That is whats creating the false atmosphere of legitimacy to his claim. Let me go to Kristen Welker right now who has a little more insight into the counting in pennsylvania. Kristen . Just to pick up on the point chuck was making im hearing from an election official in pennsylvania who says this. Erie has 47 more to count and philadelphia has 300,000 mailins. Mailins were 70 up in the democratic favor. This person says this is far from over. The need to respond in real time. To make that point and to drill down on some of the broad numbers that chuck just laid out. And, again, i would just underscore the fact that this is part of why joe biden came out first. This is why he gave the message that he gave. He of course gave this rallying cry to his supporters saying he believes they are still on track to win the white house. But he concluded his remarks by saying, this race is not over, and its not up to President Trump to declare victory. Its not up to me to determine whos won this rac
And months talking about Hillary Clinton was going to turn out the vote. Matt walter is going to speak for a few minutes because we had historic wins down ballot. Thank you. I want to thank you and the rnc and chairman for the great work youve done. And you nailed it. There are too many inside the beltway conversations and youre missing what is happening out there. This is not something just happened this cycle. This has been building for a very, very long time. This is a culmination of something that weve seen happening. We went into this election at the state level in many respects as a counter balance to obamas failed policies here. And voters recognize that. Thats why republicans have been at or near alltime highs in offices all across the country in states, red, and purple and blud. Thats going to continue right now as we see it. Weve defeated the speaker of the house in kentucky and have picked up that chamber for the first time in 100 years. Defeated the Senate President in iowa
And months talking about Hillary Clinton was going to turn out the vote. Matt walter is going to speak for a few minutes because we had historic wins down ballot. Thank you. I want to thank you and the rnc and chairman for the great work youve done. And you nailed it. There are too many inside the beltway conversations and youre missing what is happening out there. This is not something just happened this cycle. This has been building for a very, very long time. This is a culmination of something that weve seen happening. We went into this election at the state level in many respects as a counter balance to obamas failed policies here. And voters recognize that. Thats why republicans have been at or near alltime highs in offices all across the country in states, red, and purple and blud. Thats going to continue right now as we see it. Weve defeated the speaker of the house in kentucky and have picked up that chamber for the first time in 100 years. Defeated the Senate President in iowa
And months talking about Hillary Clinton was going to turn out the vote. Matt walter is going to speak for a few minutes because we had historic wins down ballot. Thank you. I want to thank you and the rnc and chairman for the great work youve done. And you nailed it. There are too many inside the beltway conversations and youre missing what is happening out there. This is not something just happened this cycle. This has been building for a very, very long time. This is a culmination of something that weve seen happening. We went into this election at the state level in many respects as a counter balance to obamas failed policies here. And voters recognize that. Thats why republicans have been at or near alltime highs in offices all across the country in states, red, and purple and blud. Thats going to continue right now as we see it. Weve defeated the speaker of the house in kentucky and have picked up that chamber for the first time in 100 years. Defeated the Senate President in iowa
To handle some housekeeping, you will see two mics on either side of me in the center aisles. There will be a questionandanswer portion of todays event. When it comes to that moment, we do welcome anybody that has a question to lineup behind the mics. When you are preparing to ask a question, we ask that you first state your name and organization. Now, getting to introduce charlie. Charlie is the founder, editor, as well as publisher of the Cook Political Report. He is also a political and election analysis analyst for nbc news. Charlie founded the Cook Political Report in 1984, and it has been what i would call the bible for election and political Trend Analysis in washington. One other housekeeping matter, we have a hashtag today. It is njdayafter. We certainly welcome you tweeting on social media about the event. Without further ado, i would like to introduce charlie cook. [applause] mr. Cook gee, im sorry we have nothing to talk about. [laughter] mr. Cook i first want to ask your i