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House reporter catherine lucey. catherine good to see you. so lets start with the political potency of this decision, and we can start at the white house where kevin is now the president . as were expecting, he will announce his reelection campaign next week has an enthusiasm problem. is this an issue that can close that? and is it something that this president is comfortable with? we can note that the president didnt say publicly the word abortion until more than a year into his administration....

One dynamic thats interesting, and a number of polls recently have shown, democrats, by and large, approve the job president biden has done, like him personally, grateful for his time in office and for defeating donald trump. so many of them say they dont want to see him run again, citing his age as the biggest factor. how is the white house going to deal with what could be a real enthusiasm problem? >> i think youre 100% right. i think biden is trying to build the same coalition that helped him...

Poll suggests that might not be the case. >> lets look at wisconsin also while we are talking about this. obviously another key swing state. >> another key state that has a key gubernatorial and senate race. we will start in the gub for i cant race where tony evers is the incumbent governor, the democrat. among all voters tony evers has a 48% to 42% lead, average over the leading republicans you can see that we have two that weve averaged here, but here to me is the key take away from this, weve...

Other kitchen table issues, namely, the economy? >> democrats have an enthusiasm problem with their own base, with young voters, with women voters, with voters of color, and to the extent that this issue is a motivating one and a galvanizing one for those constituencies, i think it is a very important piece of the puzzle, and you heard earlier in the program, president biden, i think using some of the toughest language that ive heard him use since becoming president about republicans calling the...

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Terry mcauliffe. theres a story yesterday for jonathan martin with that headline, although the story was a little bit more positive. a source in virginia, political source in virginia texted me after that segment, saying there absolutely is an enthusiasm problem in virginia. how worried do you think democrats should be about the gubernatorial race in virginia? >> well, i think if the mcauliffe campaign is smart, theyll take her words and use it as a campaign slogan. dont be texas n. dont be texa...

And go back. >> of course, the problem for joe biden this isnt just the money problem. its an enthusiasm problem. the reason the grass roots support isnt coming to stave off this decision is because theres not that much energy for him. inf that is true, it wont be just ads that will be able to overcome that. its a much deeper and more structural problem with the campaign. and that is what were going to test now if the super pac does happen and we see the money start flowing. >> one quick point a...

Something to prove, prove on the economy, prove on the environment, prove on student debt. so theyre far less eager to give their vote away maybe in different ways than the older black voting bloc is. >> can i just add to that? when you actually look at the numbers of this q poll, its not just young black voters, its young voters. thats the one place that you have both elizabeth warren and bernie sanders -- bernie sanders has slightly more support than elizabeth warren with young voters, but the...

The general feeling that judge kavanaugh was guilty before we got to see any of this. when we start destroying the presumption of innocence and due process in that country. its an alarming place too. they broke for president president trump to 41%. they energize conservatives. what we are seen and the midterm elections. where the party in power. has that enthusiasm problem. they are really driving that up. in a powerful way. and really melting that enthusiasm gap away.

Look at the virginia governors election, the progressives and the more moderates came together to defeat the republican candidate. so now were in the point of the general election. what mcconnell did, which i think was quite smart, but lets call it for what it is. he knows theres an enthusiasm problem in the republican party. he knows the democrats have a lot of enthusiasm. no one is talking about the possibility of republicans could lose the senate. but it is a possibility. so he is sending out...