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Virginia. its how is it telling us how the national sort of environment is going to be going forward? and what we look back over time, the last few times we have virginia gubernatorial election, right, in 2009, 2013, and 2017, what we see is that the president, each of these cases, had negative net ratings. net approval ratings. that is the same as joe bidens is right now and you can see, look at that. all three times, the presidents party lost seats in the house of representatives. and so, that...

Is right now and you can see, look at that. all three times, the presidents party lost seats in the house of representatives. and so, thats why its so important that joe biden has a negative rating right now in virginia because as virginia has tended to gone? off-year elections, the next midterm, thats how the nation has gone. >> and what adoes the polling tell you about what voters care about most right now? >> yeah, look, its the economy, stupid. thats -- thats what the polling is telling us. ...

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But what republicans do very well is go towards the end and often in the beginning republican wills fire up their base. and to me, joy, whats happening in virginia now is going to be a real bellwether for democrats going to the midterm because quite frankly, even though a lot of the establishment democrats dont get that, republicans do. it is in fact about the base, and so if you look at the polling numbers right now, quite frankly, the averages dont look very different from what northams averag...

Manchin shout down reports hes considering switching parties, instead saying hes negotiating in good faith. .sinema continues her silent streak. >> any comment on your stance on corporate tax rates? any comment on your stance on anything? >> reporter: meanwhile, republicans unified against the spending are watching democratic in-fighting from the sidelines. >> the infrastructure bill means youre getting this multitrillion dollar spending bill. they are linked together. the president has said tha...

Paid family leave, 12 weeks will likely be pared down to four weeks. also tax hikes on the wealthier versions. free community college likely out as well as expanded medicare coverage, which is a high priority for senator sanders of vermont. the primary a big question mark with the clean energy program the democrats wanted not likely to make it in the bill because of objections from joe manchin. for democrats, a lot of this has been frustrating because so much focus has been on whats not in the b...

Certainly democrats want to see progress. the white house agrees with that. they know there is a timeline even if they dont want to give one specifically. weve heard the language change here in the last week. aides saying that the timetable for this is not unlimited. its not limitless. they want to get it done before that crucial vote to take place in virginia which is a pretty good arbiter of where things are and gives you a heads up of where the midterm may go. the president recognizes that an...

Mentioned today, i note that however reconciliation ends, they are going to be a lot of docks annoyed at manchin and sinema over everything they forced to be removed from the package. so maybe the way to resolve all of this and get momentum into the midterm would be a kind of grand bargain in which progressives would agree to a smaller footprint that they are demanding for reconciliation and ma manchin and sinema drop their rights because its clear there is no other path. manchin was given the s...

Governors race there, do they gain house seats in the next midterm? yes. eight out of 11 times, that has worked out to be the case. so virginia has been a pretty good bellwether. but i think its more than that. if we go to slide three, i think theres some interesting dynamic thars going on in virginia that i think gives you an understanding of the nation. look at this. joe biden versus donald trump. normally, an ex-president, you wouldnt give a flying hoot what the -- what the voters perception ...

Beyond repair and if not, what will it take to fix this and then not only that, but how long because 61% of those migrants that were expelled were expelled under title 42. >> right. im an eternal optimist and i dont think we are too far beyond repair, but it will take some pretty tough leadership and really strong focused leadership. clearly, what we have now is anything but, we have a weekend at bernies type president, so i wouldnt expect much out of the white house, but what i expect is a repu...