WEBVTT 00:02.402 --> 00:04.202 align:start . 00:04.205 --> 00:04.769 align:start >>> THE 2018 ELECTION CYCLE 00:04.772 --> 00:06.037 align:start HEATING UP. 00:06.040 --> 00:07.238 align:start >> THIS GOING TO BE A HUGE 00:07.241 --> 00:08.573 align:start POLITICAL RACE, MILLIONS AND 00:08.576 --> 00:09.173 align:start MILLIONS OF OUTSIDE DOLLARS 00:09.176 --> 00:11.542 align:start BEING SPENT. 00:11.545 --> 00:14.112 align:start >> AN OPEN SENATE SEAT CREATES A 00:14.115 --> 00:15.780 align:start DOMINO EFFECT ON OTHER RACES. 00:15.783 --> 00:17.215 align:start >> YOU'LL HAVE SO MANY OF THEM 00:17.218 --> 00:17.648 align:start VACANTING THEIR SEATS 00:17.651 --> 00:19.183 align:start POTENTIALLY. 00:19.186 --> 00:21.953 align:start >> A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FACING 00:21.956 --> 00:23.321 align:start SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. 00:34.267 --> 00:37.335 align:start >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 00:37.338 --> 00:39.637 align:start US. 00:39.640 --> 00:40.738 align:start ARIZONA'S OPEN SENATE SEAT 00:40.741 --> 00:42.874 align:start GENERATING EXCITEMENT AND 00:42.877 --> 00:44.208 align:start OPENING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE 00:44.211 --> 00:45.610 align:start FUTURE OF ARIZONA'S POLITICAL 00:45.613 --> 00:46.444 align:start LANDSCAPE, A COMPREHENSIVE 00:46.447 --> 00:49.147 align:start ANALYSIS FROM POLITICAL 00:49.150 --> 00:51.883 align:start STRATEGIST IN PHOENIX, DREW SEX 00:51.886 --> 00:53.051 align:start TON SERVED AS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS 00:53.054 --> 00:54.819 align:start AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST 00:54.822 --> 01:01.025 align:start AND NOW REPRESENTS HIGH GROUND 01:01.028 --> 01:04.996 align:start PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND JASON BARASA 01:04.999 --> 01:08.199 align:start FOR THE PARTY, BOTH STRATEGISTS 01:08.202 --> 01:09.600 align:start DEGREE ARIZONA IS IN A UNIQUE 01:09.603 --> 01:10.501 align:start SPOT, 12 MEN, MAJORITY 01:10.504 --> 01:19.544 align:start REPUBLICAN REPRESENTED ARIZONA 01:19.547 --> 01:21.813 align:start IN THE U.S. SENATE AND MARTHA 01:21.816 --> 01:22.113 align:start McSALLY SAID SHE'LL BE IN THE 01:22.116 --> 01:23.781 align:start RACE. 01:23.784 --> 01:27.151 align:start WE BEGIN WITH DREW SEXTON. 01:27.154 --> 01:28.352 align:start >> ANY CANDIDATE THAT WINS THE 01:28.355 --> 01:30.221 align:start NOMINATION FOR THE SENATE SEAT 01:30.224 --> 01:32.090 align:start AS A REPUBLICAN THEY'LL HAVE A 01:32.093 --> 01:33.057 align:start BIG ADVANTAGE BUT OBVIOUSLY 01:33.060 --> 01:34.692 align:start DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS ARE 01:34.695 --> 01:36.094 align:start GOING ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. 01:36.097 --> 01:38.896 align:start PRESIDENT TRUMP ALREADY HAD AN 01:38.899 --> 01:40.765 align:start EFFECT IN TURNOUTS IN PLACES 01:40.768 --> 01:41.732 align:start LIKE VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY. 01:41.735 --> 01:44.368 align:start REPUBLICANS WILL NEED TO MAKE 01:44.371 --> 01:45.536 align:start SURE THEY NOMINATE A SOLID 01:45.539 --> 01:47.138 align:start CANDIDATE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE 01:47.141 --> 01:48.072 align:start FRINGE OF WHAT WE WOULD SAY THE 01:48.075 --> 01:49.607 align:start REPUBLICAN PARTY IS. 01:49.610 --> 01:50.875 align:start THEY NEED TO HAVE A CREDIBLE 01:50.878 --> 01:52.777 align:start CANDIDATE THAT CAN BUILD A 01:52.780 --> 01:53.177 align:start WINNING GENERAL ELECTION 01:53.180 --> 01:55.246 align:start COALITION. 01:55.249 --> 01:55.947 align:start >> JASON, DO DEMOCRATS SEE THIS 01:55.950 --> 01:58.149 align:start AS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY? 01:58.152 --> 02:00.985 align:start >> I THINK THEY DO. 02:00.988 --> 02:02.987 align:start YOU'RE DEALING WITH A FRACTURED 02:02.990 --> 02:05.156 align:start REPUBLICAN PARTY AND STARTING TO 02:05.159 --> 02:06.524 align:start TRICKLE ITS WAY DOWN, IT'S GOING 02:06.527 --> 02:07.992 align:start TO PRODUCE VERY INTERESTING 02:07.995 --> 02:09.460 align:start RESULTS AND COULD BE THE 02:09.463 --> 02:10.094 align:start OPPORTUNITY THE DEMOCRATS NEED 02:10.097 --> 02:12.563 align:start IN THIS PARTICULAR RACE. 02:12.566 --> 02:14.565 align:start >> FRACTURE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A 02:14.568 --> 02:15.233 align:start TOUGH WORD TO USE BUT MIGHT BE 02:15.236 --> 02:18.369 align:start PRETTY ACCURATE. 02:18.372 --> 02:20.838 align:start >> THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN A 02:20.841 --> 02:22.373 align:start SHIFT IDEOLOGUALLY IN WHAT THE 02:22.376 --> 02:24.175 align:start PRIORITIES ARE. 02:24.178 --> 02:25.576 align:start WE'VE GONE FROM A PARTY THAT'S 02:25.579 --> 02:27.311 align:start TYPICALLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH 02:27.314 --> 02:29.280 align:start THINGS LIKE FREE TRADE TO WHERE 02:29.283 --> 02:30.781 align:start WE'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT JUST 02:30.784 --> 02:33.151 align:start SOMEBODY A CANDIDATE THAT WILL 02:33.154 --> 02:35.019 align:start FIGHT FOR OUR BELIEFS, NOT 02:35.022 --> 02:36.020 align:start NECESSARILY BE OR HAVE 02:36.023 --> 02:37.755 align:start IDEALOGICAL PURITY. 02:37.758 --> 02:39.524 align:start I THINK THERE'S GOING TO 02:39.527 --> 02:41.192 align:start OBVIOUSLY BE A TOUGH REPUBLICAN 02:41.195 --> 02:43.161 align:start FIGHT IN THE SENATE, WHETHER 02:43.164 --> 02:45.997 align:start IT'S WITH FORMER STATE SENATOR 02:46.000 --> 02:47.965 align:start KELLY WARD IN SPECULATIVELY 02:47.968 --> 02:50.234 align:start CONGRESSMAN MARTHA McSALLY AND 02:50.237 --> 02:52.236 align:start JAY HOOILER WHO HAS THE BACKING 02:52.239 --> 02:54.105 align:start OF GOVERNOR BREWER, IT WILL BE A 02:54.108 --> 02:56.407 align:start TOUGH, NASTY PRIMARY BUT WE'VE 02:56.410 --> 02:58.242 align:start SEEN TRADITIONALLY THAT 02:58.245 --> 02:59.443 align:start REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD TOUGH 02:59.446 --> 03:00.878 align:start PRIMARIES BUT IT'S HELPED 03:00.881 --> 03:02.880 align:start CANDIDATES IN THE LONG RUN AND 03:02.883 --> 03:05.016 align:start MADE THEM BATTLE TESTED AND FINE 03:05.019 --> 03:06.651 align:start TUNE MESSAGING AND STILL HAVE A 03:06.654 --> 03:07.051 align:start LOT OF SUCCESS IN GENERAL 03:07.054 --> 03:10.555 align:start ELECTIONS. 03:10.558 --> 03:11.522 align:start >> JASON, WE HEAR CONGRESSWOMAN 03:11.525 --> 03:14.225 align:start DOING VERY WELL. 03:14.228 --> 03:14.525 align:start HOW LIKELY IS SHE TO LEAD THE 03:14.528 --> 03:16.160 align:start RACE? 03:16.163 --> 03:18.863 align:start >> HER CHALLENGE IS KEEPING HER 03:18.866 --> 03:19.230 align:start NAME OUT THERE AND STAYING 03:19.233 --> 03:20.831 align:start RELEVANT. 03:20.834 --> 03:22.333 align:start WITHOUT THE PRIMARY THAT BECOMES 03:22.336 --> 03:23.868 align:start A DIFFICULT THING TO DO WHICH 03:23.871 --> 03:25.069 align:start ALWAYS TENDS TO BENEFIT THOSE 03:25.072 --> 03:25.403 align:start CANDIDATES THAT HAVE THE 03:25.406 --> 03:26.571 align:start PRIMARY. 03:26.574 --> 03:28.172 align:start THEY ARE THE ONES BEING COVERED 03:28.175 --> 03:29.173 align:start IN THE MEDIA AND HAVING THEIR 03:29.176 --> 03:31.008 align:start TALKING POINTS COVERED. 03:31.011 --> 03:32.510 align:start IN THIS RACE IT ALL COMES DOWN 03:32.513 --> 03:35.146 align:start TO TRUMP AND HOW MUCH YOU'RE 03:35.149 --> 03:36.380 align:start GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED OR 03:36.383 --> 03:39.050 align:start UNASSOCIATED WITH HIM COMING OUT 03:39.053 --> 03:42.119 align:start OF THAT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. 