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Day, howion for the enthusiastic are you about voting . 202 5853880. Republicans 202 5853881. Independents 202 5853882. And if youre outside the u. S. , 202 6280184. A very good sunday morning to you. Headlines in the pages today isut voter enthusiasm, here New York Times. The papers in minnesota, the star tribune the mood of voters , chile and uncertain. Gap gives the gop midterm momentum and this story from the wall street journal. Overstate voter enthusiasm, we want to bring in the reporter who wrote that story to talk about the issue of voter enthusiasm. You, heading into tuesday, which group of voters are more enthusiastic . If you look at people who are more enthusiastic come a these are people like men over the age of 50, tea Party Supporters, Senior Citizens across the board. That is particularly interesting because these are groups that skew republican. Excited republicans are or giddy over the fact that they have an enthusiasm advantage. Host is it a clear sign of victory . G
I had those little scissors. [laughter] listen, four years ago, the democrats lost the governors rate by 20 votes per precinct. 20 votes. 20. That was your cousin pookie not voting. That was jim, who was like drinking beer and setting up his fantasy football for next week, and he didnt vote. That is what happened. 20 votes could decide whether millions of hardworking pennsylvanians get the raise they deserve. Those 20 votes could decide whether teachers get the support they need and whether our kids get a fair shot. 20 votes. Your vote matters. It decides the course that pennsylvania will take, so i am not just asking you to vote, because i know all of you are going to vote. You have got to get involved. There are organizers here. As you are going out, you should try to hook up with them and talk to them about volunteering. Go to voteforpa. Com. Volunteer. Make some phone calls. Knock on some doors. Grab people you know. The election is too important to leave it to somebody else. It is
Trying to do is figure out where the anger is concentrated more and how it plays out. So this is just a very interesting dynamic. And they want to throw the bums out but then they hate the other side, too. So its just its a very, very strange cycle. Ost a question for you. I havent heard too much about them at this point. I think that theyre going to fall in line. I dont know that but it seems like the fact that kay hagan is still in a tight race that the republicans are coming out. If they were going to sit that one out she wouldnt she would be walking away with this. So i dont know too much about that but it seems like the fact that these races are still competitive means that theyre saying theyre going to come out. Host your thoughts on the future of Tea Party Versus Establishment Republicans after the 2014 cycle . Guest well you still see some appearance of tea party candidates. Like in louisiana rob main nuss is probably going to be a critical factor. He doesnt look likely to win.
Does it out of worchester massachusetts. 58 new law makers for the house, 13 in senate, will remake landscape. We will start with the wall street journal. Talking about some of the new issues for the new congress. Republicans in charge of the chambers have a challenging path pushing through bills on some of the most contentious issues health, energy, and spending without inflaming tensions on the left and the right. The senate notes that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, like many new leaders before them, is planning to restore regular order, and members get to shape and debate rather than having a dictated by leadership or negotiated behind closed doors. That senator Mitch Mcconnell was on state of the state of the union yesterday. [video clip] we need to do everything we can to rein in the regulatory onslaught, which is the principal reason we have not had the kind of bounce back after the 2008 recession that you would expect. What you think the first thing that will reach is j