numbers start to come down, sure, democrats will absolutely get a boost. the problem though as abby just pointed out that that s entirely out of their control right now and there s no way to sort of predict that going into an election year. franscesca, the president to his credit, his optimism normally serves him well. is that what he brings tomorrow or is it a bit more zoner? the white house has been pushing the message, john, that they are a year in, have three more years and before the mid terms they have several month before that so they are trying to push an optimistic message that they can still get this done. however, there is a lot of, how do you say it among democrats, more than frustration at this point, outright pessimism about being able to get parts of the agenda done before the mid-term elections and in time for it to have the kind of effect that democrats would need, and while you mentioned that this is a conversation that s often taking place within democratic party
of the listen. history will be watching what happens tomorrow. black and brown americans will be watching what happens tomorrow. in 50 years students will read about what happens tomorrow and know whether our leaders had the integrity to do the right thing. it is, again, franscesca, a fascinating moment in a lot of the same civil rights leaders are mad that president biden waited so long to make this his number one priority and talk about this so consistently, but we re about to mark one year in office for president biden, and this would be a defining defeat, but, again, a lot of groups say have the vote. we want accountability. and the activists i m hearing, from john, are frustrated with president biden. they feel that he s doing too little. he waited too long in order to articulate his position on a filibuster carve-out on this issue but democrats feel like from a messaging standpoint the best thing they can do for themselves is to get caught trying, john, to at least have thi
coming into one here pretty soon and obviously the you know, the democratic-led committee wants to hold the opposition accountable in a way that will remind voters of who was responsible for january 6th so that s not terribly surprising either. you know, i think they are going to have to really press the accelerator, phil, to get the final report done before the mid-terms. i think that that could be a step too far, too steep of a challenge which makes it unsurprising that they would do some kind of interim report before the mid-terms. i think it s going to be hard for them to get this thing done before the first tuesday in november. yeah. franscesca, that s not an infigure timeline because there s a very real chance that republicans hold the majority and you take a look, pull up the headline of the committee investigating january 6th plans to begin a new public phase of the new year, entering a new phase of this moment which has
abrams jumping into the governor s race and ensuring voting rights will be center stage, democrats see that favoring them but republicans have warmed up to walker including mitch mcconnell. they were impressed by his fund raising and his television performances and it s really important that mcconnell get behind walker because it avoids what would have been a very messy civil war between trump and mcconnell so that s eliminated now. i think the big x factor that i m watching, not just in georgia, but in all the senate rations but especially in georgia, is whether the continued false claims of voter fraud by trump and other republicans in the party are going to depress vote turnout. that s something that most republican leaders want to keep in the rear view mirror, but it will be interesting to see whether trump can restrain himself especially when he s out there stumping for canned ghaets georgia. no question about it. franscesca, another race where the former president has a whole