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>> ♪ ♪ >> neil: so are you worried about inflation? join the club! 86% of americans say they are. i dont know whether 14% are going outside to shop. 86% of us are. susan of real clear politics. the president of the united states and the party of power, i would be worried about that. >> oh, yeah. they are worried about it. this is what i have been calling the democrats catch 2022 on inflation. they have a window of opportunity where they have the house and senate majority. the majority in the...

Leslie, we saw what the democrats message is for the mid-terms, they will pivot to other issues. they are ignoring the crime situation and immigration. his approval is in the 30s. democrats are turning their head. i dont think voters will. your thoughts? >> well, all due respect to leslie who did her home work on all of those numbers, the one number that stands out to me is the food prices number. gasoline is important. i could ride my bike to the store to feed my little one. if i cant find milk...

That also means neither are their problems for the mid-terms and beyond. are they making things worse with more money after this? helen knew exercise could help her diabetes... but she didnt know what was right for her.

It could be longer. if its short term, democrats survive this. it doesnt become an issue. we still have inflation in the summer after labor day weekend and people are in their cars ebjoying summer vacations next year, thats when people pay attention to the mid-terms. >> neil: then all bets are off. i follow the math. wage gains are 4%. the strongest in about 9 years. unfortunately the cost of things has risen at 5.5%. wholesale close to 8%. that will sink in quickly. do you think this lasts beyo...

Gop have a cruelest -- theyre not moderate, theyre conservative. those are fighting words now apparently, josh. >> yeah, the party that is united is usually the won winning politically. the one divided will face problems. socialism and capitalism, the democratic party is divided and you see it with the eviction moratorium that happened and seeing it now and down the road over the debates over infrastructure and big 3.5 trillion dollar spending program. the fox poll shows a majority of voters sup...

Than it was five years ago? is new york state better now than it was 10 years ago? >> dana: we are going to go. i dont think so, no. i dont think so. take a look at this now. >> they want to put behind this budget resolution somebody walked across to the house and handed the squad and pen a piece of paper. >> bill: mitch mcconnell reacting late last night early morning hours, 3.5 trillion budget plan that senate democrats dropped at 4:00 a.m. packed with progressive items. what it could mean for...

Someone will be failing on this. >> yeah, the people that we have to focus on, the independent voters that can go either way. independents by and large are behaving more like republicans. look at how they view inflation and infrastructure, look at how they view the economy. right now theyre leaning more republican. that is a problem for the democrats come the mid-terms. the republicans are going to have to have a story as to why the independents will move to their site. they have to come to a pl...

That logic, no doubt about it. 7,000 illegals released in mcallen texas. right now in new york, you want to go to a restaurant, you have to show a vaccine card. you want to immigrate to the united states, you dont have to get a vaccine. you have more rights immigrating to this country than being a new yorker. sat state of affairs. >> sean: thanks, kayleigh. after the break, will the massive super spreader event going on right now today at our southern border cost democrats the 2022 mid-terms? wh...

>> first of all i think democrats are in big trouble in the mid-terms. since 1946 the average turnover in the house in a mid-term election is 27 house seats. they have a three-vote majority in the house. 50/50 senate. so it just takes a net gain of four seats in the house and one seat in the senate to lose both chambers. structurally they are all a disadvantage and misreeding their mandate. the voters didnt give them a mandate for socialism. if they pass this infrastructure bill and stood on tha...

Instead embrace roads and bridges. >> after all the long, hard negotiating, the stops and starts, were here. and it is a good thing, a very good thing for america. >> one prominent democrat concedes democrats dont sell their ideas very well. >> if you have a position and message it poorly then people will think you have a different position than you actually have. i dont think its controversial to say that democrats really struggle with messaging. >> so far democrats are struggling to grapple wi...