Charlie James discusses push polling by Darline Graham and DNC money troubles.

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Charlie James: Well, you got to admit that the team—and I'm talking about the campaign team behind Darline Graham—they are, I mean, they are on the ball. They're actually doing some push polling. And I just got this: "Charlie, I received a survey. It asked who I would vote for and more questions about whether I would change my mind based on certain information. Then did a hit piece on everyone except Graham. Same poll you quoted. Questions clear—clearly structured to get poll answers favorable—favorable to Mrs. Nordone." That's called a push poll. That's called a push poll. And that's what they're doing right now for Darline Graham. So, "Who are you voting for?" "Oh, I'm voting for Ralph Norman." "What if there were negative information about Ralph Norman, would you change your mind? What if recent news..." and then—and that's what they do. Now, it's disguised as a poll to get your opinion, but it's not. It's actually marketing to try to get you to change your mind. Let's go to Janice in Gastonia. Janice, welcome. Caller (Janice): Hey, Charlie. Um, I'm kind of calling off-topic. I wanted to correct something I told you about about the DNC taking a mortgage out. It turns out the building is valued at $15.2 million. However, they already have two mortgages against it, they were going for a third and they could only get $2 million, so they asked their vendors to wait until after the ven—after the midterms before sending their invoices. Charlie James: Wow! That's, yeah, they're hurting, they're hurting bad. Did you notice that once USAID dried up, the Democrats are broke? Caller (Janice): Yeah! That was the first thing that came out of my mouth when I started hearing all of this. I told my husband, I said, "Yeah, they, they, their cash cow got dis-eliminated, so..." And I guess that's the only way you can cheat is to keep feeding it back to yourself. Charlie James: That's—you're exactly right. I appreciate it, Janice. Let's go to Terry in Spartanburg. Terry, welcome. Caller (Terry): How we doing today, Charlie? Charlie James: I'm doing really good. What's up, man? Caller (Terry): Hey, to get, uh, Miss, uh, Graham to, uh, uh, tell her, you know, hey, nobody in the Upstate should vote for her unless she calls your show, and maybe Tara's show, and take five questions from each person. Charlie James: That would be, you know, it's—and we're not the only ones saying that. Even, I told you before, Meg Kinnard over at the AP here in South Carolina, she's like, "This woman's not answering any question—any questions." Caller (Terry): Correct. So, that way there, you know... Put her on the spot, say, hey, nobody should vote for her until she comes, you know, calls in and asks qu- answers questions. Charlie James: There you go. There you go. We're going to have—I appreciate it, Terry, thank you. We're going to have Russell Fry on tomorrow at 4:06. You definitely want to tune in to that. That's—I mean, you would think—but no, what does she do? She goes to Sean Hannity. Then she goes to Trey Gowdy. Two of Lindsey Graham's buddies! Of course they're going to be for her. That—that so-called interview last night with—with Trey Gowdy was just disgusting. It really was. There wasn't a single substantive answer—question asked. Talked about how she—she—she only buys steak when it's on sale. Well, welcome! Welcome to the world. Let's go to Doug in Simpsonville. Doug, welcome. Caller (Doug): Hey, Charlie. I think earlier you were, uh, talking about what would be important questions to ask in this debate tonight. I—the number one question I would ask of any of these people is: Do you support changing the filibuster rules? We got all these, all these bills backed up, some of which, by the way, are would have incremental effects on affordability. So, are we going to just let—are we going to try and put the pressure on Thune or not? I'd really like to know where they come down on that. Charlie James: Yeah, I would love that. I apprec ...

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