needed, it will not be by the margins they had hoped for. neil? neil: all right, alex, thank you very much for that. well, you know, there were some big stories and bold-faced names in the democratic party that went tumbling town to defeat, perhaps no bigger than sean patrick mahoney. of course, the democratic national campaign committee chair. as big as you get. and if you re going to topple a giant, that s the kind of guy you want to topple. he wasn t happy, and he had an interesting setup as to who to blame. take a look. when you ve got open seats and the governor s losing by double digit, or candidate s our candidate s got to outperform the governor by more than 10 points, often more than 15 points, that s a lot to ask. neil: all right. that was congressman maloney s view. the guy who beat him is with us right now, congressman-elect, are you getting used to people calling you that? [laughter] yeah.
At least one vocal critic of bail reform works for Rep. Maloney's own political campaign. That man is David Lobl, who runs Asher Strategies, which Maloney’s campaign has paid for work connected to “fundraising” and “political strategy.”
The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear whether that will include an unusual display at West Point a bronze depiction of a Ku Klux Klan member.
The Naming Commision charged with reviewing defense department property that commemorates the Confederacy said the KKK picture at West Point is outside the scope of its investigation.