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IN THE SPRING/SUMMER, PLAYING AN IMPACT.
LET ME TURN NOW TO THE REPUBLICAN IN CHARGE OF WINNING
RACES LIKE THIS. HE'S ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE
NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
YOU HEARD JIM GALOWAY THERE. HE SAID THIS RACE IS ABOUT
TRUMP. >> CLEARLY SOME VOTERS WANT TO
BE ABOUT TRUMP, AND IT'S ABOUT WHEN VOTERS WANT IT TO BE ABOUT.
AND IN THE END IT'S ABOUT WHO THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEM IN
THE SIXTH DISTRICT. AND I THINK CARRY HANDEL WILL
COME OUT ON TOP OF THAT NOT JUST BECAUSE SHE LIVES THERE BUT SHE
REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
>> WIN OR LOSE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG RACE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRUMP, CLINTON CAMPAIGN FROM NOVEMBER,
DO YOU TAKE ANY COMFORT BY LOSING BY A POINT SAYING, WELL,
WE LOST IT RACE BY A POINT BUT REPUBLICANS GET BLOWN OUT, EVEN
THOUGH WE LOST BY A POINT, EVERY DEMOCRAT -- DO YOU TAKE ANY
COMFORT IN THAT IF YOU COME UP SHORT.
>> WELL, CHUCK WE'RE GOING TOO WIN TONIGHT.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND
$33 MILLION ON THE LEFT SEAT. IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT OUT TIMES
THE 25 DEMOCRAT DISTRICTS THEY HAVE TO HOLD AND THE 45
REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS THEY WANT TO TARGET, THAT WOULD BE
$2.1 BILLION, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY.
>> ELECTIONS ARE GETTING EXPENSIVE, BUT I DON'T THINK
WE'RE IN MULTIPLE OF BILLIONS YET.
WHO KNOWS. LET ME ASK YOU ON MESSAGING,
DEMOCRATS SEEMED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MESSAGE FOCUSED ON
TRUMP AND HEALTHCARE. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS COMING
FROM YOUR SIDE, AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T CONTROL ALL THE
MESSAGING, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> WELL, WITH A CANDIDATE LIKE JOHN OSOFF WHO HAS KIND OF A
THIN RÉSUMÉ AND EVEN EXAGGERATED PARTS OF THAT, YOU DO FIND
YOURSELF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU CAN THROW AGAINST THE
WALL AND WHAT CAN STICK. BUT I THINK IN THE END THE
PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT WANT THIS TO BE ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO
REPRESENT THEM THE BEST. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE
CAIRN HANDEL. I FEEL CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO
COME OUT ON THE WINNING SIDE TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, MAYBE THE HOUSE AND
SENATE MAY BE WATCHING TONIGHT ON HEALTHCARE, BECAUSE THAT WAS
THE ISSUE MOST TALKED ABOUT IN THIS DISTRICT THAN OTHER
ISSUES -- DO YOU FEEL THE PROCESS OF HEALTHCARE THIS
SUMMER, HOW IT GOES IS ON THE BALLOT TONIGHT?
>> I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FACTORS IN THIS RACE.
I DON'T THINK THIS RACE IS ALL ABOUT ANY ONE THING AS YOU SAID,
CHUCK. >> LET ME ASK YOU THEN
SPECIFICALLY ON HEALTHCARE, DO YOU VIEW IT AS A NEGATIVE RIGHT
NOW FOR YOUR MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S SO UNPOPULAR AND THAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE TIME TO IT INTO A POSITIVE?
OR WHERE DO YOU ASSESS THE HEALTHCARE ISSUE RIGHT NOW FOR
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES THINKING ABOUT 2018?
>> I THINK ONLY IN WASHINGTON CAN KEEPING YOUR PROMISES BE
CALLED NEGATIVE. FRANKLY, WE CAMPAIGNED IN 2010,
2012, 2014, AND 2014, AND BY THE WAY, CHUCK, THE STATUS QUO IS
TERRIBLE IN MY HOME STATE OF OHIO.
I HAVE FOUR OF MY 12 COUNTIES THAT HAVE ZERO INSURANCE
COMPANIES NOW IN THE INDIVIDUAL MARK PLACE AND FOUR MORE THAT
HAVE ONLY ONE AND NO CHOICE. SO THERE'S A HUGE PRAB IN THE
STATUS QUO. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX
HEALTHCARE. AND FRANKLY, I REALIZE THAT THE
FIRST BILL WE PASSED WAS NOT PERFECT BUT IT WAS A GOOD FIRST
STEP. >> DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE MAYBE YOU
GUYS SHOULD BE DOING THIS MORE IN PUBLIC?
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE HIDING FOR POLITICAL REASONS THAT IT'S TOO
PAINFUL TO TALK ABOUT THE VILK ASPECTS OF THE BILL.
I GET IT AS A POLITICAL TACKIC. DO YOU THINK LONG-TERM YOU COULD
PAY A PRICE FOR THAT? >> WE HAD HEARINGS IN THE HOUSE,
AND IT SENATE IS NOW DRAFTING A BILL.
IT'S HARD TO DRAFT A BILL IN PUBLIC, BUT THEY WILL HAVE
HEARINGS. THEY SAID THEY'LL HAVE HEARINGS.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE WATCHING

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