in pennsylvania, you had to go back to 88 to find the last republican victory, bush sr., but then trump pulled it off by a fraction of a point in 2016. you know it, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. can trump do in 2020 what he did in 2016? big question that hovers over this entire election. where does he stand right now? in pennsylvania, here s the most recent head to head polling. from a couple weeks ago, quinnipiac. joe biden, 11 points ahead of trump. biden always playing up scranton, his pennsylvania roots. his campaign headquarters in philadelphia. biden doing the best. but all these other democrats also leading trump in pennsylvania at this early point. as well, trump s approval rating in the state, 42/54. not a number normally you look at and say is good for an incumbent to be at. the one thing to remember, we can show you those head-to-head numbers, we can show you the poor approval rating. i have to show you this, as well. election day 2016, in pennsylvania, the favorable/u
we re going all the way back to the 90s, the 80s. democrats had been winning. in pennsylvania, you had to go back to 88 to find the last republican victory, bush sr., but then trump pulled it off by a fraction of a point in 2016. you know it, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. can trump do in 2020 what he did in 2016? big question that hovers over this entire election. where does he stand right now? in pennsylvania, here s the most recent head to head polling. from a couple weeks ago, quinnipiac. joe biden, 11 points ahead of trump. biden always playing up scranton, his pennsylvania roots. his campaign headquarters in philadelphia. biden doing the best. but all these other democrats also leading trump in pennsylvania at this early point. as well, trump s approval rating in the state, 42/54. not a number normally you look at and say is good for an incumbent to be at. the one thing to remember, we can show you those head-to-head numbers, we can show you the poor approval rating.
received challenges in their own party primaries, where were they? when the challengers emerged. bush sr., 73%, carter at 40%. gerald ford at 60%. trump s number from presidents who faced trouble. nixon at 82%. that was not a challenge from pete mcclosky. that is one heck of a hurdle for weld to overcome. trump s 72%, weld 12%. republicans in new hampshire, a lot of them have heard of weld through his massachusetts days. that s the kind of hurdle he faces there, a president who has a uniquely strong support with his own party, outside the republican party obviously a different story but trump has a challenger and he s from massachusetts, so we thought we would share that with you tonight, brian. a proud massachusetts native, happy to have you here now, though.
socialist alliance and gave the receipt to the press. it didn t get any more ethical from there. in 1980, stone began a lobbying firm with paul manafort that unapologetically catered to human rights abusers. stone once boechted they, quote, lined up most of the dictators in the world we could find. pro-western dictators of course, the good ones. nevertheless, the questionable consultant s resume is filled with work for republican stars. nixon, reagan, bush sr. and of course i m a political adviser to donald trump. reporter: while working for bob dole, stone s personal life caused add public stir. he was forced to resign from dole s presidential campaign after a tabloid revealed he and his wife placed an ad for a sex partner in a paper called local swing fever. stone did not go away. he continues to stir the political pot. in 1999, stone helped donald trump navigate his first short-lived campaign for the
neil: all right. i want to stress here, if the markets are worried about a shut down, they had a funny way of showing its. they gained today. this is low on the priority list. look at this under various presidents from gerald r. ford, jimmy carter, ronald reagan had eight shut downs, bush sr. had one. this would be the third independence this president. the one with bill clinton during the gingrich era was a different one. went on for a while and caused a political tunn political problem. we just talked to senator van holland and he said this is available. let s get the read from his republican counterpart, the whip, john thune. thanks for joining us. it seems that this is available