Right, sandra. i think macron s numbers are similar in terms of approval rating to biden s. but you know, in a way, it s interesting, you look at le pen, she has so much in common with former president trump. you know, both have been critics if not opponents of nato. both are really very closely tied. in le pen s case, even financial ties to vladimir putin and russia. you have the whole anti-immigrant sort of identity politics play, and so i think there s a lot of in common there. in some ways, though, the fact that macron is leading and has expanded his lead in the polls in the last week would suggest maybe good news for biden in that people react especially now that the ukraine situation at war is forefront of all of our minds. sandra: karl, i want to take a bit of a pivot here. senator bernie sanders, former presidential campaign manager wrote a memo that recently leaked that happens to mention
Right, sandra. i think macron s numbers are similar in terms of approval rating to biden s. but you know, in a way, it s interesting, you look at le pen, she has so much in common with former president trump. you know, both have been critics if not opponents of nato. both are really very closely tied. in le pen s case, even financial ties to vladimir putin and russia. you have the whole anti-immigrant sort of identity politics play, and so i think there s a lot of in common there. in some ways, though, the fact that macron is leading and has expanded his lead in the polls in the last week would suggest maybe good news for biden in that people react especially now that the ukraine situation at war is forefront of all of our minds. sandra: karl, i want to take a bit of a pivot here. senator bernie sanders, former presidential campaign manager wrote a memo that recently leaked that happens to mention