kennedy s televised address. as the once reluctant jfk became a fighter, president biden whose political career came inspired will tonight also take to the air waves as a fighter for our democracy. joining me is the dean of the columbia journal school and staff writer for the new yorker and thank you both for being here. biden is a fascinating character. he is the moderate s moderate. he did come into office believing he could heal these rifts in the country that were characterized by trump in schaar lotsville. the blow back he got was january 6th. people believing he s not the elected president of the united states. he s had to ideologically grow up real fast. sure. sure. and i think one of the crucial things here is pointing out that in general, you know, presidents
that is so important to him to this this important conversation right now. look, for about two centuries now, more than two centuries, america has been a beacon for the world and now what we re seeing is an assault. so he s going to lay that out, what that attack has been. he s going to lay out who it is coming from and he s also going to lay out what do we do next? how do we move forward? one thing i know you understand, joy, this president, joe biden, is an optimist. you re going to hear as well how to move forward, how we can come together as a country to make sure that we are fighting, indeed, for our rights, fighting for our democracy, fighting for our freedom because we do have a choice to make. you were saying at the top of your show, there is a choice that has to be made so we re going to hear clearly from this president about what that choice is and he ll lift that out and lay that out for the american people very clearly and boldly.
brian: one of the nation s most closely watched midterm races. i m talking about georgia s gubernatorial hopeful stacey abrams having a rematch with brian kemp. and, get this: she is pretty sure she is going to win. far left candidate posting this flashback photo captioned as little miss future governor of georgia? remember, she never admits she lost. critics mocking the theme including our next guest reminds him of the infamous hillary clinton wishing herself a happy birthday to the future president. nationally syndicated radio host erick erickson. he drove two hours to be here. eric, great to see you. great to see you. one stop shopping if i want to get the story on the georgia politics. governor s race, this rematch. if you are kemp. do you feel good right now? oh, you do. if you go back a decade, this is the first time a republican gubernatorial candidate in
how did that play with the people of georgia being labeled like that. how did it play that the primaries had record showing that had you this horrible election change, why did everyone come out in the primaries? the law was completely misrepresented by stacey abrams so much so the major league baseball pulled the all-star game. $10 million loss to georgia because of that mostly nonwhite communities. 50% hispanic, 20% black men under 35 voting for kemp. that s the economic impact. brian: stacey abrams changed her editorial in u.s.a. today because she called for that pullout. she called for corporates. u.s.a. today allowed her change the op-ed to get rid of her call for a boycott tells us everything you need to know. brian: i will talk to herschel in two hours. do you guys mind if herschel walker is going to be here? two hours be down here. raphael warnock running away from president biden whose approval rating 30% here. can he effectively do that when he votes for them 95% o
is the more successful cases, like we have in virginia, a candidate that will run on the issues and policies that impact the american people, as opposed to grievances of the past. that s the way to move forward. and i m encouraged to see people like mike pence. we have ron desantis, other good, strong bench on the republican party candidates will focus on policies as opposed to personalities and past grievances. speaking of the midterms, maria, you just mentioned them, democrats who are desperately trying to cling on to both houses and do have a better chance in the senate than they do in the house, aren t getting any favors from president biden whose approval rating has only been sinking particularly when it comes to his handling of the economy. what do you think president biden can do ahead of the midterms to get more americans on his side and what democrats can do to get them on their side? there s a couple things here,