been burned in the past by past republican candidates who were not up to snuff. gingrich specifically pointed to christine o donnell of the i m not a witch fame. some of your viewers may remember and so, look, gingrich had some was a little bit critical of what mcconnell said there and that was interesting to hear him say that. interesting scoop there. alex isenstadt, thanks so much. i will see you tomorrow at 3 3:00 p.m. noon pacific. deadline: white house starts after this quick break. starts after this quick break finding the perfect developer isn t easy. but, at upwork, we found her. she s in prague between the ideal cup of coffee and a truly impressive synthesizer collection. and you can find her right now
in the spring ver cvirtually al the groups that do what my crystal ball group does suggests republicans would probably end up with the majority senate because they only had to flip one seat. that was before they nominated some very weak candidates who by the way are inexperienced. they ve never run for anything before. people don t like politicians, but it helps to have been on the ballot for dogcatcher before you run for senate or governor. brings to my mind, christine o donnell, todd akin, richard murdoch. there s a history here where republicans nominate extreme candidates and in a cycle where you expect them to win, you know, what s the expression, they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. both parties have done that from time to time. but you know, what mitch mcconnell said reminded me of something that someone in the senate once said. if mitch mcconnell was allowed to pick the republican nominees
spent, they really do get to know the personalities and make much more individual decisions. and what remains to be seen is whether republicans have nominated candidates, and i agree with larry, it happened on the democratic side of the aisle previously, but this time it s the republicans. is this another christine o donnell, todd akin cycle where they could have won georgia but they put up herschel walker. they could have won pennsylvania but dr. oz instead was the nominee. you get the point. well, still to come, listen to this, jp morgan ceo raised hackles when he said there was some truth to china s accusation that america has been incompetent and lazy. well, maybe he felt validated reading the wall street journal story that was number one most of this past week about gen-z workers are quiet quitting. remaining on the payroll but not exerting much ert. i m going to talk to one next. but here is what i want to know. go to smerconish.com and answer this week s poll question. are w
powers. and being at the peak of his powers meant he could help influence a pick who could come out of republican primaries. and he would choose the candidates that he felt where the strongest and could win. this was not always the case, back in the 2010 cycle, people room might remember the which candidate, christine o donnell, and sharon angle, and others, who cost the republican seats. mcconnell put a stop to that. but he has lost control of his party. donald trump, elected, he s-ing it with cougars at mar-a-lago, he controls the party, you can show the candidates. and a lot of the candidates that he s chosen a pretty weak, let s be honest. and mitch mcconnell knows, that and this is a guy that is frustrated, he is beaten down. and obviously, we mentioned herschel walker and mehmet oz, as to we candidates. people don t talk about much as much, arizona, and new hampshire, sununu and doocy, popular center-right governors. both of them took a pass on the
influence and pick who would come out of republican primaries. and he would choose the candidates that he felt where we re the strongest and could win. this was not always the case, back in the 2010 cycle people might remember the witch candidate, christine o donnell, and sharron angle, and others who cost republicans seat. well, mcconnell put a stop to that. but he has lost control of his party. donald trump, despite the fact that he s not elected anything out with cougars at mar-a-lago, he controls the party, you can controls the candidates. and a lot of the candidates that he s chosen are pretty weak, let s be honest. and mitch mcconnell knows that, and this is a guy that is frustrated, he is beaten down. and he realizes that they are going to lead seats on the board we mentioned herschel walker and mehmet oz, to particularly weak candidates. people don t talk about much as much, arizona, and new hampshire i handpicked sununu and ducy, popular center-right governors. both of