i call a white supremacist agenda to refine our reality and force us to live under their definition. this divide in the democratic party is why political experts are saying this vote could act as a bellwether for next year s mid-term election. sandra: we re watching it in minneapolis. bill: it is down to the wire in virginia. republican glenn youngkin fighting terry mccauliffe in a high stakes battle for governor. a race that could shake up politics in virginia and across america. new hour begins now. election day. bill hemmer. dana has the day off and back tomorrow. sandra smith. sandra: great to be with you this morning. we miss dana, hope she has a good day off. i m sandra smith. both candidates running neck-and-neck in a state president biden won by 10 percentage points. republicans hoping for an upset as the sign of more wins to come giving them a boost in next year s national mid-terms
bill: even then we ve never done it this way before. continue. economics university of chicago, inflation is always a monetary phenomena. what the government does has to increase the productive capacity. that s what this is doing and over10 years. let s not look at the number just in one year. bill: others contend it is a heck of a bet. what happens if terry mccauliffe loses virginia? i think it will be very close. it is a close race. i think he will pull it off. if he loses the lesson will be we should have passed these bills earlier. there has been the headlines haven t been helpful and it will increase the urgency to get both of these bills across. bill: wow. appreciate the time today. come back soon. we ll see how long it takes or not. thank you for your time today. sandra: great conversation. you don t have to be a university of chicago economist
so many of these businesses felt so restricted during the pandemic. they are trying to come back alive. business owners have spoken up as well. bill: the other thing is have democrats in washington over reached? have they overread what they perceived to be a mandate in the election? 50/50 senate. bill mcgurn writes this. in some ways mr. mccauliffe suffers from the same problem as the democratic moderates in congress. they have no moderate agenda. what moderates offer is a somewhat cheaper knock-off of the progressive agenda. on that note you heard what joe manchin did yesterday against the build back better plans and if the brakes are being put on by him and a few others. sandra: there will be lessons learned by republicans as well. axios talking about trump lite. perhaps this will be the test for how republicans either embrace or not embrace donald
that race. polls show it is the number one race and glenn youngkin s message. look at the posture of the candidates. you showed this in the intro. one candidate trfp on the defensive throwing out donald trump lines amongst and electorate focused on how things affect their kids and pocket book and their communities. glenn youngkin speaking directly to that. glenn youngkin has a ton of momentum. sandra: bill mcgurn said this in the wall street journal this morning. in some way mr. mccauliffe suffers from the same problem as democratic moderates in congress. democrats have no moderate agenda. what moderates offer is a somewhat cheaper knock-off of the progressive agenda. looking at how terry mccauliffe ran his campaign, ran in this race, perhaps it s too early to talk about lessons learned, what will your party take away from how he led his way through
northern virginia heavily populated. the richmond area just a lot of votes in that part of the state as well. virginia beach down here in the tide water region and red area going down toward the border with west virginia. that s what i m watching. what are the propers watching? josh holmes and mo elleithee. what are you watching tonight, josh? i think you guys did a nice job of the issues. start with the biden administration and high profile failures on things like inflation, supply chain crisis, border crisis, covid made worse and things come to light in virginia specific that have a national tail to them. things like education. terry mccauliffe has not taken the concerns that virginia parents have about what is happening in the classrooms with their kids. that s having a big impact in