For us this is like birthday, hanukkah, and flying a blue angel flight all at once. The polls close at 10 p. M. Eastern time, and the Current Senate minority leader and possibly majority leader and possibly majority leader to be Mitch Mcconnell voted in kentucky today projecting bright moves to the press. This is going to be another good day here and hopefully around the country. I am hoping we will have a new majority. Despite the anatomical possibility of what i am about to suggest, you have had both ears to the ground all day. What im wondering if regrets are privately as pessimistic if democrats are privately as pessimistic as Mitch Mcconnell is positive . The polls are open. We should not discourage anyone from voting. Most republicans and talking to today are optimistic. Not giddy. They are still worried about the floridas governors race. They do not think they will run the table on the senate. They are confident they will take senate control. Most democrats are pessimists. They think some of these places they were hoping to win will come up short. Were really right now they are if youre betting on one party, you are betting on the republicans to have a better than good night. This has been building not just the last 48 hours, but the last week or so. The republicans have been confident, but they have had caveats. On the democratic side the caveats are getting largers. My unscientific way of measuring this, the number of private bets i have, the number of democrats who have jokingly emailed me saying i want to revise my bets for tonight and Nothing Happened in the endgame to hurt the republicans. There was no indication of dropoff in their ground game from republicans of significance. They have close to strong in their advertising. We will see. We will again say we want everyone to go out and vote. We do not want to deter that. We are waiting for the first wave of exit polls from insiders twotailed to tell the tale for everybody. If you want to know what is going on, you can read a lot some predictions out there, miss cleo, or you can go to mr. Prediction, the Vice President. Listen closely to Vice President joe bidens prognosis today in this interview with the connecticut Radio Station in which he said the democrats will end up with 52 seats in the senate, and he was hopeful that in an independent handed it would caucus with the democrats if he wins. I think we win north carolina. I think which is a tough race. I think we win new hampshire. I think we have a chance of picking up you know, and independents who will be with us in the state of kansas. Biden also said in that interview the democrats would win the senate races in georgia and louisiana, and sure enough, white house spokesman josh earnest once again had to earn his fat paycheck. The Vice President is braver than i am. People are was are willing to hazard a guess about that. Did he tip his hand a little bit on the kansas thing . Have democrats known or highly suspected that if he wins they will caucus with him . Biden did not say he thought the democrats in Iowa Nebraska or colorado were going to win, another place where he might have tipped his hand. He suggested he would caucus with the majority. It was not clear if he meant the majority at the time or on certain issues or not, but i do not know any democrat who does not believe he is basically a democrat in independent clothing. Democrats have had to be disciplined and not put money at least that we know of in that candidate. Republicans are lethal. If you look at what Mary Landrieu did, tom harkin, joe biden, the third thing to consider, a genuine gap in the midterms all of the democrats. Not a big republican gap at the end it all. Republicans intend in kansas are telling voters, he is a democrat in disguise and all along i said if pat roberts could keep his act together, it would be a republican seat. It may symbolize the democrats are too qubes by half by getting the democrats out of the race and having warm and be a independent they could count on if they want. President obama has been focusing on the midterms, except for one meeting on an outlying topic, which is ebola. He convened his senior a bullet team early this evening. Mark i have got to ask you, why on earth on this Midterm Election day, with the white house have one public event on an issue that has been nothing but trouble for democrats for the last month . Here is the thing. For republicans to say this is the most political white house in history, you have got to stop it. I am telling you, the president is holding this meeting to cause he wants to fight ebola. This is the day to schedule. He is sitting around doing nothing. He is not campaigning. This is not politics. This is because the president wanted to have an ebola meeting. If democrats have a bad night this will be a great opening scene if someone writes a book about these midterms. Who would do that . I do not think they will remember this when this is all over, but it will be another reason why democrats will be angry at the president for his speech at northwestern, other things which seem to be focused more on his own issues, even issues of substance, as opposed to working for democratic candidates. I am all for substance. I am just saying, there will be annoyed democrats who will talk this out as an excuse for why they lose. If this were bill clinton, you would believe he would be being briefed every two seconds on the polling data. It would be interesting. How much is the president watching . How much did he call winners or losers . Over the course of the evening, do you think he will watch more espn or cable news . You know the answer to that. Coming up a man who says it is good to be majority leader, tom daschle, will join us live on a very special hourlong edition of with all due respect. We will be right back. For the First Time Since 1959 when north by northwest premiere, south dakota has been on the mind of people who do not live in the Mount Rushmore