The bill over the finish line. David k. Johnson its an worse than you think what the Trump Administration is doing to america. Jennifer, ill start with you. Has the Jones Victory altered the calculations happening right now in regard to the tax about il . Absolutely. They have no margin for error if this drags into january, theyll go to 51 49. Secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president . He is not going to help them. If he cant help someone in alabama, hes not going to help them in other more competitive states. I think also a lot of these polls that are out recently, theres a whole batch of them this week showing just how unpopular this bill is. People have figured out its a gift to the rich, its a gift to corporations. Who would have thunk. So i think at this point there are more reasons to vote against it than there are for it. And i would keep a very choice eye on Susan Collins, who is under tremendous pressure. Remember, she was
race. mississippi is probably the most retroof the deep south states. it s much more rural than alabama and it was the urban voters, suburban voters, the republican voters in places like birmingham, tuscaloosa who produced the jones victory. as my friend curtis wilke, the veteran boston globe reporter who now teaches at the university of mississippi says, there s no history in mississippi of white republicans crossing over to vote for a democratic candidate much less a black democrat. so it s it s going to be a very close-run thing, i think. most people believe that senator hyde-smith will pull it out, however, if she doesn t, it will be a real humiliation for truchbl. yeah. there s not a more trumpian state in the universe, and
and the fact that moore actually lost and that he actually backed moore, who could remember that? in some sense he also embraced doug jones, who was the democrat who won. they both seemed to have a positive take on the conversation that they shared. do you consider that or should it be considered like an olive branch to the democrats how he reacted to the jones victory? i don t think i would call it a very long olive branch. sure, but i think that was part of getting, you know, moving on past moore, moving on past this tainted candidate, moving on past allegations of sexual harassment, which is something that trump doesn t want to be anywhere close to. now, the president has pulled no punches with member of his own party as we all know, but now republicans are in a position to pass the tax bill this week. that would be a huge victory for the president, for the party. do you see this changing the president s relationship with
the bill over the finish line. david k. johnson it s an worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america. jennifer, i ll start with you. has the jones victory altered the calculations happening right now in regard to the tax about il? absolutely. they have no margin for error if this drags into january, they ll go to 51/49. secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president? he is not going to help them. if he can t help someone in alabama, he s not going to help them in other more competitive states. i think also a lot of these polls that are out recently, there s a whole batch of them this week showing just how unpopular this bill is. people have figured out it s a gift to the rich, it s a gift to corporations. who would have thunk. so i think at this point there are more reasons to vote against it than there are for it.
legislation, they announced vice president mike pence is postp e postponing a trip to the middle east next week in case they need his vote in the senate to get the bill over the finish line. david k. johnson it s an worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america. jennifer, i ll start with you. has the jones victory altered the call accumulaticulations hat now in regard to the tax about il? absolutely. they have no margin for error if this drags into january, they ll go to 51/49. secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president? he is not going to help them. if he can t help someone in alabama, he s not going to help them in other more competitive states. i think also a lot of these polls that are out recently, there s a whole batch of them this week showing just how unpopular this bill is. people have figured out it s a