In september of 2001 when the 9 11 attacks happened, and whatever shock the body politic had experienced by the contested and indeterminate 2000 president ial election, well, the 9 11 attacks further scrambled and upended political expectations nationwide. And so while the basic Political Science principle is that the president s party tends to lose seats in a midterm election, whatever party holds the white house, they tend to suffer in a nonpresident ial year election following them getting into the white house. Thats the basic principle. But for a lot of different reasons, that expectation didnt really take hold in 2002. Really nobody knew what was going to happen in that midterm. And in the great state of New Hampshire, that National Uncertainty in 2002, that upending of all normal expectations in 2002 was all funneled in that state, that year, into a very intense competition for a u. S. Senate seat that year in New Hampshire. The incumbent republican senator from New Hampshire los
A contested election result where the ultimate winner of that president ial election was effectively decided at the United States Supreme Court in a 54 vote. That alone would put a little noise in the signal in terms of what you might expect from the next National Election following that totally unprecedented debacle of a president ial election in 2000. But then it was further compounded in september of 2001 when the 9 11 attacks happened and whatever shock the body politic had experienced by the contested and indeterminate 2000 president ial election. Well, the 9 11 attacks further scrambled and upended political expectations nationwide. And, so, while the basic Political Science principal is that the president s party tends to lose seats in a midterm election, whatever party holds the white house, they tend to suffer in a nonpresident ial year election following them getting into the white house. Thats the basic principal but for a lot of different reasons. That didnt take hold until
Party i have great confidence in. Our team is out there as well and theyre not going to be using an app. Let me be clear. The app that was in place in iowa, theyre not using it. So when voting starts, people will use a paper ballot and use paper ballots the next four days. In the meantime one of the lessons we take from iowa is we need to be taking relentlessly with our volunteers. Theyre doing that day in and day out. They had to make adjustments after iowa. The good news is they always had a backup plan. Theyre not starting by scratch by any stretch. Cnns kim law is in vaug. Good morning to you, kim can. Nearly all of the candidates are campaigning across nevada today. What are they up to . By the end of the day they will be here in the las vegas area, the most populous county, clark county. All of them will be descending. Amy klobuchar will chick off the day. She has a morning rally, earliest rally here. She will be followed by the other candidates throughout the day. Elizabeth warr
So many businesses wont be open tomorrow, and, remember, we got here from one person with the virus to 3,000 in 55 days. Many american airports looked like this. Waves of travelers not leaving the states, but coming home from overseas. Overwhelming the tsa and customs at major airports set up to receive them and screen their health. Travel rules and restrictions are changing nearly every day and there is no certainty right now in the airline or travel industry. For now, the United States is not in lockdown. Knoll curfews or limits on moving like a list of other countries. But cnn asked the Coronavirus Task force physician if he wanted to see a Strict National lockdown, and he didnt say no. Would you like to see a National Lockdown . Basically people you cant go out to restaurants. You need to stay home . I would like to see a dramatic dim minution we see in restaurants and bars. Whatever it takes to do that, thats what id like to see. Lets get to Jfk International airport in new york n
Will roll. I find it unbelievable that the Outgoing Administration is surveilling the Incoming Administration, that is incredibly wrong and at the minimum unethical. Ed complete coverage to kick off the show, more in a moment with the National Security advisor kt mcfarland. But we begin with john roberts. Supporters of Michael Flynn thought that it would be just a mere formality for judge Emmet Sullivan to sign off on the dojs decision to drop the flynn case and then vacate his guilty pleas, but joe sullivan has got other ideas. Hes now inviting outside groups and inside input and inviting people to file what are called amicus curiae briefs, so called friend of the court briefs, and invite anyone to weigh in. That move bringing a sharp response from Michael Flynns Attorney Sidney Powell who wrote, the proposed amicus brief has no place in this court. No further delay should be tolerated or no further defense allowed him. Sullivan refused to allow flynn to file amicus briefs but because