politicsnation. tonight s lead, the after party. right now, i m back in new york after attending last night s white house correspondents dinner in washington. which may end up being a rare moment of levity in the next political year, because with president joe biden officially running for reelection and donald trump likely general election opponent, at least for now, an epic political battle lies ahead, leading up to november of 2024. biden cutting and confidence in last night s dinner must now reengage voters, many of whom appear to lack confidence in his candidacy, specifically black voters, who say the kind of post racial america promoted by the administration is increasingly out of reach, according to nbc news polling. can biden make the sale to finish the job? former obama press secretary robert gibbs joins me with his analysis of where the 2024 campaign already stands. and we have got some church on this politics nation sunday. mr. t.d. jakes joins me later in t
we saw a great deal of progress. we are seeing just the opposite now, an effort to rollback things. that s why you saw this past week this republican budget proposal put forward, instead of dealing with the debt limit as we should, we all believe america ought to pay its debts like we all do. the full faith and credit of the government is at stake. yet, the republican party does not want to do that. they want to make further cuts into snap programs, medicaid, medicare. they want to eliminate funding for student loans. just a number of horrific matters that have nothing to do with governing. but rather as if they ve got a vendetta they want to unleash because they ve been in the minority for so long. we ve got to stand up against that. people need to talk about it, be honest about it. on the issue of joe biden, has he delivered everything under the sun? no. no president ever does. but he has done more to advance the agenda that most african americans consider a part of