EARLY VOTING BEGINS.
OHIO SHOW SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
WELCOME TO COLUMBUS ON THE RECORD.
ISRAEL AND THE GAZA STRIP ARE HALF A WORLD AWAY.
OHIO LAWMAKERS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH FOREIGN POLICY.
THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL IN ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS.
THEY PUBLICLY CONDEMNED HAMAS IN THE INVASION AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
THEY PASSED THE BIPARTISAN UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION.
--INCREASED THE STATES BARRING FROM ISRAEL.
U.S.
SENATOR --CALLED ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATION TO REFREEZE IRANIAN ASSETS BECAUSE OF THAT'S COUNTRY'S TIES TO HAMAS.
WHEN SOMETHING HORRIFIC AND SURPRISING HAPPENS, IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO HAVE YOUR MAYOR OR GOVERNOR SHOW SUPPORT FOR THAT SITUATION.
AND THE FOLKS AFFECTED BY IT.
WHY DO THEY DO THAT?
>> WHEN AN EVENT IS SO EGREGIOUS AND HORRIBLE, THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT IN FACT, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS SHOULD WEIGH IN.
WHAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED HERE.
THEY WERE CUED BY JOE BIDEN.
WHO REALLY DID ONE OF HIS BEST SPEECHES.
HE NAILED IT IN TERMS OF SAYING IT WAS MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
OF COURSE IT GETS INVOLVED IN OUR DOMESTIC POLITICS AND ALL OF THAT.
IT IS THE APPROPRIATE FIRST RESPONSE TO CONDEMN THE ATROCITIES THAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN, YOU MOVE IT ON .
PEOPLE ALREADY ARE SAYING, WILL THE ISRAELI RESPONSE BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN GAZA?
BERNIE SANDERS HAS ALREADY RAISED IT.
THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO REALLY HAVE IS ALMOST UNANIMOUS CONDEMNATION.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF MISSTEPS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS, -- WAS CRITICIZING JOE BIDEN.
I WAS THINKING, YOU ARE CLUELESS!
>> WE KNEW IT WAS BAD AT THE BEGINNING.
IT TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS OF DETAILS COMING OUT , ABOUT HOW HAMAS INVADERS SHOT PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND WHEN IT'S A CIVILIAN HOMES.
REPUBLICANS JUMPED ON ISRAEL SUPPORT FIRST , RIGHT?
>> YES.
TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, THE PRESIDENT IS LIKE A COMPASSIONATE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF.
THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE ALSO.
WHY REPUBLICANS?
MORE SO THAN DEMOCRATS ?
I'M NOT REALLY SURE MYSELF, AS TO WHY.
BUT YES, WE TEND TO DO THAT.
>> ROBERT --, THE TREASURER, INCREASED THE STATES BARRING.
WE WERE ALREADY BORROWING SO MUCH MONEY, BUT THEY INCREASED IT.
>> I WAS QUESTIONING HIM ABOUT THAT.
SPECIFICALLY THIS.
WHY THE STATE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ISRAEL BACKED FUNDS.
THIS IS NOT ANYTHING, BUT IT GOES BACK DECADES.
IT IS ANOTHER WAY OF SHOWING SUPPORT.
I THINK IT IS MORE OF THE SAME OF WHAT WE SEE, INCLUDING THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM LAWMAKERS ABOUT IT.
>> DEMOCRATS TEND TO BE, TEND TO SHOW HISTORICALLY , FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE THEN REPUBLICANS IN GENERAL.
THAT IS PUT SOME IN A TOUGH SPOT THIS TIME.
>> THAT IS A GENERAL STATEMENT, YES.
SPEECHES ON THE FORM WHO SUPPORTED THE RESOLUTION, THEY WERE ALL SUPPORTED OF IT.
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF NORTHERN OHIO, WHO IS JEWISH, --SEVERAL TALKS ABOUT BEING ON THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN DELEGATION JUST LAST SUMMER.
SOME OF THE SCENES THEY'VE SHOWN ON TV, THEY'VE BEEN IN.
>> BY ASKING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO REFREEZE THE $6 BILLION AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE HOSTAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT ALSO PUTS DAYLIGHT BETWEEN HIM AND JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN IS NOT THE MOST POPULAR DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR.
>> THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENING.
AN ENGAGEMENT CUTTER WHO IS HOLDING THE PURSE STRINGS IN THIS CASE, IF YOU WILL.
