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the gun involved. meanwhile, john gotti s daughter angel tweeting the media got it wrong. the reports that blamed her recently-released uncle gene gotti for this are wrong, and ms. gotti is demanding an apology for her family. arthel? arthel: 2020 democratic presidential candidates hitting key battleground states for st. patrick s day. former texas congressman beto o rourke in iowa, and washington governor jay inslee set to start an event in new hampshire. we re looking at that live shot right there. several others holding events this evening including senators amy klobuchar and senator bernie sanders as well as former vice president joe biden. joining me now is hannah trudeau with the national journal. that s a lot of people we re talking about. so of the many democratic hopefuls at this early stage of the race, who has the luck of the irish with him or her?
sort of media hits that are coming with somebody like beto. arthel: do you think if or when vice president biden comes, joins the race, do you think he ll come in with a running mate of a complete ticket? that would certainly be unprecedent. i don t know that he s doing that, i haven t reported on that specifically. but, you know, i think he has a unique chance to pull a potential early running mate with him and say, you know, i might be a 70-something year-old white man, but look at my younger, potentially younger or even female running mate. and that could be an attractive option for people who see his age and his gender as a barrier for voting for him. i m not sure that he ll actually go that route, but it could be an interesting avenue for him to pursue. arthel: uh-huh. staff correspondent for the national journal, hannah true doe, you re off now, i think off the clock, so you can go out and drink some green beer.
gop candidates including matt rosendale who is challenging jon tester for his seat and tester thanking the president for his visit taking out a full-page ad in 14 newspapers across the state. thanking him. welcoming him. josh joining us now, a politics editor for the national journal and we love to have you on because you know about every race, seemingly. tell me about montana and is jon tester in any trouble at all? well, the fact that jon tester is taking out an ad describing how close that he is to president trump shows just how much political trouble he is in. among red states, he has voted more against the president, voted against gorsuch, tax cuts and ronnie johnson and got under the skin of the president. the fact that he has to put out this ad in papers across montana to say that he is good friends, it shows that he is worried. dana: is his popularity down since all of this has happened between him and the president
when it comes to texas, we got democrats thinking they ve got two big white whales. one is turning texas blue and the other is defeating ted cruz. they re like captain ahab. their dollars would be better spent in places like nevada or arizona, or even tennessee. certainly, the five states that they ve got really at risk, montana, indiana, west virginia, all potentially florida and ohio. they ve got plenty of places to spend that money but they re ahab and they re after the two big white whales. dana: i d like to imagine your head going through all the different states you have in your head. thank you. thank you, dana. dana: no room for error. that is how my next guest describes the challenge republicans are facing. he singled out five lawmakers saying their lack of preparation could cause the gop in november. let s bring in josh crosshire politics editor for the national journal. i saw this column this morning.