congress. ali, 23 democratic retirements in the house as of today. while democrats say that they believe that they can keep control of the house, but are they showing how they really feel by heading to the exits? i have to say as soon as you said that we are almost in a midterm election year, i m a little bummed had we didn t get some early election music. so maybe as we start to get into the calendar stop right there, stop right there. it will be a long 2022, don t start that now. i don t know, i m a geek for the election music. but i will say you look atprosp 20 retirements at some point, others seeking other office like you saw on that graphic. it is sort of what you expect from the party in the majority, but democrats are under no illusion about the fact that they face a steep climb ahead in the 2022 midterms. not just because you look at president biden s overall approval rating, but many of them feel like they didn t necessarily do the job of messaging the work that they
there soon after we get going and i ll be there until the calls tell oats they want to want to come home anyway. i ll see you tomorrow night, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening rachel, and i m so excited about tomorrow night. and it s not just because, i don t have to write anything tomorrow because we re doing my favorite thing which is election coverage, preempting these hours. but we are going to be working together again. and that s a very exciting thing. if you can call it work, it s really just kind of, we re sort of on tv watching tv, like watching the returns, what s gonna happen next. listen, i m gonna be air guitar-ing the timpani from the election music every time we come out of commercial. i m just gonna be like flagging down steve kornacki anytime i have a stray thawed or some new piece of data may have wafted his way. i m super excited, i m super nervous to be back with everybody in person, but also
and good day, this is andrea mitchell. i m hearing the election music in my ears. well good day, it is a big election day for voters from minneapolis to atlanta with the center of the political universe today is virginia. voters go to the polls to decide if terry mccauliffe will win his job back or if glenn youngkin will win for the first time in a decade. they are putting the state up for grabs just one year after
watching. that does it for this hour. i m nicolle wallace, but i am going to be back tonight, like, forever. i think six hours, not just me, all the fun friends you like, round two of the debates here on msnbc. but first mtp daily with my friend chuck todd starts right now. if it s thursday, it s meet the press daily coming to you live from the arch center for the performing arts and the heart of beautiful miami, florida. a little hot, are i ll admit. once again we are here in the debate spin room. we ve got hot air in here. and once again queue the election music. don t tell me you re tired of it already. i m not. i can t wait. it feels like it s now upon us.
in that sense. and it s an interesting thought. all right, guys. appreciate it. hey, man, this is like, when you get to to have the super bowl. i can t believe we re back here. the election music. up ahead, which candidate will be the one who does break through. booker and klobuchar both want to have it be them. both campaigns will be here next. throughout the show, we will play memorable moments from past democratic primary debates. i will set the time machine back to 1984 when a certain fast food catch phrase was all the phrase. when i hear your ideas i am reminded about the ad, where s the beef?