Peace. We wont forget this peace. And a look at how the longest running Television Show has covered the news. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington. Welcome to mtp daily. Folks, theres one word to explain what happened last night trump. No debating. Except they are debating that inside the Republican Party right now. President trump says he wasnt the reason republicans across the board were swept away in what was a mini democratic wave last night. At least not in virginia. He says republican candidate gillespie was crushed by nine points, because he did not embrace me or what i stand for. Even though theres ample evidence that gillespie was crushed because of his embrace of perhaps what the president stands for. But if you asked five different republicans today about the president s impact on last nights races youre going to get five different answers or in cases, nonanswers. I profoundly disagree with him on his view of what happene
Economic analyst seve radner. In washington the bureau steve julie pace is with us. Good to have you both along with willie, joe and me. This new National Poll shows a majority of voters holds doubts about President Trumps ability to serve in office. Asked in a Quinnipiac University poll whether donald trump is quote fit to serve as president , a majority, 56 , say no. 42 say he is. This as his job approval tipped up one point from august. Now at 36 to approve, 57 disapprove. On the issues, americans have slightly favorable views of h handling of the economy and terrorism, with approval at 48. At 47 for each issue. But about six in ten americans disapprove of his Job Performance on other major issues. 38 approve of him on both Foreign Policy and immigration and 34 approve on environment and health care. But the president is far ahead of republicans in congress. Just 15 of voters approve of their Job Performance in the Quinnipiac University poll. That is down ten points since june. Stop
Analysis that they stayed home because of the allegations, they chose not to vote at all, and you would think tonight that had to have helped Democrat Doug Jones. He is going through, thinking his supporters, and vowing to take washington by storm. Lets listen in. Its the volunteers who made 1. 2 million phone calls around the state its those volunteers who make sure that we knew it was every community. S you know, i keep hearing about the different communities in this state, the africanamerican communities. Thank you [cheers and applause] my friends in the latino community, thank you [cheers and applause] to all of my jewish friends, happy hanukkah we have built this everywhere we have gone. We have had that same energy, we have had that same excitement. At the end of the day, this entire race has been about dignity and respect. [cheers and applause] this campaign has been about the rule of law. [cheers and applause] this campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making
We had a big number of voters tell us in our voter analysis that they stayed home because of the allegations. They chose not to vote at all and you would think tonight that had to have helped democrat doug jones. He is going through thinking his supporters and vowing to take washington by storm. It is the volunteers who made 1. 2 million phone calls around the state. Its those volunteers to make sure we knew it was every community. I keep hearing about the different communities in the states. The africanamerican community, thank youu. [cheers and applause] my friends in the latino community, thank you. [cheers and applause] to all my jewish friends, happy hanukkah. [cheers and applause] we have built this everywhere we have gone. We have had that same energy. Weve had the same excitement. At the end of the day, this r entire race has been about dignity and respect. This campaign has been about the rule of law. This campaign. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and
We had a big number of voters actually tell us in our voter analysis that they stayed home because of the allegations, they chose not to vote at all, and you would think tonight that had to have helped Democrat Doug Jones. He is going through, thinking his supporters, and vowing to take washington by storm. Lets listen in. Its the volunteers who made 1. 2 million phone calls around the state its those volunteers who make sure that we knew it was every community. You know, i keep hearing about the different communities in this state, the africanamerican communities. Thank you [cheers and applause] my friends in the latino community, thank you [cheers and applause] to all of my jewish friends, happy hanukkah we have built this everywhere we have gone. We have had that same energy, we have had that same excitement. At the end of the day, this entire race has been about dignity and respect. [cheers and applause] this campaign has been about the rule of law. [cheers and applause] this campa