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Following low poll numbers and a disappointing september jobs report. lets bring in our panel for analysis. louisiana talk radio show host jeff -- and democratic strategist michael star hopkins. gentlemen, welcome. >> thanks for having us. mike: lets play a clip from former labor secretary eugene scalia. >> president biden ran as a moderating influence. he scarcely has controlled the senate, very close in the house, but hes trying to govern as a far more progressive person than he ran, and i thi...

Which is coming up, which could be a compromise, 2.5 trillion, 3 trillion, whatever they come up with -- thats not going to help the average mesh. i think its -- american. its just going to increase our costs, make inflation go up. now, michael was talking about the trump years. remember, we aha unemployment down to 3.5%, gasoline was, i think, about $1.50. ill take those kind of numbers versus what were seeing urn joe biden. everything is higher now, and thats really -- [inaudible conversations...

Biden overall approval, 38% to 5 3% disapprove. michael, how alarming are those numbers, in your view? >> yeah, i think the white house is definitely going to take numbers seriously. the cbs poll that came out this morning putting president biden over 50 president, i think, was a little more reassuring. but we cant keep talking about this in terms of elections. yes, midterms are coming up, but when you look at the build back better bill, reconciliation, were talking about expanding access to pre...

States. and so i think when we look at the jobs numbers and look at the presidents performance, those have to be counted. mike: jeff, how do you respond to michael? >> well, i mean, joe bidens a disaster, mike. hes failed in everything, the border, the economy, foreign policy, the military. and i think the american people are just responding to his record. i mean, hen ran as this moderate -- he ran as this moderate, and hes governed as a far-left divider. and this is not a socialist country, and...

Trump tax cuts cut taxes for the wealthy and increased them for the lower class. so i dont take that argument very seriously. what i will say is democrats may not perform as well as we expect in the midterms. i think the incumbent party normally does lose in the midterms, but when you look to 2024, there certainly was a never president mitt romney. i think we need to focus right now on policies and less on elections. mike: we heard michaels take on the monthly jobs report. jeff, 194,000 jobs cre...