AREA IS LUGE FOR TRUMP SUPPORT.

♪♪♪ >> ERIC: MINNESOTA POLITICOS LOVE NOTHING BETTER THAN SPECULATION ABOUT ONE OF THEIR OWN JOINING A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.

SUPPORTERS CAN TELL THE REST OF THE NATION HOW WONDERFUL THE POLITICIAN IS.

AND DETRACTORS CAN EXPLAIN WHY THEY'VE BEEN SO BAD FOR MINNESOTA THAT THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

WILL GOVERNOR TIM WALZ BE TAPPED AS KAMALA HARRIS' RUNNING MATE?

LET'S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH THIS WEEK'S COUCH FULL OF ANALYSTS.

DEMOCRATS UP FIRST TONIGHT, JAVIER MORILLO IS A FORMER NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER AND LONGTIME UNION AND PARTY ACTIVIST.

PARTY ACTIVIST IS A LABEL YOU CAN ATTACH TO SARA LOPEZ, POLICY DIRECTOR AT UNIDOS MINNESOTA WHO HAS SPENT MANY HOURS AT THE LEGISLATURE.

REPUBLICANS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

BRIAN MCDANIEL, FORMER LEGISLATIVE STAFFER TURNED LOBBYIST AND STANDUP COMEDIAN.

AND ROUNDING OUT THE GROUP TONIGHT, KAILEY TAFFE, ALSO A FORMER LEGISLATIVE STAFFER TURNED LOBBYIST.

JAVIER, WALZ GOT A SHOT?

>> I REALLY THINK HE DOES AND -- >> Eric: LABOR SEEMED TO GET BEHIND HIM A LITTLE BIT TODAY.

>> EARLIER THIS WEEK, I WOULD HAVE SAID, THE BUS IS NOT -- BUT I THINK IT'S VERY SERIOUS ABOUT.

I THINK HE HAS A VERY GOOD SHOT AND I THINK HE'LL BE A FANTASTIC CANDIDATE.

>> Eric: HOW DOES HE GET PAST THE GEORGE FLOYD AFTERMATH AND COVID AND FRAUD IN THE -- >> WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT ANYONE YOU PICK IS GOING TO HAVE ADVANTAGES AND DRINKS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PICK SHAPIRO OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO PROBLEMS ON THE PAL STEEN ISSUE.

SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR FLOWERS AND WARTS.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE VANCE PICK WAS A LITTLE BIT OF REACTION TO TRUMP DOING WELL AND I WONDER IF NOW THAT CAPTAIN LaIS DOING WELL, IF PICKING SOMEBODY SAFE LIKE WALZ WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA VERSUS THE SWING STATES.

>> YEAH, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY HE WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE CANDIDATE FOR HARRIS.

WITH THE DFL TRY EFFECTS TAKE THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, PASSED A VERY PROGRESSIVE AGENDA AND AS ONE OF THE MOST LIBERAL SENATORS THAT HARRIS WAS, I COULD SEE WHY SHE WOULD WANTS TO ADD HIM TO THE TICKET AND THE MIDWEST HAS A LOT OF SWINGS STATES THAT HE WOULD BE APPEALING TO.

>> I'M TOTALLY BIASED BECAUSE I GOT TO WORK ON HIS CAMPAIGN IN 2022 SO I WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY PICK.

HE WOULD OFFER SOME VERY IMPORTANT CONTRAST BETWEEN VANCE AND HIMSELF, AND TO BE REALLY HONEST, HE TOOK US THROUGH THE EPIDEMIC.

HE WAS THERE WHEN THE STATE HAS BEEN THROUGH ITS TOUGHEST MOMENTS SO I THINK THAT HE WILL -- I KNOW HE WORKS REALLY, REALLY HARD SO I LOVE HIM, IF HE WILL GET PICKED.

>> Cathy: I SEE YOU'RE WEARING BRETT GREEN.

>> YES, I AM.

>> Cathy: I NOTED THAT.

>> WHAT WAS MISSING LAST WEEK, THE BIGGEST ROUND DEMOCRATS HAD WAS THE BIDEN ENTHUSIASM GAP ON I WHEN IT CAME TO THE SUPREME COURT, ABORTION RIGHTS, WHEN IT CAME TO ALL SPORTS OF I, THE FUN WAS WITH US BUT WHAT WAS GETTING IN THE WAY OF CONVERSATIONS WAS THE QUESTION OF, LIKE, VOTERS WERE GOING TO INTERPRETER THE VOTING BOOTH, THINKING AN THE PRESIDENT DO THE JOB.

