make it better? it s going pretty well right now. what s particularly fascinating about this, in many respects biden is trying to reclaim pennsylvania from doing some of the things president trump did when he moved pennsylvania into the red column. i think all of that resonates with pennsylvania voters. so in a way, you ve got to give joe biden some credit for what works. what the republicans did to win pennsylvania in 2016 and doing his best to replicate. as harris said, i think he s got an uphill battle but that looks like what he s trying to do. one of the things they love, when you talk about that blue collar person, they like no b.s. there s nobody with more b.s. than a career politician. that s where i think him trying to stand next to trump and say who s really on your side? well, you ve been in washington 50 years. luck is not on our side. first thing i would say, pennsylvania has been a challenging state for republicans for a number of
presidency. two have been in the last five elections, since 2000. we might see it happen more frequently in the future. of the six most populous states, democrats have won california, new york and illinois by double digits since 1992. of the other three, democrats have been making gains in texas. it was big time this cycle, hosting their own in florida. only pennsylvania of the top six seems to be edging to the red column. all of this helps explain hillary clinton s growing popular vote margin. over 2.5 million votes right now, actually. of course, part of the reason for the popular vote, electoral college split is something we re calling sue per flewous votes. once a candidate wins a state, is it doesn t matter how many votes they win it by. anything more than one is unnecessary. by that standard, hillary clinton had 10 million extra votes that made no different to her electoral college total. donald trump by the way had 8.3 million, quote, extra votes. that s despite the fact that
we are back. in only five times has the president won the presidency and not won the popular vote. we may see it more in the future and here is why. two have been in the last five elections, since 2000. we might see it happen more frequently in the future. of the six most populous states, democrats have won california, new york and illinois by double digits since 1992. of the other three, democrats have been making gains in texas. it was big time this cycle, hosting their own in florida. only pennsylvania of the top six seems to be edging to the red column. all of this helps explain hillary clinton s growing popular vote margin. over 2.5 million votes right now, actually. of course, part of the reason for the popular vote, electoral college split is something we re calling superfluous votes. once a candidate wins a state, is it doesn t matter how many votes they win it by. anything more than one is unnecessary. by that standard, hillary clinton had 10 million extra votes that made no d
in the u.s. senate now. the race may already be tilting cotton s way. both conservatives in the establishment are behind him in a way we haven t seen in other states. the state itself has been shifting decidedly to the red column. pryor is under pressure from his own side. new york citier mayor bloomberg is bankrolling ads against pryor as punishment for his vote against tougher gun control. they d need just five more seats to regain control. we re already counting the corey booker in the win there. and there is a clear path to get there. but it won t be easy. reed wilson is the new senior political blogger for the washington post. and jessica taylor, the daily rundown s political reporter. reed, let me start with you. there is a red only path to the united states senate and that s why republicans feel better today. they don t have to put blue states in play. seven states at the moment that mitt romney won that have
states. welcome back to the the ed show. that of course was the ohio governor last night. he and other conservatives, they re living basically i think in a state of denial. they are casting aside every poll and trying to create this narrative out there that they are just in great shape in the buckeye state. this latest poll tells a different story. the president leads by 6 points. it will be tough for mitt romney to make up that kind of ground in the final days. sean hannity, this date has flipped from the blue column to the red column. mitt romney will win ohio and he s going to win ohio easily. holy smokes. meanwhile karl rove is acting like mitt romney has already got the thing all wrapped up. for the president to have wiped out his victory margin by