country as far as selecting different types of candidates, because we know that senator warnock is a strong candidate. honestly his name should didn t even be mentioned with the other guy who was on the ballot in the runoff. because there are so much space between them. and so i think democrats can absolutely use this as a model when it comes to selecting future candidates that they are going to run in statewide races across the country. especially in 2024 when a lot of senate seats will be. up juanita, let me ask another question because i m going to lose you but i will have judith with me in the next spot. politico is reporting on the anti-kevin mccarthy weighing in five members openly opposed to mccarthy claim they have a list of 20 plus detractors set to publicly emerge. but the group has still not agreed on one specific alternative speaker candidate. the major problem that makes their plotting appear slapdash at a time when a show of force is important to maintain momentum in
them up, putting them in the bags and then i decided it was time for me to get dinner started. i went in the house, i looked back through our bay window and i saw jaze continuing to rake and when i turned my back, that is when we heard the gunshots and i ran outside and found him laying on the ground, not able to respond. ashley: juanita, you said this doesn t hit home until it upon has, how are you coping, what is going through your mind right now? it is painful, it is very painful and we feel empty. we are we are. there is that void that we feel.
to the future that is much brighter than what was predicted by the punditry and those who wanted us to change our message. no matter the results, we are looking at a very tight margin in the house. joining me now, let tolliver, msnbc political analyst and host of crooked medias what a day podcast. matthew dowd, founder of country over party and former chief strategist for the bush 2004 campaign. and michael rosa, former press secretary to joe biden and special assistant to joe biden. great to see you all. juanita, it was important to me in the run up to the election that we wouldn t talk about the oddest without setting the stakes. i think the stakes have shifted a little. i wonder, as we are looking to see who gains control of the house, as we re looking to see what happens in georgia he, still gubernatorial races like kari lake, katie hobbs being waited to be decided out of arizona. what in this moment, juanita, do you see as the stakes? look, i think everything
trump as the leader at their. there is no change there, do you think of the problem for republicans going forward? first, we are not a cult. we re not like, okay there s one person who leads our party. if we have a sitting, president he or she will be the leader of our party, but we should be a party of ideas and principles. i ve got about two minutes, but matt dowd, juanita, i need you posed to react to that. especially in light of what we believe is coming this tuesday. juanita, i ll start with you. i guffawed at him saying there are not a cult, because that s explicitly what they but doing for the last six years. being a cult only responsive, only falling in line behind trump, even when trump has lost them so many things. the other thing that s wild about that if he refuses to answer the question. but we have heard from other republicans who are like, get rid of mcconnell, get rid of mccarthy, get rid of mcdaniel. but the reality is, i think the republicans know exactly who th