kevin: the president will speak at the un general asem blee a few hours from now, he has collected what he wants to say and sources say this will be a seminole moment in the short biden presidency. he is expected around 10:35 this morning. these things tend to slide as the day goes along, 10:35, could be closer to 11 or 11:30. we ll be watching. he will participate in meeting with un secretary general and have a bilat with the brand-new prime minister of the united kingdom. beijing considers its response to the president s repeated insistence that if china does invade taiwan, the u.s. will act. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes. to be clear, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in event of taiwan invasion? yes. kevin: surprised the reporter and many on the team at the white house. the address is expected to place china and taiwan issues front and center today and no, despite his previous comments to the contrary, no change in u.s. policy, tai
win house by 13 seats potentially, that is 18-seat victory, i think that is low. i think it will be 25 to 30 point seat victory. here is the deal, gas prices are going down, americans see on a weekly or twice a week basis is how much they put into the pump and into cars and gas, that feels better and numbers have improved. wait until winter when people pay winter heating bills, they will sky rocket and joe biden will be to blame. prices keep going up issue not good for democrats and intensity matters. abortion is a driver for some voters, but massive driver in this election is inflation and prices people are paying and that intensity brings people out and issues around which they vote and that favors
out a one or two or single-digit seat victory and maybe save the house. yes, andrea, the theme of the last few weeks has been divergence between the small towns and the rural voters who want a conservative pro life supreme court, and the enthusiasm going up in the republican numbers in seemingly precarious districts, but then not much changed in the blue and the suburban swing seat where is the republican seats are at risk. today, we are talking about the playing field that has narrowed a little. by and the democrats are clear favorites for the house, and the republicans are making hard cuts to vulnerable incumbents in places like suburban chicago, orange county, california, and kansas city. and with the republicans liking the more recent numbers in places like upstate new york, and in some of the redder places like lexington, kentucky. that is because they have had
rich: in is what grayson said. i think democrats are saddened and demoralized by this policy of appeasement. the other side has what they regard as a winning strategy. the strategy of no whatever the democrats want the answer from the republicans is no. they were able to ride that to a 66 seat victory in the house depending on how the last few races happened to come out they ve got their strategy intact. what about our strategy? appeasement, look where it got us. rich: this baffles me. maybe grayson is an exception he s expressing a significant school of thought on the left. which is the center of american politics between nancy pelosi and paul crudman that and paul drugman that and not only on economics but