his pro gun stance as if they were some kind of a far left group to try and tear him down and so this is ominous and i do think that it will reverberate in many other races and here s why. if you drill into the numbers a little bit, what we saw here were twin forces. conor lamb couldn t just pull this out by having anti trump forever alone in allegheny county. he got that but what else did he get? he got those blue collar working class areas to flip over to him, many of these people who voted for trump just a year ago moving over to vote for the democrat. that is a very serious sign in other districts. this district should not have been anywhere competitive. and there s no spinning this, joe. the white house spin last night was the polls early the recent polls said it was 4, 5 or 6 points for conor lamb. the president pulled him closer. well, the reason that gap closed from 16 months ago to plus 20 from trump arguably is because
but they face stiff winds, headwinds in tallahassee down in florida and even stiffer winds in washington. florida governor rick scott has an a plus rating from the nra because he has consistently opposed new restrictions like longer wait times for gun purchases. in 2011, the republican state legislature down there passed a law that would prevent local leaders from passing their own gun control ordinances even imposing a $5,000 fine if they did so. then there s the president himself. the daily beast reports trump s eldest son is telling the president to not waiver on his pro gun stance whatever the impassioned calls for reform. close quote. despite that, the white house says trump is supportive of improved background checks. the president they also announced he has ordered jeff sessions to draw up regulations banning bump stocks. just a few moments ago, i
but just in right now, new poll numbers painting a very telling picture of the race for the republican presidential nomination. we can now report that mitt romney is the candidate to beat in at least two of the crucial first four voting contests of the 2012 election with herman cain a sometimes close, sometimes distant second. our new cnn time orc poll of republican voters just released shows romney on top in iowa s january 3rd caucuses, leading herman cain by three points, but that s well within the sampling error of plus or mines. in new hampshire, romney has a lead over cain. in south carolina, a two-point edge for romney, again, within the margin of error. in florida, it s romney 30% to cain s 18%. before the polls came out, romney made it clear he s setting his sights very high. i think the greatest threat to my success would be president obama and i m planning on beating him soon. let s talk about these new poll numbers with our chief political correspondent, the