hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a brutal beating, conspiracy fodder, and public denial. paul pelosi is still in the hospital this day. his attack now the subject of ridiculous internet theories, and most republicans bob and weave when you ask if their election and january 6th lies are fueling our toxic political climate. plus, eight days until your midterm verdict. three embattled house democrats in virginia and a new batch of polls show that tight, that s at understatement when it comes to the fight to control the senate. and a big question is the supreme court about to wipe out affirmative action in higher education? a first for us, the vicious attack on paul pelosi. this hour the husband of nancy pelosi is hospitalized recovering from surgery on his arm and to his skull. today charges for david depape who brutalized him with a hammer after breaking into his home. police brand this as a target
luria and wekton are three interesting case studies of if virginia is they re more educated voters, college-educated voters and other things, that will be interesting to watch if they can keep those seats blue. it s totally different electorate probably than the governor s race last year. right. you mentioned youngkin on parental rights, some people say he overdid it, but it worked for him especially in the northern virginia suburbs. all three of the republican candidates made a joint appearance on fox this morning. listen. first and foremost, it will be the economy. how can we get grocery prices down and gas prices down? i stands with parents and with their children, and unfortunately today s progressive liberal left party has lost touch with the voters when it comes to that issue. the parents rights is the biggest issue here in this district. besides the economy. obviously the economy is f forefront of everything. you see vega and cao closer to washington, d.c., the subu
the use of the word extreme both on abortion rights and in supporting of those who stormed the capitol, interesting in a state that many democrats thought had turned blue. youngkin wins, republicans win statewide, now at a minimum purple. without a doubt. if you drive through loudoun county, just outside washington, which i was doing a couple of weekends ago, the signs for hung kao are everywhere. some is some of the terrain where the school board fights were happening that propelled glenn youngkin into office. this race has joined unlike really it s a different set of circumstances and environment than in other parts of the country. this is washington s back yard. so i think that the if they re successful, and we will see on election night, we ll be watching the commonwealths of virginia which closes early, if these three are successful, then the january 6th messaging worked. manu, you make a good point, democrats other places have shied away from talking about this too much.
in a way that we haven t seen in this country in years. this is a good thing about the race. i think that mcauliffe is over the top. he certainly has an advantage from the early voters. youngkin has to make sure that he gets a lot of voters out today. the bigger issue i think is the fact that mcauliffe has made a decision that he is with the unions. he needs the unions to help him. that s why he s got randi weingarten out there. he promised to give the teachers more money. that s the democrat way. at the end of the way, if youngkin wins, it s about the fact that people are beyond party, beyond politics. it s about american coming together and hopefully it will be a model for going forward. when joe biden popped off at the mouth in glasgow guaranteeing victory, seems to be based on what? you think he knows something or
if joe biden is still at 42, 43% nationally. basically, what this tells democrats either way is that job one has to object rebuilding biden s popularity between now and next november through any means they can because that is the biggest undertow. why are you shaking your head, scott? i agree with a lot of what ron was saying there. i think first of all that the point you made about virginia becoming a blue state, it s true. joe biden won by ten points. for republicans to be within spitting distance of this thing is miraculous in some ways when you look at the trend of virginia. i know what the history is. if this has gotten very democratic over the years, what republicans are looking for here, whether youngkin wins or loses, i think he is a slight favorite. i agree with larry. what they are looking for is does this party have a path back electorally in the suburbs and what we have seen out of the youngkin campaign is a heavy focus on schools, a heavy focus on crime, and a heavy fo