Transcripts For KTVU FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2014

KTVU FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace November 2, 2014

Arguments from leading voices. For the gop, mitt romney. For the democrats, senator ben cardin. Then what x factors could sway the swing races that will determine the balance of power in washington . Well check in with our campaign cowboys, karl rove and joe trippi. Plus democrats continue to distance themselves from president obama ahead of tuesdays vote. Tillis wants to make this race about the president. This race is about who is going to represent North Carolina in the u. S. Senate. Our special elections sunday group, brit hume, megyn kellie, george will and juanwomen all weigh in. Right now on Fox News Sunday. Welcome to fox news in new york, just two days before millions of americans go to the polls, and hello again from fox news, where were getting ready for Election Night, and you tell us who of running for government, and the surprise is how close many of these key races are especially the battle for the senate. The latest on two of those contests. First with mcheres fox news chief Political Correspondent karl cameron. Chris, no one has more running on 2015 than Mitch Mcconnell. First, he has to win reelection. Mcconnell has had a narrow but steady lead in the polls, though hes unpopular, he has lashed the even more to the al son grimes. A new face to do what . New face to vote for the president s agenda, a new face to make harry reid the majority leader of the senate. Shes the new face for the status quo. I am not an empty dress, i am not a rubber stamp and i am not a charlie leader. Reporter shes tried to distance herself from the president , but may have gone too far by refusing to admit whether or not she voted for mr. Obama in the last election. No reluckettancy, its a matter of principles. Grimes is mailing flyers to that promote Racial Division with the photo of a black family and the words stop Mitch Mcconnell, hes targeting our president and our community. Mcconned added an ad to soften his image. Im Mitch Mcconnell and i approve this emergency. Reporter spending is expected to top 1 million. And theres some indication that mcconnell may be pulling away. Carl, thank you. Lets look at louisiana, one of a number of traditionally republican states, where Democratic Senators are struggling to hole on to their seats. Mary landrieu is under fire there for recent comments she made. John roberts joins us from new orleans. John . Reporter chris, good morning to you. Mary landrieu is trying to survive for a fourth term. Recent poll numbers would suggest she doesnt yet have the of course to win outrite on tuesday and could in fact lose in a runoff a month later on december 6th. In the closing days of this race, she is pulling out all the stops to try to turn her fortunes around. Give her three days for six more years. Senator landrieu brougham in the big democratic gun, Hillary Clinton to rally voters, and she double downed on a controversy cal statement that the president apes popularity is suffering in part because of the racism. I think the statement stands for itself. To many republicans, including congressman bill cassidy, her charge was outrageous. She be134i6r7bs the people she seeks to represent. Cassidy appeared with dr. Ben carson in the hopes of winning the tea party vote on tuesday. Simply american to manipulate people. Ive been to louisiana a lot of times, and i feel nothing but love here. So i i dont know what shes talking about. I really dont. If landrieu really hopes to hang on to her seat this time around she needs to turn out afric africanamerican voters in numbers closer to 2008 and 2012. An Analysis Shows she has pretty good numbers, the question is whether those numbers are good enough. John, thank you. With just two days until the election we want to hear the Closing Arguments from both sides. First the republicans and their last president ial nominee mitt romney, who has been campaigning for the gop candidates in more than two dozen states across the country. Governor, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Thanks, chris. Good to be with you. As we say, two days before the election, what is the republican Closing Argument . Why should voters on tuesday vote for the gop . Well, first, this is really the last chance for america to pass judgment on the Obama Administration and on its policies. The president himself said hes not on the ballot, his policies are. That includes hesitancy and weakness abroad, which has led to a certain degree to the rise of isis, it also includes the violation of the most fundamental promise of oembalma care for people to keep their doctor and their insurance if they want to keep it. Its a policy of basic amnesty for people who come to the country illegally. By the way, those are policies that are not helpful for the poor in this country. Under the president , the policies that have led to greater poverty and greater income gap between the rich and the poor. The Republican Party is saying, look, were going to break the blockade in washington by having a republican senate, well have an energy policy, which means well have the keystone pipeline. Were going to secure the border, jumpstart the economy and help get people out of poverty. Governor, i want to pick up on the issue of the economy, which according to the polls is everyones top concerns. The president this weekend made the arguments that he and democrats have made some Real Progress since the recession. Take a look, sir. Over the past 55 months, or businesses have added 10. 