A Look Ahead to 2010 Politics

Jan 3, 2010

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Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of Cook Political Report, and Stu Rothenberg, editor and publisher of Rothenberg Political Report, talked about the Democratic and Republican Parties as well as looked ahead to 2010 politics and the election coming up in the fall. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic .. Read More
Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of Cook Political Report, and Stu Rothenberg, editor and publisher of Rothenberg Political Report, talked about the Democratic and Republican Parties as well as looked ahead to 2010 politics and the election coming up in the fall. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. C-SPAN Radio's Bobbi Jackson previewed topics for Sunday morning shows.

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00:00:02 HOST FOR THE NEXT HOUR. MIDTERM ELECTION POLITICS AND NOBODY BETTER TO TALK TO THAN OUR TWO GUESTS. ROTHENBERG...
00:00:24 GUEST I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT A NATIONAL ELECTION YOU LOOK AND SAY WHAT'S THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE. THEN...
00:01:46 GUEST I NEVER DISAGREE WITH CHARLIE SO I'M NOT GOING TO START NOW. I'M LESS SEE TIME ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT...
00:02:52 HOST YOU CHARLIE ARE CALLING IT TOSS UP SPACE. HARRY READ. COLORADO IN APPOINTED DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT....
00:03:15 GUEST WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, OHIO, I COULD SEE REPUBLICANS VERY PLUS BLI...
00:04:01 GUEST EXACTLY I HAD A YEAR AGO OR SO, I HAD KENTUCKY LEANING DEMOCRATIC. MISSOURI. NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE HAD...
00:04:53 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL YOU WROTE ABOUT THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY. MARK KIRK IS EXPECTED TO WIN. WHAT'S HAPPENING...
00:05:02 GUEST CONSERVATIVES DON'T LIKE HIM. THOSE THAT SEE HIM AS TOO SOFT. NOT A RELIABLE CONSERVATIVE VOTE. ...
00:05:43 GUEST THIS IS PARTY SWITCHERS. THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ARE THEY GOING TO GET PRIMARIED IN THEIR KNOW PARTY....
00:06:50 HOST HEADLINE FROM THE MIAMI HERALD. CHARLIE CRISP FINAL YEAR OF GOVERNOR BEGINS WITH PERILOUS POLE NUMBERS...
00:07:04 GUEST BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR HIM IS IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. I SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF GROUPS, I'M SURE CHARLIE...
00:08:49 HOST FORMER SENATOR LEAVING OFFICE AND GEORGE LE MU APPOINTED BY CHARLIE CHRIS. DOES THAT IMPACT FLORIDA...
00:08:58 GUEST I THINK WHAT'S TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TO ME IS GENERALLY SPEAKING, A GOVERNMENT. SITTING GOVERNOR IS...
00:09:37 HOST THIS IS FROM BOB, SAYING TEA PARTYERS LOVE RUBIO.
00:09:45 GUEST RIGHT. I THINK THEY'RE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIM. LOOK. IF YOU READ AND LISTEN TO MARK RUBIO HE HAS...
00:10:40 HOST OUR TWO GUESTS WILL GET TO YOUR PHONE CALLS AND TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR STATE. RAISE FOR...
00:11:12 GUEST I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF DAVID LOST RE-ELECTION EVEN WITH THE SCANDAL HE HAD. I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK...
00:11:52 GUEST THERE'S A NUMBER OF STATES THAT ARE BAD FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA. ARKANSAS...
00:12:08 GUEST CHARLIE IS A DEGREE SAVE ON THAT ONE. WHAT GOT INTO YOU CHARLIE?
00:12:14 GUEST DEMOCRATS HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS BUT NOT IN CONNECT CUT. CHRIS DODD HAS A PROBLEM. I THINK THERE'S...
00:13:06 GUEST NO. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN WORSE SHAPE. CHRIS DODD OR HARRY REED. THEIR NUMBERS ARE BOTH TERRIBLE....
00:13:44 GUEST IF I HAD A CHOICE TO BE ONE OF THEM I WOULD BE HARRY REED. HE'S MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO EFFECT...
00:13:58 HOST TEXAS THERE'S A PRIMARY GOVERNOR PERRY THAT SUCCEEDED GOVERNOR GEORGE BUSH WHO BECAME WITH SENATOR...
