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insurrection. a day on which two democratic senators decided to throw voting rights under the bus, and the hand control of the senate to the minority party. will be discussing all of those huge, huge stories on the show tonight. including with senator chris murphy, in a moment. let s start with voting rights. the president was on capitol hill, meeting with senate democrats after calling for a filibuster changes, in a forceful speech on voting rights, this past tuesday, in georgia. so, i ask every elected official in america, how do you want to be remembered? a consequential moments in history, they present a choice. do you want to be on the side of dr. king, or george wallace? do you want to be on this side of john lewis, or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln, or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide, to defend our electors, to defend our democracy. strong words from the president. necessary words. words that democrats and voting r ....
rights lacks the votes necessary for a filibuster carveout. and there s a question how to react to russia, amidst reports that it s ready to raise a false flag as a pretext to invade ukraine. it s enough for biden to be envious of boris johnson. against this backdrop, hosting a byob garden party while the rest of the nation is in lockdown, that s a walk in the park. no wonder the president s approval rating according to a survey released by quinnipiac university stands at just 33%. the white house response was to argue that quinnipiac is an outlier. and that the real number according to a 538 average is 43% approval. as in we know things are bad, but they re not that bad. while some of the vexing issues are arguably beyond the president s control, many were missteps. not the sort of things you d expect in a washington lifer who campaigned his season and experience. take the tuesday speech, the president hoped for a momentum shift with a trip to georgia. perhaps his exub ....
opposite so biden s week started off 0 for 1. on tuesday, things only got worse for the embattled president. biden went down to georgia to attack the filibuster. i believe the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. we have no option but to change the senate rules, including get rid of the filibuster. [applause] rachel: biden s speech caught flack from both sides of the i ll as he trashed senate rules and looked to smear any american who cares about election integrity as a racist. so, if you are keeping score at home. that s 0 and 2 biden this week. if you thought they were getting any better as the week moved on. announced consumer price 7% in december. the worst since 1982. thanks to biden s poor economic policies, prices are the highest they have been in 40 years. now, you know how your wallet has been feeling a little light lately. you can thank joe biden for that. and the pain didn t stop there as the relea ....
blow after another. the supreme court slapping down bidens vax mandate, inflation surging to the highest level in 30 years, while bidens poll numbers are plummeting to record lows. and it gets worse. biting getting called out by some of his own party for his unhinged voting rights speech in atlanta. kyrsten sinema crushing his plan to kill the filibuster before it even got started. as far as the pandemic he promised to shut down, cases are a record high. that is just a small taste of the major setbacks. press secretary jen psaki spinning like she s never spun before to try to clean up the mess biden has left behind. i promise to build back better is not going to pass, and voting rights will not pass. apparently illegal. what happens? look back at last year and what we were able to accomplish that includes getting the build back better better packs. he also pressed, despite skeptics, to get an infrastructure bill passed. what happened to the guy who when he was ....
americans face soaring prices and empty shelves. inflation jumping 7% in december from a year ago. this is the fastest pace since 1982. consumers pay more for everything from gasoline, two groceries, you name it. those rising costs reduce real wages by 2.4% 2021. the average american worker took a pay cut. let s bring on our pen with wall street columnist dan henninger and kim straw soul. editorial board member kyle peterson. good to see you all. dan, first to you. even some democrats are now admitting inflation is getting worse and it s not going to get better this year. we have james fuhrman who in the in the obama administration saying expect the economy to experience elevated inflation this year. possibly even higher than in 2021. what does that tell you? the dems are saying it s going to be higher. it tells me a serious economists like chase and berman, realizes the economic reality that is in front of all of our faces. that reality is, david, the biden administr ....