03:42.122 --> 03:44.655 align:start SO FOR HER AND IN THIS CASE, ALL 03:44.658 --> 03:47.658 align:start GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT TRYING TO 03:47.661 --> 03:50.895 align:start PORTRAY THE EVENTUAL CANDIDATE 03:50.898 --> 03:52.029 align:start THAT COMES OUT AS A TRUMPITE, 03:52.032 --> 03:54.131 align:start SOMEBODY ON THAT FRINGE AND 03:54.134 --> 03:58.302 align:start ISN'T THE MAINSTREAM CANDIDATE. 03:58.305 --> 03:59.136 align:start >> ARIZONA HAS LONG BEEN A 03:59.139 --> 04:02.173 align:start CONSERVATIVE STATE. 04:02.176 --> 04:03.241 align:start IS DONALD TRUMP REPUBLICAN, 04:03.244 --> 04:04.308 align:start KELLY WARD REPUBLICAN, A 04:04.311 --> 04:05.910 align:start REPUBLICAN STATE OR IS THIS A 04:05.913 --> 04:07.912 align:start NEW BREED OF CONSERVATIVES? 04:07.915 --> 04:09.880 align:start >> IN OUR SURVEY RESEARCH AT 04:09.883 --> 04:11.682 align:start HIGH GROUND WE PUT OUT A POLL IN 04:11.685 --> 04:13.584 align:start MID AUGUST AND FOUND THREE OF 04:13.587 --> 04:15.119 align:start FOUR LIKELY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY 04:15.122 --> 04:15.686 align:start VOTERS STILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT 04:15.689 --> 04:17.021 align:start TRUMP. 04:17.024 --> 04:18.923 align:start HE DOES HAVE IMPORTANCE. 04:18.926 --> 04:20.591 align:start HIS ENDORSEMENT WILL BE A BIG 04:20.594 --> 04:20.925 align:start DEAL WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN 04:20.928 --> 04:22.660 align:start PRIMARY. 04:22.663 --> 04:25.196 align:start WHETHER THAT IMPACTS THE GENERAL 04:25.199 --> 04:26.897 align:start ELECTION IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, I 04:26.900 --> 04:27.265 align:start THINK THAT'S STILL UP FOR 04:27.268 --> 04:29.033 align:start QUESTION. 04:29.036 --> 04:33.037 align:start I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTING 04:33.040 --> 04:34.605 align:start DYNAMICS OF A POTENTIAL McSALLY 04:34.608 --> 04:35.840 align:start CINEMA RACE, WE'VE SEEN 04:35.843 --> 04:37.208 align:start REPUBLICANS THAT WIN THE 04:37.211 --> 04:39.644 align:start NOMINATION WHETHER IT'S FOR 04:39.647 --> 04:42.580 align:start GOVERNOR OR SENATE, TYPICALLY 04:42.583 --> 04:48.953 align:start THEY COME FROM MARICOPA COUNTY 04:48.956 --> 04:52.523 align:start AND PIMA IS BEEN A STRONG HOLD. 04:52.526 --> 04:54.458 align:start McSALLY REPRESENTS A BIG PART OF 04:54.461 --> 04:55.192 align:start TUCSON. 04:55.195 --> 04:58.262 align:start SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANG 04:58.265 --> 04:59.997 align:start TOUGH IN PIMA AND THAT MAKES FOR 05:00.000 --> 05:02.166 align:start AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC WITH 05:02.169 --> 05:05.036 align:start CONGRESSWOMAN CINEMA, HER BASE 05:05.039 --> 05:06.070 align:start IS TEMPE AND CHANDLEER. 05:06.073 --> 05:09.340 align:start THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING 05:09.343 --> 05:10.675 align:start THING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IF 05:10.678 --> 05:14.378 align:start SHE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE HER 05:14.381 --> 05:15.479 align:start MESSAGE TO RURAL COUNTIES LIKE 05:15.482 --> 05:18.282 align:start MOJAVE AND YUMA. 05:18.285 --> 05:18.582 align:start >> WHO DO WE SEE JUMP IN THAT 05:18.585 --> 05:19.884 align:start RACE? 05:19.887 --> 05:21.218 align:start >> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF 05:21.221 --> 05:26.524 align:start CANDIDATES CIRCLING THEIR NAMES 05:26.527 --> 05:29.060 align:start OUT THERE. 05:29.063 --> 05:31.162 align:start MATT HINES, HE HAS NAME I.D. 05:31.165 --> 05:33.464 align:start LOCALLY AND ANN KIRK PATRICK, IT 05:33.467 --> 05:35.433 align:start COULD BE A VERY POTENT ADVERSARY 05:35.436 --> 05:37.568 align:start FOR ANY REPUBLICANS TO STEP 05:37.571 --> 05:40.805 align:start FORWARD IN THAT RACE. 05:40.808 --> 05:43.641 align:start >> CD 2 HAS BEEN WATCHED FROM A 05:43.644 --> 05:45.643 align:start NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IS IT 05:45.646 --> 05:46.744 align:start THAT'S SO FASCINATING? 05:46.747 --> 05:48.679 align:start JASON, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 05:48.682 --> 05:50.081 align:start >> WHEN YOU GO TO THE VERY BASE 05:50.084 --> 05:51.482 align:start SICKS, LOOKING AT REGISTRATION, 05:51.485 --> 05:53.551 align:start IT'S ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT 05:53.554 --> 05:54.952 align:start IS CLOSE IN REGISTRATION FOR 05:54.955 --> 05:56.987 align:start EITHER SIDE TO MAKE A PLAY FOR 05:56.990 --> 05:57.555 align:start IT JUST BASED ON SOLID 05:57.558 --> 05:59.457 align:start REGISTRATION NUMBERS. 05:59.460 --> 06:01.592 align:start BUT THEN YOU BRING IN OUTSIDE 06:01.595 --> 06:02.960 align:start FACTORS WHERE YOU HAVE A 06:02.963 --> 06:03.894 align:start MILITARY BASE TENDS TO PLAY 06:03.897 --> 06:06.430 align:start TOWARDS MORE REPUBLICAN 06:06.433 --> 06:07.932 align:start CANDIDATES AND VERY STRONG 06:07.935 --> 06:10.668 align:start ENVIRONMENTAL PRESENCE DOWN IN 06:10.671 --> 06:12.203 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA, WHICH TENDS TO 06:12.206 --> 06:12.570 align:start GO TOWARDS MORE A DEMOCRATIC 06:12.573 --> 06:14.004 align:start CANDIDATE. 06:14.007 --> 06:15.539 align:start IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A 06:15.542 --> 06:16.807 align:start DISTRICT THAT HAS ISSUES THAT 06:16.810 --> 06:18.008 align:start ARE IMPORTANT OR PRESENCE THERE 06:18.011 --> 06:20.544 align:start FOR ITS CONSTITUENTS THAT CAN 06:20.547 --> 06:21.946 align:start PLAY TO EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE 06:21.949 --> 06:22.246 align:start AND VERY CLOSE REGISTRATION 06:22.249 --> 06:24.815 align:start BASE. 06:24.818 --> 06:25.116 align:start IT MAKES IT APPEALING TO EITHER 06:25.119 --> 06:26.784 align:start SIDE. 06:26.787 --> 06:27.351 align:start >> I THINK IT'S KIND OF A 06:27.354 --> 06:28.986 align:start FASCINATING DISTRICT. 06:28.989 --> 06:31.255 align:start IT WAS ONE OF ONLY 23 DISTRICTS 06:31.258 --> 06:33.023 align:start IN THE COUNTRY THAT VOTED FOR 06:33.026 --> 06:34.925 align:start SECRETARY CLINTON, BUT ALSO 06:34.928 --> 06:35.292 align:start REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL 06:35.295 --> 06:36.861 align:start CANDIDATE. 06:36.864 --> 06:39.530 align:start IN THIS INSTANCE, McSALLY. 06:39.533 --> 06:42.199 align:start I THINK THE DYNAMIC OF HAVING A 06:42.202 --> 06:43.234 align:start LARGE CHUNK OF THAT URBAN TUCSON 06:43.237 --> 06:45.035 align:start COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THAT 06:45.038 --> 06:47.638 align:start STRETCHES ALL THE WAY TO THE 06:47.641 --> 06:50.274 align:start BORDER, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ERA 06:50.277 --> 06:52.076 align:start VISTA, IT IS A VERY UNIQUE 06:52.079 --> 06:53.010 align:start DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF THAT MIX OF 06:53.013 --> 06:55.346 align:start URBAN AND RURAL. 06:55.349 --> 06:57.548 align:start ANY CANDIDATES THAT RUNS IN CD 2 06:57.551 --> 06:58.616 align:start WILL HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT MIX 06:58.619 --> 07:00.418 align:start BETWEEN REPRESENTING THOSE IN 07:00.421 --> 07:02.820 align:start URBAN COMMUNITIES AND THOSE IN 07:02.823 --> 07:04.021 align:start RURAL BECAUSE AS WE SEE 07:04.024 --> 07:07.091 align:start ELECTORAL RESULTS, THAT'S 07:07.094 --> 07:08.359 align:start BECOMING THE BIGGEST DIVIDE AND 07:08.362 --> 07:10.294 align:start INDICATOR OF PARTISAN VOTER, 07:10.297 --> 07:11.495 align:start WHETHER YOU LIVE IN AN URBAN 07:11.498 --> 07:14.165 align:start COMMUNITY OR RURAL COMMUNITY. 07:14.168 --> 07:15.366 align:start I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKE CD2 07:15.369 --> 07:17.034 align:start UNIQUE, ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS 07:17.037 --> 07:17.635 align:start THAT BRINGS BOTH OF THOSE 07:17.638 --> 07:18.969 align:start FACTORS TOGETHER. 