the world. i m kasie hunt. it is december 7, 5:00 a.m. in washington, 4:00 a.m. in tuscaloosa, the site of the final gop debate last night ahead of iowa. and more importantly, the first primary contest, the caucuses of the 2024 race, will take place less than six weeks from now. what we saw last night was chris christie, nikki haley, ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy fighting to become the gop s top alternative, the number two, to the far and away frontrunner donald trump. i have delivered results. that is what we need for this country. we passed pro-life bills, we moved unemployment 11% to 3%. i think that i can reach the next generation. took a good 20 minutes before any one of the four said the obvious out loud. the fifth guy who doesn t have the guts to show up and stand here, he is the one who as you put it is way ahead in the polls. yet these three guys are all seemingly to compete with cold more, he who shall not be named. the name of course donald trump. witho
member chamber next year to regain house majority lost in 2018. just last week, a trio of house democrats announced they will not seek reelection next year. representative stephanie murphy of florida, california, and new york. republicans have history on their side. on average, the party that wins the white house in a presidential election loses more than 25 house seats in the following midterms. the last four presidents have lost senate and house majorities. and the once in a decade congressional redistricting process is expected to favor republicans. this all comes as president joe biden s job approval rates hit new lows in recent weeks and the president hope of passing a $1.7 billion social spending package was slashed when democratic senator joe manchin announced last week he will not support that legislation. so far, 23 house republicans have vacated their retirement not seeking office in 2022.
i think it s something else. i know d. gregory. enough about all of and me. it s a marker for the new year. how are we going to make ourselves different. #winning. everything this year is about the economy. the president has low job approval rates, high disapproval. he is going to view everything through that prism of is the economy doing well and don t i get all the credit. legislatively, if he has the room to run, i think it will be infrastructure as some way to lull democrats into some kind of a deal. but everything will be looked at through the economy but also politics in a midterm election year, which will make democrats consider every step to see how it benefits them. what is the first order of business this new year? should be infrastructure. he has expertise. some hope for a bargain. republicans are focusing on
reid is struck at 40%, 41% job approval rates in nevada. and 56 of the people that we surveyed there told us that they thought president obama s agenda was bad for the state s economy. this is a good example of the al gore effect, you have a candidate who is not present appearing with someone else who is not popular, president obama and they are rushing out as opposed to what he has been doing to this point, kaoeplg a low proceed trial and bombarding sharron angle with ads. jenna: you ve talked about democratic enthusiasm coming up. we ve seen that in the pew research poll we just referenced. some say president obama is really helping here on the campaign trail. are we too quick to judge whether or not harry reid can really make a come back here by staying in the spotlight while