Current state of political extremism. here he is. this is not normal. this is so abnormal in the political arena we re in today. if you are a democrat they want you to villainize republicans and vice versa. that is not what the founding fathers intended. harris: your reaction to that. he is absolutely right. i do think a lot of villainizing democrats attempt to paint republicans as extremists. people who care about the economy, who care about what their kids are learning in school. who care what the next step is for the future and see a u.s. government taking on more debt than they can pay back at this particular time without saddling onto the grandkids and grandkids of the children who have to pay this debt back. he is right about that. when we think about the no labels party, i think david axelrod is spot on.
Personal financial situation among americans only 35% of them believe that their financial situation was excellent or good. 65% say that it is only fair or poor. these numbers are not great at all by no measure. then it brings about the question what is this bidenomics? is this what this looks like? you have americans becoming more poor than we ve seen in the past. we had a strong growing economy under donald trump. now it has been destroyed. we know covid had a lot to do with that. joe biden has been saying in this white house we ve come back and roaring back and better than we ve ever been. people aren t feeling that. of course, we haven t seen the commander-in-chief push a message for independents. are we going in the wrong direction, 70% of independents say we are. we are talking about primary season now. republicans count, democrats count. they count in a general election. what do republicans and
Running this rose garden strategy of not debating but that really only works when you are the incumbent and you have proven to beat the person you will be running against in november. so that s a real problem on all sides for the republicans. but the other issue is how are they going to talk will they talk to americans or will they talk washington talk? washington talk is all about hunter biden, conspiracy theories. the issue important to americans is the bread and butter kitchen tabletop ickx. i will look to see who talks about that. harris: let s give cassie a chance to address that. this is the first debate. a chance for most to make a first impression to a national audience. you will have a lot of people tuning in not just republicans but independents or democrats who regret their vote for joe biden. who are in desperate need of another option. things are not going well. every time biden says bidenomics it reminds people that the country is in the wrong direction and our mone