Stay updated with breaking news from Digit loss. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Evans. tell us about the two stacys and what s going on. let s take a look at georgia. first of all the backdrop for all this, it s an open governor s race, the republican incumbent is out after two terms. in the presidential race, we know it s been a red state, but a single digit margin, inched a little bit closer, a five digit loss in 2016. at one point in 2016, democrats thought they might do better than lose by five points. there s been an influx of folks coming into the state the last generation or so, a lot of young people, nonwhite people, single women, democrats say, the demographics are turning in the state to favor it, potentially. the question though for a democrat is how do you do it? and that makes this primary so interesting because strategically democrats are being offered two very different paths in georgia. ....
Underperforming republicans in the last four cycles. that s the only reason this is even a race. in other words, texas is not turning blue. it s just not into donald trump. although competitive is competitive. the democrats have been so down in the heels for 20 years, they haven t elected anyone statewide since 1994. they ll take good news even in the form of a single digit loss. so part of this is due to lack of enthusiasm for trump. correct. so if it s election night, and we re not calling it a poll close. that will send shock waves tie bun to a bunch of people. is there enough where democrats will see that they did make inroads? there are probably three to five legislative seats that are fairly competitive and one congressional seat. if trump wins by low single digits, those people have a problem. if trump wins by three as our poll has it. there is a layer down from that where people who don t know they ....
it is the top of the hour and this is an inappropriate time for this conversation. but that s what makes us morning joe. joining us now former mccain senior campaign strategist and msnbc political analyst steve schmidt. and in washington new york times reporter jeremy peters. hi. good morning. good to have you all on board this hour. the house majority leader faced the press in the wake of his double digit loss to little known dave brat. the day at times was emotional. house speaker john boehner fought back tears during a meeting with the caucus. the postmortem on what went wrong played out all day long with many in virginia saying cantor had become a washington insider who simply forgot his roots and virginia values. a claim cantor disputes. you know, i was in my district every week. ....
It s going to happen, a big plus for democrats moving forward to 2014. let s go to the republican candidate for virginia. cuccinelli s headquarters. he s the tea party favorite. our reporter is standing by. what does it look like there, peter? reporter: well, it s pretty quiet right now here, and frankly it s probably going to stay quiet for most of the night. republicans have been bracing for a loss at the top of the ticket for weeks now. they re expecting about a mid to high single digit loss. there are a lot of factors in play. a lot of money has come into play. there s been a scandal at the governor s mansion. things have sort of tightened in the last couple of weeks as they really hit this obama care message home. and republicans are hoping a silver lining will come down. they think cuccinelli is going to lose, but there s a winnable ....
Boeing delivered two dream liners to japan airlines after a delay of almost three years because of production problems. platform was evacuated as a gas leak was discovered. aig still owes money but taxpayers will make a $10 million profit. home sales fell 5% as the housing market struggles to recover. many large corporations are now using video game technology to trainman gears and executives. so between games and smart phones next generation ever business leaders may have some very fast finger reflections or it just might be an excuse to play more individual rodwims. the nuggets are off the bulls. el salvador shoots down u.s. hopes for olympic glory. the pacers and the heat handing miami their second double digit loss. your first look at sports is ....