S
OME
ELECTION
YEAR
% FORESIGHT, WE
NOW
TUR
N
T
O
OUR
% POLITICAL
PANELISTS SCOT
ROSS
% AND BILL
MCCOSHEN.
% IT'S
NOT
TOO
L
ATE
FOR
202
0
% PREDICTIONS AND
THAT'S W
HA
T
WE% ASKED THEM
TO
PROVIDE
TONIGHT.
% HAPPY NEW YEAR.
% >>
HA
PPY NEW
YEAR.
% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
US.
% >>
WE
START WITH
YOU,
BILL.
% YOUR FIRST ONE
I
S
THAT
HOUSE
% DEMOCRATS
WILL
LOSE
14
SEATS
AND
% COME BACK
WITH A
SLIM,
% UNMANAGEABLE
MAJORITY,
2018,
I
N
% 2021.
% SO
WHY
D
O
Y
OU
THINK
THAT?
% >>
THAT'S
AS
OF
TODAY.
% THAT COULD
CHANGE.
% THERE'S
2
32
DEMOCRATS,
1
98
% REPUBLICANS, ONE
INDEPENDENT
AND
% FOUR
VACANCIES
INCLUDING
THE
% WISCONSIN
7
TH
DISTRICT
W
HIC
H
% WON'T
GET
DECIDED
UNTIL
M
AY.
% NANCY
PELOSI
WILL
LIKELY
KEEP% HER
MAJORITY, BUT
BY
THE
% SLIMMEST
OF
MARGINS.
% 32
DEMOCRATS
AR
E
IN
SEATS
THAT% DONALD TRUMP WON.
% AT
LEAST
HAL
F
O
F
THOSE W
ILL
FLIP% BACK TO THE
REPUBLICANS.% >> WHAT DO YOU THINK
A
BOUT
THAT?
% >> I
THINK
THA
T
DEMOCRATS AND
% INDEPENDENTS
LITERALLY RAN
TO
% THE
PO
LL
S
IN
2018
T
O
REJECT% DONALD
TRUMP.
% IT'S GOING TO
BE
EVE
N
M
ORE
% DISTINCT.
% I THINK THEY
GROW
THE
M
WEL
L,
I
GUESS
I
T'S A
% PREDICTION AND
WE'LL
SEE,
RIGHT?
% LET'S GO TO
YOURS,
SCOTT.
% YOU SAY
THAT
THE
DEMOCRATIC
% PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
WILL
WIN
% WISCONSIN'S
T
EN
ELECTORAL
VOTES,
% LEADING
T
O
A
D
EMOCRATIC
%
PRESIDENT
JANUARY 20,
2021.
% >> Y
ES.
% THE
DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE WILL
B
E% A
BETTER
CANDIDATE
AND
HUMAN
% BEING
THAN
THE
RACIST,
SEXIST
% THE
REPUBLICANS H
AVE
PUT
UP.
% HIGHER
WAGES,
BETTER HEALTH
% CARE, STUDENT
LO
AN
REFORM,
% ENDING THE TAX
CUTS
THAT
HAVE
%
GIVEN
COMPANIES
LIKE
IBM,
% NETFLIX
AND
OTHERS
HUNDREDS O
F
% MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
I
N
TAX
% BREAKS WHEN
THEY'RE
MAKING
-
% AMAZON,
$11
BILLION
IN PROFIT.
% IT
G
OT
$129
M
ILLION
BACK AS A
% RESULT OF
THE
TRUMP
TAX
CUTS.
% THE THIRD
REASON
IS
BECAUSE
% DEMOCRATS ARE NOT
GOING
T
O
T
AKE
% WISCONSIN FOR
GRANTED THIS
TIME.
% THEY'RE ALREADY
D
OING
% COMMUNICATIONS,
ATTACKING TRUMP
% ON A DAILY
BASIS
IN
THE
LOCAL
% AND STATE
MEDIA
,
I
N
DIGITAL
AND
% AT
THE
DOORS.
% THAT'S GOING TO BE THE
KEY.
% WISCONSIN WILL
BE
A
DEMOCRATIC
% STATE IN
2020.
% >>
TRUMP
WINS
WISCONSIN.
% HE
TAKES
THE
T
EN
ELECTORAL
% VOTES.
% DEMOCRATS ARE WELL
ON
T
HEIR
W
AY
% TO
NOMINATING
SOMEONE
W
HO
W
ILL
% KEEP A
PORTION
O
F
THEIR
PARTY
% HOME
LIKE HILLARY CLINTON
% DID.
% JOE
BIDEN.
% THE
PROGRESSIVES WON'T COM
E
OUT
% FOR HIM.
% HE'S
LIKELY TO
BE
THEIR
NOMINEE.
% >>
I
DID
NOT
REALIZE YOU
WERE
% THE
AOC
WHISPERER.% >> ALL RIGHT.
