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Italy prices are up and grocery shelves are empty. >> the worst inflation in 40 years, home, heating groceries, gasoline, all through the roof. >> and exploding cost of living. our lives are dangerous and unaffordable. >> with just a week left to go until election day, republicans have found the closing message, inflation, inflation, inflation. theres just one problem with that message. republican dont really have a plan to deal with inflation, inflation, inflation. when asked by reporters about...

Congress. should that be the closing message? should they be pointing out actively the fact that the gop plan is actually no plan? >> especially if you have the diagnose how inflation has happened. theres many reason about why inflation happened. supply chain during the pandemic of scuffles. ukraine has caused an increase in energy prices. corporate greed is one of the main things democrats on talk about. if you look at corporate greed, most of these large, corporate monopolies control large spa...

People are seeing on their airwaves but it doesnt rate when we ask the most important issue. when were asking folks to rank them, it doesnt come close to the economy. >> even abortion is lower than the economy, and thats a driving message for the democrats. we interviewed congresswoman elissa slotkin, shes been telling democrats our closing message cannot be on abortion. i think a question weve seen is the enthenthusiasm. whos more excited to vote? >> its an enthusiastic electorate, 28% say they...

If they get control of congress, their big priority, their number one priority, theyre going to spend the next two years investigating their political opponents. let me ask you a question, how is that going to help you pay your bills? >> the answer, hes absolutely rights. theyre not running on helping you pay your bills or ending crime in your neighborhood. theyre just attacking the other party. i wonder what you make of president obamas message out there, his closing message, his speeches have ...

Piece of sound from the campaign trail. this is elaine laurels closing message. the ad is in line with what elissa slotkin and liz cheney are talking about, not being about winning but being about the country. >> politics used to be about serving. today, its about winning at all costs. >> you have not answered the question. was joe biden fairly elected. >> thats not me. and if standing up for whats right means losing an election, so be it. if youre looking for someone who will just say anything ...

Everyone. theres a need for affordable housing and medicaid needs to be expanded. youll see a sharper distinction between her and kemp on those issues. the closing message is the economy. i think youll see probably more talk about abortion. there wasnt as much discussion of abortion in the last debate. and i think probably she is going to hit that harder in this debate. because that is such a clear difference between those two candidates. >> that was something that really animated many voters, e...

The president claiming his administration is making progress in the fight against inflation and worrying republicans will make the economy worse if they regain control of the house and senate. will voters buy his closing message? we will ask karl rove. when a president -- any candidate changes the argument in the last couple weeks, what does that tell you about the way the campaign is and particularly the economic message? >> a dose of reality hit the white house staff, they have to talk about t...

The mood or doesnt match with how people are feeling. the president and vice president will be in pennsylvania to campaign for john fetterman. will it energize undecided voters? >> thats -- of course, thats the big question. youre seeing this bifurcated message. as were seeing president biden pivot very strongly towards the economy, we keep saying consistently the democrats want that to be the closing message. if theres one guy in the democratic party who can actually focus on, you know, the san...

Crime is now central to the closing message for republicans in this midterm cycle. nationally the gop has portrayed the city of angels as nothing less than a hellscape. >> every day there are stabbings, rapes, murders, and violent assaults of every kind imaginable. >> we talk about the rising crime rates nationally, but in california, specifically in l.a. >> this is literally what i would call woke justice, and im tired of it and people are tired of it. >> hyperbolic? alarmist? perhaps. but crim...

That the economy is in a better shape than i think a lot of market participants had expected, now has real data to point to. it gives you a little bit of a sense or at least a better sense that maybe theres a better shot at what we call a softer landing in terms of what the federal reserve is doing. so definitely a good thing for the economy today, and perhaps when you think about the politics of it all, a good thing for the democrats this morning. >> so, andrew, actually stand by, because we al...