07:18.972 --> 07:20.337 align:start >> ARE THESE DEMOCRATS THAT 07:20.340 --> 07:21.639 align:start CONNECTED THEMSELVES TO THE 07:21.642 --> 07:23.941 align:start HILLARY CLINTON CAMP THAT WE SAW 07:23.944 --> 07:26.277 align:start MORE THAN A YEAR AGO? 07:26.280 --> 07:28.245 align:start ARE DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO SEE 07:28.248 --> 07:28.546 align:start FRACTURING WHAT THEIR PARTY ONCE 07:28.549 --> 07:30.014 align:start WAS? 07:30.017 --> 07:31.715 align:start >> TALK ABOUT FRACTURING IN THE 07:31.718 --> 07:33.017 align:start REPUBLICAN PARTY, I DON'T THINK 07:33.020 --> 07:34.752 align:start DEMOCRATS HAVE COME ACROSS WHO 07:34.755 --> 07:35.085 align:start THEY ARE AND DEFINED THEMSELVES 07:35.088 --> 07:36.487 align:start EITHER. 07:36.490 --> 07:37.988 align:start THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SEE 07:37.991 --> 07:40.524 align:start IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO DEVELOP 07:40.527 --> 07:41.559 align:start OUT OF DEMOCRATS DEFINING WHO 07:41.562 --> 07:42.359 align:start THEY ARE AND COMING FORWARD WITH 07:42.362 --> 07:43.761 align:start THEIR MESSAGE. 07:43.764 --> 07:49.333 align:start IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THEY 07:49.336 --> 07:50.234 align:start WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE A BENEFIT 07:50.237 --> 07:50.634 align:start OFF OF THE OPPORTUNITIES 07:50.637 --> 07:51.769 align:start PRESENTED. 07:51.772 --> 07:52.970 align:start >> TWO PARTIES IDENTIFYING 07:52.973 --> 07:55.940 align:start THEMSELVES IN A STATE THAT HAS 07:55.943 --> 07:58.108 align:start LONG BEEN A CONSERVATIVE PLACE, 07:58.111 --> 08:00.377 align:start DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE THE PURPLE 08:00.380 --> 08:00.644 align:start THAT JASON THINKS HE WANTS US TO 08:00.647 --> 08:01.846 align:start BE. 08:01.849 --> 08:03.280 align:start >> BOTH ARE LOOKING IN THE 08:03.283 --> 08:04.582 align:start MIRROR AND SAYING WHO ARE WE? 08:04.585 --> 08:06.550 align:start WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE? 08:06.553 --> 08:09.954 align:start WHAT VALUE DO WE REPRESENT. 08:09.957 --> 08:11.322 align:start ARE WE COMMITTED TO IDEALOGICAL 08:11.325 --> 08:12.857 align:start PURSUITS, COMMITTED TO GETTING 08:12.860 --> 08:14.625 align:start THINGS DONE OR MOSTLY JUST 08:14.628 --> 08:14.925 align:start COMMITTED TO ANGERING THE OTHER 08:14.928 --> 08:16.560 align:start SIDE? 08:16.563 --> 08:17.795 align:start I THINK WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT 08:17.798 --> 08:18.863 align:start ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 08:18.866 --> 08:21.165 align:start IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GETTING 08:21.168 --> 08:21.899 align:start THINGS DONE, IT'S MOSTLY BEING 08:21.902 --> 08:23.634 align:start AGAINST THINGS. 08:23.637 --> 08:26.070 align:start ANY CANDIDATE THAT MANAGES TO 08:26.073 --> 08:27.104 align:start GET YOU A GENERAL ELECTION, THEY 08:27.107 --> 08:28.672 align:start HAVE THEIR -- THEY HAVE AN 08:28.675 --> 08:30.307 align:start ADVANTAGE BUT I THINK THEY NEED 08:30.310 --> 08:31.542 align:start TO BE ABLE TO PAINT A PICTURE OF 08:31.545 --> 08:33.611 align:start GETTING THINGS DONE AND BEING 08:33.614 --> 08:35.145 align:start ABLE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR 08:35.148 --> 08:38.315 align:start ARIZONA, NOT NECESSARILY ONE 08:38.318 --> 08:42.253 align:start PARTY OR THE OTHER BUT BEING 08:42.256 --> 08:43.854 align:start ABLE TO PUSH FOR POLICIES LIKE 08:43.857 --> 08:45.556 align:start DEFENDING AIR FORCE BASE, MAKING 08:45.559 --> 08:46.957 align:start SURE WE'RE STAYING SAFE AND 08:46.960 --> 08:47.358 align:start FINDING A SOLUTION TO 08:47.361 --> 08:48.058 align:start IMMIGRATION. 08:48.061 --> 08:50.160 align:start THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE 08:50.163 --> 08:50.928 align:start BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS A STATE 08:50.931 --> 08:52.663 align:start SINCE 2006. 08:52.666 --> 08:54.798 align:start THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN A 08:54.801 --> 08:55.099 align:start SOLUTION TO IMMIGRATION REFORM 08:55.102 --> 08:57.201 align:start HERE. 08:57.204 --> 08:58.002 align:start SO THAT'S REALLY I THINK 08:58.005 --> 08:59.637 align:start ULTIMATELY WHAT REPUBLICANS IF 08:59.640 --> 09:01.238 align:start THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 09:01.241 --> 09:02.873 align:start THIS CYCLE IN MOVING FORWARD FOR 09:02.876 --> 09:05.676 align:start THE NEXT DECADE, THEY NEED TO BE 09:05.679 --> 09:07.711 align:start ABLE TO SHOW SOME RESULTS. 09:07.714 --> 09:08.012 align:start >> WHAT OUGHT THE DEMOCRATS BE 09:08.015 --> 09:11.682 align:start DOING? 09:11.685 --> 09:13.551 align:start >> A LOT OF THE SAME THING. 09:13.554 --> 09:15.686 align:start I'VE SAID THAT STOP ATTACKING 09:15.689 --> 09:17.121 align:start YOUR OPPONENTS BECAUSE NOBODY 09:17.124 --> 09:18.656 align:start WANTS A NEGATIVE MESSAGE. 09:18.659 --> 09:19.990 align:start CANDIDATES THAT SEEM TO BE 09:19.993 --> 09:21.859 align:start SUCCESSFUL, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, 09:21.862 --> 09:23.027 align:start ARE THOSE THAT CAN PORTRAY A 09:23.030 --> 09:23.727 align:start POSITIVE VISION FOR WHAT THE 09:23.730 --> 09:25.362 align:start FUTURE HOLDS. 09:25.365 --> 09:25.996 align:start PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW 09:25.999 --> 09:27.565 align:start SOMEBODY FORWARD. 09:27.568 --> 09:28.933 align:start IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU'RE NOT 09:28.936 --> 09:31.001 align:start GOING TO BE ABLE TO GAIN THE 09:31.004 --> 09:33.370 align:start SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED AND PEOPLE 09:33.373 --> 09:35.339 align:start WILL OFTEN FOLLOW STATUS QUO AND 09:35.342 --> 09:37.841 align:start GO BACK TO WHAT THEY KNOW AND 09:37.844 --> 09:38.809 align:start MANY TIMES IN ARIZONA THAT MEANS 09:38.812 --> 09:39.944 align:start THAT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IS 09:39.947 --> 09:41.779 align:start GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 09:41.782 --> 09:44.548 align:start >> AS WE LOOK INTO THE NEXT 09:44.551 --> 09:46.016 align:start ELECTION CYCLE, WHERE DOES 09:46.019 --> 09:46.850 align:start ARIZONA FIT ON A NATIONAL MAP 09:46.853 --> 09:49.019 align:start WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS. 09:49.022 --> 09:50.588 align:start >> SPECIFICALLY ON SENATE SIDE 09:50.591 --> 09:52.623 align:start YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS HOLDING 09:52.626 --> 09:54.592 align:start ONLY A TWO SEAT ADVANTAGE. 09:54.595 --> 09:56.193 align:start THE MAP AS A WHOLE NATIONALLY 09:56.196 --> 09:57.628 align:start BUT MOSTLY DEMOCRATS ARE GOING 09:57.631 --> 09:58.862 align:start TO BE DEFENDING. 09:58.865 --> 10:00.664 align:start THEY ARE ABOUT 23 DEMOCRATS UP 10:00.667 --> 10:03.167 align:start FOR RE-ELECTION, ONLY EIGHT 10:03.170 --> 10:03.567 align:start REPUBLICANS LOOKING FOR TO BE 10:03.570 --> 10:04.868 align:start RE-ELECTED. 10:04.871 --> 10:06.036 align:start BUT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SENATOR 10:06.039 --> 10:07.004 align:start FLAKE STEPPED AWAY. 10:07.007 --> 10:09.707 align:start THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT. 10:09.710 --> 10:11.208 align:start THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO 10:11.211 --> 10:12.409 align:start CLOSE THAT MARGIN IN THE SENATE. 