in their political power? you re talking about the culinary union with represents 50,000, 60,000 workers. the question is will they be on the sidelines as they have been before? they were on the sidelines in 2016 until a guy named harry reid called them up and essentially said you got to save hillary clinton from bernie sanders. they get involved. they make a difference. i think that they are one of the biggest forces in democratic political history, not just in nevada but in the country. well done. josh, you get the last word. what races are you curious about tomorrow night as a journalist? i ll give you two themes. one in the governor s race as you mentioned in kentucky and mississippi, it will be an interesting recurring theme of the trump presidency where there are states in gop territory that shouldn t be up for grabs but are too close for comfort for
political history, not just in nevada but in the country. well done. josh, you get the last word. what races are you curious about tomorrow night as a journalist? i ll give you two themes. one in the governor s race as you mentioned in kentucky and mississippi, it ll be interesting recurring theme of the trump presidency where they re states in gop territory that shouldn t be up for grabs but are too close for comfort for republicans and the president does this thing where he at the last minute it seems try to to latch himself to these local and state races whether it s the kavanaugh hearings or some self-imposed or described immigration crisis at the border. this time it ll be impeachment. and whether he can go down there and try to rally his base that wasn t enthused a couple of months ago and get them to the polls. at the risk of overanalyzing like he was just mentioning in virginia, i think it ll be curious to see what can happen with the house races.
behalf of the republican tate reeves who faces another democratic a.g. jim hood. a few weeks back, you ll recall, trump travelled louisiana to campaign for that republican candidate for governor, and over the weekend he urged voters again to get out early and vote for eddie rispone in his race against sitting governor john bell edwards. also in play, and this is important, the virginia legislature. democrats are hoping to take back control before new redistricting maps are drawn up. still with us, john ralston, josh jamerson. john, out to you again. what races when all is said and done and we re here talking to steve kornacki tomorrow night, what s going to matter to you? well, i guess it s how the old saying goes, brian, the only extrapolation that matters is
the electorate is whiter. you can see that joe biden was either trailing elizabeth warren or tied with her there so that poll came in in the nick of time for mr. biden. and josh, generally, do you expect based on the beat you cover movement in slots in and out of, say, the top four in the next few weeks on the calender? i think it would be unwise to venture a guess at that dang, i tried. but what s clear i think what s clear, you know, i was in iowa most of the political press went to iowa over the weekend for the liberty and justice celebration where there were 13 democratic candidates. and i think one of the main story lines out of that venue where you had more than 10,000 democratic activists and supporters was that mayor pete buttigieg was getting a second look in that state. again, i think the demographics in that state are favorable to him. he still has struggles nationally as well as in more diverse states, especially in
leads over both warren and sanders, who by any measure are more organized on the ground among these demographic groups that i talked about, brian. and josh, about the castro campaign, just in the last few minutes i ve become aware of this politico headline. castro to lay off new hampshire, south carolina teams. josh, this is the mean season. we have a boat load of democrats in this race, but this is when it starts to get cruel and money tightens up and the only thing that buys jet fuel for the campaign plane is money, as far as i m aware. yeah, that s exactly right. you know, just to add on to what we were saying earlier about nevada, i think what s also interesting about that poll for the biden campaign is they were facing down a few polls in iowa, which he said earlier is a more less diverse state.