Introduce our panel. Michael steele, former chair of the rnc. The anna coren, and Jesse Blackmon a New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that we visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Not surprised florida, pennsylvania. Clinton visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be if we did change the system, all start with you, what would be the impact of campaign in the strategy. As you mentioned bob this with the large states i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electric college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Guess what . When it comes to president ial politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. Lets say we had a president ial election that was looking close in terms of popular votes. Then every vote would count and candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout even in places like north dakota. One of the things when we dissected Hillary Clintons l
We are going to leave this of washington journal. We are taking to live discussion of the National Popular vote election. His proxy by the hill newspaper and the making every count the making every vote count federation. I was looking back at the tes that were visited both most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election, it was ohio, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania. Democrats wish Hillary Clinton visited wisconsin more. If we did change the system, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . As you mentioned, they visited the large states. I was amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electric college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Guess what . When it comes to president ial politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. Lets say we had a president ial election that was looking close in terms of popular votes. Then every vote would count and candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout even in plac
It is my pleasure to introduce the moderator. We will have a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with the popular vote . I want to introduce our panel. Michael steele, former chair of the rnc. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Ohio, North Carolina, florida, pennsylvania democrats wish that she had visited wisconsin more. Visited wisconsin more. If we did change the system, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategies . They visited the large states. Cramermused when senator of north dakota defended the Electoral College, saying, this would make North Carolina irrelevant north dakota irrelevant. President ial to politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. Lets say we had a president ial election that was looking awfully close in terms of popular vote. Then every vote would count. And candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout in places like nort
Public citizen talks about conflict of interest among Family Members of politicians. Later, National Journals joins us to discuss the politics of impeachment. Against President Trump. Host President Trump yesterday appeared to widen his appeal to Foreign Governments to investigate his main political rival. This time it was china. The morning and welcome to cspans washington journal for friday, october the fourth, 2019. We will start the program asking about the appropriateness of seeking foreign intervention or assistance. What is appropriate . Republicans, your line is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. For independents, all others, that is 2027488002. If you are watching or listening outside the u. S. , that line, 2027488003. You can also use that line if you want to text us, 2027488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from and on twitter we are cspanwj. Facebook, your thoughts, facebook. Com cspan. We will get to the president s comments, the story about ch
The committee is moving forward, the Intelligence Committee moving forward. What idea can you give us about the timeline for their investigation . How quickly do they want to move through this . Want to move through this . Guest at least one subpoena has already been issued. Demanding that secretary mike pompeo produce documents and witnesses that could illuminate more about the dealings with ukraine that were on the Conference Call with president trump. What all members were saying last week and into this weekend was that expeditiously was the word used over and over again. It is my sense that lawmakers, weather they have been for impeachment months and months or only came on board the last few days, they do not want this to drag on forever even though some people are talking about the election and what it would mean for that, they see if they make concise, clear actions moving forward consistently, that is the strategy they are hoping to take. There are more subpoenas expected this w