Kudlow

Here we are. One day left. And I'll say what I always say: polls don’t vote. Only voters vote.  One reason I can't wait for this midterm election to be over is that virtually every media outlet that I know of is telling me that polls vote.  With Victor Davis Hanson, John McLaughlin, Art Laffer, Joe Concha, Jason Chaffetz, and Dan Brouillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the strongest economy since I was a kid during the Reagan 1980s. And as the president keeps saying, with very little support, unfortunately, from other party leaders, his economic growth policies of tax cuts, less costly government regulations, drill baby drill, center of the world energy policy and reciprocal trade. Reciprocal trade that is leading to an on-shoring manufacturing boom that has helped produce a million new private sector jobs and 325,000 fewer federal jobs.With Tomi Lahren, Charlie Hurt, Brooke Rollins, EJ Antoni, Kellyanne Conway, Mehek Cooke and Kim Strassel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s so much talk about Democratic dirty tricks and decoy candidates in Alaska, along with Omar’s husband problem in Minnesota. Along with socialists running away from socialism in Michigan, Minnesota, Florida, and elsewhere. But perhaps the most important issue for voters is almost getting blocked out. The economy is booming.  With Clay Travis, Ben Ferguson, Ben Domenech, Marc Sumerlin, Jonathan Turley, Brian Kilmeade and Brent Buchanan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic dirty tricks are gonna sink them in this Tuesday’s election. These are the last hours of these campaigns, and one after another, Democrats are putting their worst foot forward. This dirty trickster stuff never pays off. They are helping Republicans and the cause of freedom and free enterprise. Dare I say thank you?With Marc Thiessen, Ari Fleischer, Newt Gingrich, General Keith Kellogg, John Carney, Michael Faulkender and Ashley Hayek.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Of course, the left media will only talk about gasoline prices when it comes to the economy. Literally pull up an article, and front and center is gonna be gasoline prices. So the whole national discussion isn’t really about the economy, it’s about gas prices. So ok, I get it. Gas prices are uncomfortably high. It’s a problem for some people. I don’t want to deny that. But having said that, the fact is the media has done everyone a great disservice by not talking about all the good news in the economy. With Mark Penn, Nancy Tengler, Matt Towery, Mark Simone, Karol Markowicz, Liz Peek, Art Laffer and Steve Forbes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is President Trump’s indefatigable campaigning making a difference in the midterm elections? I believe it is. An enormous difference. I interviewed the President yesterday, and told him straight up that his relentless herculean campaigning is turning the tide. Getting voters out. Raising enthusiasm. The economy is booming. America is the hottest economy in the world. Despite high gas prices that are a problem for many, the fact remains; consumers are spending rapidly.With Kevin Hassett, Miranda Devine, Joe Concha, Ben Ferguson, Ben Domenech, and Steve Hilton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A couple thousand words in today's New York Times about Democratic game plan if they win back Congress. By the way, I don't know if they will. According to the story, Dems are going to address the affordability crisis. Sure, they are. Last time, they addressed affordability with a $7 trillion big government socialist spending plan that led to a 21% cumulative inflation rise over four years. Now they are pledging, according to the New York Times, for lowering high costs of groceries and gasoline, and healthcare. You know how they're gonna do it, folks? Price controls. With Joe Concha, Mark Simone, Michele Tafoya, Aaron Cohen, EJ Antoni and Jordan Ricciardi.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“As soon as the war ends, you know, we beat the hell out of Iran as soon as the war ends and it'll end one way or the other very quickly”. So, I'll just say this. President Trump said this Tuesday night in Greenville, North Carolina. And as my friend and former colleague, former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told me last evening, quote, when he, meaning Trump, says he's going to do something, there's a pretty good doggone chance he's gonna do it. That means we're going to bomb Iran. Immediately after the election. To me, it's very clear President Trump has no interest in phony Iranian peace discussions or deals. He is well aware of their bad faith that they lie, cheat and steal their way through life as radical Islamists work to hold on to their own power aggrandizement. With Mike Sarraille, Caroline Downey, Ben Ferguson, Karol Markowicz, Michael Faulkender, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Jonathan Turley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some new stories suggest that the Republican closing arguments for the midterm elections will focus on the riots in France. No question, this is a big threat to America, and a key risk in the elections. If the Democratic socialists reopen the border and let in another 15 million or more illegals, and if at the same time they destroy ICE, and police, and then take over the economy, with a $50 trillion Medicare for all plan that would reduce GDP by nearly 15% and crush wages by 28%, according to the Council of Economic Advisers – then we will wind up being like France. And that is devoutly to be avoided. With Dan Brouillette, Victor Davis Hanson, Jim McLaughlin, Robert Cahaly, Steve Forbes, Liz Peek and Rep Darell Issa.