powell tries to force down inflation. let s get right to it. joining me now is full disclosure host, robin, have we gotten the number yet? lass it come out? or are we still waiting? still waiting for it to come out. we re waiting, all right. another 75. 75 basis points. what is that going to mean? i got it tell you, i got a song in my heart, special thanks to the bee gees. because we re dealing with the cpi that s still high and the fed will have to hike which we just won t like la la, la, la. and did i just destroy my career? i loved every moment of it. oh, the title is called how deep is this inflation? i really want to know. and that s the question on everybody s mind. are we going to go to 5%? 6, 7%? how deep is the buying power and consumer demand in this economy that we have to snuff out and i don t think mr. powell knows. we have it official. three quarters of a point. 75 basis points. i was talking to steve retner today about when the bottom is and whe
white house dynamic way better than i, can but i can tell you here on capitol hill, this majority was built and bolstered in republican districts. remember, abigail spanberger beat dave brat who beat eric cantor, that is the heart of the previous republican world. that res seats that republicans held for 30 and 40 years. elaine luria, another virginia democrat, in the new portnews area, and the seat that republicans held, yet this congress, they spent a ton of time dealing with progressives who are large in number but not the majority makers and moderates were forced to wrestle with these progressives over policies, you know, and they would say, making perfect the enemy of the good, for months and months on end. and they ended up fighting each other and we wrote this this morning, more than they were fighting republicans, and i think when you look back to this congress, that s going to be a major take-away that democrats think about. well, ashley, talk about that. and again, i want t