the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
they will most likely still lose i polling is any indication, we don t know. they could lose by a historic margin to a front runner, who, let s be, clear has spent more time in court attending his civil fraud trial this week than he has in the state of iowa. even if now it feels inevitable we ve come to this, it was not inevitable. it really wasn t. there was a time in winter 2020, one after january 6th, when donald trump was being impeached for inciting the capitol insurrection, his approval rating hit an all-time. low it looked like very well be sent to do a period of political exile. then he came back, the 2022 midterms, the elections worked out poorly for most trump endorsed candidates. he backed losers in a ton of winnable races and there seemed to be a daunting wherein us in the republican party that he was politically toxic. in 2024 could be a wide open race for republicans. all those folks gotta because if i was beautiful. not now. trump is polling at 54%, or 30 point
with you, my friend. an hour that is yet to be disclosed. i can t wait to see you again. i never have enough. in a little bit, see you. thank you to you at home for joining me this evening. the republican primary field has won thus canada as of this evening. former new jersey governor chris christie has officially dropped out of the race. it s clear to me tonight that there is not the path for me to one denomination. which is why, i am suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. i know, and i can see it from the faces here, that i and people by doing this. people who believe in our message and what we have been doing. i also know though, it s the right thing for me to do, because i want to promise you this, i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again, and that is more important than my own personal ambition. christy made a number of big statements about the state of the republic
right now on the story, we re awaiting word from the supreme court as the push continues for the justices to tackle former president trump s disqualification from the colorado ballot. on the ballot for now, after an appeal by the state s republican party. this as the gop frontrunner faces a new challenge in the election interference case. special counsel jack smith asking the judge to limit what trump can say during his expected march trial. writing he shouldn t be allowed to propagate irrelevant disinformation or inject politics in to this proceeding. trump firing back that smith wants to take away my right of free speech. jonathan turley standing by with his analysis. first to fox news legal editor, carrie kupec. this filing from jack smith, you think it s necessary or overkill? where does it go from here? it reminded me a lot of the gag order that jack smith wanted in september. that was a gag order that the aclu characterized as election interference. it would limit h
supreme court set to release new rulings any moment. a big one we re waiting for will decide the fate of president biden s student loan relief plan. the court must decide whether the administration has the legal authority to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars worth of student debt held by millions of americans. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning. dana: what? bill: for later. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. the nation awaiting the supreme court decision on the student loan bail-out. at stake forgiving more than $4 billion in student debt allowing people who received the federal loans to keep that money in their pocket. some lawmakers are pushing to repeal the president s plan for student hand-outs. grady trimble live at fox business on the hill. let s start there, grady. good morning. good morning to you, bill. the debt ceiling vote is getting most of the attention here right now. but another vote could happen