criminalize or whether we should actually have the right to a safe and legal abortion and basic reproductive freedom in wisconsin that s. coming up soon. whichever candidate wins will determine the future of frieden in the entire country. almost double the votes. i wonder for you,, than what those numbers signal about the electorate. and about the extent to which something like abortion rights is driving an electorate. what is like not a normal election cycle. this race is anything but normal. i will say there were two conservatives in the race. they split the conservative vote. if you add those two together, they are within 4000 votes of the number that dana got. another progressive. that candidate got seven percentage points. in the final race on april 4th, the general election, we have to assume that this will come down to a hairs breath. the last time we lost the supreme court race, right before i became, jerry lost by four tenths of one percentage
going with the trump line which is, if my candidate wins, it s because of me. if they don t, it s not because of me. what do you make of that, and do you think that we now have to hear what mitch mcconnell says about this? i think mitch mcconnell is in a unique position to help be a tipping point. i think he pulled his punch in the impeachment, and probably regrets it. look. i think lindsey graham traded in a lot of his ceredibility as an independent actor after warning that backing donald trump would mean the senate would lose, and he still is afraid of donald trump, or afraid of the base, and i think that s what s motivatiing a lot of this. the problem with trump is i think people are getting a little bit quick. the fever is breaking. that s the good news, but if you have five people run for president and trump s got 30% of the republican primary base, he s going to win those winner take all primaries. i feel like you re listening to me. occasionally i am. miracles do happen.
convention. so they definitely toughen the rules from last time. so i think it s also very likely, we don t know this yet because the democrats haven t said, but iowa also states first, again republicans are gonna go first and iowa as is tradition, democrats can simply tie themselves to the republicans, they will have what amounts to a stronghold if you don t want to work delegates that will probably get some coverage if a certain candidate wins. and you ll have the first two contests, democrats won t be playing in and then they will go to south carolina where delegates will be vandetanib, added them to georgia, than in michigan. which means as chris and i were discussing earlier, we journalist may end up in iowa new hampshire early january of 20 2024. thanks michael, you ruined my two years of planning. if you re covering on republicans, are gonna be there that s for sure. i was not planning on having this conversation with you tonight. so it was an interesting story an intere
example, i put my name on the ballot in new hampshire, the democratic party can keep me from going on the debate stage, as they can take away my data, and guarantee that none of the delegates that would new hampshire will count towards anything at the nominating convention. so they definitely toughen the rules from last time. so i think it s also very likely, we don t know this yet because the democrats haven t said, but iowa also states first, again republicans are gonna go first and iowa as is tradition, democrats can simply tie themselves to the republicans, they will have what amounts to a stronghold if you don t want to work delegates that will probably get some coverage if a certain candidate wins. and you ll have the first two contests, democrats won t be playing in and then they will go to south carolina where delegates will be vandetanib, added them to georgia, than in michigan. which means as chris and i were discussing earlier, we
republicans voted for the republicans at the recount commission. a secretary of state, they talk to me and i said that we re going to count the votes that had the effect of electing the republican. because, it was the right thing to do. the sanctity of peoples votes, even if i supported the other candidates, which i did, the sanctity of people s vote was more important than anything. so, it is a dangerous thing, the most important thing i m going to say tonight is it s a dangerous thing in our country when we only a significant percentage of the american people only except the outcome of an election if their preferred candidate wins. our democracy cannot function like that. we have to have some area of common respect for the outcome and with the wishes of our fellow citizens. and some forbearance, some restraint. even by those in power who could do the wrong thing. but, know that that s no way to govern. so, no, i m very surprised and dismayed that something like accepting the result