Pat toomey is having fun talking about my integrity. Wall street banks should not be allowed to prey on working families in your taxes should not pay to ship our jobs to china. Pat toomey will not change that. I will. I g rew rew up a workingclass d and i will work for you. Im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message. Campaigns can be tough. In the end, it is not about who yells the loudest. At randel call pat toomey a man upon common decency. It is about a Better Future for children. Tim kaine praise pat toomeys intellect and stability. Polices about helping kee keep our communities safe, strengthening our economy so everyone can earn a good living. Im pat toomey and this is my message. Theith a look at Pennsylvania Senate race, one of the number of key races that will determine the balance of power in 2017, we are joined on the phone with jonathan tamari, the washington correspondent for the philadelphia inquirer, and has been following this race. Thank you for being with us. Incumbent republican senator pat toomey seeking a second term. The democratic candidate Katie Mcginty. Give us a broad overview of the state of the race, one week to go. According to most people, it is neck and neck, going down to the wire. I have talked to pollsters. Twomight sseeee a one or point lead, but the bottom line is it is within the margin of air, close enough that either candidate could win. There was a franklin and marshall poll that came out this morning that showed a pretty significant lead for Katie Mcginty, but at that point, at this point, that is an outlier. Most people ive heard from still think it is a tight contest. There have been two debates. What was your take away . Johnnathan if you are pennsylvanian who was watching that race, it is a lot of what youve already seen on your tv in the ads. The candidates spent a lot of time reiterating their attack ads. Asking questions about one another. If you got beyond that, what you saw were really distinct differences on policy, on issues like abortion, on government spending, on taxes. There were some clear rightleftist inches between the two candidates. If you can get beyond the attack ads there are real policy differences. I think a lot of people also expected that that may be a place where senator toomey might make some gains late in the race given he has more experience in tough contest. Mcginty is a inexperienced campaigner. But she held her own. There was not a moment where you thought either candidate scored a big knockout blow that was going to change the race. And so, for a lot of democrats, that was a win that she showed that she was able to hold her own. Why did the democrats recruit Katie Mcginty and what is your background . Jonathan her background is is that she has been in high levels of government but behind the scenes for decades now. She was a top environmental aide in the Clinton White house. She was secretary of Environmental Protection in pennsylvania. She was chief of staff of the current governor. So, she has been a high level aide, but has only once been a candidate in a gubernatorial primary where she finished fourth out of four. Almost any experience campaigning and public is the face of the campaign. Democrats saw this as a race that was winnable given the demographics of pennsylvania, given a president ial election tends to bring out a lot of their voters. So, they really thought they could win pennsylvania but they needed a candidate to do it. The first new step forward, joe sestak, a former congressman had of people the wrong way. His supporters will say that is because he is a strong independent voice. His critics will say that is because he would not take advice. And they wanted an alternative because they know they were going to be spending a lot of nccc, and they d wanted someone who was going to cooperate with them if they were going to make that investment. That is where Katie Mcginty came in. She managed to overtake him with the help of a lot of money from washington. And is now on the verge of potentially winning a senate seat. You know pennsylvania well. Media markets, philadelphia and pittsburgh, and a number of midsize markets, harrisburg, scranton, erie. Give us a sense of the political demographics for the democrats and republicans. Jonathan it is such a large state and there are such a very varied political views across the state. To the point where they can seem like two different states at times. You have philadelphia and pittsburgh, which are deep blue, very democratic cities, where democrats really try to run up major margins. And then you have got the suburbs around philadelphia, which tends to really be critical in deciding how a statewide race goes, because youve got, in the 2012 election, close to one out of four votes in the state were cast from the four suburban counties outside of philadelphia. They tend to be more moderate areas, where voters, you tend to find a lot of swing voters. When it comes to the overall picture, the difference between the democratic win and a public how big theften democrats when the suburbs. If they run up a huge margin or do the republicans managed to keep it close, win swing voters. Then youve got the rest of the state the northeast, southwest, the central part of the state that tends to be very republican. That is where republican score big wins. Philadelphia and pittsburgh are big for democrats. The central part of the state will be big for republicans. How those suburbs turnout tends to decide which side prevails in a statewide race. Senator pat toomey has been reluctant to talk about his support for donald trump. He has not campaigned with him, even though donald trump has been in the state. How is that impacted this race, if at all . Created somes awkward moments for the senator because he had not endorsed donald trump, and he has not ruled out endorsing donald trump. Were a week away from election day and he still will not say who he