it comes but once a year for politics junkies, it is the christmas and new year s and arbor day and obscure state specific holiday you can t really remember the reason for rolled into one. it is state of the union night, and we are so happy that you re here with us for it. here s a live look at the u.s. capital tonight. members of both chambers of congress, guess, supreme court justices, cabot secretaries, admirals, ambassadors, they re all gathering to hear this big heavy on the pomp and circumstance annual address the president of the united states. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue of the white house, we are watching for president biden to part from the white house for the capital. the is expected shortly. i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters. joined by my colleagues of chris hayes, joy reid, nicole wallace, alex wagner and ari melber. i also do mean it when i say thank you for being home with us. we know you had every choice in the world were to watch thi
Popularity, his party s own popularity but the republican party under donald trump, has been unusually prominent for a president, even less popular. it sets up a question here for a political climate in the coming year. heading into 2024, what we will find out in 2023, among democrats, there is not a lot of enthusiasm for running biden for a second term, but because democrats is such an unexpectedly positive meter, you re not seeing democrats lining up to challenge him. looks like he will run again, no indication of a major challenge to biden, so it s up the big question on the republican side. this is from an abc washington post poll the other day, the republicans want trump or someone else to be the candidate, 2024. the torn down the middle on the. the democrats standpoint, they were able to defy political gravity in 2022, because of the lingering presence of donald trump, republicans will decide in 2023 that they are still the party of trump or that they are a different party, it s