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pollster friends of mine are telling me Republicans are gonna lose the House and maybe the Senate, because not enough traditional Republicans are gonna come out and vote. In other words, Mr. Trump has always had the support of MAGA Republicans, but the mistake at the Dallas Convention was not wooing so-called traditional GOPers. Well, I’m not sure what a traditional Republican is, or why any Republican, or for that matter any sane person, would want to vote in a bunch of Democratic party big government socialists. With Miranda Devine, Ben Domenech, Newt Gingrich, David Malpass, Christina Skinner, John Carney and Hogan Gidley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Slotkin's point is to bring political prosecution to young Republican staffers working for the president. With Katie Miller, Chloe Trapanotto, Art Laffer, Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Rebeccah Heinrichs, Roger Zakheim, and NJ GOP Senate Candidate Justin Murphy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Newt Gingrich and I have been talking about so-called Democratic affordability, and the big government socialist mantra of medicare for all, which basically means if you like your healthcare plan, you won’t be able to keep it. $160 million some odd workers have employer-based healthcare and they like it, but they will lose it under the socialist proposal to nationalize the healthcare system. The Council of Economic Advisers estimates that to cost roughly $50 trillion over 10 years. With Joe Concha, Charlie Hurt, EJ Antoni, General Keith Kellogg and Jordan Ricciardi.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Run your finger down the key races in the Real Clear Politics average. What you see is seven toss-up races, well within the polling error margin. One tie in Kansas. One big GOP win in Florida. And one Democrat win in Georgia. Again, the toss-ups are well inside the error margin. This does not spell a Democratic blue wave in the Senate. With Newt Gingrich, Robert O'Brien, Ben Domenech, Ben Ferguson, Marc Sumerlin, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The reason the Bruce Blakeman-Kathy Hochul race for governor is so important, is because a Blakeman victory will not only knock out a far-left blue state governor, it will also knock down New York’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. In other words, if you take out Hochul, you basically call a halt to all of the damage, be it antisemitism, woke culture, insane tax increases, of course the pied-a-terre tax, and all of the other crazy stuff Mamdani and his merry band of Democratic socialists of America are trying to inflict on what should be the greatest city in America and the world. With Liz Peek, John Carney, Mark Simone, Victor Davis Hanson, General Jack Keane and Marc Thiessen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Affordability is likely to be a defining issue in the 2026 midterms, as voters continue to face higher costs for everyday necessities. Is the GOP doing enough to tout the Trump economic boom? Plus, President Donald Trump doubled down on his decision to allow Russian diesel imports amid growing backlash, calling it the "right choice". Guest host David Asman with Dan Brouillette, Art Laffer, Steve Forbes, Mike Rogers, Miranda Devine, Rich Lowry and Roger Zakheim.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is once again caught between a foreign policy rock and a hard place. He announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, but Zelenskyy posted Sunday that Russian drones have been pounding Ukraine “all day,” adding, “A power plant in Kharkiv was attacked this evening.” Trump is simultaneously locked in a war of words with Zelenskyy, suggesting he should be replaced after demanding Ukraine stop hitting Russian refineries — and blaming him for high diesel prices. Now, to bring those prices down, Trump is cutting a deal for Russia to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel, drawing opposition from several GOP lawmakers. And another front is flaring. Trump says the U.S. “may” join the fight against the Iran-backed Houthis after a new Riyadh airport attack and more hits Sunday. Guest host Edward Lawrence with Rebecca Heinrichs, Richard Goldberg, Phil Flynne, Michael Faulkender, Christina Skinner, Byron York, Hogan Gidley and Sen. Marsha Blackburn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump touts the 'Golden Age of America' and once again tells midterm voters to pretend he's on the ballot. Guest Host Charles Payne with Newt Gingrich, John Carney, Tim Doescher, Ben Domenech, Ben Ferguson, Mike Sarraille, and Dario Gil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is returning to Texas Wednesday for a political rally in San Antonio ahead of the midterm elections. He is joining Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, who faces a tight race against Democratic nominee James Talarico, according to recent polling. Guest host Edward Lawrence with Art Laffer, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Tala Goudarzi, Marc Thiessen, Liz Peek, Joe Concha and Roger Zakheim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You just have to love it, while these Democratic candidates are out there tweeting and chirping and criticizing Mr. Trump and the GOP on the issue of affordability. Hahaha. In the first place, Trump way back in 2016 invented the term affordability, amidst much derision as he successfully ran in his first term. Now with a temporary gasoline spike from the Iran war, Democrats have latched on to the term affordability as some kind of midterm election life raft. With Conrad DeQuadros, Christina Skinner, Jason Katz, Daniel McCarthy, Miranda Devine and Caroline Downey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices