lgbt kids and everyone else, which is absurd and something no one has thought of before there is no way for them to rally support around poll numbers and this situation, to make up something else. shannon: quickly, kevin, before we go, will this abortion issue overshadow the other things where the president is upside down by double digits? good question, i think 188 days from the election today that the economy will be one of the most critical issues, you saw the president talk about debt and deficit reduction, prescription drug reform and taking the message to cincinnati, ohio on friday, that will be the foremost issue come midterms. shannon: 188 days, count on kevin to know, who is counting. we are. shannon: see if the economy does a 180 in that time. thank you both. coming up, did you know today is a holiday of sort?
want. in many ways, president biden is going to have to work with the fair chair to figure out what kind of monetary policies they can put in place that will slow inflation to not lead to a recession quickly, not before they get to mid terms. if there is something economically crazy that happens in three months, i do not see how democrats can make a strong case of the american people for why they should remain in power. definitely running out of time. let s hope the second quarter is a more positive spin for all of us. democrats are also, kurds, looking at the last ditch effort to cobble a more smaller version of the economic package, this includes clean energy initiatives, prescription drug reform, higher taxes for corporations, as we addressed earlier overall, but it also comes down to one guy. this is senator joe manchin and
over the last couple of months and talking to folks outside of this acela corridor here. and the question is, hey, can you just do one thing? how about just doing the child tax credit or how about just doing universal pre-k or prince prescription drugs or i ve heard student loan relief. can you do one, and if you pick one, what is viable? well, i think that the thing we have been talking about is scaled down. it is some combination of tax reform, which is a big deal to make the wealthiest pay their fair share and pay for all of this, prescription drug reform which would be a big deal to lower costs for the american people on prescription drugs and then climate some portion of action on climate change for sure. and then the question is can we also get something on the care economy. i ll just tell you, chuck, whether it s the child tax credit or whether it s child
help millions of americans? subsidies, maybe prescription drug reform and a huge investment in climate in addition to voting rights. if by the end of january or mid february we re able to say we came back and got a lot of what was in the build back better, and able to secure our democracy, i think we ll be in a much different place than we are today. i know how frustrating that is but can you either basically say it s done and let s remind people, i hope with all of my heart this doesn t happen but the democrats could lose control and as bad as the senate map is in 24, for a while. so this is your opportunity to help as many people as you can. yes. i totally agree with you. i think heather agrees, too. the point is no one can hurt joe manchin. he s got his house boat, his maserati, he s a u.s. senator, he wanted a trump-plus 35 state.