10:12.412 --> 10:12.977 align:start THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE 10:12.980 --> 10:14.645 align:start POLITICAL RACE. 10:14.648 --> 10:16.146 align:start YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MILLIONS AND 10:16.149 --> 10:18.616 align:start MILLIONS OF OUTSIDE DOLLARS 10:18.619 --> 10:23.988 align:start BEING SPENT BY DARK MONEY 10:23.991 --> 10:25.122 align:start GROUPS, BY CANDIDATE PACS, 10:25.125 --> 10:26.757 align:start THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 10:26.760 --> 10:27.091 align:start MONEY AND ATTENTION ON THIS 10:27.094 --> 10:29.893 align:start RACE. 10:29.896 --> 10:32.763 align:start DO THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS A 10:32.766 --> 10:34.565 align:start DIVISIVE NASTY RACE WHERE WE SO 10:34.568 --> 10:35.799 align:start THAT DEVOLVE WHEN YOU GET A RACE 10:35.802 --> 10:37.401 align:start AT THE BOTTOM OR PRESENT A 10:37.404 --> 10:38.602 align:start VISION FOR NOT ONLY THEIR PARTY 10:38.605 --> 10:40.170 align:start BUT THE STATE WHERE THEY CAN 10:40.173 --> 10:41.772 align:start LEAD AND SAY I'M GOING TO GO TO 10:41.775 --> 10:43.007 align:start THE SENATE AND I'M GOING TO 10:43.010 --> 10:44.675 align:start REPRESENT ARIZONA, I'M GOING TO 10:44.678 --> 10:46.110 align:start FIGHT FOR US ON IMMIGRATION 10:46.113 --> 10:48.712 align:start REFORM AND FIGHT ON DEFENDING 10:48.715 --> 10:50.080 align:start OUR MILITARY BASES AND FIGHT TO 10:50.083 --> 10:52.049 align:start MAKE SURE THE MIDDLE CLASS 10:52.052 --> 10:53.484 align:start AMERICANS GET TAX REFORM DONE 10:53.487 --> 10:54.818 align:start AND PAY LESS IN TAXES. 10:54.821 --> 10:56.153 align:start I THINK REALLY THAT'S GOING TO 10:56.156 --> 10:57.187 align:start BE THE KEY FOR REPUBLICANS. 10:57.190 --> 11:01.492 align:start >> JASON? 11:01.495 --> 11:02.826 align:start >> IT'S GOING TO BE A THIGH 11:02.829 --> 11:03.460 align:start HIGH 11:03.463 --> 11:04.461 align:start DOLLAR SPENDING AND MORE 11:04.464 --> 11:07.631 align:start COMMERCIALS AND MAILERS THAN ANY 11:07.634 --> 11:09.700 align:start TIME IN RECENT HISTORY. 11:09.703 --> 11:10.634 align:start I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET 11:10.637 --> 11:12.836 align:start NEGATIVE QUICKLY. 11:12.839 --> 11:14.238 align:start WITHOUT CANDIDATES BEING ABLE TO 11:14.241 --> 11:18.008 align:start CONTROL WHAT MESSAGES ARE BEING 11:18.011 --> 11:19.376 align:start PUT OUT THERE, THEY'LL COME 11:19.379 --> 11:19.643 align:start SWINGING AS MUCH MUD AS THEY 11:19.646 --> 11:22.379 align:start CAN. 11:22.382 --> 11:24.481 align:start WE'LL SEE HOW THE ELECTORATE 11:24.484 --> 11:24.815 align:start DEALS WITH THAT AND HOW THEY 11:24.818 --> 11:30.621 align:start REACT. 11:30.624 --> 11:31.855 align:start >> WE'VE HAD 11 OR 12 MEN TAKE 11:31.858 --> 11:32.790 align:start STATE SENATE RACES AND FOUR 11:32.793 --> 11:35.993 align:start WOMEN AS GOVERNOR. 11:35.996 --> 11:38.062 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 11:38.065 --> 11:39.296 align:start ARIZONANS SPECIFICALLY HAVE 11:39.299 --> 11:40.864 align:start ALWAYS TAKEN GREAT PRIDE IN THE 11:40.867 --> 11:43.767 align:start INDEPENDENT SPIRIT, THAT DATES 11:43.770 --> 11:45.169 align:start BACK TO BARRY GOLDWATER AND JOHN 11:45.172 --> 11:48.372 align:start McCAIN AND JAN BREWER, SOMEBODY 11:48.375 --> 11:49.907 align:start THAT WILL STICK UP AND FIGHT FOR 11:49.910 --> 11:51.875 align:start THOSE OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 11:51.878 --> 11:53.310 align:start FOUGHT FOR AND ESPECIALLY THOSE 11:53.313 --> 11:54.845 align:start WILLING TO BUCK THE 11:54.848 --> 11:56.513 align:start ESTABLISHMENT, BUCK TRADITIONAL 11:56.516 --> 11:58.649 align:start PARTY BELIEFS. 11:58.652 --> 12:00.150 align:start I THINK THAT ARIZONA AGAIN HAS 12:00.153 --> 12:03.153 align:start AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE 12:03.156 --> 12:04.154 align:start CENTER OF THE NATIONAL 12:04.157 --> 12:05.689 align:start SPOTLIGHT. 12:05.692 --> 12:06.957 align:start RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKELY WE'LL HAVE 12:06.960 --> 12:08.492 align:start TWO FEMALE CANDIDATES. 12:08.495 --> 12:11.361 align:start I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A 12:11.364 --> 12:14.264 align:start LOT -- THAT WILL BE A HUGE 12:14.267 --> 12:15.032 align:start IMPACT FOR LETTING FUTURE 12:15.035 --> 12:15.866 align:start ARIZONANS KNOW ANYTHING IS 12:15.869 --> 12:17.468 align:start POSSIBLE IN THE STATE. 12:17.471 --> 12:18.769 align:start >> ARIZONA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AHEAD 12:18.772 --> 12:20.170 align:start OF ITS TIMES WHEN YOU LOOK BACK 12:20.173 --> 12:22.539 align:start TO STARTING WITH THE INITIATIVE 12:22.542 --> 12:23.607 align:start AND REFERENDUM PROCESS WE 12:23.610 --> 12:25.209 align:start ADOPTED AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN 12:25.212 --> 12:26.944 align:start LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS OR NEW 12:26.947 --> 12:28.178 align:start THINGS TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT 12:28.181 --> 12:32.149 align:start GOVERNMENT HERE IN ARIZONA. 12:32.152 --> 12:32.483 align:start WE'VE BEEN OPEN TO DIFFERENT 12:32.486 --> 12:34.251 align:start IDEALS. 12:34.254 --> 12:36.854 align:start HAVING A TIME WHERE YOU'VE HAD 12:36.857 --> 12:38.555 align:start FOUR EXECUTIVES BE WOMEN, 12:38.558 --> 12:40.758 align:start RECENTLY AND THERE HAS BEEN IN 12:40.761 --> 12:42.493 align:start RECENT HISTORY FIVE OF THE TOP 12:42.496 --> 12:44.194 align:start STATEWIDE OFFICES HAVE BEEN HELD 12:44.197 --> 12:45.796 align:start BY WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME. 12:45.799 --> 12:46.930 align:start THAT'S A RARITY AND SOMETHING 12:46.933 --> 12:48.132 align:start THAT PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY 12:48.135 --> 12:49.099 align:start CONNECT WITH ARIZONA BUT ARIZONA 12:49.102 --> 12:51.034 align:start IS UNIQUE. 12:51.037 --> 12:52.870 align:start WE ARE SPECIAL AND I THINK -- I 12:52.873 --> 12:54.371 align:start AGREE THAT I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT 12:54.374 --> 12:57.808 align:start TWO FEMALE CANDIDATES RUNNING 12:57.811 --> 13:00.310 align:start FOR SENATE HERE AND IT WILL BE A 13:00.313 --> 13:00.611 align:start HISTORICAL ELECTION FOR THAT 13:00.614 --> 13:02.346 align:start FACT. 13:02.349 --> 13:04.448 align:start >> THAT PROGRESSIVENESS IS WHAT 13:04.451 --> 13:04.748 align:start DEMOCRATS SAY WILL SHINE IN 13:04.751 --> 13:05.682 align:start 2018. 13:05.685 --> 13:08.786 align:start THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 13:08.789 --> 13:09.486 align:start ARIZONA DEMOCRATIC PARTY 13:09.489 --> 13:10.921 align:start PREDICTS ARIZONA'S POLITICAL 13:10.924 --> 13:12.790 align:start LANDSCAPE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. 13:12.793 --> 13:14.324 align:start >> IT IS DEFINITELY AN EXCITING 13:14.327 --> 13:14.658 align:start TIME TO BE A DEMOCRAT IN 13:14.661 --> 13:17.127 align:start ARIZONA. 13:17.130 --> 13:17.861 align:start WE'VE HAD SINCE THE ELECTION OUR 13:17.864 --> 13:20.764 align:start PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN THROUGH 13:20.767 --> 13:24.067 align:start THE ROOF. 13:24.070 --> 13:26.837 align:start I MEAN, WE'VE COUNTY MEETINGS, 13:26.840 --> 13:30.174 align:start STANDING ROOM ONLY, USED TO HAVE 13:30.177 --> 13:31.542 align:start 10 OR 15, NOW HAVE 40 AND 40 OR 13:31.545 --> 13:32.910 align:start 50 NOW HAVE 300. 