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Lance this is Dave still tell me about this show you and I put together on Sunday People want to learn about stuff that's happening in the gun world did you say guns sure did guns or it's radio if you're into guns check out gun sports radio it's every Sunday morning on the answer San Diego. Am 1170. And now America's number one show on pop culture and politics this is Michael Medved Show and another great day in this greatest nation on God's green earth a great day which marks exactly 2 weeks until a great and fateful us election voters and many many states who are already voting. And some of the figures on early voting as reported by n.b.c. News show big gains. For Republicans for Republicans what does it all mean and where are we going and what about that blue way that was supposed to be drowning all conservative hopes John Fund who writes about politics as well as just about anybody and has followed politics in situ Asli He's also an expert because he wrote the book on it literally on the question of voter fraud and manipulating elections John is a columnist for National Review he is a contributor at Fox News and he has why is the Blue Wave looking more like a splash than a tsunami that's his latest piece said in our National Review John thanks very much for coming on the show up pleasure Michael as always Ok Right now. How many states approximately are people already and sending in Dallas of course here in the state of Washington people are because it's all vote by mail 38 states have some form of early voting whether it's absentee or you know showing up at a government office before the election Ok so let me put the word out to people anyone listening to us right now in one of those 38 states and you probably are us don't wait send in your ballot get it done that way you can make sure you're making a contribution to this important national decision the consensus seems to be on the part of everybody who's looking at this John Fund that the momentum seemed to turn around in a Republican direction after the Kavanaugh hearings you agree with that. Well I think a lot of people had baked in the cake any negative attitudes they had to President Trump and I think that Trump's antics as a personality had depressed part of the Republican base but the Kavanagh hearings brought out the ugliness of the Left their complete disregard for normal procedures and rules in the rule of law and I think that at best it showed the Democrats to be the equal of Trump in violating norms in politics and it were almost extra constitutional So I think that Trump managed to succeed where nobody else ever thought he would he managed to get the Democrats to drop their own direct over surprise on their feet and have a blow up in their face and yeah it's it does it does seem like that and I know there are a bunch of people I Dean Heller who was long considered our most endangered senator a senator from Nevada he strongly supported Brett Kavanaugh confirmation and that appears to have given him a boost I think they're running tight now right now in the Veteran's Day I think of the election were held today Republicans would lose none of their seats and the only question is will the Democrats lose to 3 or 4 of their wound which then means they have of course Republican control of the Senate what about on the House side. I would say the Democrats because of a variety of good factory's including the fact that you know suburban women have become one of the most resistant groups against from 25 point gender gap against them against Republicans I think there's 60 percent chance to take back the House. 60 percent is a lot lower than it was 2 or 3 weeks ago because I think that as the issues start to be talked about you know remember most of your listeners are into politics Michael you and I are into politics the average voter doesn't pay attention until much closer to the election so when they actually look at the issues the center right country and if the Republicans frame the issues property they tend to close the gap in the last 2 weeks unless there's some extraneous event like the 2000 the financial meltdown Ok to 2 issues which are very much front and center at this moment one is the alleged had horrible aghast at present Trump made last night and used and when he called himself a nationalist do you think this is going to alienate millions and millions of American voters. I think if you know any of the hundreds and hundreds of reporters and journalists who are once again appalled by the fact that the president is you know troll trolling about I mean you notice when he said it he said I don't I'm not supposed to say it but I feel anyway I mean look the president may not be the most elegant speaker but boy does he know how to use language as a weapon but he doesn't use whatever years there's a trigger word someone doesn't like you he pulls the trigger right and pulls the trigger on on then to watch their heads explode and it's just extraordinary I'd like to hear people I even offered to listeners to call up and say why nationalism was a bad word 189-5776 our phone number go ahead it has bad historical antecedents but basically it's another synonym and I think you've pointed this out as for patriotism Yeah of course and again the 1st 3 synonyms that are listed when you just click on it on the Internet are national feeling gnash as patriotic feeling pardon me patriotism and flag waving and nothing wrong with any of those 3 things what about we had on yesterday and Eric Aggers who is very concerned about the confusion in American voting registration suggesting that as many as 24 percent. Of registered voters right now are really shouldn't be voting you've written about this extensively do you think that's a very big problem 2 weeks from today. It depends on the state you know I hate to draw national brush a 24 percent sure sounds high to me I think that the problem with voter fraud is it doesn't show up until the very end when it will actually close and somebody gets desperate and they put their thumb on the scale and send the street money out and it all happens quickly at the very end you know under the cover of you know vans and everything else so we may not know what happens but we do know that we need to watch for it and if there's anything untoward these bad lists these lists like in Georgia you know these lists these are not people being prevented from voting it just means they have to show up at the polls and fill out a provisional ballot and prevent their i.d. It doesn't we're not preventing anyone from voting we're just making sure the person is voting is the person they say they are yeah I mean while there is a this additional And it just $36.00 governorships that are up in in this election right now right yeah it's a big this is the biggest seat Oh yeah