obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
kill it after five years, then debate whether it should start back up again. and, again, protect tax cuts for billionaires, for hedge fund managers, for multinational dorp corporations, but make working class americans pay higher taxes. it is really bizarre. he seems to be working, again, for the left. it s kind of a rule of thumb if you think about wave elections, joe. go back to 2018 with democrats. who was the head of the ddccc that year? no one can tell me. their job is to direct resources, not to make headlines and become the idealogical, polarizing person, the new face for the party. let the candidate run their races, right? it was true in 2014 with republicans, too. the person who runs the campaign committee is supposed to be a tactician and an engineer, a fundraiser, not someone putting out policy pronouncements. not someone becoming the