Members to stay home and cast their votes in the upcoming leadership election. Me up with. We will not see changes at the top. Kevin mccarthy, steves scalise, that is staying the same. The action is on the democratic side. We are not seeing any changes at the top. Of nancyy long run clyburn that is all continuing into a 16th year. Remarkably long run. Each of those three is 80 years old or older. The House Democrats will think about eventual changeover; we dont know when that will happen. Nancy pelosi said she would only run for two more terms. She has backed away from that. Demand fromtup younger members to move up. Secondary races are getting organized. Race will be for assistant speaker, Katherine Clark of massachusetts, centrist the member from rhode island ; the winner would be in line to get the number two job in the democratic caucus, behind Hakim Jeffries of new york city, unopposed to remain the number 4 job, caucus chairman. Thought briefly about challenging. He decided to st
Next, a look at the 2020 Election Results with atlantic Senior Editor Ron Brownstein and editor andcal report etiquett publisher charlie cook. They talked about how the election outcome impact future policymaking. This is just under an hour. Leah good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining us today. I am with charlie cook and Ron Brownstein. Leah askarinam, the editor of the hotline. Excuse for me to ask some questions, and hopefully we will all leave this discussion with a better of what may be a chaotic four years. Before we get started, if you would like to submit a question during the session, please do so in the q and a section on the righthand side of your screen. We will try to get to as many of your questions as possible during the hour. Lets start off with what everybody has been thinking of for the past two weeks. There has been a lot of handwringing among democrats about the direction of their party and a lot of republicans taking a victory lap. Republicans m
News, the president is speaking out about trumps behavior, whether he should get Intelligence Briefings, whether he would vote to impeach if he were still in the senate. I ran like hell to defeat him because i thought he was unfit to be president. I watched what everybody else watched, what happened when that crew invaded the United States congress. But im not in the senate now, i will let the senate make that decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic related to the insurrection. What is your worst fear if he continues to get these Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate out loud. I just think that there is no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Tonight the latest reporting from the New York Times says trumps defense lawyers, bruce castor and
Live atshington journal 7 00 eastern Tuesday Morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Host charlie cook on your screen, editor and publisher of the Cook Political Report. Thank you for joining us one last time before election day tomorrow. Why dont we start with your final prediction for the Electoral College, the race for the presidency. What do you see . Guest we will see Vice President biden winning. Wise,d say popular vote maybe 53 40 4 . In terms of Electoral College, i think he is going over 300 electoral votes, but i am not quite sure how much farther past that. It sort of depends on does he get six out of six or five out of six of the key six battlegrounds. And then there is the next 4 georgia, iowa, ohio, texas. I will go with north of 300. Host what do you see in those numbers that gets us to the point we are at in the prediction you are making . Electionssidential with no incumbent, those are choice electi
The editor of the Cook Political Report. Thank you for joining us before election day tomorrow. Why dont we start with your final prediction for the Electoral College. What do you see at this point . I think well see Vice President biden winning. Would say popular vote wise, maybe 5344. In terms of an Electoral College i think he is going over 300 and let world oats, but im not and electoral votes, but im not sure how far past that. It depends on does he get six out of six or five out of six out of the six key battlegrounds and the next four, the georgia, iowa, texas, ohio. I will go with north of 300. What do you see within those numbers that gets us to the point where we are at and the prediction you are making . Go between the lines. Well, president ial elections that have no incumbent, those are choice selections were people wa eight the pros and cons. Thats not what these are. If you have an incumbent running, it is a referendum. Do you want to extend the contract or not . If youv