hi, mark. good morning. the president s re-election campaign already underway. had a chance to meet with high profile democratic donors late last week. the real test will come with voters whether or not the president s age may factor into the race. the latest numbers show the president s approval rating under water with 59% of people disapproving. 37% say they re happy. the president poked fun at his poll numbers at saturday s white house correspondents dinner and shrugged off potential competition making fun of trump and desantis. both men may soon pose a challenge if history is any guide. jokes aside the president needs to do something to change his approval numbers compared to his predecessors when they were surveyed ahead of their re-election campaigns. democrats in congress say they are ready to stick with biden 2024. i m not worried because he has a great record to run on. polls will go up. polls will go down. but what won t change are the
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union in d.c., which is appropriate enough the vice president today addressing about abortion rights that is the pillars here it s the economic comeback, and it s the women s right to choose and personal freedoms. those are what this administration has been about, and that s what this campaign is going to be about. yes, a potential rematch with donald trump looms that s a race this white house likes. they think that they would beat him again. we re obviously a long way from november 2024, but that journey starts today. joe, we also noted, the four of us at the table, a lot of vice president harris in that video to go along with the message about extremism on the other side yeah, i mean, there s been a lot of talk about the vice president and are they going to replace the vice president you always get this, by the way. you always get this. the vice president is always turned into a secondary figure, for good reason, but also a lot of people leading up to re-election campaigns say, a
when it comes to elections because the pro-life base is galvanized. millions of pro-life people are passionate about protecting people in the womb, their mothers and families. they want to see candidates and politicians that will lead boldly on this, acknowledging reality of science and life in the womb and protections that these children deserve. some states that have pro-life on abortion, we ve seen the abortion rate drop 96%. maybe we need to change our definition what is winning in the movement as well. you re right. in these states, i mean like texas has has a heartbeat law, basically abolished abortions completely after roe v. wade fell. in florida, governor desantis signed the heartbeat law, protecting babies six or seven weeks after fertilization. they won re-election campaigns. governor desantis won in a