not so quietly around the country, laying the predicate to put in these disrupters in secretaries of state races and local election races to try and suppress the vote, something has to happen for democratic voters to be energized to go out there and make sure they vote. mitch mcconnell s very smart. he s a wily guy and he knows that this continue to sew discord, they re taking advantage of it and manchin likes the attention. it s clear. tara, i m going to forgive you for putting the image of mitch mcconnell showing a little leg into my head. that s something that made me throw up in my mouth a little just now, but plouffe, you ve taught me over the years, you said perception isn t reality. reality is reality. in this case, we had some reality that seemed to look a little unavoidable. let s listen to jen psaki here when asked about the relationship between joe biden and joe manchin. i would just note that the
martyr. the perception is that he s this strong, tough fighter and he s going to fight for you. we know the reality. he can shoot someone on 5th avenue and wouldn t lose any voters. he still, despite the nightmare presidency, despite the thousands of lies that were documented, despite the relate of what donald trump did and represents in this country, 70 plus, 75 billion voted for him. i think that speaks more us as a society. he has shown us who he is for decades and continues to be this person. tim knows this. and you don t think there wasn t a collective eye roll in the ag s office when he filed that paperwork? they re going, all right, good luck with that. he has never been up against as formidable of a prosecutor as the ag and as the one that s
that s problematic for republicans moving forward because this is not sustainable. and if perception wasn t reality, joe biden wouldn t be in the low 40s. tara, first we had mitch mcconnell and his leg, now you ve got his soul leaving his body long ago which presumes there was a soul there long ago. the leg still remains. luke and david, not going to ask you to comment on any of that. tara, sticking around. after the break, we ll look at the investigation in new york city against the trump organization from one of the few people in the known universe who has ever gotten a close gander at donald trump s finances. plus, the biden administration celebrating a big win today that could have a lasting impact on america s justice system even after joe biden is long gone from office. and a new study revealing that the americans most worried about getting seriously ill from covid are some of the americans who are at least risk from covid
up for re-election. west virginia is a reliably red state, but he s popular there. he s polling at 61% i believe in the last poll in november. so there are other senators who have more seniority who would want committee assignments, which is usually an enticement when you re trying to bring somebody over. they could be promising him a committee chairmanship if they take congress back, but that s a long ways away. i think this is all to sew discord and make it look politically like the democrats can t get their acts together. it doesn t help. we know that perception is reality in politics and right now, it looks like democrats couldn t line up a two-car motorcade. without getting some of the signature legislation passed or at least trying to do something with voting rights and civil rights going into 2022, because we see what republicans are trying to do here, quietly or
of the hill, well, we ll force manchin and cinema, too, and they drew a very firm line. when you are the deciding vote, you get to draw firm lines and we can really be upset about that. but that s the reality. my guess is right now joe biden is in his press conference said i m going to get something done with joe manchin and my guess is that s based on conversations those two principles have had. so the question is, is this going to be build back better 2.0, which is less expensive, a few less programs, or are they going to do this piecemeal. the piecemeal approach may give you a better chance to message it. it s almost impossible to message a piece of legislation these days much less something that s got 20 components in there. but i think what will matter is what manchin and pelosi and schumer decide. what s the best pathway to get something done. so the only thing worse than everybody not getting their way is nothing happening and listen, i hope this doesn t come to pass, john, but