Quinnipiac poll showed mcauliffe ahead of cuccinelli by six points. If they show up, the next governor could be a democrat. If he wins, the long ethank you letter will be to the women of the old dominion. Cuccinelli faces a gap so enormous it is better described as a yawning chasm. Women choosing the democratic candidate by a margin of 50 to 36. As it turns out ladies arent all that into antiabortion, antisod my. Thinking people. Joining me Michael Steele. Nbc political analyst and former governor ed rendell. Managing editor of the grio. Com joy reid and deputy of new york city howard wilson. My fellows and friends, thank you for joining me on this election day, which im determined to make a big deal in this hour we have. Michael steele, ill go to you first. Talk about the implications of the Republican Party. I want to start with virginia. My question to you is will the gop take notice if Ken Cuccinelli is defeated. They will take notice of it. In a sense were making more of these two
but a democrat chris christie is not. nate coan writes in the new republic. he checks the crucial box of the religious wings of the republican party, pro-life and against gay marriage. he has solid credentials opposing taxes and attacking unions which will eventually compliment conformist domestic policy agenda. christie may sound like a moderate but when it comes to walking the walk, things are trickier. you brought up christie and said he s one of those folks who can work across the aisle, part of a functioning government, which is a big deal these days. but a deeper dive into his actual policies, someone who vetoed the bill to increase minimum wage, doesn t support marriage equality, in terms of infrastructure, affordable housing, clean energy he s not a supporter of those things. i wonder what you think as his national profile grows.
0 election cycle whether you think any lessons have been learned on the right side of the aisle in terms of voter outrage? can we see any lessons in virginia? i ve been really surprised. there s been a lot of lip service on the right starting with rnc postmortem report that came out this year, talking about the need to make better investments and the ground game, the use of data and analytics. i don t in talking to republicans at the national or local level see a lot of people who have developed the expertise to do that. this is difficult, sophisticated stuff. your normal sort of political operative staffer types don t have the skill set to do it. in the wake of the democrat s loss in 2004, they invest in a lot of new institutions to house data, do analysis, do testing at great costs that existed on the left. nobody on the right has taken that type of leap yet. in terms of the campaign itself, governor, the surrogate issue in virginia was has been an interesting one. terry mcauli