% LET'S MOVE
T
O
STATE
POLITICAL
% PREDICTIONS.
% HERE
IS BILL
M
CCOSHEN'S.
% THE
GOP
WILL
WIN
T
HREE
SEATS
A
ND
% COME BACK
WI
TH A
RECORD
2
1
% SEATS.
% SO
THESE
ARE
ALL
INTERESTING
% DISTRICTS.%>>
RIGHT.
% >>
YOU'RE
SUGGESTING
THAT% JENNIFER SCHILLING
GOES
DOWN.
% >>
LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE OTHER
% TWO.
% THE
10TH
DISTRICT HAS BEEN
% REPUBLICAN
FOR A
LONG
TIME,
% SHEILA
HARSDORF,
H
ER
BROTHER
JIM
% BEFORE
THAT.
% THIS HAS BEEN A
REPUBLICAN
SEAT
% THAT
PATTI
SCHACHTNER WON
DURING
% THE
% THOSE
YEARS.
% THAT
IS
A
REPUBLICAN SEAT.
% 53% ON
AVERAGE R
EPUBLICAN
SEAT.
% SO
JUST
NORMAL
PERFORMANCE WOULD
% PUT A REPUBLICAN BACK
IN THAT
% SEAT.
% THAT
WOULD
P
UT
R
EPUBLICANS AT
% 20.
% THE OTHER
ONE
I
THINK THEY CAN
% GET IS
NOW
D
AVE
HANSON'S
SEAT,
% THE
30TH
IN GREEN
BAY.
% DONALD
TRUMP
G
O
T
52, SCOTT
% WALKER GOT
5
2.
% VUKMIR
GOT
48%
.
% THAT SEAT I
S
ABOUT A
5
1%.
% HANSON
ANNOUNCED
THIS
WEEK
HE'S
% RETIRING.
% HE'S A
STR
ONG
CANDIDATE,
THE
% FAVORITE TO
GET
REELECTED.
% THAT GIVES
REPUBLICANS AN
% OPPORTUNITY TO GET
THEIR
21ST
% SEAT, WHICH WOULD
B
E
THEIR
% LARGEST SENATE
MAJORITY
I
N
5
0
% YEARS.%>>
WHAT
ABOUT JENNIFER
% SCHILLING'S
DISTRICT?
% >>
THAT'S A
TOUGHER
ONE.
% TRUMP
DOE
S
WELL
ALONG WESTERN
% WISCONSIN.
% IT'S
LIKELY
R
ON
KIND WILL BE
% TARGETED
AGA
IN.
% IF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY
PUTS THE
% RESOURCES IN THAT
DISTRICT, THEN
% THERE'S A
GOOD
CHANCE THAT
THAT
% SEAT COULD
B
E
COMPETITIVE
AGAIN.
% LAST
TIME S
HE
WON
B
Y L
ESS
THAN
% 2,000 VOTES.
% >>
RON
KIND DIDN'T
HAVE AN
% OPPONENT LAST
TIME.
% IF
HE
PUTS
$
3
MILLION
ON
T
F
V
TV UP
% THERE, IT'S
GOING TO
B
E B
AD
NEWS% FOR THE
REPUBLICANS.
% THE
SECOND
THING
IS,
LISTEN,
% PEOPLE ARE
SICK OF
T
HE
% DYSFUNCTION
OF
STATE
GOVERNMENT
% AND IT'S
BECAUSE
OF ROBIN
VOS
% AND SCOTT
FITZGERALD.
% THAT'S WHY THERE WAS
HOMEWORK
ON% CLEAN
WATER, CLEAN
AIR.
% YOU ACT
LIKE A
CHILD,
THEY'RE
% GOING TO TREAT YOU
YOU
LIKE A
% CHILD.%>>
YOU
R
L
AS
T
PREDICTION IS AS A
% RESULT OF
A
LL
THE
ATTENTION
I
N
% MILWAUKEE OF
THE
DNC
CONVENTION
% THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING
TO
MOV
E
% THERE
AFTER
THEY S
EE
MILWAUKEE?
% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% 15,000
VOLUNTEERS
AR
E
BEING P
UT
% TOGETHER TO SUPPORT
AND PROMOTE
% TO
T
HE
WORLD
HOW
GREAT MILWAUKEE
% IS.
% THERE IS
THIS
INCREDIBLE
% OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING
PEOPLE
% TOGETHER THAT'S GOING
TO
LAST% LONG BEYOND
THE
CONVENTION AND% WE ARE
GOING
TO
DEFINITELY
HAVE
% --
MILWAUKEE'S GOING TO SHINE.
% I THINK
PEOPLE ARE
GOING
TO
C
OME
% THERE.
% BUILD
IT AND
THEY'RE
GOING
TO