13:32.913 --> 13:34.578 align:start IT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE AND 13:34.581 --> 13:35.879 align:start EXCITING TO SEE THE 13:35.882 --> 13:37.714 align:start PARTICIPATION ON OUR SIDE AND 13:37.717 --> 13:39.016 align:start PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE ENGAGED 13:39.019 --> 13:40.717 align:start AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN 13:40.720 --> 13:43.453 align:start ENGAGED AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT 13:43.456 --> 13:44.621 align:start WERE NOT NECESSARILY ENGAGED 13:44.624 --> 13:47.858 align:start PREVIOUSLY WHO REALIZE THAT THEY 13:47.861 --> 13:48.792 align:start HAVE TO BE AND THERE'S NO LONGER 13:48.795 --> 13:50.127 align:start AN OPTION FOR THEM TO SIT ON THE 13:50.130 --> 13:52.563 align:start SIDELINES AND HOPE THINGS WORK 13:52.566 --> 13:54.331 align:start OUT LIKE THEY EXPECT THEM TOO. 13:54.334 --> 13:55.566 align:start HAVING DONALD TRUMP ELECTED 13:55.569 --> 13:57.734 align:start SHOOK PEOPLE TO THE CORE. 13:57.737 --> 13:59.536 align:start >> HISTORICALLY ARIZONA HAS BEEN 13:59.539 --> 14:01.605 align:start A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD. 14:01.608 --> 14:02.739 align:start IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT TO YOU 14:02.742 --> 14:03.040 align:start REPRESENTING THE DEMOCRATIC 14:03.043 --> 14:06.243 align:start PARTY? 14:06.246 --> 14:12.749 align:start >> YES, IN A LOT OF WAYS, WE 14:12.752 --> 14:14.885 align:start OBVIOUSLY HAVE WON HERE. 14:14.888 --> 14:15.652 align:start REPUBLICANS ARE IN CONTROL 14:15.655 --> 14:17.955 align:start CURRENTLY, HAVE BEEN RECENTLY 14:17.958 --> 14:22.993 align:start AND I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS 14:22.996 --> 14:24.962 align:start THEY'VE DONE A BAD JOB WHEN IT 14:24.965 --> 14:25.929 align:start COMES TO EDUCATION, WE'RE AT THE 14:25.932 --> 14:26.730 align:start COMES TO EDUCATION, WE'RE AT THE 14:26.733 --> 14:27.598 align:start BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY AND 14:27.601 --> 14:29.299 align:start QUALITY OF LIFE. 14:29.302 --> 14:30.100 align:start THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE 14:30.103 --> 14:31.635 align:start REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION 14:31.638 --> 14:33.237 align:start WHETHER IT'S JUST FOCUSING ON 14:33.240 --> 14:37.140 align:start TAX CUTS OR WHATEVER IT IS, 14:37.143 --> 14:38.675 align:start THEY'VE -- IT'S BECOME A CULTURE 14:38.678 --> 14:40.444 align:start OF CORRUPTION AND THE REST OF 14:40.447 --> 14:42.579 align:start THE REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE HERE 14:42.582 --> 14:43.614 align:start AND WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. 14:43.617 --> 14:44.481 align:start DEMOCRATS CAN DO BETTER. 14:44.484 --> 14:46.884 align:start WE KNOW IT. 14:46.887 --> 14:47.217 align:start WE JUST NEED TO PROVE IT TO THE 14:47.220 --> 14:49.853 align:start VOTERS. 14:49.856 --> 14:50.187 align:start WE CAN BE DO BETTER ONCE WE GET 14:50.190 --> 14:51.655 align:start ELECTED. 14:51.658 --> 14:52.122 align:start WE JUST NEED TO GET ELECTED TO 14:52.125 --> 14:54.258 align:start SHOW IT. 14:54.261 --> 14:55.959 align:start >> AN OPEN SEAT COMING UP, WE 14:55.962 --> 14:57.361 align:start ALREADY KNOW OF ONE VERY WELL 14:57.364 --> 14:59.296 align:start KNOWN CONGRESSWOMAN WHO WILL 14:59.299 --> 15:01.298 align:start THROW HER NAME IN THE HAT. 15:01.301 --> 15:03.100 align:start ARIZONA THOUGH HAS ALWAYS HAD 15:03.103 --> 15:03.433 align:start REPUBLICAN MEN LEAD ARIZONA 15:03.436 --> 15:04.601 align:start SENATE. 15:04.604 --> 15:05.035 align:start WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN THIS 15:05.038 --> 15:08.071 align:start TIME AROUND? 15:08.074 --> 15:08.538 align:start >> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIN 15:08.541 --> 15:10.040 align:start THE SENATE SEAT. 15:10.043 --> 15:11.742 align:start I MEAN, BECAUSE OF THAT HGT CARE 15:11.745 --> 15:13.143 align:start VOTE AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN 15:13.146 --> 15:14.845 align:start WASHINGTON, REPUBLICANS ARE 15:14.848 --> 15:15.946 align:start FOCUSED ON THE WRONG THINGS, 15:15.949 --> 15:16.513 align:start THINGS NOT IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE 15:16.516 --> 15:19.182 align:start IN ARIZONA. 15:19.185 --> 15:21.051 align:start THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY HEALTH 15:21.054 --> 15:22.920 align:start CARE FROM 400,000 PEOPLE AND 15:22.923 --> 15:24.454 align:start PASS THE TAX CUT PROBABLY THIS 15:24.457 --> 15:26.056 align:start WEEK OR TAX REFORM THIS WEEK 15:26.059 --> 15:27.758 align:start THAT WILL HARM MIDDLE CLASS 15:27.761 --> 15:30.627 align:start FAMILIES AND THAT'S NOT WHY 15:30.630 --> 15:31.028 align:start PEOPLE SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO 15:31.031 --> 15:32.896 align:start WASHINGTON. 15:32.899 --> 15:33.997 align:start THERE'S A REPUBLICAN CIVIL WAR 15:34.000 --> 15:35.499 align:start GOING ON AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL 15:35.502 --> 15:37.034 align:start AND IT'S HAPPENING HERE. 15:37.037 --> 15:38.535 align:start STEVE BANNON VERSUS MITCH 15:38.538 --> 15:39.202 align:start McCONNELL WINGS OF THE 15:39.205 --> 15:40.637 align:start REPUBLICAN PARTY. 15:40.640 --> 15:41.939 align:start THAT'S THE REASON JEFF FLAKE HAD 15:41.942 --> 15:43.707 align:start TO GET OUT OF THE RACE. 15:43.710 --> 15:47.244 align:start HE JUST SAW THERE WAS NOT A PATH 15:47.247 --> 15:48.011 align:start FOR HIM TO BE VICTORIOUS IN THIS 15:48.014 --> 15:49.613 align:start REPUBLICAN CULTURE. 15:49.616 --> 15:50.380 align:start >> BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE A 15:50.383 --> 15:50.981 align:start DEMOCRAT HAD SECOND 15:50.984 --> 15:54.017 align:start CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 15:54.020 --> 15:54.651 align:start YOU LIKELY SEE IT PERHAPS 15:54.654 --> 15:55.118 align:start RETURNING TO A DEMOCRAT. 15:55.121 --> 15:56.520 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 15:56.523 --> 15:58.588 align:start >> WE HAVE REALLY STRONG 15:58.591 --> 15:59.589 align:start CANDIDATES, WE HAVE A VERY 15:59.592 --> 16:00.757 align:start VIBRANT PRIMARY. 16:00.760 --> 16:02.159 align:start THAT'S A GOOD THING. 16:02.162 --> 16:03.627 align:start WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF 16:03.630 --> 16:05.228 align:start PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION TO 16:05.231 --> 16:07.564 align:start WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND 16:07.567 --> 16:08.966 align:start WHOEVER REPLACES MARTHA McSALLY 16:08.969 --> 16:10.534 align:start ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, ASSUMING 16:10.537 --> 16:12.703 align:start SHE IS GOING TO DO WHAT SHE TOLD 16:12.706 --> 16:15.439 align:start HER FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON, RUN 16:15.442 --> 16:16.540 align:start FOR SENATE, IT'S A CLOWN CAR OF 16:16.543 --> 16:18.342 align:start CANDIDATES THERE. 16:18.345 --> 16:21.545 align:start THERE'S NOBODY THERE THAT IS 16:21.548 --> 16:22.779 align:start REALLY GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE 16:22.782 --> 16:23.947 align:start VOTERS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 16:23.950 --> 16:24.247 align:start >> DEMOCRATS LOST THE WHITE 16:24.250 --> 16:26.283 align:start HOUSE. 16:26.286 --> 16:27.584 align:start DOES THAT MEAN THE PARTY IS ALSO 16:27.587 --> 16:28.185 align:start LOOKING TO REIDENTIFY ITSELF OR 16:28.188 --> 16:30.153 align:start COME TOGETHER? 16:30.156 --> 16:32.556 align:start >> IN A LOT OF WAYS YES. 16:32.559 --> 16:35.125 align:start WE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR 16:35.128 --> 16:37.260 align:start SURE, WE'RE -- WHAT WE IN 16:37.263 --> 16:39.496 align:start ARIZONA WERE ABLE TO DO, WE DID 16:39.499 --> 16:41.631 align:start NOT WIN OBVIOUSLY BUT GOT WITHIN 16:41.634 --> 16:43.533 align:start THREE POINTS OF WINNING ARIZONA 16:43.536 --> 16:45.168 align:start FOR HILLARY CLINTON OVER DONALD 16:45.171 --> 16:46.737 align:start TRUMP AND WE'VE WORKED PRETTY 16:46.740 --> 16:48.205 align:start WELL WITH OUR DIFFERENT WINGS OF 16:48.208 --> 16:51.108 align:start THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 16:51.111 --> 16:52.175 align:start I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A STORY 16:52.178 --> 16:52.509 align:start NATIONALLY IN SOME OF THOSE 16:52.512 --> 16:54.544 align:start FIGHTS. 