think part of it is bad luck. his chief opponent, the front runner has been indicted twice. and most gop candidates have felt the need to defend the former president and the face of those indictments more so the state and the federal but but both, so it s hard to both attack and defend at the same time. i just i think that s the challenge the governor de santis and others are having is. where is the opening? i ve heard so many republicans talking about the strategies that they should have attacked him on his personality. attack them here. it seems like they haven t really found a sweet spot. the indictments. i was looking at polling. i think they re from a week or two back. but 15% said, this is only going to make them less likely to vote for donald trump about 43, or two said that it would make them more likely and then 42 or 43 said it would make them it wouldn t change how they were going to support him. and so if that s the case, if these are not making any
donald trump his chief opponent, it looks like he may be being charged with jail time for felonies, what a big boost. all biden has to run on is i m not donald trump. most impressively today in his speech and west hartford connecticut talking about we need to do a more to stop these mass shootings. we ve had 26 heinous mass shooting in 2023. so biden s top i thought was exceptional today. my answer for that that is an accident point, but my answer for who won the week was two words, baby. jack smith. watch him work. that s all i m saying. he s got a subway sandwich bag, i mean look on his face, and he s ready to rumble. he s going to bring it in florida. douglas brinkley, he looked me in but we need mean sometimes. douglas brinkley and michael steele, have a nice weekend. that s tonight s read out.
veteran in this game, michael. who won the? week the effort brought on behalf of music producers and writers and songwriters across the country, the national music publishing associations up to 250 million dollar lawsuit on twitter for copyright infringement other artists and musicians that we all take for granted when we put that tweet out there. oh, i love that. it s powerful. okay douglas brinkley, who won the week? i d go with joe biden because of what happened to donald trump his chief opponent, it looks like he may be being charged with jail time for felonies, what a big boost. all biden has to run on is i m not donald trump. most impressively today in his speech and west hartford connecticut talking about we need to do a more to stop these mass shootings. we ve had 26 heinous mass shooting in 2023. so biden s top i thought was
given your knowledge of the former president i wonder what you saw today in him and also what today what does this foretell about the next year? i think donald trump is very struck by the words to laura coates point the united states vs. donald trump. i think that carries a weight in his mind than frankly the case of the indictment in new york was. that is a federal charge. that is a government he used to oversee that he s now being prosecuted by, and i have to imagine that weight is hitting him. i ve said is before and i ll say it again i think he s going to be in fighting mode tonight when he speaks to his audience and to his donors. but something interesting is happening in the republican field. i ve been critical the republicans didn t seize this moment. this is the best political gift you could get when you re pulling 30 points behind is for your chief opponent to get indicted. nikki haley has changed her remarks and said it s kind of serious. tim scott hasn t tonight. form
the broader swath in the country. his chief opponent, ron desantis, is kicking off his tour. the florida governor calling it the great american comeback tour. he ll start today in iowa. yesterday on fox, desantis was asked for the rational for his campaign, why is he running? why should people take a vote for him over donald trump? here s what he said. why is right now the time for ron desantis to run for president? because everyone knows if i m the nominee, i will beat biden and i will serve two terms. i will be able to destroy leftism in this country and leave woke ideology on the dust bin of history. there it is in a nutshell, joe. he says he can beat joe biden, suggesting donald trump can t. he ll serve two terms. donald trump can t, he s already served one. just on the issues, you know, the shining city on a hill, the mourning in america is woke