THAT'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

I'VE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THE ORGANIC, GENUINE ENTHUSIASM, VOLUNTEERS SIGNING UP, MONEY COME IN AT ALL LEVELS, SO, YEAH, AND THINGS LIKE THE MEANS AND ALL THIS -- THE MEMES, AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT.

>> Eric: THE DAYS HAVE CLANGED BUT.

ISSUES CHANGED?

>> I DON'T THINK THE ISSUES HAVE CHANGED.

AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY MOTHER NOR HER BIRTHDAY TODAY.

IF YOU LOOK AT HARRIS'S POLLING NUMBERS, THEY WERE ALMOST WORSE THAN BIDEN.

I UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS A COALESCE EDGES BEHIND HER, I UNDERSTAND IT BUT WHAT YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME IS THAT THIS IS THE CANDIDATE THEY WANTED.

THIS IS THE CANDIDATE THAT I THINK CAN STILL BEAT TRUMP, I GET WHY THEY'RE VOTING BUT THIS IS NOT WHO THEY WANTED EVEN A WEEK AGO AND EVERY REASON THEY DIDN'T WANTS HER IS GOING IS TO COME BACK OUT.

>> Eric: I READ AN ARTICLE ON THE HILL TODAY BUT SOME MODERATE REPUBLICANS IN THE U.S. HOUSE HAVING LITTLE BUYERS' REMORSE AGAINST SENATOR VANCE.

I WONDER, ARE YOU PICKING THAT UP?

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONTROVERSIAL -- AND SHE'S MADE CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY.

>> SHE HAS AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS GET THINGS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND KEEP BEATING HIM UP BECAUSE HE WAS JUST CHOSEN THIS WEEK JUST LIKE KAMALA IS BEING BEEFED UP AS THE DARLING OF THE PARTY SO SHE'LL HAVE HER RECORD OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BUT YOU NEVER GET THE CANDIDATE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS BUT THAT'S HOW IT IS.

>> Cathy: SARAH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT ECONOMY IS THIS THE CANDIDATE THAT THE DEMOCRATS REALLY WANTED?

>> YES, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GALVANIZE INDEPENDENT VOTERS.

EVERYBODY WAS WAITING, KIND OF LIKE SECRETLY FOR AN OPTION AND I THINK SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GALVANIZE INDEPENDENT WOMEN VOTERS AND WHO IS O.THOSE WOMEN WHO WERE UNDECIDED ON BOTH SIDES.

>> Cathy: COMING OUT OF THE DNC, WHAT WILL BE A WIN FOR HER?

>> TO SHOW HERS AS A STRONG PROSECUTOR, SHE HERSELF HAS SAID SHE'S PRODUCT CHEAT YEARS, MONITORS, SO FOR HER ABILITY TO LEAD THE COUNTRY, BEAN AN EXTRA ORDER IS SENATOR, AS WELL, AND I THINK THAT SHE'S WELL-POISED TO MEET THE MOMENT.

>> Eric: DOWN-BALLOT -- DOWN I BART IMPACT OF THE CHANGING SCENE HERE, WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO LEGISLATIVE RACES, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACES?

>> SURE, I MEAN THAT I THINK THAT REPUBLICANS IN MINNESOTA HAVE A LOT TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT, IT'S A VERY SHRINAL MAJORITY AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SEATS THAT ARE LIKELY TO LOOK REALLY GOOD, THE LISLEGARD SEAT, PLOW KEY ACCEPT, RIGHT NOW THE MINNESOTA SENATE IS 33-33.

THE MORRISON SEAT IS UP.

WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE THERE AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE AN ACTIVE PRIMARY BUT I HAVE TO MINUTES WITH THE DNC THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, I DON'T SEE HOW THE DEMOCRATS CAN RUN ON THIS IDEA THAT THEY'RE SAVING DEMOCRACY AFTER THIS WHEN THEY ARE COORDINATING A CANDIDATE THAT DID NOT GET ONE OTE IN THE PRIMARY AND THEN PUSHING IT AS IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOMETIME WHEN EVEN DEAN PHILLIPS BROUGHT UP A YEAR AGO THAT BIDEN WASN'T UNTO THE JOB SO NOW WE'RE SEEING THIS COME THROUGH, I HOPE HE'S GETTING A LOT OF APOLOGIZE BEHIND THE SCREENINGS.

>> THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

THEY'RE FOLLOWING A PROCESS THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR PRECISELY THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS AND THE CONTRAST WITH TRUMP AND J.D.

VANCE ON DEMOCRACY ARE THE PLANS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY, ALL THE -- WE HAVE NEW RECORDINGS OF J.D.

VANCE WANTING TO CHASE WOMEN CROSSING STATE LINES, TO SEEK ABORTIONS, LIKE -- I MEAN, J.D.

VANCE IS THE -- SARAH PALIN MUST BE HAPPY BECAUSE SHE'S NOW THINKING MAYBE SHE WON'T BE THOUGHT OF AS THE WORST PICK IN U.S. HISTORY.

>> THE DEMOCRATS GET TO PICK WHO THEY WANT AND THE REPUBLICANS DON'T GET TO BE MAD ON THE DEMOCRATS' BEHALF BUT THEY ARE FOLLOWING A PROCESS, A PROCESS THAT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO REALLY PARTICIPATE IN, AND THAT COMES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE, IS THAT IF THIS WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KAMALA.

MY TWO FRIENDS RIGHT HERE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, THE POLLING NUMBERS WE'RE SEEK, PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH THAT SO I DON'T GET TO TELL THEM THEY CAN'T BE HAPPY WITH KAMALA HARRIS BUT YOU ALSO CAN'T TELL ME THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IF THIS WERE A NORMAL YEAR.

I-A COULD HAVE, WOULD EVER, SHOULD HAVE.

YOU'RE ARGUING A THE COUNSELOR FACTUAL WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.

THE SITUATION IS THAT WE HAVE OUR PEOPLE, EXCITED PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP, MONEY'S OMING IN, THAT'S A GREAT THINGS FOR DEMOCRATS.

>> AND WOMAN PROBLEM OF ORGANIZING IS NOT THE HIM MOMENT COMING TO YOU BUT YOU'RE MAKING THE MOMENT AND I THINK MAKING THE MOMENT HAPPEN.

>> IT'S CLEAR THEY MADE THE MOMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE IT VERY CLEAR OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO GET OUT OF THE RACE UNTIL HE WAS FORCED OUT AND SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S HOW -- VERY TELLING OF THE PARTY, AS WELL.

>> Cathy: SPEAKING OF, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT COMING OUT OF THE RNC BUT FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING HAS SHIFTED >> >> Eric: TRUMP AND VANCE ARE IN St.

CLOUD TOMORROW.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE IN St.

CLOUD TIME.

AS FAR AS GETTING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE STATE RACES, I THINK THAT MINNESOTA POLITICIANS ALWAYS WERE GOING TO AVE TO, THERE ARE TRUMP AS WITH WITH BIDEN OR WITH HARRIS, THEY WERE ALWAYS GROWING TO HAVE TO KIND OF DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES, SORRY, FROM THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND THAT STILL IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD GIVE US PAUSE BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND NOW WE'RE ALREADY PAST IT.

NICKS WEEK WHEN THE AIL ONCE COME, WE'LL ALL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO THEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT SO I WON'T SAY THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER.

>> Cathy: ARE REPUBLICANS IN MINNESOTA EXCITED ABOUT TRUMP ANY MEAN, GIVEN THIS RALLY IN St.

CLOUD, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHY St.

CLOUD, BY THE WAY?

>> IT'S A PLACE HE HASN'T HAD A RALLY IN A LONG TIME, WE'VE BEEN IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR HERE.

REPUBLICANS ARE EXCITED THAT MINNESOTA'S IN PLAY.

OBVIOUSLY THE POLL THAT CAME OUT TODAY SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY BUT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT'S BEEN REALLY CLOSE AND IF MINNESOTA IS IN PLAY, THAT'S HUGE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND -- BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN REGAN DIDN'T TAKE THE WHOLE COUNTRY, IT DIDN'T TAKE MINNESOTA.

TRUMP LIKES A CHALLENGE AND WE'LL SEE HIM HERE.

>> Eric: WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE BOTH SIDES HAVE TONED DOWN THE RHETORIC