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Fullness of time, this is not a decision that biden and his team should be taking lightly just because theyre up in the polls. he has done a strong job objectively. had a great midterm and can run a rose garden strategy and probably should. >> he also has the pulpit. the state of the union, he doesnt need to announce to start holding rallies -- he has that everyday. >> thats right. theres something to the inertia of the incouumbency. look, hes going to announce. i have to quibble with one thing ...

Kennedy and jimmy carter. look, i continue to think that in the fullness of time, this is not a decision that bidens team should be taking lightly just because theyre up in the polls. but hes done a strong job, objectively, its been a great midterm and he can run a rose strategy and he should. >> he has the pulpit. he has the state of the union. but he does not need to announce to start holding rallies, he does that every day. >> thats right. there is something to the inertia of the incumbency. ...

Hes putting this on the table. at the same time, you know, that decision might be made for him. unless he comes up with another $700,000, $800,000 out of thin air to finance his own campaign, im not sure there will be a whole lot of support for him running again. you cant just do this with no money in your pocket. i think he will have support and a lot of people working to make sure he isnt re-elected again as a united states congressman from new york. >> how do you see it, michael? >> it will b...

That a win for your side if he wants to co-opt the things that donald trump was talking about and trying to do? >> definitely i think his speechwriters are reading the polls and they know what they are selling americans arent buying he spent trillions of dollars of money that we dont have on things that we dont need it hes trying to say the inflation reduction act was so great. even john kerry let alone other white house advisors have admitted the inflation reduction did not reduce it was about ...

Democrats do not share your enthusiasm? >> listen, six months ago, there were people who were writing political obituaries for a lot of democratic governors. we won, overwhelmingly. we had a great midterm. i thank the white house for that. i think president biden was a large part of that. he has delivered for american people. the i.r.a., the chips act, we are onshore manufacturing in advanced production. he has a record number of people at this point, you like him or dont like him. its not a mat...

Responded to rick scott in this radio interview. watch. >> its just a bad idea. i think it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own reelection in florida, a state with more elderly people than any other state in america. >> so, i feel like theres a little bad blood, excuse, me there between the two gentlemen in the midterm. what are the chances those comments actually make a difference? >> well, i mean, theres blood on the floor there. and mitch mcconnell just bounced him off of ...

Is taking over democrat politics and sweeping the country, we are not seen that with the candidates and the policies they are supporting especially in swing states. it gets a lot of tv attention, but that is not who is winning the race is for the democrats on the ground. >> emily: i hope this was new york city come on that front, what say you? >> kayleigh: i hope democrats do what marie does and dont listen to eric adams. there was a political article that said democrat should be cautious about ...

And yet we just saw in a midterm election, in the face of those numbers, his party held up pretty well in the midterm election, and i think the conclusion of the midterm election is what biden is benefitting from and what democrats are benefitting from still right now is that is as unpopular as biden is, his predecessor on the political stage, donald trump is even less popular and that certainly i think propped up democrats in the midterm and well see if it continues to in 2023 and 2024. >> stev...

Cant do it, he is not popular enough or effective enough, and every single time he doesnt just get it done, but he is surpassing the expectation, and that what is going to happen tonight and the nex two year, and the contrast with kevin mccarthy in the back is going to remind people what kevin mccarthy had to go through to get there, striking a corrupt bargain and who knows how many deals to break with the maga extremists in his party, and this is going to be a big contrast with the massive acco...

Father-figure who you can rely on in times to lead the family safely out of the woods. so, if he comes out and starts with the maga stuff tonight, well, that doesnt fit that image. >> bret: he is going to say the economy is strong. its resilient, ari. if you look at a couple of data points. if you look at inflation, when he took office and inflation now, if you look at the chart, its pretty significantly up. if you look at the price of gas prices now they were higher than this, but, when he took...