DeSantis: Everyone just chill out about 2024

CAPITOL HILL. >> Bill: THAT'S A GOOD LINE. HERE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER, 218. THEY REACHED THAT LAST NIGHT AROUND 6:30 EAST COAST TIME. THERE ARE EIGHT RACES TO BE DECIDED. TAKE YOU QUICKLY THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE ESPECIALLY THIS ONE IN COLORADO. LET'S START THERE. BOEBERT IS HANGING ON RIGHT NOW. HUGE DISTRICT RIGHT HERE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE. SHE IS UP BY 1100 VOTES. WE HAVE ESTIMATED VOTE IN 99%. SHE IS HANGING ON. THAT'S ONE THAT MAY STAY IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN. A FEW OTHERS IN CALIFORNIA. SEVERAL OF THEM. LET ME START HERE. THIS IS CALIFORNIA THREE, A HUGE DISTRICT THAT BORDERS NEVADA. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS ALL WEEK. THE REPUBLICAN LEAD IS HANGING ON BY 9,000 VOTES. THE CENTRAL VALLEY. CALIFORNIA 13. THE REPUBLICAN HAS TAKEN THE LEAD OVER THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER. THIS RACE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN A COUPLE VOTES HERE AND THERE AND SPLIT MANY TIMES. THE REPUBLICAN HAS A LEAD OF 963 VOTES AS OF THIS MOMENT. POP DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH DAVID VALADAO IS IN A FIGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE HANGING ON RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN HIS NEW DISTRICT. HE IS 4,000 VOTES HIGHER THAN HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER. THIS IS A CHANGE, TOO. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT NUMBER AT 54% YESTERDAY, FIVE DAYS. NOW 67%. AND SO IF REPUBLICANS WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE FOUR SEATS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER RACE UP IN ALASKA THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO TAKE BASED ON RANK CHOICE VOTING. THIS NUMBER FROM 218 WOULD GO TO 21 OR 222. I KNOW THERE IS A GUY WITH A BIG BRAIN WAITING TO COME UP RIGHT NOW WHO WILL TELL US WHAT'S THAT ABOUT. >> IT'S KARL ROVE. YOU ARE NO STRANGER TO DIVIDED GOVERNMENT. FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR WASHINGTON AND WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT? >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK BILL IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN ON A TRAJECTORY WHERE THE REPUBLICANS WOULD TAKE 221 SEATS. LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A LEAD IN CALIFORNIA 13. TWO DEMOCRATIC COUNTIES THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OUT. IF THOSE COUNTIES COME IN AT THE RATE THEY'RE COMING IN TO DATE, THE DEMOCRATS WILL PICK UP 400 VOTES BUT THERE IS ONE REPUBLICAN COUNTY THAT STILL HAS VOTE OUT. IF IT COMES IN OFF SETS THAT BY 225 AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE REPUBLICANS WOULD GET TO 222 SEAT BY 700 VOTE MARGIN. AND WOULDN'T THAT BE IRONIC? THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED THE PREVIOUS CONGRESS BY 222 TO 213. AND WOULDN'T BE IRONIC IF THE REPUBLICANS TOOK CONTROL BY THE SAME MARGIN? >> Bill: RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED. A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. WE'LL LEARN A LOT OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. REPUBLICAN PLANS AND INVESTIGATION, NANCY PELOSI'S FUTURE. A WEEK AGO AS THE PRESIDENT ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING. WATCH. >> DO YOU INTEND TO DO DIFFERENTLY TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S OPINION OF THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY PARTICULARLY AS YOU CONTEMPLATE A RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024? >> President Biden: NOTHING, THEY'RE JUST FINDING OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN ANY FUNDAMENTAL WAY. >> Bill: WHAT'S INTERESTING OF THIS MOMENT IN TIME. NO ONE IS WRONG BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WILL COME OF IT. IF YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL, HOW WOULD YOU FORECAST WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> HE IS RIGHT. EVERYBODY IS FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE AND THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS WILL STAY STOP. THERE WON'T BE A GIGANTIC NEW BUILD