state. They shook up midterms at least for little bit and we will be watching closely to see who wins. Another person who would be watching his former Senate Majority leader tom daschle who joins us now. He has a key interest in that raise. Perhaps he will play my. You give for doing this. Welcome. Thank you good to be with you. Lets start with an overall question about the senate races. The Republican Party has done a lot over the last two months to nationalize this race around president obama. Democrats in danger, democrats having a hard time dealing with that. Some of them have refused to have acknowledged they voted for president obama. Do you think democrats have handled the issue well or badly . Explain why. I think every state has its own circumstances. Generally, i think it is a mistake to run away from the president. You cant do it. There are too many votes, too many speeches, too many public associations and pictures. Generally the strategy should be to recognize it is what it is and make the most of it. Running away sometimes houses more challenges, more problems and far more causes more challenges, more problems and far more questions than it may solve. Do you not think that could have done a particularly at her job . My god, you would think there would be a better way to handle that than the way she did. I am not going to armchair some of these races, mark and john because they call the shots. There will be plenty of time for me to review that later on. I think generally as i said it is really critical to recognize if you are a democrat, you are a democrat. You are a person who has supported the administration. You have to put the best face on it and work hard to make sure people understand why. I think there is a compelling message in all of these positions. We would not have done it if we did not support it and believe it. To articulate that during a campaign is difficult, but i think it is the right thing to do. Senator landrieu congressman clyburn, others have suggested race plays a role in these midterms especially red states. Do you think race and president obama have played an Important Role in the midterms . I am not qualified to answer the question. I have not really watched any of these races with the proximity you guys have. I do not fully appreciate just how these things play out of the local level. I think obviously race always plays as part of the background part of the environment we are working with today. We have had to deal with it for many years. Not only at the president ial level, but at all levels. That is part of the political complexion we deal with than our country. It is not unusual that raise would be part of the calculation, but that is not unlike it has been at any other time in our past. Let me ask you about minority leader mcconnell, may be majority leader shortly. You have known him for many years. If he becomes majority leader, what Mitch Mcconnell will we see . One who wants to pass legislation the president can sign or will he be continuing his relentless opposition to the white house and be more political than oriented towards governing . The whole Republican Caucus has invested an enormous amount of time and effort in criticizing harry reid and the democrats for the management of the senate. I do not think there is any question they are going to have to demonstrate they are better managers if they take the majority. They do not have the luxury of saying we will continue more of the same. They have to find ways to show they can manage. That has to do with nominations. That has to do with a legislative agenda. That has to do with foreign policy. That even has to do with a relationship with the president. He will have a management challenge starting tomorrow should he be majority leader. Let me ask you about that relationship between mcconnell and obama. You have been participating in conversations, as both of us have, and many others, of president obamas history of reaching out and not reaching out to republicans. Do you think he will reach out to senator mcconnell and if so, how should he do it . These are the last two years. I have been through administrations on several occasions where you experience the last two years. It is surprising how productive they have been in the past 1998 2000 and particular. There is no question we have that potential. It will take the president saying you won, we lost. I am not saying that will be the case. He needs to say, we need to have breakfast tomorrow. We need to talk about a mutual agenda. Mitch mcconnell should call harry reid. He should say, i want to sit down with you to discuss what we will do in lame duck. There has to be communication. If they start saying, there is no into the possibilities of what we can do. I think president obama and Mitch Mcconnell have had one meal or private meeting. Would you urge them to have multiple frequent meetings with Mitch Mcconnell if he is majority leader . Said by no question. Do you think he will do it . No question. Pete grassley, no one will ever convince president obama to do it, he says. Will it be different in the last two years . You have a different situation today. You have Mitch Mcconnell as the potential, and i emphasize potential majority leader. That changes the circumstances and i think that ought to change the tactics. You say it would but you think it will, which is the posture of a lot of democrats. The president is unpopular particularly in red states like the one you used to represent, south dakota. Why is he unpopular in places like louisiana, kentucky, south dakota . Is it is his ideology policies, personality . What is it . Set but i think it is history. You look at every one of the midterms of any second term of any president , you have a set of circumstances that is almost predictable. You start with that. Second, i do not know if we have had a situation in recent times where the dysfunction washington is as evident and perplexing and frustrating to the