their chances. definitely yes. as the panel here said it was time for senator warnock to put out an ad. but what andrew yang just told me is that you and i are completely missing the story in terms of where we should be focused. he thinks he would be focused on utah between lee and mcmullen. you know, that s a fascinating one. and we have covered it, andrew. have you been listening to our show every single day? but that s okay. you know, the reason it s a fascinating race, as you pointed out is because it is a state that they have a republican candidate and an independent and the democrats opted not to actually have a democratic candidate because it may not have had a chance to win. but as we talked about, i don t think if you are trying to retain control of the senate that you can let anything go for granted. that s the problem of thinking, where s the phrase, counting your chickens before they hatch.
they re neck and neck. he had the biggest fund-raising period he had yet in his campaign. i think the warnock folks recalibrated and said, we need to wade into this. this race will be neck in neck which i can t believe i m saying, but i still do expect governor kemp is outperforming stacey abrams and she has run more on abortion and these issues. warnock has been focussing on the economy and the inflation reduction act. so last minute he s wading into this. i think it is smart to leave nothing on the table. this is going to be a close race. do you think he missed an opportunity? i felt in the debate he didn t hit herschel walker as hard as he could have. he pivoted away to his own policy about abortion instead of saying, who knows what you did, but we know you have been an absentee father. we know you haven t been around for at least three of your children. yeah. to be completely real, a lot of
herschel walker had $50 plus million of negative ads run against him largely on the issue of character. rolling out vince duly to repel that struck me as a smart idea. the fact that warnock went negative on abortion after demuring on this topic for a few weeks tells me they re nervous. also he went negative on the scandal, right? i know. but for the last several days, weeks this has been rolling, he hasn t wanted to touch. in all the national polling that s come out, abortion falling down the list of priorities for voters. things going up, inflation, economy. the fact that he s closing on abortion at a time when it s fading i think is telling. think about that and the idea of what s coming up. i wonder if you are thinking the same thoughts that scott and i articulated earlier about the idea of what the ads and the timing of it is telling you about how the campaigns see
i m alisyn camerota in new york. one team here with me. and the other team, the right one, in washington, d.c. here with me. we will look at two key states that people have heard a lot about and one that we haven t been hearing enough about and frankly it is flying under the radar, but it is a very, very important race. i m talking of course about north carolina. okay. so you ll handle that one. i will take georgia. we know former democratic presidential candidate andrew yang and natasha alfred. great to have you here. okay. so let s start in georgia with herschel walker and senator war not. only now, right now is senator warnock spotlighting herschel walker s problematic past and i guess record or whatever he has