joining us tonight. you can follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter and tiktok. i m jake tapper. our coverage continues with the strong laura coates and the mighty alisyn camerota, as i head off on this thirsty thursday to do what i do best, sit at the kitchen table and drink. i know you saw. well laura, i think we re gonna have to really step it up with the superlatives. one time i carried you and now you re strong. i don t need a superlative. i don t need hype girls, i m good. he s just young. have fun with your bourbon, we will see you later. good to see you ladies. and we re keeping the conversation going tonight, good evening everybody i m laura coates in washington, d. c.. and i m alisyn camerota in new york. this is cnn tonight. we re here with our panelists across the political spectrum. one team here with me and the other team, the right one, in washington, d. c. here with me. and after we get started to look at two key states that people have been
Evan mcmullin that independent, if he were to win. he is an independent who has said that he is not going to caucus with the democrats, or caucus with the republicans. and we are talking about this slim margin, this slim democratic majority. that would really throw credit wrench and everything, right? yeah, i mean, if he doesn t tell democrats who is gonna caucus with who he chooses not organized. it would throw, potentially, the chambers in chaos. i will just say, in the past, he s betrayed himself is a conservative on some issues. his campaign is almost being fully funded by democrats and outside democrat groups. but he is saying he will not caucus with them. guarantee that who he would well if you are running in utah you would say that too, and then when the elections over you might. i don t know, i don t know what he s gonna do. i think likely he is gonna win. the correct strategy for senator lee is to portray mcmullen as the democratic