them down. his radical agenda, his disastrous policies, and the effect they have had on the american people. from the economy, crime, open borders, you name it. the country is going in the wrong direction and that s why we are going to win the senate races. john: what s the effect of having obama and trump out there. obama is a rock star in the party as is president trump, but a huge shelacking when obama saw 63 democratic seats disappear and president trump lost the 2020 election. barack obama is clearly a very popular figure among democrats. but looking in the rearview mirror. he s not the future of the party. he s making you hearken back to fond memories, not talking about the reality of today s biden economy, today s biden crime crisis. so it s a little off and president trump is obviously a rock star on the republican
secure border. those statements look like they were either completely out of touch or just flat out ignoring reality. they are both, john. that is the reason those statements right there are the reasons that no senate candidate wants to be on the same stage with either of them. kamala harris or joe biden. their unrealistic view of the world and of the american people. they they are showing that they don t care about the price of gas and the grocery store and that crime is infecting every american city, large or small. and that s what the american people are going to go vote for next tuesday, and we have the reality and then the biden ideal. it s not going to go well for them, and we are going to win these seats and impressive day next week, next tuesday. john: interesting night to watch and we will be doing that
senate republican cannot win in new york and that s what they said in virginia last year. no republican can win for governor in virginia. suburbs are too blue, media is too strong. they forgot to do one thing, ask the voters. gillian: virginia s republic youngkin rallying with lee zeldin. he says what happened in virginia is about to repeat itself in the big apple. the race went from likely democrat to lean democrat in recent weeks. john: after recent reports and kids test scores plummeting after pandemic shutdowns, the teachers union boss who pushed hard to keep the classrooms closed says don t blame her. critics accuse her of trying to rewrite history and appears she
john: unbelievable what happened. gillian: suspect in the attack on paul pelosi is going to be charged monday with threatening the spouse of a federal official, according to the associated press. he is charged with one count of assault of an immediate family member with the intent to retaliate. he reportedly ran into the house saying where is nancy. and one count of attempted kidnapping, a max sentence of 20 years behind bars. john: so don t is halloween, a lot of kids will be trick-or-treating and getting candy. a lot of buzz gillian: adults, too. john: and the current powerball jacket reaching $1 billion, how is that for a treat when people will get tricks. it s so high the prize money here, that even digital signs can t display the entire thing. gillian: that s great, i love it. if you are one of those people
secure. back to you. gillian: thank you so much. john: republicans are aiming higher than simply flipping the house. gop setting sights on some deep blue districts that once might have seemed impossible to win. making big investments in districts that went for biden in 2020, and some of them by substantial margins. a chairman of the committee is with us now. tom emmer joins us, good to have you in the studio with us. i want to put on the screen the clear politics generic ballot graph, tracks the polling as to who you would like to have in control of congress. and republicans had quite an advantage, and then starts to get closer together as we get into august. this is after the dobbs decision. democrats were leveraging abortion as an issue but take a look where it is in recent days. republicans have pulled out to a three-point advantage, as big pretty much as any advantage that they held earlier this