correct. the numbers are not evenly distributed. i talk to republican operatives in trump states, strong republican districts in areas that feel confident at this point the president s problems in swing districts and democratic strongholds is not an issue for them where they are. that s why you haven t seen republicans revol revolve aroun president. on the other hand, i was really keen under the poll that came out over the weekend. yeah, iowa. iowa was a state that was never competitive for hillary clinton even though she put a lot of resources in there. it was a strong trump state. it shows independents disapprove of trump, 59%. the overall approval rating under water, 43%. this was a swing state, typically. wasn t in 2016. voters are having second thoughts at the moment.
considers the larger implications. not just the historic implications but larger implications of what s going on in the world right now and that the shoot from the hip kind of attitude goes against everything barack obama has always believed and the way he s performed as a politician a as a president. it struck me the other day as was driving through connecticut and on 84 and you pass through newtown, and i was thinking about the president of the united states addressing the nation after that horrific, horrific murders in newtown of children. you wonder, your mind wanders and you wonder is president-elect donald j. trump up to that task? sam, i know you have been following up with late deciders in 2016. voters that waited until the last minute to pick a candidate. for some it was that october surprise by fbi director jim
this may not be an issue in 18 month. you may have a republic dmant white house and you will get tax reform and you will roll back regulations by i think will be good for the economy. or you might get something totally different out of hillary clinton. here his one other thing you have to look at. usually in times of high anxiety. people vote people into office they normally wouldn t. that s probably why you have got barack obama in 2008 and someone like donald trump in 2016. voters do weird things, crazy thing when they are scared. jenna: as we take a look at the market in an immediate timeline, here is where we are today. we are down 448 points as we near noon. this is normally when thing level out a little bit.
basis. right now they will be released the state department says in january, a couple weeks before the iowa caucuses. you re in iowa right now. what would it mean if they were released on a rolling basis politically speaking? i assume hillary clinton and her campaign would like to get them out earlier than later? i think that s right. actually take her at her word for saying she would like them to be released soon. i think as we heard from the judge, she urged the state department to release them on a rolling basisp. the next six, nine months until the iowa caucuses and primaries beyond we are going to be talking about this. she still has to appear before the benghazi committee. all the e-mails will be released. they probably don t want them released in dribs and drabs. it would be untenable for them not to be released until january of 2016. voters would be asking questions about that quite a distraction. some analysis dana bash is
running in 2016. voters have a few hours left in the republican runoff that could bring mark sanford back into politics. sanford is facing former charleston county councilman curtis bostonic for a congressional seat. he appears poised for the nomination despite confessing to an affair four years ago. but he has the support of evangelicals. his old teacher and wife of 25 years. he has a great number of followers out there just like me. other little old ladies, retired teach here s are fiscally conservative. in 2002, our commitment to life was seriously tested. coming off cancer treatments, doctors were shocked that i had become pregnant. curtis and i trusted god and chose life. as for the child, meet steven. ? but if sanford pulls out a