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>> i obviously know some of them. we don't talk about those kinds of things. you know, some of the folks there, obviously they were very dedicated to getting the president reelected and thought we had done a great job running that campaign up until the votes finally came in. but also, as you start to see some of the other folks, other names that have been mentioned in these things were being moved over into the campaign, coordinating with the campaign, then obviously, you know, it would make sense that those kinds of actions would happen. >> yeah, one of the i think hottest topics in town righ...

Republican to a couple points in some recent polls in democrats' favor. but joe biden has remained at 38%. he has not moved in those polls. and the reason that i think a lot of these democrats are saying and some of them that i've talked to over the last couple of weeks is he has not met the moment and he's not really thrown himself into this in a large part not only on the policy side, but in the rhetorical way they wanted him to. >> one other thing also going on here is that there is a whole generation of young people, young democrats, who thought this was the world they were going inhabit a...

In which they could lower other costs. because they know inflation is kind of out of their control. so how do they effect health care. how do they deal with childcare. the problem is those things, especially on the childcare aspect, those are not something that are still on the table when it comes to reconciliation. and for this white house not just on the policy side but on the political side, as we move nord into november, it is not a good argument to say to the american people, hey guys, this is happening everywhere around the country. where voters are saying we gave you the white house, th...

Messaging problem. the policy side is they went with a vaccine only approach practically, not entirely but very close. they thought they could vaccinate their way out of this problem and phil, how many times in 2020 when you were back up on the hill, how many times did nancy pelosi start press conferences by saying test, testing, testing. every single time. every single time she said testing, testing, testing, and this administration with all the money in the world with the bipartisan deals of 2020 and the democratic $1.9 trillion bill in march, all the money in the world for testing and they ...

>> so the big question i know everyone always asks you, christine, when will this get better. white house official tells cnn there is no crystal ball for when exactly inflation will peak. the biden administration says it's trying to keep prices under control, but the uncertainty could mean trouble politically as americans feel the strain in everyday life. cnn's phil mattingly is at the white house with more on this. >> reporter: christine and laura, for president biden's top economic advisers, there were no surprises that made clear inflation is still very high, near four decade highs at this ...