benefits. you can shoot from the hip why when you run against a president who has a plurality of support on the economy and foreign affairs, crime and violence, immigration, you are in a historical hole i think as a republican party. no? well right. you mentioned 2002, 1998. relatively recent examples where the pattern was broken. could i mention the contrast of what you talk about having a moment of contrast today where you have the successes of the biden administration where the economy is coming back, you have the needles in the arms and down in the orange versailles in mar-a-lago the president canceled has just canceled his blog because apparently so upset that he was mocked because no one was reading it so it s a moment. i would say this. despite the good news that you have mentioned it is still
lated, politico reports that it s enough to ease the party s fears of a closer result that could have protended a brutal midterm next year. added this, democrats hailed the comfortable win that the base enthusiasm did not wane and that the gop s doubling down on defunning the police attacks backfired. one of the central arguments on policy that the gop tested as a strategy is the attack after attack against biden and his agenda. it s fallen flat in the polls. the atempts to kneecap this president and the party are especially evident in a new round of public opinion polling. the poll also shows president biden pulling above 50% on every major issue voters were asked about. 70% of voters approve of the coronavirus response. 62% approve of his performance on the economy and stimulation
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commission. how can we work on voting rights? perhaps that satisfies the moderate democrats that say he tried. we will have to go it alone. charlie, do you still think that the old rules about a big tent apply to politics? it certainly is part of how president biden became president is part of how he won in november. but there s so much focus, including on programs like this one of the extremes of both parties. do you think he sees something that we miss in the daily political conversations? i think he does see that and the possibility of a coalition of the decent being able to align people who are politically homeless. maybe he is naive dealing with the united states senate. we ll find out but i think that jonathan is absolutely right. he wants to get caught trying to do that. what is certain is that the republicans have given up on the
a broad enough infrastructure package is not going to run the ire of progressives who understand what it means to lose power and don t want to be in the minority again. charlie, donna, thank you for starting us off today. it is great to hear from both of you. jonathan is sticking around. whatever it takes. president biden calling june a month of action getting help from just about everywhere to make sure 70% of adults will be vaccinated. that help from beer makers, churches, celebrities and social influencers. another cyber attack to the u.s. russia sets out to exploit the divisions and vulnerabilities. plus, is the growing right wing extremism here at home contributing to this slow march toward autocracy abroad?