THE MONEY WE WERE GOING TO FREE UP?
WE CAN MARKET FOR HUMANITARIAN AID, WHICH IS ALL WELL AND GOOD.
IF YOU GET THE GOOD RESOURCE UP THE MONEY YOU ARE USING FOR HUMANITARIAN AID.
>> THE KEY POINT WAS WHAT YOU MADE.
OVERWHELMINGLY , THEIR SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL AND CONDEMNATION.
YOU MAY FIND A FEW PEOPLE, LIKE RAND PAUL ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
OR OTHERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WHO MAY WANT TO WEIGH IN RIGHT NOW WITH CRITICISM.
THAT IS NOT THE INITIAL RESPONSE.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A LIKELY RESPONSE.
THE SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL AND SUPPORT FOR REFUELING AND REFURBISHING AND ADDING TO THE MILITARY STOCKPILE.
THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS WE GET THE SPEAKER.
>> GOP AND INFIGHTING CONTINUES IN WASHINGTON AND COLUMBUS AS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE U.S. IS --THE U.S. HOUSE IS STILL WITHOUT A SPEAKER.
OHIO'S JIM JORDAN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ENOUGH VOTES FROM THE FELLOW REPUBLICANS.
JORDAN CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR THE JOB.
HIS COLLEAGUES THAT AMERICA WANTS ME.
"AMERICA WANTS ME, ".
REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER IN COURT.
THREE GOP STATE REPS ARE SUING THE HOUSE SPEAKER OVER WHO SHOULD MANAGE THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUND.
THE REPS SAY, --CONTROLS THE FUND BECAUSE HE IS THE ELECTRIC CHAIR OF THE CAUCUS.
FOR THE SPEAKER'S POST AFTER GETTING SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHY ARE THERE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON AND THE HOUSE IN OHIO?
WHY CAN'T YOU GET ALONG?
>> YES.
IS A GREAT SIMILARITY.
EVERY TIME YOU ASK ME A GREAT AND TOUGH QUESTION, I RETREATS WERE BOOKED.
I RECOMMEND PETER CHURCHES BOOK, SECULAR CYCLES.
EVERY TIME YOU HAVE AN OVERSUPPLY OF THE RULING ELITES, THEY HAVE A CIVIL WAR OR SHOOT EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE AN EXTERNAL WAR WHERE THEY DECIDE TO CONQUER FRANCE, IN THIS CASE, MICHIGAN.
HE IS ABLE TO TRACE THIS THROUGH.
WE SEE A CLASSIC CASE OF, THERE ARE TOO MANY REPUBLICANS AND WE CANNOT ALL BECOME GOVERNOR NEXT CYCLE IN 2026 !
OR SECRETARY OF STATE.
OR WHATEVER IT IS.
ALL THE INFIGHTING GOING ON?
THAT'S IN OHIO.
>> THAT'S IN OHIO.
AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, I'M A RIGHT CHOICE VOTING ADVOCATE.
WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRST PASS PARTISAN PRIMARY , WORD ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO BEING THE MOST AGGRESSIVE SHADE THROWING , BUT THROWING PERSON IN THAT CAMPAIGN.
IT MOVES YOU UP THE FOOD CHAIN.
THEY ARE DOING THIS AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.
>> JIM JORDAN IS NO STRANGER TO BOMB THROWING.
DOES HE HAVE A LEGITIMATE SHOT AT BEING THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
>> I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN 15, 30, 50 REPUBLICANS THAT WILL SAY NO!
THE REASON THEY WILL SAY NO IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OR THE U.S. HOUSE.
THE SPEAKERS, THE HEAD OF THE PARTY AND THE HEAD OF THE CHAMBER.
JIM JORDAN DEMONSTRATED HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE CHAMBER.
IN THE OLD DAYS, --REFER TO HIM AS A TERRORIST.
AND JOHN --WAS ACTUALLY QUITE CORRECT.
THE FBI, CIA, HOUSE RULING PROCEDURES.
HE'S NOT THE PERSON TO GIVE AN IMAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS READY TO GOVERN.
BEYOND THAT, IF HE WERE TO BECOME SPEAKER OR A VERY SERIOUS CANDIDATE, HE WILL THEN HAVE A KIND OF SCRUTINY WHICH WE SEE LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS NOW.
GOING BACK TO THE DR. SPROUSE CASE.
>> HE WAS A RESIDENT COACH.
