we are live from manchester, new hampshire, out of the most consequential night in this political season to date. we have lots of students here with us in the studio, which is exciting. we ve got lots of guests coming by over the course of the next hour, and we have so much to talk about. because we are at a bit of a crossroads here in new hampshire. their timing to pass that these next two days could open up. if donald trump wins convincingly on tuesday, then this status all but over. and you don t exactly have to stretch or imagination to picture that happening. i, mean he is currently leading nikki haley by 19 points in the latest new hampshire tracking poll. and remember, this is the state that is supposed to be the friendliest terrain for a trump alternative. live free or die, independent minded people. the friendliest terrain also for nikki haley. so again, if trump does win big on tuesday, the republican primary race would more or less come to a close. and trump knows
up by 33 points in the most recent poll. the one interesting thing to watch in new jersey is if that big margin holds on election day, what are the down ballot consequences be of that in the state? new jersey democrats have an eight-seat majority in the senate. republicans are hoping that if christie wins big on tuesday that might have pro-republican consequences down the ballot in the state senate to whittle away at the democrats majority. the senate is also the thing in washington state where a race for one specific senate seat is turning out to be fascinatingly expensive. republicans right now in washington control the state senate but it s really close and their control is only possible thanks to a couple of people crossing party lines to caucus with the other side. if democrat can defeat the republican on tuesday, democrats are thinking that will put them on a path to flip the state senate back to democratic control. because of those high stakes,
the senate is also the thing in washington state where a race for one specific senate seat is turning out to be fascinatingly expensive. republicans right now in washington control the state senate but it s really close and their control is only possible thanks to a couple of people crossing party lines to caucus with the other side. if democrat can defeat the republican on tuesday, democrats are thinking that will put them on a path to flip the state senate back to democratic control. because of those high stakes, this one senate race has turned out to be the most expensive legislative race ever in the history of washington state. everybody from planned parenthood on the left to the nra on the right has been pouring money into that. graduated from college when he was 17 years old, then he became a lawyer, then after that, he became a doctor. he s only 30 years old now, he s already been a doctor and a
going on that are interesting and potentially politically important is small enough that it s possible to keep them all in your head at once. you don t even need notes. new jersey has the republicans race on tuesday, chris christie versus barbara buono. even though this week he admitted publicly he will not promise to actually serve out his term as governor. so his closing argument now is effectively, elect me even though i don t totally want the job and i can t say i won t quit half way through. still, though, the governor was up by 33 points in the most recent poll. the one interesting thing to watch in new jersey is if that big margin holds on election day, what are the down ballot consequences be of that in the state? new jersey democrats have an eight-seat majority in the senate. republicans are hoping that if christie wins big on tuesday that might have pro-republican consequences down the ballot in the state senate to whittle away at the democrats majority.