cylinders, my friend. thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you for joining us at home. happy to have you here. tomorrow democrats in washington will be wearing their sunday best. it is a really big landmark day for them at 9:00 a.m. they ll start the home stretch final debate to pass the american rescue plan. a big covid relief bill that is the first thing the biden administration and the democrats in congress put their shoulders to when they got sworn in just two months ago. and you know, time will tell how this legislation is viewed over the long haul. but just at face value, it is more wide reaching progressive legislation than anything past, anything passed at least the last two democratic presidents. legislatively in terms of its progressive reach, in terms of its reach to make things better for people who need the most help. it is definitely on par with the affordable care act, with obamacare. but this bill, what the senate passed this weekend, what the house
conversation was who was going to eventually take over from him. who was best positioned to take over the lead? at some point the lead stuck and became the nomination. i think you hit the nail on the head earlier. biden being able to beat trump. my colleague did a story over the weekend about trump s soft polling with seniors, a crucial electorate, slice of the electorate with republicans. one of the best quotes in the story was with a truck driver from indiana who said right now i m a biden man. according to all the polls he can beat trump. as long as biden can hold onto that, this may be the one we see the next few months. and if he doesn t, watch out. a lot of people are waiting. the risk of watching the next debate from home, not the stage.
age with the way we approach each other, with the way we talk to one another. i think that s why somebody like joe biden who maybe a bit more calm in his demeanor might do so well or like a andrew yang who might do good in getting some of those soft republicans over to their side. one of the gentleman quoted in that article, the 65-year-old truck driver said right now i m a biden man but the only reason i am is because according to al polls he could beat trump. that was by david. do you think the democrats are looking closely at the seniors vote or as closely as they ought to be? absolutely. democrats know the two most reliable voting blocks are seniors and african-americans, african-american women because if they come out, if they say they will vote, they will come out and vote. they are reliable voters.
know, when it said run, joe, run. he commented on that. you know, i d like you all to, i appreciate the energy you showed when i got up here. save it a little longer. i may need it in a few weeks. be careful what you wish for. oh, be careful what you wish for, jonathan. so this is the heart of joe biden s base. the head of the firefighters union has a long-time biden man. so he is going this is his sort of log cabin. you know, the problem yeah, i think it s important to point out that this is an organization that is heavily often republican. 316,000 members lean republican, but the leadership has often supported a deputy. i wonder, as you look at that, is this the joe biden who cannot only get centrist democrats but