You ve seen campaign, efforts as far as a political prisoner, and that s not the case. he has legal representation and the right to an appeal, and he s not been detained and hasn t been imprisoned, and his supporters are attacking the judge, the jury, and the entire legal system. is there a risk that this backfires on donald trump? i m not sure that any of this aftermath that we re looking at matters and let us return to the fundamentals of this race. you have a president with a historically low approval rating and barack obama was at 48 and george h.w. bush at 40 and donald trump at 42. historically low approval ratings and you had the economy and inflation numbers on friday that show us inflation s basically sideways. what does that mean? people are struggling with the cost of living and the economy remains the top issue with this election. and then the final thing is who are the voters that we really care about when it comes to deciding this election? three s a 99% awareness of this
He was at 46 . Back in 1992, george h. W. Bush, he was at 43 . Biden below both of those. The last time biden has been at this level, 46 , go to the start of 2023. The last time he was higher than that, you gotta go back to the summer of 2021, his first year as president. So biden has some work to do on that one. Also, troubling for the biden campaign, the erosion of public confidence on a number of critical fronts. We asked voters in this poll about a number of leadership characteristics. There are two only two where biden has the edge over trump. We talk about abortion. We talked about this. Thats a big one. Thats the biggest advantage. Bringing the country together, Biden Performing better than trump. I think the headline here is you add those two numbers together, you are not close to 100
Remind people of the greatest parts of public service, whether youre a democrat or republican. I think it is fair to say. George h. W. Bush, character mattered to him in his administration. Good morning. Im so honored to be with you all this morning. Boy, timing is everything. Ive been sitting here trying to figure out how i can make this book mandatory reading for every single person in washington, d. C. If you all have any good ideas, i would love to hear them. But the book is all about Character And President Bushs Leadership skills. One of my favorite quotes in the book is from former british Prime Minister major, who said working with George Bush was like taking a Master Class in leadership. And his relationships, he worked on them. Whether he needed them or not, whether they were timely or not,
But you have Ground Game versus momentum. Were going to see, especially with this weather, whether Haleys Momentum converting some democrats and independents into polls and voters ive talked to, can see desantis and the conservative caucus we used to think of as the base of the republican party, a base that is now dominated by the conservative populists that are supporting donald trump. All right. David drucker, thank you so much. Thank you, david. I love the way you framed that. Im going to go to chris about it, but it is Ground Game versus momentum. I mean, chris, he just puts it perfectly. You and i both know, adrienne certainly knows it, anybody that has been in politics knows, theres nothing like what george h. W. Bush called big mo, you know, big momentum. You know, people just sense when
From people who are reading the book and just so grateful for its positive message at this time. The new book is entitled Character Matters and other Life Lessons from george h. W. Bush. Jean becker, your publisher was right 100 . Thank you so much for doing this. Congratulations on the book. Jon meacham, thank you, as well. Still ahead on morning joe, with the Summer Olympics less than 100 days away, a new controversy involving swimmers from china has prompted accusations of a coverup. Well bring in one of the reporters whobroke that story. Plus, a new warning to jewish students at Columbia University after continued, heated propalestinian protests on that campus. Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back