very ambitious schedule from the president, and does seem very senate focused. the arizona polling result is i think kind of the first really good polling number in the senate race for democrats in a while. interesting to me he s not going there. yeah, exactly. i mean democrats were kind of getting nervous there after so much early momentum. they felt like things were really narrowing. arizona is a place that they would really love to win. now the polls are showing sinema up, but again, this is all going to come down to which voters actually show up and vote in early voting on election day. in arizona the voters who are likely going to make a difference are latino voters, women, independents, all those sorts of voters who have been rather appalled by things that the president has said and done. right.
senate focused. the arizona polling result is i think kind of the first really good polling number in the senate race for democrats in a while. interesting to me he s not going there. yeah, exactly. i mean democrats were kind of getting nervous there after so much early momentum. they felt like things were really narrowing. arizona is a place that they would really love to win. now the polls are showing sinema up, but again, this is all going to come down to which voters actually show up and vote in early voting on election day. in arizona the voters who are likely going to make a difference are latino voters, women, independents, all those sorts of voters who have been rather appalled by things that the president has said and done. right. and everything that s been happening the last couple of weeks you would think would just add to that motivation to get out and vote. it will be interesting to see. the calculation from the white house when you look at their travel schedule is
careful as they have been for years in ruling of cases coming before the court. they won t talk about the cases they rule before coming up before the court. the polling on roz allel over the place. polling on abortion they like roe, but they like restrictions that roe does not permit. so the polling is all over the place, but there is a poll that really matters and the poll that really matters is the election results in the 2016 presidential race, and the election results of the senate races that have been in 2014 that gave the republican republicans the majority, and you are talking about again and again and again to base the republican voters, and the evangelicals who put donald trump over the top, and what they want is an originalist supreme court justice who is not remotely afraid to overturn roe and we can look at the polling numbers all we want, but the important ones are the election results. and the election results that the frankly your guy did not get a plurality of the sup
drug supply crisis overall which we call the crisis next door here at the white house because it does touch every community in some way, that originated with the people. that he heard from on the campaign. he brought that issue right in here to the white house as he promised he would. the first lady is very involved in her be best initiative. she is the one most responsible for elevating the issue of neonatal syndrome babies. 100 newborns born every single day already chemical dependent. what the president is saying which this is a whole of government approach. we have 123 or 1 12 or 14 cabint agencies involved. we also have looking at the best practices of some of our faith-based organizations in our local communities. we are talking to the president basically has issued a call to action to all americans. when it s national take back day bring those unused expired unneeded pills. talk to each other about this. too many people don t know. and even though he showed a very important poll
is their optimism warranted? they re on a sugar high [laughter] after doug jones win in alabama and also ralph northam s big win in virginia. but, you know, a lot can happen in ten months. we all know)pá. so i m going to wait and see. i think democrats certainly will pick up seats. it s a midterm election. paul: right. and that normally means the opposition party picks up seats. but when you re looking at the head to head polling right now, democrats have something like an 8-10 point advantage in the polling number of who should run congress. that s a big advantage. they also have a 10-point advantage in enthusiasm with their voters versus republicans. that usually means big pick-ups. yes, if that holds. if that holds, they will win the house, and they might be able to stave off any defeats in the senate which is incredible when you think about it because they re defending 26 seats, 10