showing another 372,000 jobs added, a sign that that part of the economy remains strong. today s economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. i m not suggesting there s a lot more work to do, but i am suggesting we are making significant progress. in fact the biden presidency has seen extraordinary job growth, a half million jobs added every month. the president said all of the jobs lost in the pandemic have been recovered and then some but that s not what people are feeling. they re feeling the spiking gas prices and the sky high inflation numbers that for many americans have made things like summer vacations now simply unaffordable. which is why the latest a. p. poll found the number of people who think inflation and gas prices should be the government s top priority, has roughly tripled in the last six months. one very interesting note, those two issues ranked one and two among independent voters. and those numbe
among independent voters. and those numbers aren t just for the president. democrats in general know the clock is ticking for members on the ballot in november. i want to bring in nbc s carol lee covering the white house, editor at large at c-net money, peter baker, chief white house correspondent, for the new york times, and matthew dowd is founder of country over party, and an msnbc political contributor. you know, peter, is the real issue for democrats that the economy and abortion are not things that the president necessarily has significant control over, at least not now, so short of some major messaging break-through, which frankly has been a problem for this white house, november is going to be incredibly challenging? well, november will be incredibly challenging. history tells us that presidents in their first midterms tend to lose seats in the house especially. they re feeling better about the senate because of individual matchups but this is not the