Red State Reality Check, Pre-Emptive Kamala Blame Game, Vexing Voting Issues

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Join Jim and Greg as they serve up two good martinis and a double-fisted crazy one. Today, they discuss growing confidence that the GOP will defend all its Senate seats, Democrats already assigning blame if Harris loses, and voting issues popping up in multiple states.

First, they discuss GOP Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer’s stronger position as two different polls show her leading an “independent” opponent who previously supported Bernie Sanders. A Fischer win would boost chances of Republican control, and Jim points to this as another likely example of Democrats possibly overestimating their chances in a traditionally red state.

Next, Jim and Greg chuckle over Democrats reportedly pointing fingers in the event Kamala Harris loses next week. Anonymous operatives hint at criticism of her nontraditional nomination process and the choice of Tim Walz as VP nominee if Trump secures victory. Jim and Greg see the biggest story here being that Democrats are pessimistic enough to talk publicly about a loss that hasn't happened.

Finally, they discuss recurring issues as early voting unfolds. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson confirms some Dominion voting machines are malfunctioning, blocking straight-party voting. Meanwhile, a Washington state voter reports receiving 16 absentee ballots with various names at her address. Why aren't these issues being flagged before people start voting?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.
0:04.6	Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:09.4	Three Martini's coming up.
0:11.6	Very glad to have you with us for Three Martini's coming up.
0:17.5	Very glad to have you with us for the Thursday edition of the Three Martini lunch. Just five days now until election day we have good, good, and crazy Martiniinis for you today.
0:24.8	Double-fisted in fact on the crazy martini
0:27.3	and certainly a whiff of bad there as well.
0:29.9	Jim, let's begin with the latest in the Senate polling.
0:34.2	We know what the Republicans need to do,
0:36.3	assuming they don't lose any seats
0:38.2	that they currently hold in order to gain the majority.
0:40.8	They need to win West Virginia,
0:42.0	which seems very, very likely right now with
0:44.0	Jim Justice. And they seem to have a solid advantage in the Montana Senate race.
0:49.8	John Tester's been a survivor before, but Timehe he seems to be beating him
0:54.3	consistently in the polling out there so we'll see if that ends up being the case
0:58.0	but they'll also hope to maybe pick up Wisconsin, Michigan, it would be a stretch I think, but certainly a possibility.
1:07.6	And then there's the, again, the seats they need to defend.
1:11.3	Right now, Ted Cruz in the latest poll is up four on Colin Allred,
1:15.0	Rick Scott's up five on Debbie Mar Castle Powell, and then the race we've talked
1:20.0	about periodically in Nebraska and that is where Deb Fisher has been in a very
1:27.6	tight race with Dan Osborne who is technically an independent but as you've
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