the delaware thing is perfect proof of that in that, if you get angry enough and you feel she s been offended, christine o donnell in delaware, that will generate enthusiasm among a specific group of people. pat, we see it time and time again, the party that s fired up wins. republicans and 66 democrats, democrats in 86. 94, 06. it goes on and on. it looks like this is the r year for that reason alone. i ve never seen such fire and energy and desire to get out and vote as you see in the party conservatives and republicans. more so that gold waut sgler maybe 1980 when you had reagan. everybody was desperate. paula hawkins and these folks swept out ten democratic senators. thank you, go get on your short shorts. are you going to run with us? no. i have to get back to politico.
i think of john dandy in splash. my heart is beating like a rabbit. actually follow through with it. don t be grumpy. with us republican congressman jack kingston of georgia. also look who is here. capehart, jonathan capehart from the washington post. and the game changer, john heilemann. good to have you guys. we could do some must-reads if you d like. i d like to talk to our friends first. jack kingston, were you excited that christine mcdonald won delaware. mixed blessing. the rage and the passion out there. you and i are friends of mike castle. mika, i do want to say this, there was a time when joe s locker was about three down in mine and he was up every morning 6:00 a.m. you could not beat him to the gym. he was lifting weights and jogging, swimming, doing all this great stuff. jack, we already have been talking about telling the truth
tend to vote for republicans are much more enthusiastic than minority voters. older voters are more enthusiastic than younger voters. and i think you saw it in delaware. a lot of people reading delaware as a devastating blow to republicans. it probably is in delaware. i think it speaks to a very good thing for republicans in that there s so much energy right now behind republicans that i think incumbents that none of us are thinking about today are going to lose their house races because conservatives are showing up. i think the more people go on tv and bash o donnell and other people, the more fired up they get and the more likely they are to turn out in the election. it s been fascinating to watch the play after this. that is fascinating. mike, it seems like americans are saying in these polls and this politico poll, we don t like republicans, but we don t want democrats to have a monopoly. we re checking them. clearly all incumbents are endangered species this year.
she defaulted on her mortgage. why is she surveilling in light of all this. she qualifies for the cabinet. she hasn t paid taxes. there you go. good point. there s a picture in most of the papers today of john boehner and mitch mcconnell. the republicans for the past 10, 12 months have been cohesive in their opposition to anything the obama administration puts up there in the floor of the house. my question to you is, given the ideological tenor of what came out of delaware, people who voted for her would probably not vote for a john boehner or a mitch mcconnell. how do you control someone on such the maverick side of the aisle when they re in your caucus? you know, one thing that s very good about john boehner is he has been here a while. he has dealt with all kinds of different egos, and he knows how to get the kind of
i have to say nickie is a brilliant woman. with an impressive record. people are attacking her for her past, that s going to engender sympathy. people are saying, she s talking about what i m talking about. in the break we ll try to find out what barack obama s approval rating is right now in delaware. that s a good telltale sign. we have a big show this morning. our bipartisan health challenge is coming up. after the break, the top stories in the politico playbook, van da high. i will not lie to van da high if he asks me. do not do that. a new record for the most personal cash ever spent on a political campaign, a story making front page news. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill, why aren t you here? i may still arrive. who knows? we ll see. actually i ve got to track all