an america where love and hope conquer hate. folks, there simply is no historical comparison when it comes to president trump s rhetoric about immigrants on the eve of a midterm election like this one, but you can t help but think of what happened in virginia last year when the republican nominee for governor at that time, ed gillespie, unsuccessfully ran a somewhat similar playbook at the end against democrat ralph northam. ms-13 is a menace. yet ralph northam voted in favor of sanctuary cities that let illegal immigrants back on the street. he increased the threat of ms-13. ralph northam, weak of ms-13, putting virginia families at risk. putting virginia families at risk. ralph northam s policies are dangerous. the result in that race, which was expected to be close because of supposedly that animation of the republican base on immigration, turned into a
governor s race, that s an important one. i think they re also looking to places where the president is looking ahead to 2020 and places where the state house is going to make a difference, like ohio. marc caputo, i have a lot of republicans saying you know what s going to save them on tuesday is what was in that jobs report today, this economy. is the economy where is it in the backdrop of this election,ast least here in florida? the president s approval and disapproval rating are about even. his rhetoric has certainly been extreme as of late, and yet his numbers really haven t moved that much since the 2016 election. so my guess is if there s one thing that s certainly buoying the president, especially in retiree rich florida, it s the fact the economy is really good for people who have 401(k)s, retirement plans and investments. sometimes it works better if it s a bad economy.
hottest races, closest races in the country. one s a governor s race, one s a senate race. do they both go the same direction? if they don t, who is the split ticket voter? is there a gillum/scott voter, a nelson/desantis voter? does that exist? what a great question. i ll start out with a following. i think if gillum wasn t surprising for democrats, i would be sitting here today telling you bill nelson would lose. interesting. i think nelson/scott race is a toss-up because gillum is on the ballot. so that indicates that you re sort of saying there s probably going to be a gillum/scott voter. you know, there s probably a 4% or 5% ticket split. otherwise, the polls i have seen and the real politics average would make sense. it s fascinating. in some ways idealogically, people are going what, but they have an interesting leadership. the reason scott has a chance is the economy has been good. that s what he s hoping is
statement. he has bipartisan approval that you rarely see for a large state governor at the end of an eight-year term. i think that s a state where with the sort of more idealogical campaigns coming from gillum and desantis, you have seen a less idealogical campaign from him and he ll do well with independents on election day. let me give you the last word on that. the governor serates has become more idealogical than the senate race. he s right. governor rick scott, especially compared to governor scott 2010 has been a leopard who changed his spots. that s a great way to put it. marc, i have to let you go. you guys are stuck for the hour with me. and we ll see you in a little bit. up next, president trump wants the final week of the campaign to be about immigration. it s sure to help in red state america. but latinos are listening too. could the president s rhetoric backfire among those voters? that s next. plaque psoriasis can be relentless. tremfya® is for adults with mod
president says or tweets, but generally agree with his policies and hope congress will implement them. that s the battleground of voters in almost every senate race. and so i think the president s got a tall order. he has to go and sell the record of achievement and sell how your 401(k) is better, your retirement plan is better, your tax bill will be a lot lower, you re feeling more secure. i m dressing the security concerns you re caring about, and yet not make himself the top story. i think that s a tall order. i think frankly most republicans are glad to have him on the trail on the senate map. democrats would have loved to see barack obama work this hard in the midterms of his presidency. he never would have kept up this kind of a rally schedule to bring out the base, help dominate the news coverage in the states in the closing days. so i do think he has a balancing act to try to not make himself the story but make sure that his supporters who don t really like republicans that muc