00:14:13 GUEST DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING AT THIS RAISE SEEING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICANS AND THERE'S...
00:15:33 HOST JIM ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE FROM NORTH CAROLINA. GOOD MORNING, JIM.
00:15:38 CALLER GOOD MORNING. AS YOUR GUESTS AWARE. SPRATT IS RUNNING HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND I KNOW OF A LOT OF...
00:16:24 HOST THANKS JIM.
00:16:26 GUEST THINK HE HAS A REAL RAISE THIS TIME. THE LAST FEW CYCLES HE HASN'T HAD A SERIOUS CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW...
00:17:43 GUEST BETTY. DEMOCRATS LINE. SENATE AND GOVERNORS RAISE THIS YEAR.
00:17:49 GUEST YES, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE TWO GENTLEMEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE SENATE RAISE. EITHER JENNIFER BRUNER...
00:18:08 HOST I THINK DEMOCRAT DOES HAVE A MESSY PRIMARY IN OHIO AND I TEND TO THINK THAT FISCHER WILL COME OUT...
00:20:38 GUEST WE'RE WAITING ON BO BIDEN. HE HASN'T OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED. THEY SAY, NO HE'S DECIDED HE'S GOING TO...
00:22:00 GUEST IF THIS WERE 2006 I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE NAME BIDEN THAN CASTLE IN A STATEWIDE RAISE IN DELAWARE...
00:22:51 GUEST I AGREE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY HE WOULD RUN EXCEPT THAT HE'LL COME UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC...
00:23:20 HOST OUR CONVERSATION WITH CHARLIE COOK AND ROTHENBERG. BILL IS JOINING US FROM HOUSTON. GOOD MORNING....
00:23:29 CALLER GOOD MORNING. MY QUESTION IS, ONE, WE ALL REMEMBER HOW THE DEMOCRATS RAN AGAINST TOM DELAY. IF I'M...
00:24:10 GUEST I THINK THAT UM... AND TOM DELAY WASN'T EVEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. I THINK THOUGH THAT - IF I...
00:25:32 HOST LAST FALL YOU TALKED ABOUT A PRIMARY IN NEW YORK AND MATCH UP WITH RUDY GUILIANI. WHAT'S HAPPENING...
00:25:44 GUEST WELL LOOKS LIKE SENATOR IS IN GOOD SHAPE TO ME. THE DEMOCRATS PROBLEM IS ON THE GOVERN NOR SHIP THERE'S...
00:26:26 HOST WHO DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL BE.
00:26:33 GUEST BOXER IS NOT STRONG. HER NUMBERS ARE NOT. GOT FOUR OR FIVE MILLION IN THE BANK WHICH IN MOST STATES...
00:28:03 GUEST IF BARBARA BOXER LOSES THE SENATE RAISE. DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE A VERY BAD NIGHT. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...
00:29:03 HOST AND HOUSE SEATS ON AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THE FIRST MIDTERM ELECTION FOR THE PARTY IN POWER....
00:29:12 GUEST NO. 16. IN FIRST TERMS FOR ELECTED PRESIDENTS POST WORLD WAR TWO IT'S 16. THE WAY YOU GET IN THE 20'S...
00:30:14 HOST AID IN DEER BORN MICHIGAN, GOOD MORNING.
00:30:18 CALLER IT'S REALLY COLD OUT HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SHOW.
00:30:25 HOST IT'S COLD HERE AS WELL. WELCOME.
00:30:28 CALLER THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION FOR THE BOTH GENTLEMEN YOU HAVE ON T.V. OFFER THERE...
00:31:21 Unidentified Speaker THANKS ABLE. A RESPONSE.
00:31:24 GUEST HIS COMMENT WAS WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR CHANGE. BUT IF YOU TALK TO MOST REPUBLICANS THEY'LL SAY THERE'S...
00:32:16 Unidentified Speaker HE'S CALLING FOR A STATE WHERE THE UNEMPLOYMENT, "WASHINGTON POST"-
00:32:23 Unidentified Speaker REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THE GOVERNORSHIP IN MICHIGAN. I THINK VOTERS THERE ARE JUST ARE...
