massive problem. tim, donald trump has a huge amount of power. did he miss an opportunity here? were there not better or more qualified candidates for him to back? herschel walker and mehmet oz were the best they could do? aren t there better senators? firstly, juanita is much more on message that me tonight, just hidden all the points over there. the of course there are better candidates! they were perfect, candidates in any situation, in order to be a good republican in good standing in 2020, you need to believe the fantasies and conspiracies in 2022, about the 2020 election, you have to be an extremist on abortion. that is going to limit candidate quality no matter what. but yes, obviously dave mccormack was not a perfect candidate. he has his flaws. but he would ve been a better candidate than method. oz and georgia, you would have a popular sitting governor, raffensperger in a normal, time
well, mitch mcconnell has been burned before in 2010 and 2012. i can count at least four races, maybe five. senate republican should ve won. but did not. remember sharon angle, and christine o donnell. and richard murdoch? they lost races that should not have been lost. and here we are again. and it s an issue of candidate quality. here we are again and we have candidates, or republican candidates, who are underperforming in states like georgia, pennsylvania, arizona. ohio. and so, mcconnell has every right to be concerned. his candidates are not doing well in polling right now. and there have been some issues, and we can talk about herschel walkable if you like. and his problems. and there are some issues that are a challenge for him. maybe more than authenticity challenge. and, republicans need to
probably five or the senate republicans should have won but did not. remember sharon angle and christine o donnell and tom again and richard mourdock. they should not have been lost. here we are again. that was an issue of candidate quality. here we are again where we have candidates, republican candidates who are underperforming and states like georgia, pennsylvania, arizona, ohio. and so, mcconnell has every right to be concerned. his candidates just are not doing well in polling, right now. there have been some issues we could talk about big all his problems. as his redundancy residency issues. that s a challenge for him. j. d. vance, probably more of an authenticity challenge. he s got a deal with that. that s what we are dealing with. republicans need to basically protect five seats and democrats need to protect five seats. there s maybe ten, maximum 12 seats that are competitive in this cycle.
mitch mcconnell casts doubt on his party s ability to flip the senate. mcconnell blaming candidate quality, which is his coda for donald trump s favorite candidates. and candidate quality is part of the reason the cook political report says the senate is now a toss-up, with less than three months ago until the midterms. of course, things can change any minute, any day. but a toss-up is certainly an new chapter. with with us tonight is juanita tolliver, a veteran strategist to progressive candidates and causes and tim miller, a contributor to the bulwark and former communications director to george bush. he wrote the book, why we did it. tim, you know mitch mcconnell better than anyone. in this conversation. so, i start with you. how big of a problem is candidate quality for republicans? nick pick your own people? it is a huge problem. and this is the beaten down mitch mcconnell on that interview, let s be honest. mitch was riding high from about 2014 through 2018. he felt, at the pea
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