alabama s history. and we feel very confident of where we are and how this is going to turn out, but more importantly, we feel so good about what we have done and what we have said to the people of alabama and to the people of the united states. now, after largely disappearing from the cane pain trail for almost a week, republican roy moore will continue to deny those allegations of sexual misconduct with teen girls. he held a rally late last night with former white house chief strategist steve bannon. they are now framing this race as a referendum on donald trump and his policies. he blasted the gop establishment as well as democrats. let s take a listen at what he said last night. one thing unlike the media said, that a lot of people who are republicans claim they are going to vote for me and just ignore what they believe. i m going to tell you, if you don t believe in my character, don t vote for me.
should be noted that, i want to take you back to louisiana, back in 2015, david vitter, involve in a prostitution scandal back in 2007, he was running for governor against a democrat. and he lost by 15 points in that race. so i don t think that we can always paint evangelicals as one voting bloc. there is discrepancy on where they stand. and that is the republican electorate that doug jones is going to have to bite off a chunk here over the next ten hours, hallie. you look at across the state, he needs to rely on the crossover republican voters. i want to play you one from amanda adams who we just talked to this morning, she s one of the republicans, who said she s voting for doug jones, the democrat. i just could not see sending roy moore to washington, d.c. i thought about writing in a candidate, but i knew that was not organized and could be a wasted vote. so i chose doug jones. reporter: so the question is,
before christmas. so let s talk through some of these sticking points. right? you ve got this issue of state and local tax deductions. both bills call for those, but will there be changes to bring, say, california republicans on board. you ve got questions about what the corporate tax rate will be, pass through business tax rates, whether to make the individual tax rates permanent or not and repealing the individual mandate. lots to get to with our next guest. richard ruben. debut appearance on this show. richard, thank you. alexi and aaron back with us as well. richard, let s start with what you re hear and what you re reporting is telling you about where members of congress are on figuring out what ultimately is going to be on the president s desk. so they say they re making a lot of progress in these private talks that republicans are having now exchanging offers between the house republicans and senate republicans. you listed the issues on the table. the alternative minimum tax.
i followed him last week, he was making a pitch to the business minded republicans, suburban republicans, in mobile, huntsville and montgomery, and wondering, can they go over the line? they may not support abortion rights, but because of the temperament question, alabama s own identity, can they come over? that s the voter, the swing voter we saw in virginia, in november in the swing voter tonight, is the suburban republican. hallie, just ten seconds to say a potluck conversation at church after the service among evangelicals is that god uses all sorts of people, yes, a moral people, in the bible. look at king david, not the most moral guy in the world. saul who became paul, not the most moral guy in the world killing jews all over the place. they can see a roy moore and a donald trump to get the mackerel win in tend. not all of us have been accused of what roy moore was.
republicans for him being in the senate, that s a liability. but the other important thing is whatever this says about the political environment, sexual harassment, this is just as important as the balance of power. if democrats can win the seat somehow and cut this to 51/49, suddenly the 2018 election, the senate is in play. okay, alexis, it is worth noting that the president is 5-0 when it comes to elections. the democrats talking about the enthusiasm they are seeing. i remember right after the last elections in alabama, there are questions on whether the dnc would get involved for doug jones, but democrats don t have a ton to show for it. what changes today? yeah, it s it s true. up and i don t know that anything changes today. this is still, after all, alabama. and steve kornacki said, normally you don t watch elections here because republicans sweep the floor. and, i think, we saw a similar