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Outsource that to people that dont like us, thats a problem. so i think there is a whole litany of issues that are affecting joe biden. but really these are left wing issues. democrats, the aoc wing has pushed these issues, thats why joe biden is in this place. so, yeah, i think they have real problems. pete: sean, you know how d.c. works and the parlor games there is already speculation he doesnt run in 2024. if the midterm goes really poorly for democrats, its going to be open season, thats wh...

Will you take questions on inflation then? >> lets move. thank you. >> thank you all. >> do you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterm. >> thats a great asset. more inflation. what a stupid son of a -- >> within about an hour of that exchange he called my cellphone and he said, it is nothing personal, pal. and we went back and forth and we were talking about just kind of moving forward, and i made sure to tell him that im always going to try to ask something different than...

Imagined, even a couple months ago. secretary clinton is really i think the only viable national candidate that we democrats have as we face historic midterm defeat. >> laura: does she have the energy for it? i mean, if, if, if. does she have the stamina and the energy? pretty much everyone is younger than biden. i dont see thats a qualification. its more about stamina and energy. >> i would tell you this. i know secretary clinton. i have worked with her. she is an energetic person who has one o...

I want to keep an eye on this number throughout the year to see if the gains have carried over, have they increased? is that going to shake up the midterm campaign in 2022? so you can see the hispanic break down in our poll in terms of joe bidens approval rating. the other way of looking at this, i think there are two key issues. look at the trajectory for the publics opinion of biden. one is the economy. youre seeing this is nbc polling throughout 2021. you can see he started with a 52% approva...

Prediction — expectations too high? that prediction -- _ expectations too high? that prediction -- bad _ expectations too high? that prediction —— bad predictions are worse than none. hes got to be very careful here, which is to say, here is the plan to move forward. even if youre explaining what your path is, it will be important for this president do not put himself in a corner several months from now, so i think he should be very careful, especially with what weve seen with covid and in...

Disappointed we fell short on voting rights. i was disappointed it took us so long to get the infrastructure deal done. now that we have it done, i think were going to see it being very helpful. and i do think we will get a version of build back better, i call it education in workforce, because to me thats the core of it, i think well get it done. youre right, sometimes its easier to close a deal if everybodys focused on something else rather than closing phase of those negotiations. ill also me...

Administration is dealing with whether its covid or inflation. there is this fear that biden keeping biden in washington as much as hes been, either doing events in the white house like the press conference later today, which there havent been many of, or short appearances at the white house not playing into his strengths as a retail campaigner, the presence he could have through maximizing the bully pulpit, uits a problm for them. the good news for biden is a lot of democrats want to see him on...

Machines across the country and try and force this broad federal investigation into an election that there is no evidence was tainted in any way by significant fraud. >> its nuts. michael flynn, the former general, was talking about declaring at least partial -- invoking a partial martial law to seize the voting machines. coincidentically in states that biden won. politico reporting that trump has floated the idea of making dual midterm endorsements because he doesnt trust his advisers. he feels...

Positive it cannot make indicators, it takes a while for that to reach regular people or low income people, or people trying to put food on the table. and once that like catches up, i think there would be brighter days for biden in the white house. >> mark, the dccc, the democratic congressional committee, is -- the news isnt all bad for democrats again. and d. c. quote, democrats also voiced some optimism, saying they had identified more than a dozen new congressional districts they consider to...

York, her initials are aoc. her former communications director was on "the story" with martha maccallum and sayings -- says that he thinks the democrats ought to run a primary opponent against president biden in the event he decided to run for re-election. listen. >> youve got a guy thats pushing 80, right? and there wasnt even the certainty he was going to run for a second term when he first ranch so i think theres going to be, you know, if we see a midterm outcome where democrats lose the hous...