Today on inside politics, a burden of proof and politics. The trial against donald trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case. A timeline careening into a campaign. Now the former president issued a plea to the Supreme Court. Plus Kevin Mccarthy a auditions for supporting role in the trump defense. The House Speaker unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel indictment, Sidestepping The Former president ials election lies that led to a deadly attack on the capitol where Kevin Mccarthy serves. And made by bidenomics, new cnn reporting spotlights the strategy to make sure americans know their roads, dams and ports and jobs attached to them are thanks to joe biden. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Donald Trumps anger and anxiety triggered by a looming trial for alleged election crimes. The former president s public posture is defiance. Today donald trump made a demand that the Supreme C
not donald trump. it s another reason democrats are sitting back because they are watching republicans who know that s their path back to the majority. those people might have to vote on a biden impeachment buzz that s where mccarthy s conference is headed. i w go a new poll. i m looking at these numbers and thinking, t beeve this is actually a thing we have to ask, but it is. would you vote forrump in 2024 s convicted of a felony? yes is 35%. t then look at another to 65%. question about would you vote for trump if he s serving time in prison. yes, 28%. no, 52%. not sure, 20%. the no s are still significant here. you see the difference is in jail versus just charged. but people aren t excited in the general election to be talking about this.
him, i think in the same way they do to other places. however, it s still such a steep climb for anyone. and yes, desantis is doing better with college educated voters. but he s going to have to do a lot more with a lot more people. i want to put up a tweet from bob vander plats who is a veteran strategist, an evangelical in iowa who does not likeonald trump. he insists while all these polls show donald trump is the front-runnering i see no evidence on the ound to support. my early hunch is he gets beat in an iowa caucus. did good, can t win, time to move on, need to win. in fairness, he s not a neutral observer. he s made his view on this known and clear. but i think it is i ll do if thing that needs to be said, which is a poll is a snapshot in time. it is not predictive.
today there s new evidence that donald trump s gravitatpull is strong no matter where you look. a new poll of iowa republican voters finds familiar result donald trump is up big. ron desantis remains a far away second. the rest of the field is still staring up a very tall mountain. go deeper inside the numbers and there are window of opportunity for ron desantis or somebody else to challenge the front-runner. my panel is back with me. let look at this specific poll that looks at national voters versus the new poll of iowa gop voters about ron desantis. they think he s more moral in iowa than they do nationally, more likable in iowa than they do nationally, more able to beat
potential issues. there are certain hearts and minds that are not movable. we saw this in a poll out yesterday. democrats in this day and age are likely to say their financial situation is doing well. three quarters of republicans say they are incredibly pessimistic about the economy. joe biden s economic approval among democrats, 70%. among gop, 5%. there s an acknowledgment that that s not going to move. people are entrenched in their views. there s also 15s months before the election. there s still time for this to turn around. for the forward momentum to start sliding back ward, that s one of the reasons why you have a little bit of a grain of salt that the administration is throwing in here. we have to just remind people that when you look at the economic indicators, i mentioned the jobs numbers. but more broadly, how people maybe should feel because it s money if their pocket versus how much the gds cost. think should feel better. we have a graphic just to kind of give you a se