FORESIGHT, WE NOW TURN TO OUR
POLITICAL PANELISTS SCOT ROSS
AND BILL MCCOSHEN.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR 2020
PREDICTIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE
ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE TONIGHT.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> WE START WITH YOU, BILL.
YOUR FIRST ONE IS THAT HOUSE
DEMOCRATS WILL LOSE 14 SEATS AND
COME BACK WITH A SLIM,
UNMANAGEABLE MAJORITY, 2018, IN
2021.
SO WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?
>> THAT'S AS OF TODAY.
THAT COULD CHANGE.
THERE'S 232 DEMOCRATS, 198
REPUBLICANS, ONE INDEPENDENT AND
FOUR VACANCIES INCLUDING THE
WISCONSIN 7TH DISTRICT WHICH
WON'T GET DECIDED UNTIL MAY.
NANCY PELOSI WILL LIKELY KEEP
HER MAJORITY, BUT BY THE
SLIMMEST OF MARGINS.
32 DEMOCRATS ARE IN SEATS THAT
DONALD TRUMP WON.
AT LEAST HALF OF THOSE WILL FLIP
BACK TO THE REPUBLICANS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK THAT DEMOCRATS AND
INDEPENDENTS LITERALLY RAN TO
THE POLLS IN 2018 TO REJECT
DONALD TRUMP.
IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE
DISTINCT.
I THINK THEY GROW THE M WELL, I GUESS IT'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 TEN ELECTORAL VOTES,
LEADING TO A DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT JANUARY 20, 2021.
>> YES.
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WILL BE
A BETTER CANDIDATE AND HUMAN
BEING THAN THE RACIST, SEXIST
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT UP.
HIGHER WAGES, BETTER HEALTH
CARE, STUDENT LOAN REFORM,
ENDING THE TAX CUTS THAT HAVE
GIVEN COMPANIES LIKE IBM,
NETFLIX AND OTHERS HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX
BREAKS WHEN THEY'RE MAKING --
AMAZON, $11 BILLION IN PROFIT.
IT GOT $129 MILLION BACK AS A
RESULT OF THE TRUMP TAX CUTS.
THE THIRD REASON IS BECAUSE
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE
WISCONSIN FOR GRANTED THIS TIME.
THEY'RE ALREADY DOING
COMMUNICATIONS, ATTACKING TRUMP
ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE LOCAL
AND STATE MEDIA, IN 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 TEN ELECTORAL
VOTES.
DEMOCRATS ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY
TO NOMINATING SOMEONE WHO WILL
KEEP A PORTION OF THEIR PARTY
HOME LIKE HILLARY CLINTON
DID.
JOE BIDEN.
THE PROGRESSIVES WON'T COME OUT
FOR HIM.
HE'S LIKELY TO BE THEIR NOMINEE.
>> I DID NOT REALIZE YOU WERE
THE AOC WHISPERER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE TO STATE POLITICAL
PREDICTIONS.
HERE IS BILL MCCOSHEN'S.
THE GOP WILL WIN THREE SEATS AND
COME BACK WITH A RECORD 21
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, HER 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 REPUBLICAN SEAT.
SO JUST NORMAL PERFORMANCE WOULD
PUT A REPUBLICAN BACK IN THAT
SEAT.
THAT WOULD PUT REPUBLICANS AT
20.
THE OTHER ONE I THINK THEY CAN
GET IS NOW DAVE HANSON'S SEAT,
THE 30TH IN GREEN BAY.
DONALD TRUMP GOT 52, SCOTT
WALKER GOT 52.
VUKMIR GOT 48%.
THAT SEAT IS ABOUT A 51%.
HANSON ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK HE'S
RETIRING.
HE'S A STRONG CANDIDATE, THE
FAVORITE TO GET REELECTED.
THAT GIVES REPUBLICANS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR 21ST
SEAT, WHICH WOULD BE THEIR
LARGEST SENATE MAJORITY IN 50
YEARS.
>> WHAT ABOUT JENNIFER
SCHILLING'S DISTRICT?
>> THAT'S A TOUGHER ONE.
TRUMP DOES WELL ALONG WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
IT'S LIKELY RON KIND WILL BE
TARGETED AGAIN.
IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PUTS THE
RESOURCES IN THAT DISTRICT, THEN
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THAT
SEAT COULD BE COMPETITIVE AGAIN.
LAST TIME SHE WON BY LESS THAN
2,000 VOTES.
>> RON KIND DIDN'T HAVE AN
OPPONENT LAST TIME.
IF HE PUTS $3 MILLION ON TF V TV UP
THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE BAD NEWS
FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
THE SECOND THING IS, LISTEN,
PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE
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.
>> YOUR LAST PREDICTION IS AS A
RESULT OF ALL THE ATTENTION IN
MILWAUKEE OF THE DNC CONVENTION
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE
THERE AFTER THEY SEE MILWAUKEE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
15,000 VOLUNTEERS ARE BEING PUT
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE
TO THE 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 COME
THERE.
BUILD IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO