daily tally began to lack from the levels of four years ago. so barriers to voting this year are in some cases acts of god. sometimes they are also acts of man. like republican state election officials woshlging to make voting more difficult and less available. in either case, ohio hangs in the balance, as does the election. joining us now is steve kornacky. steve, it s good to see you and sit next to you at this awkward angle. very awkward. i ll give you the side eye while we discuss this. ohio is facing a double whammy in terms of voting rights. ohio is always important. it feels more important than in recent elections. we have john husted doing everything he can to make it harder to vote in ohio. and we have the effects of weather in the democratic stronghold. which of the things do you think most important? one the the provisional ballot issue. that s with the new regulations put in place now where if you
entire campaign. you daul that fair? yes, governor, i do. i certainly don t. she was out to get me from the get-go. no, she wasn t. the interview stopped because you didn t try. what do you mean. you didn t fight back. you didn t know the answers. you clawed your way back in. it wept fine. you gave up. it wasn t my fault. i wasn t properly prepped. a prep from game change the movie there. we had to wait until after the 08 election to realize the truly fascinating depth of the rifts between the two sides on the mccain/palin republican ticket. this year what i think is an emerging split between the obama and ryan side is turning out to be a thing to behold before the election happened. joining us now is steve schmidt. he is now an msnbc contributor. steve, thanks for being here. great to see you, rachel. am i reading too much into the leaks? i think there s an insatiable appetite for process stories in
you didn t fight back. you didn t know the answers. you clawed your way back in. it wept fine. you gave up. it wasn t my fault. i wasn t properly prepped. a prep from game change the movie there. we had to wait until after the 08 election to realize the truly fascinating depth of the rifts between the two sides on the mccain/palin republican ticket. this year what i think is an emerging split between the obama and ryan side is turning out to be a thing to behold before the election happened. joining us now is steve schmidt. he is now an msnbc contributor. steve, thanks for being here. great to see you, rachel. am i reading too much into the leaks? i think there s an insatiable appetite for process stories in a close election. there isn t a rift between the two camps. i talked to people inside the campaigns. people are very happy with the performance. of paul ryan.
they say anybody in line by 5:00 p.m. can cast an in person absentee ballot. there were still 400 people waiting. we were told campaign workers started handing out water and granola bars because it s only reasonable to except they might be thirsty and tired and hungry and maybe furious by the time they got to vote. and frankly because they are heros for finishing what they started. maybe it s just me, but i did not grow up with the expectation that casting a ballot was supposed to be an endurance sport. it s not supposed to be an obstacle course. voting is a good and right and civic thing to do, but we do not expect it to be a matter of personal heroism. not on this scale. not for thousands of people. not because one republican governor says that is the way he wants it to be. i ll have steve kornaki here in a moment. but joining us now is a combatant in the current fight right now if nl. scott is the executive director
day this year than in 2008, until monday. what happened monday? hurricane sandy. the day of the storm when the daily tally began to lack from the levels of four years ago. so barriers to voting this year are in some cases acts of god. sometimes they are also acts of man. like republican state election officials woshlging to make voting more difficult and less available. in either case, ohio hangs in the balance, as does the election. joining us now is steve kornacky. steve, it s good to see you and sit next to you at this awkward angle. very awkward. i ll give you the side eye while we discuss this. ohio is facing a double whammy in terms of voting rights. ohio is always important. it feels more important than in recent elections. we have john husted doing everything he can to make it harder to vote in ohio. and we have the effects of