16:54.547 --> 16:55.979 align:start DEMOCRATS FROM THE DNC ON DOWN 16:55.982 --> 16:57.180 align:start ARE WORKING TO COME TOGETHER 16:57.183 --> 17:00.350 align:start BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH AT RISK 17:00.353 --> 17:01.385 align:start HERE THAT WE CAN'T HAVE 17:01.388 --> 17:03.020 align:start INTERPARTY SQUABBLES. 17:03.023 --> 17:04.788 align:start >> TELL ME ABOUT THE VALUES THAT 17:04.791 --> 17:05.989 align:start THE DEMOCRATS HOLD SO DEARLY. 17:05.992 --> 17:06.790 align:start HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE A DEMOCRAT 17:06.793 --> 17:08.592 align:start IN ARIZONA TODAY? 17:08.595 --> 17:08.892 align:start >> BASICALLY WE CARE ABOUT 17:08.895 --> 17:09.960 align:start TODAY. 17:09.963 --> 17:12.162 align:start WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. 17:12.165 --> 17:15.132 align:start WE WANT TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT 17:15.135 --> 17:15.966 align:start THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST 17:15.969 --> 17:17.367 align:start VULNERABLE. 17:17.370 --> 17:18.735 align:start OBVIOUSLY WE CARE ABOUT OUR 17:18.738 --> 17:20.303 align:start NATIONAL SECURITY AND THINGS 17:20.306 --> 17:22.973 align:start THAT EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT BUT 17:22.976 --> 17:25.308 align:start WE REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S THE 17:25.311 --> 17:27.377 align:start GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO MAKE SURE 17:27.380 --> 17:28.645 align:start THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN 17:28.648 --> 17:30.347 align:start SOCIETY ARE NOT LEVEL BEHIND. 17:30.350 --> 17:31.648 align:start >> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 17:31.651 --> 17:33.417 align:start AISLE, REPUBLICANS SAY ARIZONA 17:33.420 --> 17:37.587 align:start IS A CONSERVATIVE STRONGHOLD AND 17:37.590 --> 17:37.954 align:start IT WILL STAY THAT WAY COME NEXT 17:37.957 --> 17:41.258 align:start NOVEMBER. 17:41.261 --> 17:42.259 align:start HERE'S TORE RENS SINCLAIR OF THE 17:42.262 --> 17:43.760 align:start ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY. 17:43.763 --> 17:45.862 align:start >> TELL ME WHERE THE PARTY IS 17:45.865 --> 17:46.196 align:start WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO THE NEXT 17:46.199 --> 17:47.497 align:start CYCLE. 17:47.500 --> 17:48.665 align:start >> THE PARTY IS IN A GREAT 17:48.668 --> 17:50.067 align:start PLACE, LOOK AT VOTER 17:50.070 --> 17:50.467 align:start REGISTRATION NUMBERS, 17:50.470 --> 17:51.468 align:start INCREASING. 17:51.471 --> 17:55.939 align:start RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEATING 17:55.942 --> 17:56.373 align:start DEMOCRATS 55-1 MARGIN IN VOTER 17:56.376 --> 17:57.674 align:start REGISTRATION. 17:57.677 --> 18:00.477 align:start SINCE JANUARY YOU'VE SEEN US 18:00.480 --> 18:03.847 align:start REGISTER A LITTLE OVER ALMOST 18:03.850 --> 18:06.716 align:start 9,000 VOTERS, WE'VE REGISTERED 18:06.719 --> 18:06.983 align:start 8,792 COMPARED TO THE DEMOCRATS 18:06.986 --> 18:11.321 align:start 161. 18:11.324 --> 18:11.988 align:start THEY'VE NETTED 161 NEW VOTER 18:11.991 --> 18:13.223 align:start REGISTRATIONS SINCE JANUARY. 18:13.226 --> 18:14.024 align:start >> WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT, 18:14.027 --> 18:15.225 align:start PRESIDENT TRUMP? 18:15.228 --> 18:17.861 align:start >> IT'S THE MOMENTUM. 18:17.864 --> 18:19.196 align:start YOU EE THE MOMENTUM FROM THE 18:19.199 --> 18:21.765 align:start REPUBLICAN PARTY, DONE ADD TRUMP 18:21.768 --> 18:22.966 align:start IS WELL LIKED ARIZONA AND SEE 18:22.969 --> 18:24.668 align:start PEOPLE WANTING A CHANGE. 18:24.671 --> 18:26.136 align:start THEY SEE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS 18:26.139 --> 18:26.470 align:start BEING THE CATALYST FOR THAT 18:26.473 --> 18:27.704 align:start CHANGE. 18:27.707 --> 18:29.439 align:start >> JEFF FLAKE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT 18:29.442 --> 18:31.541 align:start HE'S FINISHED WITH THE SENATE. 18:31.544 --> 18:33.243 align:start NOW WE HEAR THAT CONGRESSWOMAN 18:33.246 --> 18:33.844 align:start MARTHA McSALLY MAY BE INTERESTED 18:33.847 --> 18:36.246 align:start IN THAT SPOT. 18:36.249 --> 18:36.613 align:start I THINK IT CREATES A DOMINO 18:36.616 --> 18:38.014 align:start SITUATION. 18:38.017 --> 18:38.582 align:start WAS IN LINE FOR REPUBLICANS HERE 18:38.585 --> 18:41.751 align:start IN ARIZONA? 18:41.754 --> 18:43.487 align:start >> SO, I MEAN, REPRESENTATIVE 18:43.490 --> 18:45.122 align:start McSALLY HASN'T ANNOUNCED YET SO 18:45.125 --> 18:45.422 align:start WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ON 18:45.425 --> 18:47.591 align:start THAT. 18:47.594 --> 18:50.293 align:start YOU LOOK AT CD 2 AND MARTHA 18:50.296 --> 18:52.462 align:start McSALLY AND CD2, LOOK AT THE 18:52.465 --> 18:54.731 align:start LAST ELECTION IN 2016 AND SHE 18:54.734 --> 18:58.034 align:start WON THAT ELECTION BY 14 POINTS. 18:58.037 --> 18:59.903 align:start YOU ALSO SAW THAT JOHN McCAIN 18:59.906 --> 19:01.872 align:start BEAT ANN KIRKPATRICK AS WELL 19:01.875 --> 19:03.974 align:start WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS 19:03.977 --> 19:05.208 align:start AND ANN KIRKPATRICK IS CURRENTLY 19:05.211 --> 19:05.575 align:start RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN THAT 19:05.578 --> 19:07.043 align:start DISTRICT. 19:07.046 --> 19:11.381 align:start I THINK NO MATTER WHAT 19:11.384 --> 19:12.182 align:start REPUBLICAN RUNS IN A CD2 RACE, 19:12.185 --> 19:12.482 align:start YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT PERSON 19:12.485 --> 19:13.416 align:start WIN. 19:13.419 --> 19:15.051 align:start >> ALWAYS HAD REPUBLICAN MEN 19:15.054 --> 19:15.385 align:start SERVE IN THE SENATE TO REPRESENT 19:15.388 --> 19:17.020 align:start ARIZONA. 19:17.023 --> 19:19.122 align:start IS THAT LIKELY TO CONTINUE? 19:19.125 --> 19:20.924 align:start >> YOU KNOW, I THINK RIGHT NOW 19:20.927 --> 19:21.224 align:start THERE'S A LOT OF FEMALES IN THE 19:21.227 --> 19:23.827 align:start RACE. 19:23.830 --> 19:24.694 align:start NO MATTER -- DOESN'T MATTER IF 19:24.697 --> 19:26.029 align:start YOU'RE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, 19:26.032 --> 19:29.132 align:start THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 19:29.135 --> 19:30.333 align:start I WOULD BET YOU SEE A FEMALE IN 19:30.336 --> 19:32.369 align:start THE SENATE IN 2018. 19:32.372 --> 19:32.736 align:start >> YOU SAID THE REPUBLICANS HAVE 19:32.739 --> 19:34.371 align:start MOMENTUM. 19:34.374 --> 19:36.439 align:start WHAT DOES THE PARTY NEED TO DO 19:36.442 --> 19:39.075 align:start TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM AS -- THIS 19:39.078 --> 19:39.409 align:start STARTS THE ELECTION CYCLE PRETTY 19:39.412 --> 19:40.510 align:start EARLY. 19:40.513 --> 19:40.777 align:start >> WE'RE DOING WHAT WE ALWAYS 19:40.780 --> 19:42.412 align:start DO. 19:42.415 --> 19:44.514 align:start WE'RE GOING TO REGISTER VOTERS 19:44.517 --> 19:45.682 align:start AND TURN PEOPLE OUT AND KEEP 19:45.685 --> 19:47.517 align:start TALKING TO NEW REPUBLICANS. 19:47.520 --> 19:49.219 align:start THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE US DO AND 19:49.222 --> 19:51.388 align:start WHAT YOU SEE US DO UNTIL THERE 19:51.391 --> 19:53.223 align:start IS A GOP NOMINEE IN 2018. 19:53.226 --> 19:55.225 align:start >> YOU'LL SEE US REALLY START TO 19:55.228 --> 19:57.060 align:start ENGAGE WITH THOSE CANDIDATES IN 19:57.063 --> 19:59.763 align:start AUGUST OF 2018. 19:59.766 --> 20:00.564 align:start >> HEARD A LOT OF POLITICAL 20:00.567 --> 20:01.298 align:start PUNDITS SAY THERE'S FRACTURING 20:01.301 --> 20:03.333 align:start IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 20:03.336 --> 20:05.068 align:start DO YOU SEE THAT HERE IN ARIZONA? 