republican party. what does this mean for donald trump? those coax have power. it s not good on balance, but i will tell you, as somebody who was the recipient from billionaires looking for strategist to stop donald trump eight years ago, it didn t really work. in 2016, donald trump had no money, his campaign was a golf caddie, a former fashion woman and the d list gumbo from new hampshire. that was it, and trump, and a plane, and they won. so in presidential primaries, money is not quite as important in down ballot races. i will say that the coach has a representation with the grassroots network. can they transitioned some of those folks into becoming activists for whoever it is? desantis, brian kemp, maybe that is useful, i think that is more useful than the money. he is, what do you think? i think it makes sense that they are looking for somebody who can actually win. tired of trump and looking for somebody who can actually come out and defeat him. i am just curious to know wh
committees like benghazi for instance, if you think you are going to ignore them, just let them do this on their own, they will control the narrative. and that is how the extremists can actually beat you politically. so they can t do that and they are not. the koch group, people know them to be the koch brothers, have made a big statement that they are looking to put their money behind a new candidate to write a new chapter for the republican party. what does this mean for donald trump? those coax have power. it s not good on balance, but i will tell you, as somebody who was the recipient from billionaires looking for strategist to stop donald trump eight years ago, it didn t really work. in 2016, donald trump had no money, his campaign was a golf caddie, a former fashion woman and the d list gumbo from new hampshire. that was it, and trump, and a plane, and they won. so in presidential primaries, money is not quite as important in down ballot races. i will say that the coach has a
insurance, but attitudes on these industries varies widely depending which sector you re talking about. we just noted that the senate, very much still in play, but hard-pressed to find too many democrats optimistic about the fate of the house. some democratic operatives assigning bram for potential defeats. who are they bramblaming and wh? in new york, california, illinois, oregon. folks working on house races in these states are increasingly pointing the fingers at the democratic governors in those states they say are dragging down momentum for down ballot races. kathy hochul in new york is facing a much more competitive re-election race than anyone, really expected. and in oregon the nation s least popular governor kate brown potentially dragging down democrats in what were solidly blue biden-plus 20 districts
every major statewide daily newspaper in texas endorsed all the democrats statewide in texas. i would guess that if one or two of the democrats win, it will be a surprise in texas. newspaper endorsements don t matter in the high profile races. they matter more in down ballot races for state rep and races people have not heard about, and newspaper endorsements don t matter here. thank you. here s a programming note for you. new york governor, kathy hochul, will be here at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. and then new details on how that man accused that attacked pelosi s husband planned to attack the speaker her self. and then the new delay from
it s disqualifying. right now the number of early ballots returned is outpacing that of republican voters at the same time, it s tough to extrapolate what that means. republicans have pressed hard over the last two years for voters to vote in person, on election day. it s really gonna be a question that we re gonna have a hard time calculating. exactly what republican turnout is going to look like, until one lecture day itself if not days after. this is gonna be a dynamic week ahead here. as both campaigns not only for governor, but also for his other down ballot races are continuing to work to try and move the needle to the best they can here what the week they do have laughed. von, thank you for that report. let s go to was conson, where president obama was campaigning for democrats across the midwest this weekend. nbc s shaquille brewster in milwaukee has more. hi there.