to give their verdict on the democratic leadership in congress and of the biden presidency. and this cnn poll doesn t really have much good news for the president sp his party. the economy is, of course, the most important issue to voters, and on that measure most think that biden s policies are actually making it worse. yes, there is a jobs boom as friday s report confirmed, but inflation is still historically high. that is what voters are focused on, it s why biden s only hope they be this new pitch, that we re better than the alternative. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda, it s extreme, as most maga things are. what are the next things that are going to be attacked? because this maga crowd is really the most extreme political organization that s existed in american history. in recent american history. our panel is back with us. so tamara, this is a change of tone for president biden, but do you think that the voters will
if you keep electing democrats to the senate there s not much we can do, unless we have 60 votes, which is not going to happen. tamara, i really don t understand the strategy of holding a vote that is going to fail, and that s likely going to divide your own caucus. yes, but democrats are under a lot of pressure to show that they are trying. and this goes with other issues, like gun control, or immigration, or any number of issues where they simply don t have the votes to do what they promised back when they were running in 2020. and president biden is also under pressure to try to find some sort of executive action. but i talked to a legal expert on that, and there just isn t much there. it would be nibbling around the edges, but this person said the president has to show that he s going to try, that he s going to do something. or are they doubling down on a narrative that nothing is getting done in washington?
was up nine points in the same period. so joining me now to break down all of this is cnn s manu raju, tamara keef of npr, and cnn s michael warren. the polling right now seems to indicate that this is not going to be the shift in the other direction as democrats expect it, but do you think that there s a possibility that this could help them turn the tide? i think in individual states it s going to have a big impact, especially the gunner in atorial level where this fight then will go. i think about a state like pennsylvania, where they don t have one of these so-called trigger laws, where we re already seeing the democratic nominee, josh shapiro lean in on that issue. individually in these states it s going to have an impact. overall, probably not as much. the fact that there s a vote this week in congress, i think that s actually not that helpful to democrats, to take that vote, because in essence what it says is, our hands are tied, what