call, it does send a signal that democrats are very galvanized behind that. and we can t wait until the 11th hour before the general election to get out the vote. so, i know of social conservative organizations that are getting bus tours ready, get out the vote efforts, volunteer groups to galvanize the pro-life community to get them out to vote. early on in the general election process. but this was certainly an opportunity for us to realize that democrats are just as motivated about this as we have been on supreme court justices for the past decade. so, both sides are really looking at that is an opportunity to buckle up and get out the vote. let me bring someone else in the conversation, cnn political commentator paul welcome to the conversation. harry enten you know, data as i call him, cnn numbers crunchers, he s an he crunch these numbers for us. he said democrats have now outperformed biden in 2020 and each of the four house special elections since roe was overturn
political commentators alice stewart and political analyst alex burns. he is the co-author of the book, this will not pass. trump, biden and the battle for america s future. good evening, one and all. thank you so much for joining. alex, we re gonna start with you. we need a reality check on the midterms, everybody s been anticipating a red wave, but that seems to have shifted significantly in the past month. what are you expecting now? don, i think there s no question that the circumstances of this campaign have changed substantially since the start of the summer. and it really does help to take a step back and look at the big picture here. the president s party almost always does terribly in the midterm elections, and democrats are probably going to have a pretty rough november. but when you think back to where we were at the beginning of june, with sky high gas prices, the biden agenda dead in the water, or so it seemed, and the republican party facing different kinds of
is a very, very expensive way to deal with a problem that ends up giving a lot of money to people who don t really need it. you think it should be addressed, but there is a more creative way to do it? yeah, i think this is going to cost about a half trillion dollars. and some of that money will go to black borders who were defrauded or who make less money, you know, because of other reasons related to discrimination everything else. some of that money will go to wealthy white professionals who took out debt for a degree that pays off that will allow them to be able to repay their student debt payments. so, you know, i feel like this is sort of a problem, this is my issue with a lot of progressive policy approaches right now, that this approach of just like, spending a lot of money, and hoping some of it ends up in the right hands of the needy. but you end up making programs cost a lot more than they need
yeah, i think this is going to cost about a half trillion dollars. and some of that money will go to black voters who were defrauded or who make less money, you know, because of other reasons related to discrimination everything else. some of that money will go to wealthy white professionals who took out debt for a degree that pays off that will allow them to be able to repay their student debt payments. so, you know, i feel like this is sort of a problem, this is my issue with a lot of progressive policy approaches right now, that this approach of just like, spending a lot of money, and hoping some of it ends up in the right hands of the needy. but you end up making programs