Political correctness. Its available now wherever you get your podcasts. I hope you will join me as we aim to maybe rewrite, find a path in this world of modern rules. I hand you off to my friend and colleague back in action, katy tur. Teddy says hi and misses you. Tell him i said hey. Thanks, stef. Good afternoon. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In washington where were live on capitol hill. Just a few minutes away President Trump faces a number of difficult headlines that all told paints a complicated picture for his 2020 prospects including a slew of new National Polls that show the president s approval below 40 . Economic anxiety appears to be the main factor for those low numbers, but the president doesnt want you to believe those numbers and frankly why should he . National polls did not predict the eventual outcome of 2016. So let us instead consider whats happening in two key
states. First North Carolina, where the republican Won Yesterdays special election in the ninth
five republicans announced their retirement from congress in beenevidence that could foresha something colossal to come. new polling out of texas shows a number of 2020 democrats either beat the president outright or are within the margin of error. a democrat has not won a statewide race in texas in 25 years. which leads us to our big question today. what do the results of the last election of 2018 and 2019 tell us about 2020? alternate headline, what have i missed? joining me phil rucker, politico s senior writer and msnbc contributor jake sherman and associated press white house reporter jonathan lamere. phil and jonathan are msnbc political analysts. phil, so what have i missed? what s been going on? you left right around the time robert mueller was finishing the russian investigation, the investigation about a project i worked on for