is voting for other than that he wont vote for Hillary Clinton. It is definitely giving democrats fodder to attack him and say that he is making political calculations and lacks backbone. But a lot of folks privately will tell you that it may actually work, that he has stuck oices,n two bad chc he embraces donald trump he might lose those moderate voters but if he rejects donald he donald trump you might lose the conservative voters. As awkward as it has been, it may be politically the best solution he is able to come up with. So, we will see if it costs him enthusiasm or if people, conservatives still come out for him, even if he will not embrace trump. Jonathan tamari, covering the Pennsylvania Senate race. Thank you for being with us. Jonathan thank you for having me. [applause] hi. How are you . Good to see you. Got quiet all of a sudden. How are you . Great to see you. Very good, thanks. How are you . Good to see you. Im doing great, and you . Good, good. Hi, again. A pleasure to meet you. You are younger than i thought. [laughter] that is the best thing ive heard all week. Nice to see you. Hello, how are you . Nice to meet you. Hey, how are you . Yep. Great to see you. Thanks for coming out. I appreciate it. You . Re good to see you. You doing all right . Im doing terrific. Ok. By default, i guess i am the host here and welcome the beautiful downtown media. We are pleased to have two great voices for Delaware County who are voices and washington, d. C. I will call up our congressman. Pat . [applause] pat i want to thank you not only for the enthusiastic response, but for all the work so many of you have been doing these last few weeks and months. Laboring hard in the neighborhoods to help us push towards the end of this vitally important election. I guess youve heard theres a senate race going on in pennsylvania. I dont even watch as Much Television as most. Let me tell you why this is incredibly important and why i think you are really where you want to be and we need you to be. I have had the pleasure for six years to be serving with pat toomey in the congress. We are on different sides of the capital but we fight together for pennsylvanias interests. They are broad and we were together just waiting for open space. We were together for a young woman fighting the bureaucracy. By virtue ofsaved the efforts we have done. Issues that relate to veterans and opioid abuse. I cant tell you how important it is to have a partner that understands the people behind the problems and how we can Work Together to make a difference. And he did tell you a little bit about washington. One of the reasons its broken is that there is a great big roadblock right in the middle. Passing bills that you may agree or disagree with some of that. Often times, by strong majorities, we passed legislation on a broad variety and it went and just died in the senate. Please to say that it piled up at the feet of harry reid. The majority until came back and that senator pat toomey began to have voice on the legislation and we were finally able to move bills and do meaningful things. Those kind of things which make a real difference as well. Issues and it is work that needs to continue. It cant happen if we have that roadblock. And we will have that unless we continue to have the majority. This may determine whether or not the majority is in the senate and you know how important it is. Thats why are bring it to my closing point. In life, there are times where you say i really would like what i do to matter. I would like things i am fighting for to have a chance to make a difference. 4 5 of the voters are observers. Its going to feature one party or the other. One that is entrenched in their district, and it will be in a state that Hillary Clinton hasnt even flown over in the last six months, but there are battleground states and battleground counties and battleground neighborhoods. And this is one of them. The ability we have a great deal at stake. You have do what you know how to do well. The get their absentee ballot in . The selection, i dont really care to vote. They are your neighbors. Make sure we bring back pat toomey to the United States senate. Thank you for the chance to be for thiswith you important issue and it is a great honor of mine to welcome United States senator pat toomey. Omey thank you for that very kind introduction and thanks to all of you for sending this guy took congress. Representativec and it is a delegation that punches above its weight. Congressman Work Together every single day and they Work Together and they get along. They are helping each other across this diverse commonwealth of hours. When the leadership wants to know if they can get legislation guys have ae disproportionate influence on your behalf because they are smart and work hard. Thank you for all that you do. I really appreciate it. And its good to see you. Ads . Ybody seen tv ever imagine we would have walltowall tv ads and they been running with such treatments he that when i walked down the street, i get recognized. When you combine that with congress having an 11 approval rating, it can lead to awkward conversations. Son. N home depot with my waye is a guy coming our and hes looking at me. Minute, did wait a anyone ever tell you that you look a lot like pat toomey . A matter of fact, ive heard that. He said, it must be infuriating. So welcome to my campaign world. There are only eight days left and we are on track to win this race and were going to get this done. Myselfferences between and Katie Mcginty cannot be any more stark. One is the different way we look at our economy and the opportunity or lack thereof. Our economy has left way too many people behind. If you are very wealthy and youve got a lot of financial assets, youve probably done fine. The vast geordie of pennsylvanians, workingclass families, struggling living paycheck to paycheck, and they have not been getting ahead in this economy. It makes sense