3 million new jobs. For the first time in six years, the Unemployment Rate is below 6 . On thursday we learned that over the past six months, or economy has grown at its fastest pace since 2003. Now the president says democrats want to raise the minimum wage and spent more money on infrastructure job and your Party Opposes all of that. Look, the question is whether or not anything will get done in washington. Of course the economy comes back after a recession, the president as policies delayed that recovery and made it up more different, report numbers of americans have dropped out of the work force, but we have such gridlock in washington, in part because the senate has put up a blockade that and they passed some 370 bills that dont ever get to the president s desk, because the senate says knolls. Its times for us to break that blockade, actually get jobs growing in america again, put these pieces of legislation on the president s desk. We do that, youre going to see the president sign some of them. Well see an increase in wages, an increase in jobs and i think the American People recognize its time for action as opposed to finger pointing and blame in washington. Governor, one way the democrats are going after republicans this year is the same way that president obama went after you in 2012. In fact people are now calling it getting romnaid. Here is Michelle Nunn as well as pat quinn, going after their businessmen opponents. He said from his own words he spent the majority of his career outsourcing jobs. I just question whether thats the criteria we want in the person who is running for senate. My opponent is a job eliminator. As i said earlier, hes started firms to teach other firms how to outsource. Governor, have you come up with a way that business men who are running should answer that . Well, you know, i think youre finding democrats across the country pretty desperate at this stage, trying to distance themselves from the president , who they vote for time and time again, wont admit that they do. I think the American People have recognized these attacks on a persons character, the attacks related to race, all these things are getting weaker and weaker, and people are saying were tired of being manipulated by Democratic Candidates who take us for granted. I think youre going to find these arguments have less and less sway, and people are stopping and saying, look, do you really want to see change in washington . Do you want to have a blocking of the whole gridlock process . And do you actually want progress on things like the economy, schools, health care, and a strengthening of americas hand abroad . One other issue, we havent spoken about is the, if you will, the less than competent management of the government. Anything from the irs to the Veterans Administration to the centers for disease control, and hhs itself on the implementation of obama care. People want to see real change and recognize as long as you have all the same players, harry reid and barack obama, youre going to see america going in the same direction we have seen it. But, governor, lets talk about the republicans and how much they have changed. After 2012, the Republican National committee did what was called a post mortem on what they needed to do, on how to do better, how to reach out of the more. Heres what they had to say we must embrace comprehensive immigration reform. If we do not but governor, after the senate, in a bipartisan basis passed comprehensive immigration reform, House Republicans blocked it. Well, what youre going to see is when you have Republican House and republican senate, youre going to have to have, of course, democrats still vote for the bills that republicans come up with. You cant get something through the Senate Unless you have 60 votes. That means tough to have a lot of democrats, but youll see a provision first of all to secure the border, second of all to deal with those who have come here illegally and third make sure our immigration policies are open and transparent. Thats going to happen. Youre going to be a bill actually reach the desk of the president , if we finally have someone besides harry reid sitting in the senate. Were going to get it done. I think republicans in the house were looking at what was coming from the senate saying you know what . We can do better if we pick up more seats in the senate. I cant tell you whether were going to win the senate, but were going to pick up a lot of seats and we have a lot better prospect of dealing with the that deals with the issue in the way i described. A couple weeks ago Reince Priebus put out 11 principles, but they were awfully general. Let me put up a couple. On the economy, we need to start growing americas economy instead of washingtons economy so that working americans see better wage and more opportunity. On health care we need to start over with Real Health Care reform that puts patients and their doctors in charges not unelected bureaucrats in washington. While people may agree with those principles, it doesnt put much meat on the bones. I guess the question is, have republicans made a mistake not running on a more specific agenda of their even. Yes, a republican consequence house and senate will pass bills, but will they pass bills that the president will sign . Thats, of course, the test. The good news is in many cases the president will sign them. For instance, the economy, the president has asked for trade promotion authority. Harry reid wont give him that authority. Republicans want him to have that authority. We want to see trade negotiations under way and see if we cant find more places to sell american goods. The president will sign that. With regards to health care, for instance, when Reince Priebus talks about adjusting our Health Care System to make obama care work better, look, weve got obama care for at least the next couple years. There are a lot of democrats in the senate great with republicans on. Once