because it affects them so personally. and so he didn t seem to he wasn t connecting with them on the fact in the way that you have bill clinton with it s the economy, stupid. he was speaking specifically to the economy and to people s concerns. all that said, i don t know how many lessons you can take from that era and apply them to this era because i think the trump era is so unique and that s why it s so hard to figure out how to run against him. even if you look at this, these numbers, in a traditional era, if you were below 50%, you would be in trouble as an incumbent. you d be in serious trouble. if you were any candidate, frankly, going into an election and you were below 50%. but when he won, he had the data, you know, on election day, the gallop disapproval rating for him was 61%. so it s hard to know exactly how this is going to play out.
the gallop disapproval rating for him was 61%. so it s hard to know exactly how this is going to play out. does this mean that he s in trouble or does it not? we don t really know. you know, governor dean, i was talking to catherine rampell during the break. she was saying one thing to look for is the president is basically now we know he s attacking the fed, the fed chairman who he himself, you know, liked before he didn t like him, and now feels i guess a sense of betrayal from him. but he s basically undercutting confidence in the fed. and if the economy gets worse, confidence in the fed is actually something that s very important to try to maintain. well, it s interesting. trump really doesn t understand the economy. what he does is watch the stock market and the stock market doesn t always reflect just the economy. so but one of the things that does affect the stock market greatly is confidence in the