save terry mcauliffe. joe biden will be in arlington, virginia. one of the biggest reasons for biden s ten-point margin is this blue area you see right here. this is right outside of washington, d.c. these are big, densely populated suburbs. the metro area of d.c. they ve been trending heavily towards democrats. arlington county, where joe biden will be, look at that. joe biden got more than 80% of the vote here against donald trump. here s the thing for terry mcauliffe, it s not in doubt these blue counties will be strong for terry mcauliffe next week. the question is how strong. if terry mcauliffe is performing next week on election night in a place like arlington county at this level, the biden level, he should be fine statewide. look here at the trend. this is arlington county. hillary clinton against trump in 2016 wasn t quite as big in the margin. go back to 2012, obama versus romney, biden won by 63 points in arlington county.
they have to get some agreement from senate republicans. that s not going to be easy to do. and the big one, the really big one is november 2nd. you opened your piece talking about this, they re worried about virginia. if terry mcauliffe loses, they re worried about moderates will run for the hills if there s not an agreement in place and they ll be worried about a repeat of 2009 and 2010 and democrats getting wiped out in the midterms. joe manchin is speaking, he s in an interview with david rubin style, co-founder of carlyle. the president of one of the biggest private equity firms. talk about this billionaires tax. this is kind of nonsense. they are being taxed on this income. people this wealthy pay themselves a tiny amount.