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today on inside politics, big wins for democrats in ohio, kentucky and virginia last night. the clear message from voters, abortion rights matter. still, big time. but will that be enough to power president biden to reelection a year from now? plus it s debate night in america. five republican candidates will take the stage in miami tonight, absent once again, the front runner. so is tonight s faceoff really just a race for second? and new reporting on the democratic divide over israel. hear when some jewish democrats are saying about members of their own party who voted against the resolution supporting israel s war against hamas. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with last night s election results. president biden summed it up like this. he said, quote, across the country tonight, democrats won and maga lost. voters vote, polls don t. now let s go win next year. cnn political director david chalian has more from what happened last nig ....
Whether he s just blowing smoke or whether he does actually expect that to happen? i think he d rather see it happen than not happen, but i don t think it s a huge deal to him. you can sort of take it or leave it. come january, and increasingly in february and march, a lot of the key filing deadlines for tea party challengers to get on the ballot pass, so that means you re going to have a lot of house republicans who up until now have been unwilling to do anything on immigration because they don t want to draw a primary challenger, but very soon, it will be impossible for there to be a primary challenger. so, that really does change the political calculation. and, like you said, you know, they ve been making awfully persuasive case. and the establishment republicans would rather not have to deal with this issue anymore. so, they do have that working for them. ryan, do you get the sense of whether i guess what the political heft is to what seems ....
Boehner. and john boehner says he wants to find a way to do immigration reform. he had had this demand that it couldn t be comprehensive, it had to be piecemeal. democrats now agree to that. do you have any sense for whether he s just blowing smoke or whether he does actually expect that to happen? i think he d rather see it happen than not happen, but i don t think it s a huge deal to him. you can sort of take it or leave it. come january, and increasingly in february and march, a lot of the key filing deadlines for tea party challengers to get on the ballot pass, so that means you re going to have a lot of house republicans who up until now have been unwilling to do anything on immigration because they don t want to draw a primary challenger, but very soon, it will be impossible for there to be a primary challenger. so, that really does change the political calculation. and, like you said, you know, they ve been making awfully persuasive case. and the establishment republicans woul ....
Including a lot of personal pressure on leaders like john boehner. and john boehner says he wants to find a way to do immigration reform. he had had this demand that it couldn t be comprehensive, it had to be piecemeal. democrats now agree to that. do you have any sense for whether he s just blowing smoke or whether he does actually expect that to happen? i think he d rather see it happen than not happen, but i don t think it s a huge deal to him. you can sort of take it or leave it. come january, and increasingly in february and march, a lot of the key filing deadlines for tea party challengers to get on the ballot pass, so that means you re going to have a lot of house republicans who up until now have been unwilling to do anything on immigration because they don t want to draw a primary challenger, but very soon, it will be impossible for there to be a primary challenger. so, that really does change the political calculation. and, like you said, you know, they ve been making awful ....