is to keep the penalty for people who are parttime work from driving more people out of fulltime jobs. And so these kinds of changes i think youll actually see the president sign. Im absolutely convinced that youre going to see with a republicanled senate, if were lucky enough to get that youll see bills get to the president s desk, he will sign some. Some he wont sign. Hell veto some, no question about that, but i think well find out then who is the party of no. Finally as soon as this election is over on tuesday, you know were going to all Start Talking about 2016, the president ial race. One of the Big Questions is whether or not youre going to run ago t one of your most recent comments is probably not, but things could change. On the other hand, your wife, ann romney had a different answer. She seemed to slam the door. She wrote done, completely. Not only mitt and i are done, but the kids are done. Done. Done. Done. That is six dones, governor. [ laughter ] we both speak for the romneys. But you know i found anytime you Say Something different in answering a question than you said it in the prior time you answered it, it raises a lot of speculation as to whether things are changing. The reality is this, and i im not running, im not planning on running, but im not going to add anything else to that story. Youre not saying youre done . What im saying is im not running, im not planning on running. Thats all youve got for you, chris. No more than that. Finally, would the results of this election, if its a big republican year, if its a big democratic year, could that affect your decision at all as to whether or not to run if . No, i can tell you this. It will be a big republican year. I cant tell you if we get the senate or, but were going to pick up a lot of seats in the snee, well pick up seats in states across the country, thats in part because as the president said his policies are on the ballot this year, and frankly this is people in america passing judgment on the Obama Administration, with which theyre not very happy sglool thank you, always good to talk with you, sir. Thank, chris. Good to be with you. Up next the democrats fighting to hang on to their majority in the senate. Senator ben cardin joins us with his partys Closing Arguments. What do you think will happen tuesday . Let me know on facebook or twister foxnewssunday and use the fns. As we cover the mid terms from fox news a electric headquarters here in new york. Your goals, our experience. Your shoppers, our technology. Your data, our insights. Introducing synchrony financial, bringing new meaning to the word partnership. Banking. Loyalty. Analytics. Synchrony financial. Engage with us. Big day . Ah, the usual. Moved some new cars. Hauled a bunch of steel. Kept the supermarket shelves stocked. Made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. Whats up for the next shift . Ah, nothing much. Just keeping the lights on. laugh nice. Doing the big things that move an economy. See you tomorrow, mac. See you tomorrow, sam. Just another day at norfolk southern. And were back at fox news election headquarters in new york, where we will be watching as the result come in tuesday night. We heard from the republican side. Now its the democrats turn to make their case. Joining us from baltimore, maryland, senator ben cardin. Welcome back to Fox News Sunday, senator. Thanks, chris. Its going to be with you. Same question with what i asked mitt romney. Whats the Closing Argument . Why should folks vote for your party on tuesday . We feel good about what whats happening. 55 consecutive months of job growth, Unemployment Rate the lowest its been. The economy is usually what turns voters directions. So the facts on the ground indicate that things are going well. Theyre feeling optimistic that were doing well. We have a good ground game to get our vote out. Were feeling good about tuesday. You say, senator, that things are going well, but lets drill down into some of those economic numbers, which dont look so good. For all the talk about income inequality by your party, Median Household Income is now 8 lower than it was before the recession. 5. 5 million more People Living below the party line of 46. 5 Million People are food stamps 14. 5 million more than when the president was sworn in. A Record Number of people have jobs, but theyre temporary jobs, so maybe some of the make rho numbers are good, but on peoples everyday existence, they are not feeling it. I think voters know who are fighting for them. The democrats are fighting for affordable higher education. Were fighting to increase real wages in this country. Were fighting for gender equity. Its our party thats fighting for that. But youve seen mean adhousehold income is 8 lower than it was before the recession. Income equality has gotten worse under president obama, not better. Were certainly not satisfied where we are, but we are on the right path, moving in the right direction in regards to our economy returns. Its been the republicans filibuster who have blocked us on many of the opportunities to grow in were fighting to increase the minimum wage. The republicans are fighting to block the minimum wage. Were fighting for reduce college costs. Theyre using a filibuster to block that. Yes, were making progress, but its the Democratic Party fighting on behalf of middle income families. This is one of the big differences, democrats have made it a big issue. Lets drill down into that, sir. The Nonpartisan Office projects raising the minimum wage to 10. 10 an hour as the president proposes, will cost 500,000 jobs, which why raise the minimum wage for some people, which means half a million of fellow americans will lose their jobs . Chris, we have seen tho

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