BACK BETTER BUILD. THERE WON'T BE AN EXPANSION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. THE TRILLIONS IN ADDITIONAL SPENDING WON'T BE SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MY HOPE IS THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO FIND COMMITTEE CHAIRS IN THE HOUSE WILL START TO WORK ON SOME BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR LIVES BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO START OFF BY SAYING NO MORE BIG SPENDING PROGRAMS, NO GIGANTIC EXPANSION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SAY HE DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE IS SIMPLY ASTONISHING. OF COURSE HE HAS TO CHANGE. HE NO LONGER HAS A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE THAT WILL ROLL HIS AGENDA THROUGH. HE HAS DIVIDED GOVERNMENT. IF HE WANTS TO GET ANYTHING DONE HE BETTER RECALIBRATE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH REPUBLICANS SAYING NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE THING. KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING. >> KARL, IT'S INEVITABLE PEOPLE WILL FINISH ONE MID-TERM AND LOOK TOWARD THE NEXT ELECTION. WE KNOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED ALREADY THIS WEEK AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS, EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT HIM TO SEE WHAT HE WILL DO. YOU ARE NO STRANGER WHO IS A GOVERNOR WHO WON RE-ELECTION AND EVENTUALLY DECIDES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. YOUR TAKE ON THAT AFTER YOU HEAR FROM RON DESANTIS WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. >> LOOK, I THINK WE JUST FINISHED THIS ELECTION, OKAY? PEOPLE NEED TO CHILL OUT A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THIS STUFF. SERIOUSLY. WE JUST RAN AN ELECTION -- [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE THIS GEORGIA RUNOFF COMING WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIN THAT GEORGIA RUNOFF. >> WHETHER DESANTIS OR ANYONE ELSE DO THEY HAVE TO DECIDE NOW AND JUMP IN THE RACE THIS EARLY? >> NO. IN FACT, DESANTIS AND GLENN YOUNGKIN HAVE THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS IN A WAY. THEY CAN SAY LOOK, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT MAYBE OR I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT CONSIDERATION BUT I HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO MY LEGISLATIVE SESSION BACK HOME. BOTH HAVE THE LEGISLATURES COMING IN IN JANUARY AND BOTH OF THEM WANT TO ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS. THEY CAN FOCUS ON THAT AND LET PEOPLE COME TO THEM AND HAVE INTIMATE DISCUSSIONS WITH PARTY LEADERS AND PARTY DONORS AND PARTY ACTIVISTS ABOUT WHAT IF THEY DECIDE TO RUN, WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THEY CAN BEGIN TO DO THE GROUND WORK FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WITHOUT HAVING TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE. ONCE YOU ANNOUNCE YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING. TO MY MIND A LITTLE STRANGE PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED. WHAT WILL HE DO TO KEEP THAT GOING? THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OTHER CONTENDERS OUT THERE WHO ARE POSSIBLY THINKING ABOUT IT. NIKKI HALEY, MIKE POMPEO IN ADDITION TO THE TWO GOVERNORS I MENTIONED AND SENATOR CRUZ OF TEXAS AND OTHERS. THIS RACE WILL TAKE A WHILE BEFORE IT BEGINS TO FIRM UP. AS A RESULT IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE FIRST GUY IN THERE TO SUSTAIN IT. WE SAW THIS IN 2007 AND 2008. REMEMBER THE POLLS SHOWED THE LEADER AT THAT POINT WAS RUDY GIULIANI AND HARD FOR HIM TO BEGIN EARLY IN THAT CASE 2007, LET ALONE 2006. IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SUSTAIN THAT MOMENTUM AND IT EVENTUALLY PETERED OUT. SMART MOVE BY THE GOVERNOR TO SAY EVERYBODY CHILL OUT. WE HAVE TIME. WE HAVE A COUPLE IMPORTANT THINGS TO GET DONE. THE GEORGIA RUNOFF AND HE WILL SAY I NEED TO ATTEND TO MY BUSINESS AT HOME USING THE MAGIC OF THE TELEPHONE AND AIRPLANE TICKETS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND SEE HIM TO BEGIN TO LAY THE PREDICATE FOR A POTENTIAL RUN. >> Bill: POLITICS IS A

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Published: Thu Nov 17 2022