before. we know that will come down. but this is something that s different. this is something that feels more immediate and permanent maybe. hi, amanda. my name is robin, i m with planned parenthood votes, and i want to make sure you re aware of the candidates that are running in this election. i am. you are? okay. josh shapiro, running for governor, the one thing about shapiro that s going to be important, and i know you have children, he is going to protect the rights of women. that s a plus then. that s a plus. that s very important. he s going to protect health care, he s also going to protect our abortion rights which are important as well, as you know, the supreme court struck down roe v. wade. that s what i thought, yeah. and they turned it back to the states. that s pretty ridiculous. what s most important to you as you re thinking about what to vote for? as a mother of four children, the jobs. they say all of these jobs are out there, but they don t wa
wages are going up more than inflation. unfortunately, when people go to the gas pumps, go to buy their bread, 70% of people say we re on the wrong track. his approval rating is 41, 42%, those don t bode well for the democrats. i feel that somehow his message, although left brain is getting out there, it s not registering. it doesn t feel good out there. and unfortunately obama s message you played in the last hour, democrats message is roe v. wade, and fear of losing democracy, which are two pretty monstrous things to talk about are not bucking what people feel as they go to the gas pumps, and that s unfortunate. and most people, earlier in the show, jen talked about, canvassing, going door to door, those are issues we talk about. not the kitchen table issues, though they are the most important issues of our time. sam stein, go ahead, general.
were independent favored the democrats by 14 points, and now the gop by 18. i think the democrats made the decision to invest on focusing on abortion, and really abortion alone, even president biden had a recent event where it was all about the fact of codifying roe v. wade. and they forget the suburban women who are pro life or saying it s about the economy, it s about school choice, it s about these cultural issues of i don t want my kids to be indoctrinated or, you know, on gender confusion issues or the drag queen scenarios we keep seeing. so i think for the democrats, they overplayed their hand on abortion. i think you look at again the swing districts and their focus is on what s happening in terms of crime, in terms of the economy, in terms of immigration. republicans obviously are in a much stronger position on those
i believe congress should codify roe once and for all. right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you ve got to vote. that s why in these midterm elections are so critical to elect more democratic senators to the united states senate and more democrats to keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here s the promise i make to you and the american people. the first bill i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. president joe biden today promising to make codifying roe v wade his top priority, the first bill he sends if democrats strengthen control of the house and senate in the midterms just
these forces who were so outraged at the supreme court roe decision. there s a poll that was brought up by the ap. it was in a people and the reporter brought up as well. i think that s pretty, pretty stunning. when you have 85% of all americans agreeing that the country is going in the wrong direction. he has been away for five days. i think it was an important meeting to go to. it was important that he be there pretty said is going to come back and meet with governors on friday. that was the talk about roe. i m pretty sure, byron, i would love your analysis. when 85% of americans agree that the country is going in the wrong direction, is much broader than row will be that is about inflation and cultural wars, crime, immigration. all these things that are leading people to feel like the country is certainly on the wrong track. much, much broader. 85% is a huge number. if you look at what is called the right track or wrong track number over the years, usually