Of us. and our side has to be up, not agonizing, but organizing to make sure that we battle on every single state and every single district to make sure that they cannot, in fact, implement a plan of voter suppression as hard as they try. all right. senator ed markey, thank you for making some time tonight. joining me now political reporter alex izenstat, co-wrote the scoop on and mariner perez. and alex, let me start with you, adelson has been the single biggest donor. what s the thinking behind the latest set of checks he s writing? republicans are facing a brutal midterm environment and they re turning to sheldon adelson and making him their white knight in this case because democrats have had a lot of money they re spending in these races and they re going back to sheldon adelson for
Day. and that s why we have to be totally on alert this year because we have got victory right now that is right in front of us. and our side has to be up, not agonizing, but organizing to make sure that we battle on every single state and every single district to make sure that they cannot, in fact, implement a plan of voter suppression as hard as they try. all right. senator ed markey, thank you for making some time tonight. joining me now political reporter alex izenstat, co-wrote the scoop on and mariner perez. and alex, let me start with you, adelson has been the single biggest donor. what s the thinking behind the latest set of checks he s writing? republicans are facing a brutal midterm environment and they re turning to sheldon adelson and making him their white knight in this case
Possibility. you as a governor, rubio as the running mate. that makes sense to me. you ever think about that? i ll think about it tonight. i want to thank governor kasich for coming here. thank you. i want to thank steve schmidt who i often agree with, and thank you gentleman. the real republican party of our grandparents and parents is still here and alive. and thanks to robert kos inwho gave us the scoop on what donald trump had to say after i think he lost the debate. coming up, who didn t show, who has the staying power to keep going in the race? much more ahead. we re cutting it apart here inside the spin room. this is hardball s coverage of the presidential debate live from the reagan library. for someone who s been in their system their whole life, they don t know it s broken.
i want to thank governor kasich for coming here. thank you. i want to thank steve schmidt who i often agree with, and thank you gentleman. the real republican party of our grandparents and parents is still here and alive. and thanks to robert costa who gave us the scoop on what donald trump had to say after i think he lost the debate. coming up, who didn t show, who has the staying power to keep going in the race? much more ahead. we re cutting it apart here inside the spin room. this is hardball s coverage of the presidential debate live from the reagan library. for someone who s been in their system their whole life, they don t know it s broken. it s not that politicians are bad people. they ve been in that system forever. a leader challenges the status quo and solves problems that are festers for a long time, and they produce results.
Aside the case entirely and rule the initial proceedings were just too improper to stand. we ll continue to follow the developments and as you point out, a decision could be made today or a month away. thank you so much, bristow. up next, new reaction to a ban an gay boy scout leaders. why the controversial policy will now cost the scouts donations from one corporation and its volunteers. and we re going to take you live to l.a. for a look at what happened after the awards show. who better than alicia quarles to give us the scoop on the n vanity fair party. new couples, who did she spy? you know, i don t think i was meant to sweep. it s a little frustrating. look. [ zach ] i can t help out as much as i used to. do you need help? [ doorbell rings ] let s open it up. it s a swiffer sweeper. it s a swiffer dusters. it can extend so i don t have to get on the step stool. i don t know how it stays on there. it s like a dirt magnet just like my kids. [ afi ] this is a danger zone