>>> arizona congress member gabrielle giffords just accompanied her hand picked successor ron barber to takeover her seat. his opponent is republican jesse kelly who almost lost to giffords when he ran against her in 2010 . how important is this race nationally? today in "the hill" newspaper, josh limping out punctuated by a damaging jobs report and a gap by obama. democrats are easier for a win to stop the bleeding and demonstrate that momentum is still on their side. joining me is the executive director of "the hill." thanks for joining me. some of the poll s show up by so 10%. talk about the implications.
>> this is a good boost for them. republicans have spent a lot of money to put it in play. president obama 's numbers are not good in arizona . if they win, it is a good psychological boost for them after the economic comments last friday. it would show the congressional democrats are able to survive what could be a tough national environment come november.
>> it would be a boost for democrats. what would it do for republicans especially looking ahead to november?
>> there are real warning signs for republicans with the election. it is a tough race for them because it is the context of giffords and a lot of goodwill toward giffords and former director. one of the things democrats are run on is entitlements. they accuse jesse kelly of being extreme of social security and medicare. what you are seeing in the districts, the ads that you are seeing, you will see them from congressional democrats across the country this election year. so, if democrats can win this seat and if they can win the seat comfortably, expect a lot more of the medicare and social security and republicans want to cut entitlements playbook.
>> what has been the response, josh, to congress member giffords? we saw her accompanying barber. how has that been received each those who are not her supporters?
>> there has been a lot of goodwill, tamron. what is amazing about the race, this is an off-year election. there could be record turnout in the district. the giffords resonated with a lot of voters, even those who disagreed with her, voted for her when she was a congress member. a lot of that goodwill is spreading to her hand picked replacement of ron barber. we are seeing the turnout that was high in wisconsin and the unique situation surrounding this election. it is setting records here in arizona .
>> josh, thank you so much. i appreciate you talking with us today. thanks, josh.
>> thanks.
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