20:05.071 --> 20:06.803 align:start >> I THINK YOU LOOK AT OUR 20:06.806 --> 20:09.739 align:start STATEWIDE ELECTIONS AND YOU GO 20:09.742 --> 20:13.410 align:start BACK TO AT LEAST 2010, DEMOCRATS 20:13.413 --> 20:15.045 align:start IN ARIZONA HAVEN'T HELD A 20:15.048 --> 20:16.112 align:start STATEWIDE OFFICE SINCE 20 -- I 20:16.115 --> 20:18.114 align:start BELIEVE 2010. 20:18.117 --> 20:21.284 align:start AND YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU 20:21.287 --> 20:22.919 align:start LOOK AT THE REALLY TOUGH GOP 20:22.922 --> 20:26.056 align:start PRIMARIES THAT WE HAVE AND I 20:26.059 --> 20:27.791 align:start THINK YOU KNOW, YOU CAN 20:27.794 --> 20:30.193 align:start ATTRIBUTE OUR TOUGH GOP 20:30.196 --> 20:30.560 align:start PRIMARIES TO US WINNING IN THE 20:30.563 --> 20:34.531 align:start GENERALS. 20:34.534 --> 20:36.333 align:start YOU LOOK AT 2010 AND JAN BREWER 20:36.336 --> 20:38.668 align:start HAD A PRIMARY CHALLENGE AND LOOK 20:38.671 --> 20:41.171 align:start AT 2012 AND OPEN SENATE SEAT AND 20:41.174 --> 20:43.540 align:start JEFF FLAKE WON IN A GENERAL. 20:43.543 --> 20:46.409 align:start AND 2014 AND 2014 HAD A PRETTY 20:46.412 --> 20:50.146 align:start TOUGH GOVERNOR'S RACE. 20:50.149 --> 20:51.081 align:start INCUMBENT GOVERNOR JAN BREWER 20:51.084 --> 20:53.683 align:start ENDORSED IN THE PRIMARY AND DID 20:53.686 --> 20:55.919 align:start NOT SEE A TOUGH DEMOCRAT PRIMARY 20:55.922 --> 20:56.253 align:start ON THAT SIDE AND WE WON IN THE 20:56.256 --> 20:57.687 align:start GENERAL. 20:57.690 --> 20:59.089 align:start YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR SECRETARY 20:59.092 --> 21:02.425 align:start OF STATE AND FOR ATTORNEY 21:02.428 --> 21:04.094 align:start GENERAL, YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR 21:04.097 --> 21:05.061 align:start THE TREASURER'S RACE AS WELL. 21:05.064 --> 21:07.631 align:start WE ALWAYS WIN. 21:07.634 --> 21:10.533 align:start YOU SEE THAT IN 2016 AS WELL. 21:10.536 --> 21:11.234 align:start I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO TURN 21:11.237 --> 21:13.136 align:start OUT AND GOING TO TURN OUT OUR 21:13.139 --> 21:15.372 align:start PEOPLE AND TURN OUT REPUBLICANS 21:15.375 --> 21:17.040 align:start AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A 21:17.043 --> 21:18.074 align:start TOUGH PRIMARY RACE IN 2018, 21:18.077 --> 21:20.143 align:start YOU'LL SEE US WIN. 21:20.146 --> 21:20.443 align:start >> TELL ME ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN 21:20.446 --> 21:22.279 align:start PARTY. 21:22.282 --> 21:24.547 align:start SENATOR FLAKE HIMSELF SAID THAT 21:24.550 --> 21:25.815 align:start I CAN'T CONTINUE THIS WAY WITH 21:25.818 --> 21:27.517 align:start THIS PRESIDENT. 21:27.520 --> 21:27.784 align:start SO WHAT DO REPUBLICANS STAND 21:27.787 --> 21:30.053 align:start FOR? 21:30.056 --> 21:31.388 align:start >> YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY 21:31.391 --> 21:34.324 align:start SPEAK TO SENATOR FLAKE AND 21:34.327 --> 21:36.393 align:start HIS -- THE WAY HE VIEWS HIS 21:36.396 --> 21:37.761 align:start CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD BUT I 21:37.764 --> 21:39.129 align:start THINK OF COURSE THERE'S ROOM FOR 21:39.132 --> 21:40.263 align:start EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT 21:40.266 --> 21:42.032 align:start CONSIDERS THEMSELVES A 21:42.035 --> 21:43.300 align:start REPUBLICAN IN THE REPUBLICAN 21:43.303 --> 21:45.035 align:start PARTY. 21:45.038 --> 21:46.269 align:start WE ARE VERY BIG -- OFTEN TIMES 21:46.272 --> 21:48.004 align:start YOU SEE REPUBLICANS THAT DON'T 21:48.007 --> 21:50.040 align:start AGREE WITH EACH OTHER BUT AT 21:50.043 --> 21:51.675 align:start LEAST IN ARIZONA, WE WIN. 21:51.678 --> 21:53.443 align:start >> OTHER NEWS NOW, A NATIONAL 21:53.446 --> 21:55.679 align:start STORY HITTING CLOSE TO HOME. 21:55.682 --> 21:57.347 align:start AN ARIZONA LAWMAKER SUSPENDED 21:57.350 --> 21:58.748 align:start FROM HIS LEADERSHIP POSITION 21:58.751 --> 22:04.654 align:start AFTER MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF 22:04.657 --> 22:06.022 align:start SEXUAL HARASSMENT, 22:06.025 --> 22:07.857 align:start REPRESENTATIVE DON SHUTER, IS 22:07.860 --> 22:09.759 align:start TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FROM 22:09.762 --> 22:10.760 align:start POSITION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE 22:10.763 --> 22:12.395 align:start HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 22:12.398 --> 22:12.729 align:start THE COMMITTEE THAT DRAFTS THE 22:12.732 --> 22:14.464 align:start BUDGET. 22:14.467 --> 22:16.933 align:start THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE 22:16.936 --> 22:18.535 align:start ARIZONA CAPITAL TIMES NOW WITH 22:18.538 --> 22:18.902 align:start MORE ON THE POSSIBLE POLITICAL 22:18.905 --> 22:21.037 align:start FALLOUT. 22:21.040 --> 22:22.405 align:start >> THAT MEANS THAT THE HOUSE 22:22.408 --> 22:24.040 align:start LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZED THE 22:24.043 --> 22:27.243 align:start GRAVITY OF THE ALLEGATIONS 22:27.246 --> 22:28.378 align:start AGAINST HIM, ACKNOWLEDGED WITH 22:28.381 --> 22:29.846 align:start THOSE TYPE ALLEGATIONS IT WOULD 22:29.849 --> 22:33.350 align:start BE HARD FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT 22:33.353 --> 22:38.455 align:start COMMITTEE TO DO ITS WORK AND 22:38.458 --> 22:42.025 align:start THAT IT IS BETTER IF DON SHUTER 22:42.028 --> 22:43.593 align:start IS SOMEWHAT -- I WOULDN'T SAY 22:43.596 --> 22:44.894 align:start SEVERED BUT THERE'S DISTANCE 22:44.897 --> 22:49.199 align:start BETWEEN HIM AND THE COMMITTEE. 22:49.202 --> 22:51.868 align:start >> HERE WE ARE IN NOVEMBER. 22:51.871 --> 22:52.202 align:start WHERE DOES THIS TAKE IT COME 22:52.205 --> 22:53.303 align:start JANUARY? 22:53.306 --> 22:53.903 align:start >> YOU'LL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION 22:53.906 --> 22:54.871 align:start MOVING FORWARD. 22:54.874 --> 22:56.606 align:start THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY YOU'LL 22:56.609 --> 22:58.408 align:start HAVE MORE WOMEN COME OUT AND SAY 22:58.411 --> 22:59.476 align:start THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO AT THE 22:59.479 --> 23:01.845 align:start STATE CAPITOL. 23:01.848 --> 23:03.513 align:start ALREADY WE HAVE THE HOUSE 23:03.516 --> 23:06.950 align:start REPRESENTATIVES COMING OUT WITH 23:06.953 --> 23:08.318 align:start ITS POLICY HOW TO DEAL WITH 23:08.321 --> 23:11.955 align:start SEXUAL HARASSMENT. 23:11.958 --> 23:13.757 align:start IN THE SENATE HE HAD TO DIG UP A 23:13.760 --> 23:15.325 align:start POLICY COME UP WITH MANY, MANY 23:15.328 --> 23:17.394 align:start YEARS AGO AND NOW THERE ARE 23:17.397 --> 23:19.629 align:start ATTORNEYS THERE IN THE STATE 23:19.632 --> 23:22.298 align:start SENATE LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT 23:22.301 --> 23:22.665 align:start AND ASKING DOES IT NEED TO BE 23:22.668 --> 23:24.534 align:start UPDATED. 23:24.537 --> 23:25.769 align:start >> WILL THIS DISTRACT FROM WHAT 23:25.772 --> 23:26.970 align:start NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE COME THE 23:26.973 --> 23:28.571 align:start FIRST PART OF THE YEAR? 23:28.574 --> 23:28.972 align:start >> I WOULDN'T CALL IT A 23:28.975 --> 23:30.540 align:start DISTRACTION. 23:30.543 --> 23:31.808 align:start HE THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 23:31.811 --> 23:35.044 align:start DISCUSSION TO HAVE. 23:35.047 --> 23:35.712 align:start AND NOW IS A BETTER TIME TO HAVE 23:35.715 --> 23:37.213 align:start THIS DISCUSSION. 