today on inside politics, big wins for democrats in ohio, kentucky and virginia last night. the clear message from voters, abortion rights matter. still, big time. but will that be enough to power president biden to reelection a year from now? plus it s debate night in america. five republican candidates will take the stage in miami tonight, absent once again, the front runner. so is tonight s faceoff really just a race for second? and new reporting on the democratic divide over israel. hear when some jewish democrats are saying about members of their own party who voted against the resolution supporting israel s war against hamas. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with last night s election results. president biden summed it up like this. he said, quote, across the country tonight, democrats won and maga lost. voters vote, polls don t. now let s go win next year. cnn political director david chalian has more from what happened last night at
states. him 15 points ahead of president clinton. 54 to 39. and bill clinton won his reelection a year later, in 1996, thanks more than anything else, to the fact that colin powell decided not to run. i had to look deep into my own soul, standing aside from the expectations and enthusiasm of others. ice i believe i have a bond of trust with the american people. i d offer myself as a candidate for president requires a commitment and passion to run the race and succeed in the quest. the kind of passion and the kind of commitment that i felt every day of my 35 years as a soldier. a passion and commitment that despite my every effort, i do not yet have for political life. because such a life requires
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that. why did they decide to do that and go after held sner. one of the things we heard privately was that there was a frustration that seemed like a lot of senators did not seem to fear the president, did not necessarily seem to respect him, and the thinking was they wanted to you senator heller to show look, if you go against the white house, there will be consequences. you should be afraid, and it is not something you should do. that backfired a little bit. we are in a tough position for getting behind the bill and it made his reelection a little tougher in an already very tough state. the group ended up getting in a position where they had to pull the ad. so you were in a great story with phil rucker about the party