A recap of the days news. You have gone to a District Trump won by 11 points. That romney won by 10 points. And now, it is a squeaker. Mo, what for frz. John. You lost, we won. You have to thing about it this way. If they needed the president to get him over the hump in supremely red district that should tell you that the district was in jeopardy. The best read you could give. What that means is there is a surge of momentum at least in this area. We cant necessarily transpose that sort of rest of the nation. But it does suggest that, that the president is not as popular, because that was a plus 11 district. You are right. Except, i wantup to have more momentum. Because you are going to keep losing. Peck pick up the senate and keep the house. The plan for the republicans. More momentum. Campaign on the strength of the economy. As well as trump tax cuts. For, for the, the november mid terms. That its the hope they believe. Actually, you know, maybe holding on to the house. Through tax cu
violently attacked in her house in an awful example of the political violence in our country. do you decide next chapter? yeah. and i don t think it s a binary. there can be a lot in between there. she has put in her time. you know, a piece of context for people, when it comes to being a lawmaker in congress you can be a powerhouse legislator, meaning understand the rules, can you maneuver. you can be a powerhouse fund-raiser. or you can be a little bit of a show horse. and i think she is one of those people who she had all three. she has the showmanship. she has the fund-raising prowess. and she has the legislative skill. it s a great point. please. and this is, you know, very sort of classic nancy pelosi. very choreographed. right? i mean, she all of her allies are on the house floor. she telegraphed when she was going to speak. we re all now watching for when that s going to happen. this has been one of her trademarks and one of the reasons that she s been so successful legi
look at inequality. how the division between the top and bt tom ottom is increasing. it tells a different story. so the recovery from the great recession is in the vast majority of cases felt by the upper echelon of voters. i think, bill is exactly right. there is a tension between people voting with their pocket books, people who are voting with their cultural val use. now with respect to nancy pelosi, i know that she is, you know, far from popular in this particular race. but i think we also have to look, and, nancy pelosi is a powerhouse fund raiser. and i think that will be really the name of the game for her, keeping her power. we have had this sort of, this message from the republicans, you know this personal attacks, cultural issues. which, resulted, resorted to a couple times on the elections. on the other side. democrats having a consistent message. health care, economic fairness. running mod ralt candidates who have tried to i guess in some ways to distance from pelosi. who
a play lewd for 2020? it feels like too soon for 2020. i don t know about you. i have not recovered from 2016. yes, the overtones of the next presidential election, absolutely there. the question of who really is going to be the face of the democratic party. elizabeth warren, somebody who has become a lightning rod for criticism on the right, but also somebody who really energized progressive, democratic voters, becoming a hero to them. she decided not to run last time around, but she s a powerhouse fund-raiser. this moment did elevate her against senator mitch mcconnell. the republicans saying behind the scenes, hey, we did this on the senate floor to help make her the face of the democratic party. running against somebody who is so liberal will be better for us in the long run, but we also