they want results that they are going to feel on their kitchen table. and they want to feel more secure in their lives. in their cities on the border, dr. on the world stage. and economically. e. and i think the president makes this a security election and about security in our lives. that s going to be a winning formula. and i will support getting back to that in america first agenda all day long. steve: he certainly got in early. it s 721 days before the election. so, stay tuned. yeah. steve: in the meantime there is an election coming up in your chamber, house republican leadership elections, and so far the speaker nominee kevin mccarthy and then you got steve scalise running unopposed. the g.o.p. whip, tom emmer of indiana. elise stefanik and the chair richard hudson ran unopposed as well. we heard behind the scenes the freedom caucus was, you know, pushing at leader mccarthy. what was going on?
have to have decision making power. bill: i want to show where you joe biden stands in his general approval rating at 40%. 4 years ago, former president president trump at 43% during midterm, republicans lost 40 seats in the house, back to president obama two terms, lost 13 seats approval rating just a tick higher, 4 years prior lost 63 seats after obamacare was signed into law, and before that 2006 george bush. 37% approval rating before the iraq surge. high bucked historical political history in 2002, 67%. that was security election, 9/11. war in afghanistan, republicans actually gained 8 seats. to panel.
have to have decision making power. bill: i want to show where you joe biden stands in his general approval rating at 40%. 4 years ago, former president president trump at 43% during midterm, republicans lost 40 seats in the house, back to president obama two terms, lost 13 seats approval rating just a tick higher, 4 years prior lost 63 seats after obamacare was signed into law, and before that 2006 george bush. 37% approval rating before the iraq surge. high bucked historical political history in 2002, 67%. that was security election, 9/11. war in afghanistan, republicans actually gained 8 seats. to panel.
approval rating at 40%.it that s low. s al l right. and it s tough. and i want to show you a little bit, sean, about what presidents go into in their first midterm ratings. at 40%, it he was donald trump four years ago, is it? 43% lost, 40 house seatsfurt go back further. barack obama, two terms., right. you know, that second term, t that so many headwinds right now, 2014, he was at 42%, lost 13 seats four years prior to heat 2010, this is obamacare. and now he s at 45%. not much difference. sixty three seats. go b s the shellacking he talked about. go back to george bush. rememberrge . headwinds in twenty six or rocks dragging on . he s at thirty seven , loses 30 seats. but four years prior to that, t he bucked the trend of political history in twenty two at 67%, he gained ses eight seats, george bush said. and thats is rare, sean. that was a security election coming out of 9/11 e t cetera. but that s a little bit of history right now that we are trying to examine hereou on the sena
that s low. all right? it s tough. i m going to show you, sean, about what presidents go in to in their first mid-term. he s at 40%. here s donald trump four years ago at 43%. go back further, barack obama, two terms. you know, that second term, so many head winds right now. 2014, 42%. lost 13 seats. this is obama. he s at 45%. lost 63 seats. that s the shellacking he talked about. go back to george bush. head winds in 2006. iraq is dragging on. at 37%. loses 30 seats. four years prior to that, he bucked the trend of political history. in 2002, 67%. he gained eights seats. that is rare, sean. a security election coming out of 9-11. that s a little history that we re trying to examine here. on the senate, we ll talk about this for you tonight. this is our what-if scenario.