>> YES.
--THEY TOLD JORDAN ABOUT IT.
AND HE DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.
THAT FITS A PATTERN.
HE DOESN'T LISTENS WHISTLEBLOWERS .
HE DID THAT WITH --AND ALL OF THAT.
AND AS A --WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE THE SHOW, HE REALLY IS A LONER.
WRESTLERS, WHEN THEY WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, EVEN THOUGH THE TEAM MIGHT WIN , IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> JORDAN DENIED HE KNEW ABOUT THE STRESS ALLEGATIONS.
HE DENIED THAT HE FAILED TO REPORT THEM.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES NEXT YEAR, DOWN IN OHIO, CINCINNATI, IF JORDAN IS THE SPEAKER, HE REPLACES NANCY PELOSI IN THOSE ADS.
DEMOCRATS RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICANS.
>> THE QUESTION.
EVEN THOSE WHO GREW UP WITH JIM JORDAN IN A POLITICAL SENSE, WE REALLY, REALLY?
I THINK THEY ARE DESPERATE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
THEY KNOW HOW IT MAKES THEM LOOK IN D.C.!
AND I WE HAVE A HUGE INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS.
WE KIND OF NEED TO SPEAKER BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET SOME AID TO ISRAEL.
JIM JORDAN.
CAN HE MAKE THIS DESPERATE CHOICE?
JORDAN HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE CHAIR OF THE NRC SEA.
THE MAINSTREET CAUCUS.
IT IS MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD OF A GROUP.
THEY AGREED TO GIVE JORDAN THE NOMINATION SPEECH.
KEVIN McCARTHY, THE FORMER SPEAKER, ALSO SUPPORTS IT.
WE ARE IN SOME WEIRD TIMES.
>> WE SHALL SEE.
HAVE A CASE AND WHO SHOULD CONTROL CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
FOR RE-ELECTING AND ELECTING GOP MEMBERS TO THE HOUSE.
>> REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN ALL PARTIES IN APRIL.
IT SETTLED THE QUESTION OF WHO ACTUALLY CONTROLS THE OHIO HOUSE CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT.
AND MARIANNE AND RON FERGUSON AND --, THE THREE SUING JASON STEPHEN SAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, STEVENS BASICALLY BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL AND DID NOT PERFORM THE WAY THEY WANTED HIM TO.
THAT'LL BE THE QUESTION.
I THINK IT IS INTERESTING THAT IT STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN RON FERGUSON'S MOTHER, LISA, A JEFFERSON COUNTY JUDGE, STARTED ACTING AS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE GROUP.
TELLING HIM THIS IS A PROBLEM AND WE HAVE CONCERNS HERE.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO NEXT YEAR, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF DEREK MAREN CONTROLLING THE ACCOUNTS AND RUNNING CANDIDATES AGAINST STEVENS CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY AND VICE VERSA.
>> WE USE THE GOP CAMPAIGN FUNDS IN PRIMARIES.
ONE REPUBLICAN AGAINST ANOTHER.
DUKE IT OUT?
AND THEN USE THE CAMPAIGN FUND TO HELP THEM AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS OF COURSE?
>> CONTROL OVER THIS ACCOUNT IS SO CRITICAL.
WE'VE BEEN SAYING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
HE'S THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
DAVID STEVENS IS THE SPEAKER BECAUSE HE GOT THE REPUBLIC BOATS AND ALL 32 DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
>> WILL BRING SOME TOGETHER?
>> NOTHING.
POSSIBLY DEFEATS.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU ASK ME THE WORST QUESTIONS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU!
I DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH TO DO THIS THING!
HOW IT'LL PLAY OUT.
THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE COURTS.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO HANDLE IT.
BACK IN THE 90s WHEN I WAS THERE, WE NEVER HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PLAY THE PRIMARIES.
WE WERE CONCENTRATING ON HAVING MONEY FOR THE GENERAL.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY THEY WERE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE PRIMARIES.
IT GOES BACK TO PETER CHURCHES BOOK.
WHY ARE WE KILLING OUR OWN?
>> IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WILL AT SOME POINT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL , U.S. HOUSE DEMOCRATS , QUIETLY OR NOT SO QUIETLY, GET INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHO WILL BE A REPUBLICAN.
AND HOW WILL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HARDLINERS HANDLE THE FACT A DEMOCRAT HELP ELECT THE SPEAKER?
