Can make the big prize of the night as always is california with 55 Electoral College votes joe biden has got those further north the state of washington with 12 goes to the blue column as well and oregon as well all of these west coast blue states another 7 which we can add to joe bidens tally there and well put in idaho as well which is also closing the south thats a red state that goes to dont trump with 4 so as i said this gives us some shape now because weve now managing to fill in the states which we knew so 209112 right now that looks very strong in favor of joe biden but lets think about this texas 38 florida 29 pennsylvania which we havent talked about for a while will do that in maybe will 10 or 15 minutes well have a little talk about pennsylvania. Not even in the too close to call of the moment but this 20. Heigho a chain North Carolina 16 there are a lot of states and its all the ones which we thought it would come down to of course so whilst that number all just pop out t
Are trying to cast ballots that others are trying to vote twice but theres no history of that happening just to be clear entrust no voting weve been doing a very very long time and United States. Voter fraud is extremely rare in the United States the rules for mail and voting depend on where you live in the u. S. This year 9 states and washington d. C. Sent ballots to voters automatically this is what the president has railed against. In more than 30 states voters could apply for a ballot to send in by mail in these 5 states in order to vote by mail if you have to give a reason why you couldnt vote in person and the pandemic alone was not reason enough. Mail and voting can be complicated for anyone doing it for the 1st time some forget to sign the ballot others dont seal it exactly right this year around 30 states have allowed voters to curate their ballots they contacted voters letting them know there was a mistake and allow them to correct it as america gets more and more used to mai
Counting their votes and there was what was called a red mirage predicted and all that said i would say from a democrats point of view of the fact that its even plausible that trump would be reelected i think means were still in the same crisis of division that we were before no matter how this comes out ok were going to pressure i mean isnt it a crisis of the Democratic Party as well i think you know theres a lot of blame to be shared around here go ahead chris yeah i indeed i believe that there is i mean from our perspective you know from the very beginning this whole idea of the low out just didnt make all mosques sense and i think democrats ban on lot of time i think in my dreams out of florida was never going to go out to democrats and they spent a whole lot of time texas seriously i mean it was just and i think they could have spent better time in. Basis that actually matters and that thats where we find ourselves at this late hour. Cramming and it wasnt supposed to be this way h
Can you waste your hand . E your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abraham Lincoln. He is the former assistant and andor to resident clinton Senior Advisor to former secretary of state hillary clinton. He has been a National Staff reporter for the Washington Post and washington editor and writer for the new yorker. His books includes the clinton wars and the permanent campaign. Raised in illinois, he lived in washington, d. C. Jamie raskin r
Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on Peter Lavelle as expected ballots are still being counted but what we do know about this election that its close and the country is deeply divided what are some of the lessons to be learned was it enough to frame this election as a referendum on donald trump. There is because this and more im joined by my guest Christopher Metzler in washington he is a legal scholar in monterrey we have Spencer Critchley he is the author of patriots of 2 nations and is the former Communications Advisor for obama for america and in los angeles we have rahm elwood he is a pretty good guest on that your show and the podcast the political vigilante and you tube dust up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to spencer in monterey whats whats happening in the selection because for days and weeks before i kept hearing all of these polls this is going to trump is going to be. This is g