00:32:37 GUEST TO PICK UP ON WHAT STEW SAID. PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND THEN IN 2008 THEY...
00:33:59 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR AND I'M A FIRST TIME CALLER AND I WATCH THIS SHOW ALL THE TIME. MY QUESTION...
00:35:03 GUEST MY RESPONSE IS THIS IS SIMPLE INTEREST GROUP POLITICS. THIS IS SOME SIGNIFICANT HIGH PROFILE AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
00:35:31 GUEST I THINK THE PRESSURE IS ON THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO NOT JUST DO BUT TO GO MUCH FURTHER...
00:36:42 GUEST AND ROTHENBERG THERE'S A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE SEAT BY THE LATE SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY. RAISE...
00:37:04 GUEST VOTERS IN THE STATE ARE WILLING TO VOTE FOR THE MINORITY PARTY FOR GOVERNOR AND STATEWIDE OFFICES...
00:38:18 HOST SNAPSHOT ON JANUARY 19TH?
00:38:22 GUEST I WOULD BE ASTONISHED IF REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WIN BUT IT'S ASTONISHING HOW MANY REPUBLICANS WE'VE HAD...
00:38:45 CALLER GOOD MORNING. STEVE, GOOD MORNING GENTLEMAN, SPEAKING FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA. STEW...
00:40:09 GUEST NO, I WAS JUST LOOKING AMONG INDEPENDENT VOTERS. LET'S SEE THE GALLOP POLE. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN...
00:41:39 HOST MIDTERM ELECTIONS. MICHAEL BENNETT APPOINTED IN THAT SEAT TO REPLACE SENATOR SAL CZAR AT INTERIOR...
00:41:52 GUEST HE HAS A PRIMARY AGAINST DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATOR THAT HAS SOME ESTABLISHMENT SUPPORT, BUT MOSTLY ESTABLISHMENT...
00:42:57 GUEST YOU KNOW HER BROTHER-IN-LAW. CHARLIE BLACK.
00:43:01 GUEST THAT'S TRUE BUT I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH HER. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE LIKE IN 2006-2008 THE DEMOCRATS...
00:44:06 HOST BRYAN FOR DALLAS. INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING..
00:44:13 CALLER GOOD MORNING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDEPENDENCE AND I'M INDEPENDENT. NOT ONE THAT SWINGS BACK AND...
00:44:41 GUEST WELL HE'S FROM CONNECTICUT AND RUMOR THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION OF HIM RUNNING IN CONNECTICUT FOR THE...
00:46:02 HOST DEMOCRAT LINE. GOOD MORNING..
00:46:06 CALLER I WANTED TO KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF STATISTICS IN POLING AND WHAT I CONSIDER THE NONPARTISANSHIP...
00:46:36 GUEST WELL THE ONLY PARTY THAT'S GOT A WORST FAVORABLE RATING IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT...
00:47:43 HOST CALLING FROM MISSOURI. A STATE THIS WHICH THE TWO LIKELY CANDIDATES. THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF THAT ...
00:48:00 GUEST EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE INTERESTING RAISE. THIS WOULD BE OR COULD BE ONE OF THE CLOSEST RAISES OF THE...
00:49:14 HOST DID WE FILL I BUSTER
00:49:16 GUEST YEAH. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THIS IS NOT REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS AND DEMOCRATS. WHEN YOU PUT THE WORD...
00:49:46 HOST MARK FROM OHIO. REPUBLICAN LINE. GOOD WOR MORNING.
00:49:51 CALLER WANTED TO BRING UP THE ELECTION HERE IN OHIO HAS GOTTEN TO BE WHERE THERE'S SO MANY JOB LOSSES AND...
00:50:35 HOST EITHER ONE OF YOU?
00:50:36 GUEST I'M NOT SURE WHAT SPECIFIC INSURANCE THE CALLER IS TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE THING IS REPUBLICANS PARTY...
00:51:17 HOST WE'LL GET CALLS IF I'M WRONG. I THINK THEY'RE SPLIT.
00:51:21 GUEST THE POINT IS, AT SOME POINT, OWNERSHIP CONVEYS. OWNERSHIP OF THE ECONOMY CONVEYS FROM THE REPUBLICAN...