>> IT LOOKS WILD.
IT HANDLED LIKE THAT HERE.
>> EXACTLY.
FOR EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN FOR NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.
THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE OUTSIDE THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION FACILITY WERE A LOT OF LINES SEEN ON THE FIRST DAY VOTING FOR THE AUGUST SPECIAL ELECTION.
THAT WAS DECEIVING.
MORE PEOPLE VOTED ON DAY ONE THIS WEEK THEN DAY ONE OF EARLY VOTING IN AUGUST.
THE BOARD OF ELECTION HAD MORE VOTING MACHINES INSIDE.
SUFFICE TO SAY, VOTERS ARE ENGAGED TO VOTE ON ABORTION RIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES IN NOVEMBER.
--AND --ARE FEATURED IN THE LATEST NO ON THE ISSUE ONE AD.
THEY LOOKED DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA AND SAID ISSUE ONE IS NOT RIGHT FOR OHIO.
PARENTS WOULD LOSE RIGHTS AND ABORTION WOULD BE ALLOWED AT ANY TIME DURING A PREGNANCY.
UNDER THE AMENDMENT, LATE-TERM ABORTIONS WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IF THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF THE WOMAN IS IN DANGER.
WHICH HAS BEEN THE LAW FOR 50 YEARS.
AND WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE SO-CALLED "HEARTBEAT LAW," SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
THERE'S A LOT OF -- BUZZ IN AUGUST.
I DON'T GET THE SAME BUZZ THIS TIME AROUND.
>> IT IS EARLY.
WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM AUGUST.
NOBODY EXPECTED IT, ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ELIMINATED THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENTION AT FIRST.
WE ARE STILL KIND OF GETTING OVER THAT I THINK.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE ADS.
THE VIBES ARE COMING NOW.
ESTIMATES BUT THERE ADS ON THE AIR.
WE WILL SEE MORE OF THIS.
I'D BE WATCHING DURING FOOTBALL GAMES AND TIMES WHEN EXPECT A LOT OF THE HIGH WINDS TO BE TUNED IN ITS BE LOOKING AT THIS.
I HAVE TO WONDER.
ON THESE TWO SPECIFIC ISSUES, ABORTION AND LEGALIZING MARIJUANA, MANY PEOPLE MADE UP THEIR MINDS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE TO CONVINCE.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU, AND OTHER EASY ONE FOR YOU.
VOTERS IN OHIO ARE CONFUSED BY THIS ISSUE.
ARE THEY CONFUSED OR ARE THEY TRYING TO CONFUSE THEM?
>> IT IS MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT.
FOR ONE THING, I TALKED TO MARGINAL PRO-LIFE PEOPLE.
AND I GO, HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT ABORTION IS DIFFICULT TO WE'VE BEEN TENTATIVE AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
THEY ARE PRO-LIFE BUT THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS?
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT TRUST THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PASS ANYTHING REASONABLE AND ITS WEIGHT.
AND THE MIXED MESSAGES.
THERE IS A PRO SHE WENT.
SO FAR, THAT CAMPAIGN.
I WOULD GIVE IT A C , C-.
>> WHY?
>> NO PRESENCE.
YOU CAN GIVE PEOPLE PERMISSION TO VOTES AND THERE IS A WAY TO INDICATE MOMENTUM.
>> YOU SEE MORE NOSE OUT IN RURAL OHIO?
>> 10-1.
>> THE GOVERNOR IS POPULAR, AN ELDER STATESMAN IN OHIO.
HE PRESENTS ON TELEVISION.
COULD HE HOLD SOME SWAY FOR WAVERING FOLKS?
WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE?
>> SOME , A LITTLE.
THERE IS A WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
CONSERVATIVES.
WHO STILL HAVE A DEEP DISLIKE FOR HIM.
I'M NOT SURE HOW HE CAN CARRY THE DAY.
MAYBE THEY CAN VOTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ANYWAY?
I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS AMENDMENT CAN LOSE IS IF YOU SCAN OF PEOPLE.
I DID NOT SEE THE GOVERNOR'S AD.
SOMETHINGS IN THE ATTIC TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE ABOUT PARENTS LOSING THEIR RIGHTS AND HAVE LATE-TERM ABORTIONS.
THAT'S BASICALLY NOT TRUE.
EVEN IF HE'S BEEN MEASURED IN HIS APPROACH?
>> VERY CALM, YES.
