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Year. and i dont know that weve paid enough attention or given enough attention credit just how important that issue is, especially in some of these races where incumbent democrats like the chair of the democratic congressional committee running a district that 75% new to him many of these members are running in districts that on paper are competitive. but, where they dont know their constituents because they quite frankly havent been on the ballot before. there are so many cross currents going ...

The environment, clearly, benefiting republicans. just a national narrative, where the focus is right now. on the economy, the focus on inflation. thats definitely helping republicans. the other thing we forget, steve, its a redistricting year. and i dont know that weve paid enough attention or given enough attention credit just how important that issue is, especially in some of these races where incumbent democrats like the chair of the democratic congressional committee running a district that...

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50-year low, near what economists consider full employment, which is why i pointed out the labor force participation number, too. a lot of people have left the job search because of the pandemic, trouble finding child care and you want to see that number start to move higher. i think there are just so many different cross currents at play here. we like to look at these trend, the trend for the unemployment rate is still very, very low and the trend for job creation is still pretty good. before t...

Wanted this classified information. this was not all about the mueller investigation, this was not all about crossfire hurricane, and the origins of the russia probe. this was about all manner of other issues according to our reporting. and its still not clear why he picked certain things, and why -- >> the impunity. one of the things im so important about this book, is it contextualizes his decision as a president within the broader cross currents of his life. the person he became as a figure i...

Back, but for the most part, they felt this if you cant say no to the president of the united states. and he is the president, and he wanted it. his argument would be, and his aides are the people closest to him now, they would say he had a reason not trust the government. look what happened in various investigations, and would go on and on that way. and whatever value those complaints have, and its nothing to do with why he wanted this classified information. this was not all about the mueller ...

And over, is that enough to scare people into voting for them? >> well, that is why its incumbent on candidates to when i campaigns that emphasize the issues that they are strong. if the democrats try to respond and run on the issues that the republicans want, and theyre likely to lose. but this is an election that has major cross currents. the crosscurrents you mentioned, that favor republicans in this election cycle, and the crosscurrents that favor the democrats, including choice and democrac...

This will be the biggest tax cut in britain in some 50 years, they would be removing planned corporate tax hikes and removing a cap on banker pay and that is deemed as something that the government had hoped would be stimulative but at the same time you already have its central bank raising interest rates to try to cool down inflation in that economy. so a lot of cross currents here. just how steep this move was, big moves in the uk bond market really getting a lot of attention here. they have c...

Not like the way the president has been handling the economy. equally about 60% of americans say that they disagreed with the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. so when you look at these waves, youve got as you mentioned two different campaigns, two different waves, and basically, running at cross-currents to each other. it will be interesting to see which of those issues play out at the top of voters lists in the election. >> i want to bring in former president for the latina victo...

Moderates but not push it into recession. thats where the pain comes in. >> how about the presidents student debt relief plan. will that increase inflation, decrease inflation or is it a wash? >> its a wash. you know, a lot of cross-currents, a lot of moving parts there. if you take the debt forgiveness part by itself, that will help support consumer spending and growth and would cause more inflation in the current context. but the fact that those folks that have been not paying on their student...