circles, and what's going on out in the country. people experience some cross currents here. the economy is really strong. jobs are really strong. inflation is a problem, though, although most economists believe it's transitory based on some outside influences. so the president has to speak to the rest of the country who i think is a little less skeptical and maybe cynical than those of us who spend a lot of time in d.c. >> if you can't get things at the grocery store, if your gas prices are going up, if those basic necessities aren't happening for folks, that's not washington. that's basic living that people i think are struggling with. i think it reflects some of what we're seeing in the polls, joe. some of the reporting also suggests from our white house team here, it's a great story on cnn.com. i encourage everyone to look at it. that biden is being advised to essentially go at republicans harder, to talk about obstructionism for what it is, to talk about truch's big lie about the election for what it