they came so close in the first round and donald trump s approval rating is in the mid to high 30s. the question is if they can t win in this environment what environment can they win and will they be able to raise much money if they can t prove themselves here? well, it s a great question, look, they ve poured so much money that jon ossoff has been able to afford i think four spanish language ads in a district where the electorate is likely to be less than 5% latino and they re not going to be able to do that in every district in 2018 but for every action there tends to be an equal and opposite reaction and democrats may have generated some ossoff fatigue in georgia 6 and that could explain why this election is still very, very close or could potentially explain if karen handel pulls it out why she s able to win but i think you ll see democrats with an even wider enthusiasm edge in house races in 2018 when turnout
would need to take back the house. that s a look at how that vote broke down in the house. again, we ll see what happens in the senate when it moves over there. for now, i want to bring in bill press, host of the bill press show squt , former chairman of the california democratic party. hugh hewitt, host of the hugh hewitt show on the salem radio network. and white house columnist at the hill. let me start with you on the conservative side, on the politics, you got democrats, we got the reporting here, they re looking at the republicans who voted for this, saying the polls we ve seen has been poisonous on this, the effect of this could be negative for some trump voters for some swing district voters. they say the politics of this are a sure loser for republicans. what do you say to that? i think that semocratic spin, steven. i don t think is as close as it looks, when you figure in karen handle winning in a couple weeks in georgia 6th, mick mulvaney s successor going to win in
saying if people change their mind, intensity matters a huge amount, jason. so to the extent that funchds left in the face, punching democrats in the face is part of what his base wants, the people who are being punched in the face react to that as well. here s the turnout at georgia 6th. that line is how you would expect turnout. democrats turned out at much higher rates. that s what you should keep your eye on, no matter where he s approval rating is going. it s that intensity, whether that s zblantd we ve seen this in delaware, in connecticut. if voting for the dog catcher becomes a symbol i can way of attacking donald trump, that is something the republicans have to worry about. i used to live in a georgia 6th area.
who are being punched in the face react to that as well. here s the turnout at georgia 6th. that line is how you would expect turnout. democrats turned out at much higher rates. that s what you should keep your eye on, no matter where he s approval rating is going. it s that intensity, whether that s zblantd we ve seen this in delaware, in connecticut. if voting for the dog catcher becomes a symbol i can way of attacking donald trump, that is something the republicans have to worry about. i used to live in a georgia 6th area. if you look to activists there, they were hoping ossoff got 42%. he s probably going to win that race. donald trump has aweak understand a monster. you have former skbaern hillary people working together for the first time in 18 months. that s one thing that you don t
life, much later, but i came back later and the voters decided to embrace me. i think candidates matter. we need to do better in recruitment. the other thing to remember is there are 70 to 80 districts that are actually more democratic than the georgia 6th. so we feel strongly we ll be competitive. i have gotten out of the prediction business after 2016. but, you know, last night was bad news for us and we just lick our wounds and get back on the horse. that was an expensive one. it was definitely an expensive one. thank you very much. thank you. and coming up, spy ware. if there was no question that russia was behind election hacking in 2016, why did it take so long to go public? the answer is coming up on andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. you focus on today s headwinds? or plan for tomorrow? at kpmg, we believe success requires both. with our broad range of services and industry expertise,