we ll know if he can capitalize if the answer is yes to whether he can stay on message. teleprompter trump, as i call him, the one who does stay on message, has been out there for the past few days. he has not been attacking fellow republicans, hasn t been attacking accusers, people who accuse him of sexual assault. he has been staying where his aides want him to stay. not just on the e-mail issue and hillary clinton and talking about comey and even today saying thank you to anthony weiner and so forth, but also on a big issue that helps them substancewise, which is obamacare and the news for the past couple of weeks now that obamacare premiums have gone up. and so if he can do that then, yes, he can capitalize on it. the question is whether or not it is too late or not. have i to tell you just really briefly to answer that question, i was in iowa the weekend with
let s move on to the final nine days here. i really want to understand your strategy because we just talked about some of it. colorado, new mexico, michigan. he s down seven in michigan. down eight in colorado. yes, he s doing better overall in the polling. he s going to struggle in colorado with suburban women and latinos. new mexico, you ve got a huge latino population. michigan hasn t gone for a republican since 88. walk me through the thinking here. absolutely. two things i want to point out. number one is the great numbers we re seeing early with early voting and absentees. in florida, we re 100,000 votes ahead of the pace of where the campaign was these states. i also want to point out in north carolina, we re 35,000 votes ahead of the pace. in iowa, over 17,000 votes ahead of the pace when you look at the difference of republicans turning out higher and democrats turning out lower. nevada, we re the same as we were four year ago. here s what we saw last week. with the n
that s right. perry bacon jr., are you seeing the reporting of any use of this four down ballot races specifically? we know donald trump is on the campaign trail trying to make hay of it. are republican senate candidates starting to try to use this fbi situation to their advantage? yes . you saw in missouri, roy blunt, the incumbent senator there, in a close race, asked his opponent to give back money, hillary clinton to give into the campaign. you re seeing a few republicans highlight the fact their opponent is for hillary clinton. the same way there are democrats throughout the year saying linking their opponents to donald trump, you know have some republicans, particularly in missouri, north carolina, reddish states, indiana, linking their opponent to hillary clinton in terms of the fbi controversy and also in terms of the obamacare premiums. if a democrat were to get an
shielding her criminal conduct from public disclosure and exposure. she set up this illegal server knowing full well that her actions put our national security at risk and put the safety and security of your children at risk. now, trump campaign officials feel this is an opening that they ve been given in this final nine days. also, something else from donald trump, going after obamacare premiums, raising potentially going up next week, that s something he s been talking about on the campaign trail and will continue to stay on the offensive according to trump campaign officials. they are looking at battleground polls that are tightening and midweek they may see a tick-up in the polls. they certainly have that anticipation and that hope, fred. sunlen serfaty, thank you so much.
replacing obamacare. that s big news. we can t forget how big of news that is. okay? we can t lose track. it s a disaster. like everything else in this administration. it s just been announced that americans are going to experience another massive double digit hike in obamacare premiums, including a 116% premium hike to our good friends in the great state of arizona. even bill clinton admitted obamacare is the craziest thing in the world where people wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. in minnesota where the premium increase will be almost 60%, the democratic governor said the affordable care act is no longer affordable.