Oct 15, 2026 · 29 min · 16 segments
Today on the show: the latest on the Six Flags investigation. Scott MacFarlane in D.C. on today's big stories. Shannon Kingston from ABC News at The State Department covering Ukraine/Russia. Kelly…
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And because of this escalation and the tempers flaring, and Zelinsky, you got to cool it.
You had that 36 percent only approving of his handling.
But when you look at the specific issues.
You look at the economy, only 29% of those polled said that they approve of his handling of the economy.
On inflation specifically, this is why I just brought up those inflation numbers from Matt, only 22% approve of his handling on that.
When you go in lower and dig even further into these numbers, you look at gas prices.
Democrats have a 12-point advantage on voters believing that they will handle gas prices better than Republicans.
So a lot of, I think, warning signs in these polls.
Now, I should note, when I talk to White House officials, when I talk to the president's members of his political operation, when I talk to other Republicans, a lot of times they try to dismiss these polls.
They try to discount them.
They say polls have been wrong in the past.
But I would have you also pay attention to the money, the massive amounts of money that are being spent in these races, and particularly in DISTRICTS AND STATES THAT REPUBLICANS, I THINK SIX MONTHS AGO, WOULD SAY, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND RESOURCES IN THESE AREAS.
WELL, NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO PLAY DEFENSE WITH THEIR MONEY, WITH THEIR TIME AND WITH THEIR ENERGY IN A LOT OF THESE STATES THAT HAVE BECOME REALLY TIGHT RACES FOR THEM WHEN, AGAIN, typically they wouldn't actually be on the map you look at some of the places the president has been recently on monday he was in ohio yesterday he was in arizona and montana you saw the vice president in texas friday he's going to georgia saturday the president's going to kentucky i mean these are places where they're really having to drive home this message with their voters to try and turn out on election day while a lot of these numbers again really not looking good for them, particularly when it comes to inflation in the economy, one of the key issues we know voters are saying they care about when they look ahead to November 3rd.
And she also mentioned there, Elena, President Trump coming to Georgia tomorrow, Dalton rally.
And because of this escalation and the tempers flaring, and Zelinsky, you got to cool it.
You had that 36 percent only approving of his handling.
But when you look at the specific issues.
You look at the economy, only 29% of those polled said that they approve of his handling of the economy.
On inflation specifically, this is why I just brought up those inflation numbers from Matt, only 22% approve of his handling on that.
When you go in lower and dig even further into these numbers, you look at gas prices.
Democrats have a 12-point advantage on voters believing that they will handle gas prices better than Republicans.
So a lot of, I think, warning signs in these polls.
Now, I should note, when I talk to White House officials, when I talk to the president's members of his political operation, when I talk to other Republicans, a lot of times they try to dismiss these polls.
They try to discount them.
They say polls have been wrong in the past.
But I would have you also pay attention to the money, the massive amounts of money that are being spent in these races, and particularly in DISTRICTS AND STATES THAT REPUBLICANS, I THINK SIX MONTHS AGO, WOULD SAY, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND RESOURCES IN THESE AREAS.
WELL, NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO PLAY DEFENSE WITH THEIR MONEY, WITH THEIR TIME AND WITH THEIR ENERGY IN A LOT OF THESE STATES THAT HAVE BECOME REALLY TIGHT RACES FOR THEM WHEN, AGAIN, typically they wouldn't actually be on the map you look at some of the places the president has been recently on monday he was in ohio yesterday he was in arizona and montana you saw the vice president in texas friday he's going to georgia saturday the president's going to kentucky i mean these are places where they're really having to drive home this message with their voters to try and turn out on election day while a lot of these numbers again really not looking good for them, particularly when it comes to inflation in the economy, one of the key issues we know voters are saying they care about when they look ahead to November 3rd.
And she also mentioned there, Elena, President Trump coming to Georgia tomorrow, Dalton rally.
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