That are continuing today. This has been so offensive and hateful that it hearkens back to its the only choice available to him right now. He can act most honorably at this point by stepping aside. This is not about him, this is about whats in the best interest of the commonwealth and he should step away from that job. We begin this hour with the president no doubt looking for glimmers of hope in cnns polling out today as he prepares for his second state of the Union Address tonight. Everyone in the House Chamber will be listening intently for what hell say about Border Security and immigration since we could be two weeks away from another Government Shutdown over the border wall. Polling shows a very slight uptick in the president s Approval Rating since the partial shutdown from 37 to 40 . But he is still under water, as they say, in the polling biz. Many more disapprove. 55 , to be exact. The survey after the 35day sta stalemate that left 3500 wo800 worke 800,000 workers without a p