favoring republicans that favored democrats last time. those are two key indicators we look at midterm cycle. 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, you look at all of the recent elections, we ve seen gaps like this in the polling leading up to those. and those gaps have translated we ve seen in recent midterms results for a party that had the advantage on enthusiasm. early on here, in 2022, those are the numbers republicans like to look at and democrats get nervous. we ll see what happens, steve kornacki thank you very much. turning to a pennsylvania mom. rebecca s baby was 13 weeks early 2 pounds 1.9 ounces baby eden was immediately taken to the nicu, and if having a premature baby was not stressful enough, mom rebecca had to make the frankly impossible decision to go back to work just 12 days later.
no, it s not, joining me is mom rebecca schumot. congratulations she was discharged after 72 days, how is she doing now? she s a rock star, every time we go, it feels like she s gained all the weight in the world, she couldn t be happier. it s wonderful to hear. i know what it s like to go in with a small baby and they say, she s got to eat. how much maternity leave did you eventually get when you were able to take it? so, i get six weeks paid or and not all that much considering you have a newborn
know, i m kind of overwhelmed with the baby and everything, but that s a fair question. my brain could not handle that question either. rebecca shumard, thank you so much. congratulations on your baby. i m so sorry that you had to go through what you did. it s not unusual that there s so many moms out there that have to deal with the same thing. it s truly tragic and a failure of our country to come together when so many agree it s necessary. rebecca, thank you so much. good luck out there. and good luck figuring out who you want to vote for at the end of the year. thank you and congratulations to you. that is going to it for our coverage, hallie jackson, another mom picks up the