>> THE CLAIM ABOUT THE LOSS OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.
THE OPPONENT OF ISSUE ONE, HIS LEGAL ANALYSIS SPECIFICALLY SAYS PARENTAL CONSENT IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE AMENDMENT.
THAT IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT AS BEING SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS, THAT IS NOT ADDRESSED HERE.
>> HYPOTHETICALLY?
GUESS, YES.
>> SCHOOL BOARD, CITY COUNCIL, --.
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE CALCULUS ON THE ISSUE ONE AND ABORTION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN?
>> THIS IS AN OFF YEAR ELECTION.
YOU HAVE TWO ISSUES ON THE BALLOT THAT WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF MATTERS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL FOR DECADES.
IT IS A WHOLE ABORTION THING.
MARIJUANA.
ARE WE GOING TO SAVE, RECREATION MARIJUANA IS LEGAL?
THOSE ARE TWO MONSTER ISSUES.
I WANT TO POINT OUT LITTLE MANEUVER OF THE OHIO SENATE THIS WEEK.
THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION.
CONDEMNING ISSUE ONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE IN THE CONSTITUTION.
BIG LOOK, YOU MIGHT SAY.
BUT SUPPOSEDLY --I HAVE BIG MONEY ON THE LEGAL ANALYSIS AND MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME OUT HERE --NOW BECOMES A STATE ISSUE.
THEY COULD NOT, UNDER THE OFFICIAL OFFICE, USE THEIR POSITION OR MONEY AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO OPPOSE IT.
BUT NOW IT IS TRANSMOGRIFIED INTO A STATE ISSUE.
WHAT I AM REALLY WAITING FOR , WHILE THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CAUCUS STARTED KICKING AND MONEY?
I THINK IT SHOWED THAT THEY REALIZED.
I MEAN.
ALL THE PROPONENTS OF ISSUE ONE HAVE TO HOLD HERE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING ISSUE HERE.
BUT EXTREME VERSUS EXTREME.
LET US SCHEDULE OUR LAST TOPIC.
IF YOU GO TO AN EARLY VOTING CENTER, HE MAY BE ASKED TO SIGN A PETITION TO PUT A REPORTING PLAN ON NEXT YEAR'S BALLOT.
THEY GAVE THE OKAY TO SUPPORTERS OF THE INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE TO GATHER SIGNATURES.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RULED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONTAINS ONE SUBJECT.
SUPPORTERS MUST GATHER THE 414,000 REGISTERED VOTER MATURES.
THAT IS NO SMART THING.
--THAT IS NO SMALL THING AT THE START OF EARLY VOTING.
IT MAKES BALANCING THE SIGNATURE COLLECTIONS THAT MUCH EASIER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE LEGITIMATE SIGNATURES BY NEXT JULY.
NOT THIS NOVEMBER BUT NEXT NOVEMBER'S BALLOT.
>> PEOPLE SHOWING UP HER REGISTERED VOTERS.
YOU SIGNED THEM UP AND THE SUCCESS RATE IS VERY HIGH.
>> HOPEFULLY THEY DO NOT MOVE BETWEEN NOW AND JULY!
THESE BANKS, ALTHOUGH SIGNATURES.
IT REALLY HELPS THEM OUT, AND A QUESTION.
>> THINK ABOUT HOW REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND ABORTION ACCESS AMENDMENTS GOT THE SIGNATURES INTO IN THREE MONTHS.
THEY GOT A LOT MORE TIME.
SOMETHING IS PLAYING OUT IN REAL LIFE ESSENTIALLY IN THE REDISTRICTING PROPOSAL PUT THE PANEL GOING FORWARD.
THE ENERGY FOR THE REDISTRICTING AMENDMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY BE THINKING, DIDN'T WE ALREADY SETTLED THIS?
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT FOR ISSUE ONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT ISSUE ONE IS AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY IN ONE CAMP OR THE OTHER.
>> WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS OF THIS ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR?
FOR EVERYBODY SAYS IT'LL PASS 55-57.
YOU KNOW?
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER.
WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION AND PLAN WE ARE IN NOW, ON THE BALLOT, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION.
OH LOOK.
THIS IS NO PROBLEM, IT HAS 70%.
YOU HAD NO MONEY SPENT AGAINST IT.
THE QUESTION IS NOT , WILL MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS AND FORMER COLLEAGUES SPEND THEIR CAMPAIGN MONEY ON THIS?