00:51:55 GUEST I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING STATES. IF YOU LOOK AT STATEWIDE BALLOTS. UP AND DOWN...
00:54:24 GUEST WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A HEAVILY, HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT, AND THE ODDS...
00:54:40 HOST FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING.
00:54:43 CALLER GOOD MORNING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. I GUESS I AM A SQUISHY AND MOODY AND NOT SURE AND FRINGE BECAUSE I'M...
00:54:58 GUEST I DID NOT SAY THAT THE VOTERS WERE FRINGE, BUT THE CANDIDATES WERE.
00:55:11 HOST SENATOR FEINSTEIN --
00:55:14 CALLER SENATOR FEINSTEIN IS GOING TO LOSE.
00:55:19 HOST SENATOR BOXER IS UP FOR REELECTION THIS YEAR, BUT SENATOR FEINSTEIN.
00:55:23 CALLER ALL OF THEM ARE TIED TOGETHER, SO WHO EVER IS, FOR RE-ELECTION IS GOING TO LOSE. BUT CHARLIE AND STU,...
00:55:56 GUEST FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE NOT TYING --
00:56:01 GUEST I THINK MOST OF THE KEY BACKE -- TEABAGGERS ARE REPUBLICANS. I DO NOT THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE PURE...
00:56:21 GUEST I DON'T THINK IT IS SOMETHING NEW. I DON'T THINK WE ARE CREATING THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION...
00:57:12 HOST AN OPEN SEAT, SENATOR JUDD GREGG NOT SEEKING REELECTION. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
00:57:18 GUEST THE KEY ACTION IS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. TO THE REPUBLICANS NOMINATE A TRUE BLUE, TRADITIONAL HARD-CORE...
00:58:02 HOST WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OTHER RACES TO WATCH IN THE 2010 MIDTERM ELECTION. FRANCIS FROM INDIANA. GOOD...
00:58:14 CALLER GOOD MORNING. I'M ALMOST 73, AND I'M A POLITICAL JUNKIE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR -- THE STORY...
00:58:46 HOST TURN THIS INTO A QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS.
00:58:50 CALLER WHY DID WE PRIVATIZE OR VOTE? -- ORU -- OUR VOTE? ALL THE VOTES IN OHIO IN 2004 WERE SHIFTED AND...
00:59:07 HOST THE 2000 ELECTION IS FRESH ANTHONY PEOPLES MINES. -- FRESH IN MANY PEOPLE'S MIN DS.
00:59:20 GUEST I DON'T BELIEVE A 99.9% OF THESE ELECTION FRAUD STORIES. BELIEVE THAT OHIO AND 2004 -- I DON'T BELIEVE...
01:00:14 HOST EUGENE, OREGON. THERE IS A SENATE RACE OUT THERE. RON WYDEN SEEKING REELECTION. REPUBLICANS WANLINE....
01:00:29 CALLER I HEAR A LOT OF POLITICAL TALK ABOUT ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER, AND YOU ARE READING NUMBERS ABOUT THE DISENFRANCHISED....
01:01:11 GUEST THIS IS A PROBLEM THE PRESIDENT HAS. THE CONGRESS HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THE...
01:02:08 HOST THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK IS AN UNDER-THE-RADAR...
01:02:22 CALLER I HAVE A COMET THAT AND A QUESTION TO GO WITH IT. I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAS PAID OFF THE MORTGAGE...
01:03:53 GUEST WELL, THE THING IS, I AM NOT SURE I EVER MET -- BERNIE SANDERS USED TO CALL THEMSELVES SOCIALISTS,...
01:07:10 HOST UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN-IS THAT THE CASE.
01:07:17 GUEST WE DO OUR RATINGS OF THE TIME. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN LEAST IN THE SENATE RACES, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN...
01:08:07 HOST YOU GET THE FINAL WORD.
01:08:10 GUEST YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE HOUSE RACES THAT ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES THAT MAY BE A SURPRISE....
01:09:15 HOST THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS HOUR. WE WILL BE BACK IN A MOMENT. HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOPICS...
01:09:37 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL BE DISCUSSING A CERTAIN TOPIC ON ALL OF OUR SUNDAY SHOWS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE DEATH. FORMER...

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