s brand and what he talks about is draining the swamp and he s actually filling the swamp. let me fill up the dance card. epa inspector general is reviewing the cost of administrator scott pruitt frequent trips home to oklahoma and steve mnuchin s use of the military jet to fly from new york to washington at the tune of $25,000. here s how mnuchin defended that travel. let me say that the inspector general is reviewing my travel. i look forward to that review.
the voters we met out there on the campaign trail that many of us in the press just completely missed. people who are maybe reagan democrats, people who go to work every day and in jeans and construction boots, sitting, maybe at the end the day, the week, saying, thank you donald trump, going after the big fat cats in washington and telling them to cut it out. isn t there something to be said for that? without a doubt. trump targeting defense contractors, brand new territory for republicans. republicans are fond typically talking about waste, fraud and abuse at the government as long as it s not at the pentagon. these companies have been sacred cows, so close to republican foreign policy infrastructure. the fact trump is going after boeing and lockheed martin is a big change, significant. i think that s suggesting some of the basic ways that sort of policy and influence work in washington, well, i mean, we knew this already, will change dramatically under him. go back to donald tru
and that s, that s at the same time that unions have gone down to indeed, single digits. when you have unions, you have higher pay. when you have higher pay, you have more consumer confidence. people spending money that s good for the economy. well, john, union membership plunges when it s voluntary, we ve seen that. yeah,he unions were set up for the safety and security of the worker to get him some safe work conditions to look out for them. and now we have the unions out this doing anything they can to get more members in and i think that gary was nice and politically correct saying it s a power grab, but come on, this is a money grab. they want more members so they can shake them down for more fees and then the big fat cats on the top will get the big dollar salaries and line their pockets and that s all this is about. i mean, for unions to say they want pot to be legal, that s so they can hire as many illegals as they can to run those pot farms and shake them down to be fair
characterized as a litmus test for the presidential election. mitt romney right after the verdict came in released a statement, praising the governor and saying tonight s results will echo beyond the borders of wisconsin. now, we re waiting to hear from the governor, governor walker will be speaking any moment. we ll bring it to you live. as you can see, a lot of people getting ready in the badger state for him to make his appearance. john king is with me now. john avlon, reihan salam, gloria borger. let me ask you something, john avlon, the whole litmus test for the election. and mark theissen talked about how the vote would go. 56% for walker, 43%, barrett. that means there s significant number of independents in wisconsin who support scott walker and barack obama. what does that mean for november? this is going to have far-reaching implications and it will probably be overstated over the next 72 hours or so. but here s one thing that s clear. debbie wasserman schultz wis