BUT CAN TO CONVINCE SOME OF THEIR GROUPS THAT THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH?
TO SPEND MONEY ON THIS?
>> HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH THIS BATTLE BEFORE?
MANY YEARS AGO?
>> MANY TIMES.
FOR I THINK THIS IS DIFFERENT.
>> ULTIMATELY IT IS.
THEY NEED TO HAVE A VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE.
IT BASICALLY HAS TO TAKE THE POLITICIANS OUT OF REACH ON THEIR OWN DISTRICTS.
THE ACTUAL PROCESS WILL BE SO COMPLICATED.
I KNOW THE OPPONENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
OH MY GOD.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE COMMISSION.
HOW DO YOU GET SELECTED?
I KNOW THIS IS COMPLICATED.
THEM OUT OF MAKING THEIR OWN DISTRICTS.
>> IT'S A BIT OF GENIUS AND SIMPLICITY TO THEIR NAME.
BUT THAT IS THE CENTRAL MESSAGING.
BUT I AGREE WITH JEAN.
YOU KNOW?
THEY WERE NOT OPPOSED.
AND NEEDS TO BE AN EVIL THING.
AN UNELECTED BUREAUCRAT.
WILL BE JOINING THE CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE DISTRICT LINE.
AND OFFICIALLY, IT'S A DARK AND BROODING HALLOWEEN MUSIC.
>> THEY'RE NOT ELECTED.
BOARDS OF ELECTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED I SUPPOSE.
>> BUT THEY DO NOT DRAW DISTRICT LINES.
>> DATA SET ELECTIONS IN THEORY.
>> ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS WHEN YOU DIG A HOLE, PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL.
RIGHT NOW MY PEOPLE, REPUBLICANS, ARE DIGGING THEMSELVES A HOLE AT THE STATEHOUSE AND NATIONALLY.
>> WHEN THE VOTERS SUED, TIMES MOVE FORWARD.
DO THEY EXPECT TO SPEND COURT RULING BEFORE THEY MUST SETTLE ON THESE DISTRICTS?
>> I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THIS SPRING COURT WOULD DO ANYWAY.
CANNOT HAVE THE MAPS WITHOUT THE OFFICE, APPARENTLY.
>> MAYBE WE WILL FINALLY --.
>> ACTUALLY, THREE LAWSUITS ARE BEING CHALLENGED.
WE HAVE A BIPARTISAN, 7-0, PLANNED.
IT'LL BE A STRONG ARGUMENT.
MANY ARE PREDISPOSED ANYHOW?
>> IT'LL BE AN ARGUMENT USED IN THE CAMPAIGN.
SHOULD THERE BE SIGNATURES AND SHOULD THEY GET ON THE BALLOT?
OUR FINAL OFF THE RECORD PARTING SHOTS.
WE WILL START WITH YOU.
>> I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR RANKED CHOICE BUILDING.
ROBERT S KENNEDY JUNIOR WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT .
IF HE MAKES A PRESENCE IN FIVE OR SIX STATES , 20% OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THE VACCINE IS ACTUALLY CAUSING HE WILL PULL HOPEFULLY AWAY FROM TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET WITH THIS RANKED CHOICE QUICKLY.
FOR HE IS RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT?
>> YES.
IF BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT PICKED THE SPEAKER, IT'LL BECOME MORE EVIDENCE THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF THE NEXT SPEAKER.
EITHER THAT WILL SO PANIC THE REPUBLICANS TO SAY, WE HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY.
OR IT'LL BE A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS.
IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, WE WILL DO THAT.
DARRELL?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT ISRAEL AND CONDEMN HAMAS.
ONE PERSON VOTED AGAINST IT.
THE YOUNGEST PERSON AND THE ONLY SMALLEY IN THERE.
SOMALI .
I STAND AND PRAY JEWISH.
I CANNOT SIGN WITH A RESOLUTION THAT IGNORES THE PLIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY ACCUSED OF LYING BY THE REPUBLICAN STATE REP. ANOTHER ONE TALKED ABOUT HER STANDING UP FOR HAMAS.
UGLY.
KAREN?
>> AND AUDIO ELECTIONS, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WE'VE HAD, THE AVERAGE TURNOUT IS 70%.
37%.
AUGUST BEAT IT.
IT HAD 30%.
IT CAN BE A RECORD TURNOUT FOR AN AUDIO FOR THAT.
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