final gallup poll of the year showing his approval continuing to linger in the lower 40s. what can biden do to close that gap for the midterms and how important is the popularity of the president in the midterms? well, he goes to mass faithfully every sunday. and i think he s got to do a lot of praying while he s in there that inflation is tamped down, that the economy does improve so that people can see it and actually in many respects, it is already good. and that the pandemic fades after this variant finally hits its peak and let s hope that happens. he needs some good luck but he also needs to do the things i just suggested to get the message out about what democrats have already done. look, opinion polls and ratings of presidents, job approvals, these things change like the sun and the moon every day. okay? you ve got different phases, different things happen. presidents can go up ten points, go down ten points depending on
this is wild. evangelicals still supporting trump. we have been hit with non-stop stormy daniels and other people claiming thing. other alleged relationships. it seems the evangelicals part of the trump fan face basis and supporters. eight to 10 are giving him job approvals still support him. that s incredible in the face what they ve been seeing. laura: so the left thought that they would push the sex martive. the networkss are doing it around the clock. laura: they thought that would crack him. crack his support. it reminds me of the billy bush tape. they thought that was it. we stuck a fork in him. he s done. they don t want to debate trump on the issues. they want to demonize and isolate him and destroy him. that s the left s tactic.
that, and see that in the numbers that the increased numbers of people thinking the country is heading the wrong direction. the interesting thing, though, jon, is throughout this, and it s not new for obama, but his favorable ratings is actually moving up to 57%. there is a difference between, i approve of the job that i m seeing or approve of my pocketbook or the direction of the country and whether they like the president. and 57%, the highest number of anybody in washington i and both john boehner and harry reid and other leaders in washington have much lower favorability ratings and much lower job approvals. the president s personal favorability, the american people like him and that has always held him up a little bit to actually get some more of his policies through. i know it s sort of, seems ab a seesaw that doesn t make sense
that suggested wait a minute arizona is not behaving this time the way it behaved previously or missouri isn t behaving, that there was a fundamental shift i wasn t sure. we saw changes but we thought it was superficial. that s a tossup category. not eight months out. i am going by job approvals and not trial heats. job approvals are proven to be on the number. always fun. we ll bring you back in here when you re in town. been hard to get you guys together in town for a while. up next, the greek drama. violence in the streets of athens as greek government passes the tough new austerity package. live in athens. plus as president s wish list arrives on capitol hill, lawmakers are still fighting last year s battle over the payroll tax cut. can congress get that deal done before february 29th? which future senator scored the only touchdown for harvard when they played yale in 1955?
debate pinata have on texas governor rick perry s front runner status? there s no government purpose served for having little girls inoculated at the force and compulsion of the government. this is big government run amok. it is bad policy. and it should not have been done. and can the tea party deliver on this bold promise? look, we are going to choose the next republican nominee. right. we are not going to accept what the republican party hands us. but up first tonight, stunning evidence of why the stakes of that republican civil war are so consequential. new lows for president obama on just about all of the tests you use when an incumbent asks for four more years. the president s overall approval rating, at a new low. his grades on leadership, worst ever. and nearly 6 in 10 americans now doubt the president has what it takes to manage the government effectively. yet, another low point. on the road today in ohio, the president suggested republicans know he s on