any conclusions. did o rourke help or hurt his case with voters last night in that hotly contested senate race? here with me now, former communications director for the rnc, doug haigh, and now the chairman of the superpac priorities usa. great to see you guys. guy, does beto win in texas taking this position? one thing we learned more than anything else this cycle is that people win when they are authentic, when they speak the truth about what they think, and that a lot of times even when voters might disagree with him on an issue, they respect that they re being forthright and honest, which frankly in politics these days we need more of. i know there s differences inside the democratic party whether people should be publicly for impeachment or wait until investigations are closed but ultimately, i think the only way he wins is by being beto, and that s what we saw him doing
very difficult for all involved to get out from under this. thank you, guys, so much. steve kornacki and jonathan capehart tonight. coming up, the toll of george washington bridge and its scandal is taking on chris christie politically. his favorability among new jersey democrats, for example, has dropped from about 50%, 45% down to 19%. that certainly dents the argument, don t you think, that christie is the man, the republican that can win democratic votes. plus, think this is going to help the republican party s troubles with women? mike huckabee says democrats favor support for birth control because they want women to believe they can t control their libidos. that was his word, without the help of uncle sugar. by that he means the united states government. and hillary clinton s about to get a huge boost from the people who helped defeat her in 2008 to reelect president obama in 2012. the liberal superpac priorities usa has formally joined the fight on hillary s behalf. an
scandal is taking on chris christie politically. his favorability among new jersey democrats, for example, has dropped from about 50%, 45% down to 19%. that certainly dents the argument, don t you think, that christie is the man, the republican that can win democratic votes. plus, think this is going to help the republican party s troubles with women? mike huckabee says democrats favor support for birth control because they want women to believe they can t control their libidos. that was his word, without the help of uncle sugar. by that he means the united states government. and hillary clinton s about to get a huge boost from the people who helped defeat her in 2008 to reelect president obama in 2012. the liberal superpac priorities usa has formally joined the fight on hillary s behalf. and let me finish tonight with why this huckabee remark could be the stopper to a republican sweep. this is hardball, the place for politics.