Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Everybody has gone home. A few hours ago, this was a pretty bumping party. Democrats really felt like they had a shot here tonight. It the last 48 hours of this race, everything seemed to be breaking their way. The republican candidate stumbled into a gaffe about Franklin County The Night Before the election started. Their candidate had been all over the place in national and local media. They felt like they were fighting out the la
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Hill for the president and his party. A republican loss might tell us more. If the gop cant hold this district, which last elected a democrat back in 1980, then its a pretty safe bet democrats will recapture the house in november. That would not only stall any trump legislative agenda but also put investigations, possibly impeachment, on the table. There are longer term questions too. If republicans keep losing in the suburbs s th, is that just are acti reaction to the Trump Presidency or a longterm shift . The president tweeted this morning, casting the democrat as, quote, controlled by nancy pelosi, among other things. That democrat is Danny Oconnor, who hopes to benefit from antitrump sentiment in the suburbs but smartly prefers not to talk about the president. Were crisscrossing this district talking to voters about Kitchen Table issues like paying your mortgage, like having access to a safe and secure retirement, like m
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. We expect those also break democratic enough to erase a 1754 lead . No, but could it be enough to cut into that 754 enough that baldersons advantage which is 0. 9 right now over oconnor if that ends up at 0. 5 or less, state law says guess what, we got to have a a recount here. You could potentially, i wouldnt say its the likeliest scenario but you could see that happening. There are also 5048 what they are calling uncounted absentee ballots, that were mailed out to voters in some cases weeks ago and they havent been mailed back. A lot of them probably arent going to be mailed back. Some of them a small number probably military ballots maybe still making their way. Some of them probably a small number are voters you had to have them postmarked yesterday. If they sent it out yesterday, it still comes in, that vote probably still going to be
district, the areas that currentlied to trump, the turnout wasnt as high but the vote, the margins that bal
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Lenders considered for a job in the white house. Well head to the courthouse in a few minutes for more on this developing story, what it means for the president and the Mueller Probe. As big as that legal story is for the presidency tonight, well begin with a Political Development that might be bigger for him and his party because it is happening at the ballot box. You are looking live at people voting in ohios 12 Special Elections where tonights results could show a looming disaster for republicans in november. Recent polls show this race between two generic candidates here, no real superstar, its a coin flip right now. Folks, in a district like ohio 12 which really is a district that straddles the suburbs and the exurbs out there outside of columbus, in play for a democrat like Danny Oconnor, the democrats are looking at a
battleground approaching 80some seats. If Republican Troy Balderson can eke it out, the rep
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Well hear less from him on tax cuts and republican policies that might refer it makes a difference depending on the brand of republican running, especially if they are an incumbent. Desantis has been pro actsive aligning himself with trump. To put it mildly. So of course hes going to do that. On fox every night talking about it. Hes going to be somebody that thinks this is a great, great boost. There are a lot of republicans that are squeamish about the thing the president says that dont line up what they are doing and saying. Florida is a good experiment for this. I was covering the governors race. This is a great experiment. Look, i think in the general election, trump is more of a negative than he is a positive. I think he motivates democrats in a way they have not been motivated since barack obama came onto the National Scene in 2008. But, in the primary, he can
deliver nominations now as weve seen. Desantis aligning him