that the biden administration is primarily responsible despite the president s attempt to blame vladimir putin let s bring anna markey s managing director of the stag will group and chairman of the harris poll, mark. the president, 40% approval, that is lousy for this stage of a presidency. how do you explain it? i think the problem is the biggest issue in the country right now is inflation and the president receives his lowest ratings about 35% approval on that very issue. if he does not get moving on the economy and the economic concerns of everyday americans, this is going to be a very tough mid term let alone an attempt at reelection for. the white house is attempting to sound the economic point what, got great job growth and got growth we ve got nominal wages rising but you say inflation is dwarfing all that economic news? absolutely.
paul: . with the implications of all this for the midterm sets with the members of congress care most about. approval ratings in this kind of an area, is this going to be deadly for the democrat majority? yes i think this is really a tornado really coming here to wipe down the democratic house unless they re at major changes made for think at this point it s getting too late. would be a shock or a surprise now if the republicans did not win a comfortable victory and will that probably carry over to the senate? it will because a lot of voters will be turning out just about their anger about the economy in these policy issues. they won t care for the various candidates are. i expect this to be a bit of a wave election this is already beginning to affect the prospects for 2024. paul: that is for sure the implications thereby fancying. alright mark thanks much for