Heidi Heitkamp: “The most despair economically in this country is in rural America.”

If Democrats have to reduce health care costs, if they have to provide relief at the pump all on their own. So be it. That will be bad for Republicans.

The races that I`m watching right now in North Dakota are races for the school board. We`ve had a couple of attempts at recall elections, people wanting to ban books, people wanting to bring a whole different dynamic to schools, really…

Oh, I think it`s absolutely self-preservation. They see the handwriting on the wall that in the annals of history, this is not going to look well.

I think they have a sense that something is happening out there, that has created now an opportunity for other Republicans to step forward.