politics 101. if you are the party in power, if you control the white house, the senate and the house as democrats do at the moment, you want to make an election a choice election between two parties, rather than a referendum on what you ve done. what you heard the president do was initially pose this question to republicans, whose side are you on? are you on the side of law enforcement that you claim to support or the insurrectionists that you ve apologized for, and really what he s doing, though, is making this a choice for voters in the fall. nicolle, i ve spoken recently with two of the president s top political advisers, and they say, yes, some of the headwinds that we were facing in this election have dulled a little bit because of his legislative successes of late, the accomplishments like the inflation reduction act, the decision by the supreme court overturning roe versus wade has really injected a lot of energy into a key pillar of the biden coalition as well. that is women v
outpacing president biden s margin in 2020. this year won t be quite so bad for democrats. we may look at a black swan event occurring in realtime. the supreme court overturning roe versus wade, creating that miracle the democrats knew they needed to have any shot at holding the house of representatives. we re seeing pat ryan in this race, repeatedly emphasize that issue to try to galvanize democratic voters, connected to his military service, talking about in an early ad how fighting for americanad freedom means fighting for reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy as well. that is one of several issues. itof seems to be the biggest on that is motivating democrats that shifted the landscape somewhat. there are other issues as well, gas prices very high a year ago have started coming down just a few months ago democrats seemed to be stuck in legislative quick sand. they passed the inflation reduction act has things to brag about to older voters,
oz, is struggling mightily against john fetterman. j.d. vance in ohio, who has not put the state away, and herschel walker in georgia, who many republicans have had concern regarding his past. three of these have ugly primaries while their democratic opponents ran unchallenged, coasted to the nomination. then in wisconsin there s multi-term ron johnson struggling seen as more extreme than hi democratic opponent, according to a fox neu poll. republicans can t be losing bandy. mcconnell did not mention some of the other factors working against his party, starting with the supreme court overturning roe versus wade, that mcconnell had a lot to do with. there s the fact that gas prices have been declining, which is helping democrats as the party
pre-pandemic levels of americans hitting the road or heading to the airport. nbc s tom costello is standing by on what we can expect. plus, we re digging into new polling about how the supreme court overturning roe versus wade could change interest and enthusiasm in voting this november. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back.
you can afford selectquote we shop you say what a great show thanks to dana perino. i got johnny, johnny, johnny at our studio audiencee fox news that night with evil and in that i love you america is a monumental day in america with the supreme court overturning roe versus wade. i m dana perino along with katie pavlik, jessica tarloffat, martha maccallum and one lucky guy, greg gutfeld . five o clock this is the five the supreme court sending the issue of abortionng back to the states. the historic decision overturning the fifty year old ruling the on roe v. wade wu guaranteed women the right to an abortionli, the federal right to an abortion.