state that president trump carried in 2016. now last fall james came closer than expected to defeating democratic senator debbie stabenow, losing by less than seven points in what was considered a solid race for democrats. with the first democratic primary debate weeks away the dnc narrowed the rules for candidates days before the june 12th deadline to qualify. the dnc announced yesterday it would exclude specific polls from the debate s qualification criteria including a pair of washington post abc polls where respondents volunteered candidate. the rules change puts montana governor steve bullock in most danger of potentially not qualifying for that debate stage. one of the polls bullet relying on. bullock s campaign manager was critical of the change saying while the governor was expanding medicaid to one in ten montanians, the dnc of making
levels that are, you know, as low as we ve ever seen. jenna: and low rates sometimes encourage people to get into the market because you can borrow money cheaply. what do you think this low mortgage rate really means for the housing recovery overall? regrettably, jenna, i don t think it means a lot. if we look at the last couple of years, what s very clear is that mortgage rates have been if not at their historic lows, they ve certainly been in the range of their historic lows. but credit standards remain tight which on one hand means that although the financing is very affordable, if you can qualify for the mortgage to actually be able to meet the qualification criteria can be difficult, particularly for younger households which are a dreier driver of new demand, making the transition from renting o ownership. the other thing i think we see is while very low mortgage rates may help people who are well positioned in terms of the stability of their income stream, in terms of the secur