and these these these governorships will help decide how redistricting is done after the next census which into in 2 years right which will also help to determine whoever wins what will be a very close election you don't think there's any chance the Democrats win more than 30 seats via their own no no no tech I think I think the governorships are going to be a lot of swaps the rip Democrats will take back some Midwestern states that have been in Republican control for a long time like Illinois and the Republicans are going to take back I think they'll take back States where the Democrats have mismanaged the finances so bad that you know they've given up any chance of governing like Connecticut by the way even Oregon even Oregon make elect a Republican governor for the 1st time in 30 years right which would be amazing but as Kate Brown ever deserved to be voted out of power in Oregon now there's one surprise to look for is there a Republican candidate against Angus King in main. There is but he's a good guy but unfortunately Angus King has this impenetrable independent image because he technically runs as an Independent so he's got that nailed down Ok except the New York Times today ran a forming piece about the Democrat there's a Democratic nominee against Angus King whose name is Zach Ringle Stein and he apparently is a big Bernie Sanders guy he's been endorsed by Democratic Socialists if we could encourage anybody listening to us up in Maine vote your conscience vote for the real socialist vote for Ringle side the Democrat and make his Because right there has to be at least 40 percent something like that a vote for the Republican anyway right well you know I'll say is that when you're trying to remember who to vote for King does beat wrinkles dying. At The Probably yes in terms of the future but I assume that the Republican candidate could do more than Ringle side as well for any other surprises that you think we should look out for an Election Day Yeah Minnesota Senate race the seat that Al Franken resigned from there's an appointed incumbent named Tina Smith Michael last night they have the only debate the Democratic candidate didn't show up refused to show up citing scheduling difficulties there was one candidate on the stage the Republican candidate of an empty podium wound and by the way it's close to the polls if the 6 point race according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune which does Republicans no favors and it's polls that is terrific I'm actually going to be in Minnesota and a campaign event on Thursday night there are 3 red hot congressional races in Minnesota there are 2 Senate races one of them not so red hot where I think is and Senator clubbish are on the ballot. She's the one probably the only political figure of the Democratic side or came out with a reputation in advance of the capital here could be John Fund's reputation enhanced by his new column about the Blue Wave looking more like a splash than a tsunami we will be right back on the Medved Show with some of the worst political ads of the season coming up. The studio. 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Is engaged go to Michael Medved dot com click on the banner for the Alliance Defending Freedom or call them toll free 866954338 that's 866-954-3388 back with John Fund John is the national affairs columnist for National Review he worked for more than 20 years for Wall Street Journal and is also a contributor at Fox News we're talking about the the upcoming elections and one of the things and again you made this observation before John we're both admitted political junkies follow this stuff a lot. But the House races with 435 of them are so confusing to most people my strong guess is that most Americans most Americans I think probably an overwhelming majority could not identify who their representative in the House of Representatives actually is couldn't give a name so what do we do about that or just basically live with that and try to break through somehow into people's consciousness on these House races. Well incumbents have an advantage in Win 90 percent of the time because they do a lot of constituent work for their people and they also get around the community shake cans and become well known so while not everyone knows who their congressman is a lot of people in the middle of the independent voters if they've met their congressman or their gotten their mother Social Security check taken care of the congressman's office they like the congressman and the job of a congressman is twofold is to represent the people and also of course vote their conscience that it's a balancing act and ultimately voters have to decide what's important to them sadly the vast majority of people don't vote what about half the people will not vote in the selection of those who do vote a lot of people will vote by party down the line but you'll have some people who say well even though I disagree with my congressman or woman I like what they're doing and they have integrity and they're honest person. Yeah and whether it's the same kind of thing if you ask people in general do you think that Congress is honest and legit it's usually very very low approval rating people don't trust Congress an institution but then you ask people what about your own congressman Congressman Smith I have been ill have a Congressman Smith who's. Representing my district as as it happens so what I can and they say oh my congressman he's the exception he's really a good guy it's a the normal way people that feel when they talk about public schools or medical care or anything else is that I'm the only one who's fortunate in an island of dysfunction of discouragement publicans keep the house it may be in part because of the last minute people who are really mad at Donald Trump will say yeah but I'm really so mad at him that I want to get rid of the guy that I've liked to have met and shit or shaken his hand or help me out and that's why in general you never bet against incumbents so some of these Republican incumbents me in the end win because they've built up goodwill over the years but the real problem is the 40 empty seats right there were 40 Republicans the House will retire or more empty seats than in decades and that's why I think the Democrats still have to be favored to take back the House because in an open seat basically you're much more able to vote party straight party line so. In terms of I know that the Republicans have good chances of knocking off some Democratic seats I know there's a district in Minnesota where the Republicans actually now favored by the Cook Political Report to win a Democratic seat. Where do you think Republicans should place the emphasis in these last 2 weeks of the campaign in order to try to hold on to the house well I think that they have to emphasize 3 things One is you know even