KAMALA HARRIS

SCARBOROUGH Jonathan Lemire I ░░░░░░░░ Dana is exactly right ░░░░░░░░ we got there we ░░░░░░░░ fighting like cats and ░░░░░░░░ Bill Clinton did not ░░░░░░░░ us We did not ░░░░░░░░ Bill Clinton And yet ░░░░░░░░ balanced the budget four ░░░░░░░░ in a row together ░░░░░░░░ passed welfare reform We ░░░░░░░░ a lot of things ░░░░░░░░ made a huge difference ░░░░░░░░ economy grew 20 million ░░░░░░░░ were created And that ░░░░░░░░ with two parties that ░░░░░░░░ fighting nonstop We still ░░░░░░░░ things done That just ░░░░░░░░ t happen anymore LEMIRE ░░░░░░░░ it does not It ░░░░░░░░ been a remarkably ineffective ░░░░░░░░ here Look there was ░░░░░░░░ President Biden s first ░░░░░░░░ years some bipartisan success ░░░░░░░░ infrastructure bill SCARBOROUGH Yes ░░░░░░░░ sucess crosstalk LEMIRE the ░░░░░░░░ bill on top of ░░░░░░░░ list But that has ░░░░░░░░ stopped as we moved ░░░░░░░░ basically this election cycle ░░░░░░░░ early 2023 under the ░░░░░░░░ of Speaker Johnson unproductive ░░░░░░░░ to use Dana s ░░░░░░░░ zany indeed So Professor ░░░░░░░░ let s get you ░░░░░░░░ on the state of ░░░░░░░░ race right now Because ░░░░░░░░ are two things Look ░░░░░░░░ polls suggest a very ░░░░░░░░ race The trend lines ░░░░░░░░ favor the vice president ░░░░░░░░ these leads are very ░░░░░░░░ We re basically talking ░░░░░░░░ a margin of error ░░░░░░░░ With six weeks to ░░░░░░░░ it s a toss ░░░░░░░░ But part of that ░░░░░░░░ because to Joe s ░░░░░░░░ there has been an ░░░░░░░░ to to normalize to ░░░░░░░░ out to sanewash what ░░░░░░░░ re seeing BRZEZINSKI Mm ░░░░░░░░ LEMIRE from Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ the media yes parts ░░░░░░░░ it certainly his allies ░░░░░░░░ for voters who really ░░░░░░░░ pay attention in the ░░░░░░░░ little bit that s ░░░░░░░░ they re seeing BRINKLEY ░░░░░░░░ I m sorry all ░░░░░░░░ can t take a ░░░░░░░░ at the heinous document ░░░░░░░░ the Project 2025 that ░░░░░░░░ Heritage Foundation gave birth ░░░░░░░░ And that s a ░░░░░░░░ for the future of ░░░░░░░░ Republican Party in our ░░░░░░░░ If you really took ░░░░░░░░ to read it you ░░░░░░░░ be so far away ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump you you ░░░░░░░░ t even know what ░░░░░░░░ do I mean other ░░░░░░░░ in American history You ░░░░░░░░ Warren Harding at his ░░░░░░░░ in 1921 tried to ░░░░░░░░ a similar plan which ░░░░░░░░ corporations take over get ░░░░░░░░ of all regulators get ░░░░░░░░ of civil servants And ░░░░░░░░ what happened Harding s ░░░░░░░░ got mired in scandal ░░░░░░░░ eventually you know we ░░░░░░░░ Harding for the Teapot ░░░░░░░░ scandal Nixon tried it ░░░░░░░░ 73 He was fairly ░░░░░░░░ liberal his first term ░░░░░░░░ term after he won ░░░░░░░░ was he got rid ░░░░░░░░ all the cabinet and ░░░░░░░░ was going hard to ░░░░░░░░ a similar kind of ░░░░░░░░ And Reagan in 81 ░░░░░░░░ They all back off ░░░░░░░░ it s nutty stuff ░░░░░░░░ you took the time ░░░░░░░░ read that project But ░░░░░░░░ now we almost all ░░░░░░░░ that Harris is going ░░░░░░░░ win the popular vote ░░░░░░░░ re all now looking ░░░░░░░░ that Electoral College again ░░░░░░░░ those handful of states ░░░░░░░░ we did in 2000 ░░░░░░░░ like we did in ░░░░░░░░ and 2016.”
LEMIRE: “Yeah.”