american people. Unfortunately the president gives the bulk of the responsibility for that, so he is carrying the ball copy blame. The bulk of the blame. I think it is a logical progression. That is in large measure what is all about. If democrats have a bad night, if they lose the majority, governors races, what would you say would be the lesson for your party . I think the lesson there is no question we have to be better messengers. We have got to message. I do not think we have accomplished we have articulated nearly as effectively as i think we could we have a lot of a congressman. Thank you. Do you think immigrants were crazy to throw that Million Dollars into the race in your home state democrats were crazy to throw that Million Dollars into the race in your home state . Or do you think there is a chance question mark there is still a chance. You have a threeperson race. Anything can happen in south dakota. I have been the beneficiary and the victim of the circumstances of the years. My fingers are crossed. Senator daschle, thank you very much. We will be back with the response of republicans we have quarantined inside our building after this. All right, we just spoke to tom daschle. I am here to rebut rebuke, and as necessary to repudiate our panel of republican masterminds along with our colleague al hunt. We have johns new, fred davis, a republican strategist, and mitt romneys former policy adviser, lonny chin. Tom daschle seems pretty laconic simple man, plane state. What did you pick up on him what he said . He did not radiate optimism, did he, mark . That may be an understatement. He is one of the smartest people in politics. I think he anticipates a difficult night for his party. [indiscernible] he has got to make a connection with the president. Are you expecting a better night for republicans . I am a senate half full kind of girl, but i think it is going to be a good night, but not this kind of way thing. What will the message be for these folks . They may be gain one governorship, shift the senate what is the message . What is obvious to me, and this is the country is less liberal than obama and the democrats have been. That is interesting because i do not think the president can sit down with Mitch Mcconnell. Oh, no. That is unreal. Not only that but there is no evidence of any interest on the president ial part of wanting to come to be republicans. I do not see the president being the guy what you think the Mitch Mcconnelljohn boehner reaction will be tonight . You are right, theyre not going to meet every week. That is not going to happen. What Mitch Mcconnell and john boehner need to do, it is an opportunity to establish some working relationship, working understanding with the president and the president needs to do the same thing. It is an opportunity. I think it oil down to what they represent. If they can stay away from the crazy bullets for at least the first session, that might be a way to reach out. Which crazy bullets are you talking about . I would say if we can take control instead of forcing an agenda that is not too difficult for the white house to swallow then that is a good way to get started. It is not just a matter of Mitch Mcconnell saying here is what is on our agenda or john boehner they have to get on the same page and try to move pieces of legislation forward, if not together in a coordinated way if not together, in a corrugated way to put on the president s desk to take advantage of the opportunity. I do not find it hard at all to imagine john boehner and Mitch Mcconnell on the same page at all. What is harder to imagine is Mitch Mcconnell and ted cruz on the same page. Ted cruz has nothing to do with legislation. It is all about killing obamacare, etc. How will Mitch Mcconnell deal with the longterm tension within the fractions of the Republican Party . Nothing will pass the senate with lesson 51 votes. That does not make ted cruz irrelevant. Once boehner and mcconnell are on the same page, if you are bringing manageable hills to the floor of the senate, letting them be debated and amended, unlike what harry reid did, the opportunity is there for bipartisan support to develop. That is how you get things out of the senate. You do not just bring something to the floor, try to get 61 51 votes and denial. In your dreams, what you think would be possible . Some action on immigration. I do. I think we agree. Some action on immigration. Something on tax reform. Not copper of. Maybe something up corporate, maybe something on this repatriation issue. Then something on obamacare. I think there is agreement on left and right that there are elements of obamacare that are bad news. I think there is a possibility of action. If the party wins tonight is that a united Republican Party or are there problems divisions below the surface . There is no way it is a united Republican Party. What your cohort said what is it . It is a lineup for the 2016 president ial race. You have everyone trying to distinguish themselves. That is one of the things wrong with our party. The new numbers there is no flamethrower in the new group of senators we are going to get. A castrate her, but no flamethrower. [laughter] i am sure she has held a flamethrower before, but i am just saying the rock stars are not rock stars. You notice no one is talking about the tea party any more . We have libertarians in the races, but we do not have the tea party challenge. I think the republicans have moved past that this thing divide. We have very conservative members were going to get, but they are not crazy. I am not sure they have moved past that. I talked to a couple conservatives the last couple of days that are not euphoric the way i thought they would be. They feel that this agenda people like cory gardner and colorado have run away from things and theyre kind of angry. The biggest thing to me, does our side continue to have 508 people running for president , each one trying to distinguish themselves, or to s