i'm not joined by democratic political strategist and adam goodman a republican strategist thanks both of you for being with us on out of there what start with you adam goodman so the president is in hospital what he said the main impact is going to be on the election campaign well it's interesting you were just leading into this segment talking about polls there's a new zogby poll that just came out that your the president is up 5 points since he was hospitalized which puts him in a statistical dead heat with joe biden and as you also pointed out in your opener it's not about the popular vote anyway it's about what happens in the electoral the battleground states in particular and those were also within the margin of error going into this incredible unprecedented episode but in terms of what the president's campaign is doing lauren they're charging forward they've they've announced operation maga where members of the tribe family and the vice president and others are going to be championing the campaign across the trail and the difficulty in understanding what's going to happen next a

32 days out from the big day that election meant to be held on november the 3rd let's speak to adam goodman he's a republican strategist and partner at the firm ballard partners is joining us from washington thanks very much for your. obviously this is a fast moving developing story and the health of the president is the most important thing but we've seen his events postponed or some of them pushed online how is this likely to impact his position in the race and his reelection bid. well we've had no rain in an unprecedented year followed by an unprecedented day which is changing by the hour it's absolutely going to have an impact on the campaign but we don't know what that impacts going to be yet 1st of all we all as americans i think than people around the world are praying that the president recovers and recovers quickly number 2 is depending on how he does recover it will back not only events that may or may not happen it also could have pedigree in the way he chooses to campaign and there is a precedent for this that's not related to an illness but it is related to a time when american

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