23:37.216 --> 23:39.582 align:start BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THEY 23:39.585 --> 23:41.418 align:start WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THEY 23:41.421 --> 23:44.621 align:start HAVE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DEAL 23:44.624 --> 23:46.122 align:start WITH THIS AND ADDRESS THIS AND 23:46.125 --> 23:48.291 align:start AT THE SAME TIME DO THEIR 23:48.294 --> 23:50.026 align:start REGULAR RESPONSIBILITIES. 23:50.029 --> 23:52.562 align:start YOU KNOW, REALLY THEY ONLY HAVE 23:52.565 --> 23:56.099 align:start ONE BIG ASSIGNMENT AND THAT IS 23:56.102 --> 23:56.399 align:start TO PRODUCE A BUDGET FOR NEXT 23:56.402 --> 23:57.600 align:start YEAR. 23:57.603 --> 23:59.135 align:start AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE TO 23:59.138 --> 24:00.236 align:start DO THAT AND I HAVE NO REASON TO 24:00.239 --> 24:03.206 align:start BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE 24:03.209 --> 24:05.942 align:start ABLE TO DO THAT -- 24:05.945 --> 24:07.377 align:start >> REPRESENT SHUTER, LONG 24:07.380 --> 24:10.713 align:start RUNNING IN THE ARIZONA HOUSE, 24:10.716 --> 24:12.916 align:start DOES THIS RUN OF RISK OF 24:12.919 --> 24:13.583 align:start DAMAGING HIS CREDIBILITY AND 24:13.586 --> 24:13.917 align:start DAMAGING CREDIBILITY OF THE 24:13.920 --> 24:15.819 align:start HOUSE. 24:15.822 --> 24:16.486 align:start >> IT DAMAGES HIS CREDIBILITY, 24:16.489 --> 24:19.222 align:start NO DOUBT. 24:19.225 --> 24:22.025 align:start AND NOW HE'S NOT ABLE TO DO HIS 24:22.028 --> 24:22.759 align:start JOB AS A CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE 24:22.762 --> 24:24.627 align:start APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 24:24.630 --> 24:27.263 align:start BUT I WANT TO SHIFT IT RATHER 24:27.266 --> 24:32.001 align:start THAN FOCUS ON HOW MUCH DAMAGE IT 24:32.004 --> 24:36.372 align:start HAS TO HIM OR HIS CREDIBILITY OR 24:36.375 --> 24:38.208 align:start HIS POLITICAL CAREER, REALLY THE 24:38.211 --> 24:41.144 align:start CONVERSATION IN MY MIND IS THAT 24:41.147 --> 24:43.279 align:start WE HAVE A CULTURE IN THE STATE 24:43.282 --> 24:45.548 align:start LEGISLATURE THAT WANT TO CALL IT 24:45.551 --> 24:48.952 align:start A GOOD BOYS CLUB CULTURE. 24:48.955 --> 24:52.455 align:start AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO NOT 24:52.458 --> 24:56.426 align:start NECESSARILY RECONSIDER THAT, BUT 24:56.429 --> 24:58.127 align:start TAKE SERIOUSLY WHERE THAT HAS 24:58.130 --> 25:00.830 align:start BROUGHT US AND WHAT KIND OF 25:00.833 --> 25:02.899 align:start CULTURE OUR CLIMATE CREATED FOR 25:02.902 --> 25:03.233 align:start WOMEN WORKING IN THE STATE 25:03.236 --> 25:07.637 align:start CAPITOL. 25:07.640 --> 25:10.173 align:start WHETHER YOU'RE A LOBBYIST OR 25:10.176 --> 25:11.808 align:start INTERN OR JUST SOMEBODY WHO IS 25:11.811 --> 25:13.977 align:start ADVOCATING FOR YOUR INTEREST. 25:13.980 --> 25:14.944 align:start >> MOVING BEYOND THAT 25:14.947 --> 25:16.546 align:start DISCUSSION, ARIZONA HAS BECOME 25:16.549 --> 25:20.617 align:start IN THE NATIONAL POLITICAL 25:20.620 --> 25:22.952 align:start SPOTLIGHT WITH NEWS OF A SENATOR 25:22.955 --> 25:23.786 align:start VACATING HIS SEAT, QUITE 25:23.789 --> 25:24.153 align:start POSSIBLY A CONGRESSIONAL 25:24.156 --> 25:25.655 align:start DISTRICT. 25:25.658 --> 25:25.955 align:start WHAT DOES THAT SAY FOR THE NEXT 25:25.958 --> 25:28.992 align:start CYCLE? 25:28.995 --> 25:30.860 align:start >> CANDIDLY WE COULD HAVE TWO 25:30.863 --> 25:31.728 align:start U.S. SENATE SEATS OPEN UP FOR 25:31.731 --> 25:33.196 align:start VACANCIES NEXT YEAR. 25:33.199 --> 25:34.597 align:start IF THAT HAPPENS AND THERE ARE 25:34.600 --> 25:36.566 align:start SOME WHO BELIEVE THAT MIGHT 25:36.569 --> 25:38.201 align:start HAPPEN, IF THAT HAPPENS, WE 25:38.204 --> 25:40.303 align:start ALREADY HAVE ONE SEAT THAT'S 25:40.306 --> 25:40.637 align:start GOING TO BE VACANT, JEFF 25:40.640 --> 25:42.939 align:start FLAKE'S. 25:42.942 --> 25:43.973 align:start WE KNOW SENATOR McCAIN IS 25:43.976 --> 25:47.176 align:start BATTLING CANCER. 25:47.179 --> 25:49.913 align:start IF HE DOES FOR EXAMPLE STEP 25:49.916 --> 25:52.382 align:start DOWN, MANY ARE SAYING THAT YOU 25:52.385 --> 25:56.286 align:start COULD HAVE A STRUCTURAL CHANGE 25:56.289 --> 25:56.619 align:start IN THE POLITICAL SCENE IN 25:56.622 --> 25:58.955 align:start ARIZONA. 25:58.958 --> 26:00.657 align:start YOU COULD HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF 26:00.660 --> 26:04.027 align:start CONGRESSIONAL INCUMBENTS LOOK AT 26:04.030 --> 26:05.795 align:start EITHER ONE OF THOSE SENATE SEATS 26:05.798 --> 26:08.231 align:start AND IF THEY VACATE THE SEATS, 26:08.234 --> 26:11.100 align:start THE ONE FOR THE U.S. SENATE, 26:11.103 --> 26:14.671 align:start YOU'LL HAVE LAWMAKERS AND 26:14.674 --> 26:16.139 align:start MAYORS, COUNSELORS AND COUNTY 26:16.142 --> 26:18.241 align:start SUPERVISORS LOOKING AT 26:18.244 --> 26:20.343 align:start CONGRESSIONAL RACES AND IF THEY 26:20.346 --> 26:21.344 align:start VACATED THEIR SEATS, THEN 26:21.347 --> 26:22.178 align:start SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO FILL 26:22.181 --> 26:25.448 align:start THOSE POSITIONS. 26:25.451 --> 26:27.383 align:start SO YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT 26:27.386 --> 26:29.118 align:start SCHOOL BOARDS. 26:29.121 --> 26:30.553 align:start MAYBE EVEN THE IRRIGATION 26:30.556 --> 26:32.422 align:start DISTRICTS, WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE 26:32.425 --> 26:35.892 align:start COMING IN AND SO SHOULD THAT 26:35.895 --> 26:37.694 align:start HAPPEN, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 26:37.697 --> 26:39.596 align:start SEEING THIS STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN 26:39.599 --> 26:41.064 align:start THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, 26:41.067 --> 26:43.299 align:start YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE SO MANY OF 26:43.302 --> 26:45.101 align:start THEM VACATING THEIR SEATS 26:45.104 --> 26:46.002 align:start POTENTIALLY, THAT YOU'LL HAVE A 26:46.005 --> 26:47.236 align:start COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE. 26:47.239 --> 26:50.807 align:start YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THE CITY 26:50.810 --> 26:53.943 align:start OF PHOENIX, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH 26:53.946 --> 26:57.580 align:start KIRSTEN CINEMA VACATING HER 26:57.583 --> 27:00.750 align:start SEATS, NOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 27:00.753 --> 27:01.951 align:start THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS RUNNING 27:01.954 --> 27:04.020 align:start FOR HIS SEAT. 27:04.023 --> 27:04.387 align:start THOSE SEATS HAVE TO COME FROM 27:04.390 --> 27:07.457 align:start SOMEWHERE. 27:07.460 --> 27:09.425 align:start YOU COULD HAVE VACANCIES IN THE 27:09.428 --> 27:12.695 align:start STATE LEGISLATURE OR OPEN SEATS 27:12.698 --> 27:14.931 align:start IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 27:14.934 --> 27:16.599 align:start AS ONE LOBBYIST AND CONSULTANT 27:16.602 --> 27:18.334 align:start PUT THE OTHER DAY, YOU'RE NOT 27:18.337 --> 27:19.435 align:start LOOKING AT ONE TSUNAMI, YOU'VE 27:19.438 --> 27:20.603 align:start LOOKING AT FIVE OF THEM. 27:20.606 --> 27:22.205 align:start >> THAT'S OUR SHOW THIS WEEK. 27:22.208 --> 27:23.306 align:start BEFORE WE GO, A QUICK 27:23.309 --> 27:25.041 align:start ANNOUNCEMENT, I'LL BE LEAVING 27:25.044 --> 27:27.610 align:start THE HOST SEAT FOR THE NEXT TWO 27:27.613 --> 27:29.312 align:start WEEKS AS WE RETOOL FOR A NEW 27:29.315 --> 27:30.046 align:start PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOW THAT WILL 27:30.049 --> 27:32.482 align:start LAUNCH IN JANUARY. 27:32.485 --> 27:34.817 align:start IN THE MEANTIME STAY TUNED FOR 27:34.820 --> 27:35.351 align:start MORE EPISODES IN DECEMBER.