to ask why. Lets look at what the federal government has been doing the last eight years. We have doubled our nations increases,ted tax and launching an avalanche of new regulations. Weve got more businesses closing then new businesses being launched and it is because people cant figure out how to make this work with all of the headwind coming out of washington. Vibrancy restore the and the freedom and the success that has been awaiting us. Katie mcginty wants to double down on every failed policy we have. Shes in favor of all of it. All the tax increases that may be the clearest and most start difference. I dont think we can tax our way to prosperity. She has spent her entire career in public life working to raise taxes. She was a big advocate for Higher Energy taxes that wouldve cost all of us considerably more money. Pushed through the legislation that forces companies to buy more efficient sources of energy. And when she was the chief of staff, the very first thing they was propose the biggest tax increase pennsylvania has seen since the creation of the income tax. Increase in sales tax in addition to that and expanding the universe of products and services to which the sales tax would apply. If you are a multimillionaire, its no big deal. But if you are a working class family, this wouldve cost 1500 a year in extra taxes to harrisburg alone. So shes just wrong about these tax increases she has advocated. I would say our differences on should Security Issues are just as stark. This Iran Nuclear Deal is a disaster and undermines our security. Thats not my characterization of the government, that is the obama administrations description of these guys. The Iranian Parliament has still not ratified that agreement. They do not consider themselves legally bound by that agreement which might explain why they are in serial violation of that agreement. And we were told they would like us. Fact that their surrogates, the hootie rebels are firing on American Naval vessels. Katie mcginty think this is a great deal. Explain if the iranians have decided to abandon the pursuit of Nuclear Weapons, why are they spending millions of dollars launching precision guided Ballistic Missiles designed to carry Nuclear Weapons. This is a really bad agreement. One of the things that has come to light recently is the many ethical lapses of my opponent. Chapterclintons latest in her ongoing email scandal of how just a reminder much corruption there is in washington and how disturbing this is. The last thing we need is a senator is going to be part of this. Katie mcginty has a history of real problems with this. Devotion to Hillary Clinton is so complete that she decided she has to have her own email scandal. Its unbelievable. For 15 months, Katie Mcginty and the governor have been stonewalling a completely legitimate legal request that she turn over the 15,000 emails that she sent and received when she was the chief of staff. Payroll usingr pennsylvania taxpayers email system. And our law is very clear. For 15 months, she has stonewalled and refused. Other is a court order requiring her and they still refuse to comply. They are trying to drag this out until after the election. What is she hiding . What is it that she has to hide from the voters that she cant comply with the law even when there is a court order requiring it . There could be all kinds of things. Npr did an analysis in pennsylvania and they said the number one elected official, the number one Government Official in abusing the revolving door between government and the businesses they were regulating was none other than Katie Mcginty. She took in solving tax dollars to a company her husband was being paid by. Conduct is a violation of ethics law. When she was secretary, she took millions of pennsylvania dollars and funneled it to a Foreign Company to set up shop in pennsylvania and they rewarded her with a very lucrative board seat. But then they went out of business and pennsylvania. The only one who one from this is Katie Mcginty. So i dont know what shes hiding here. Theres a lot of evidence to suggests that there has been engaged in really dubious ethical behavior. Others have determined that and i think it is long past due that she disclose these emails and stop stonewalling and this refusal to comply with the law. There is a lot at stake. Securitye will have here at home. Katie mcginty is perfectly ok with sanctuary cities. This is crazy. A federal immigration official, we confer special legal status on violent criminals if they came here illegally. Its unbelievable. This has got to and. And so has and the policies holding back on economic recovery. Katie mcginty would be a complete rubber stamp for the liberal wing of the democratic party. Elizabeth warren and Bernie Sanders were the first to to campaign for her. Delaware county probably determines the outcome of this election. This is a county where the vote can swing a great deal and i need to do well here. And so i need to ask for your support. We are definitely in the home stretch and i can assure you i will be campaigning as hard as i can every day. Is outside. P warmer here. Ely next we will be in bucks county. We will continue right until it 00 at night so we can win this race. I cant do it without your help and i have to ask you, that we have a circle of family, friends, coworkers. They trust you and they care about this. Reach out to those folks and make sure that they are voting on election day. Your personal message will be more powerful than any number of ads i can run. Lets get this done. [applause] [indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] we got the administration to change the linkage to the questionnaire to medicare reimbursements. Patient satisfaction. E are creating an incentive they said they had to be higher scores. Theyll continue to do the survey, but no longer will the medicare reimbursement be an outcome of the survey. Because it was catch 2