stan greenberg, he told politico he's practically tearing his hair out because the worst performing arm message for the democrats he has pulled the one and actively turns voters off is when a president biden democrats try to brag about all their accomplishments. like you are welcome in america look at what we have done for you. it is counterproductive and yet they cannot help it. and they keep persisting with it. another interesting strategy here. >> there is pulling out that shows 54% of the country believes in biden's policies have been detrimental to their personal economic situation. and yet they continue at the white house and on the campaign trail to say not a single republican voted for the inflation reduction act which i called the inflation exacerbation act. it's like yes that's a good thing and that's republicans are winning and close the gap in the senate because they did not vote for the very legislation that americans see as harming their bottom line and making their lives more difficult in terms of being able to afford basic things like groceries and gas. but to charlie'

there is a piece in the american prospect from stan greenberg, longtime democratic pollster, he just put this up. says, how democrats mishandled crime is the headline, in his view. he says they conducted research quoting from the piece here in the african american hispanic and asian american communities all of those communities pointed to the rising worry about crime, and they were worried more about the rising crime than the rise in police abuse, yet democrats throughout 2021 focused almost exclusively on the latter. he's making the case in this piece that the democrats created in the way they addressed crime in the last couple of years, they created a political opportunity, that republicans like mehmet oz can take advantage of and are taking advantage of. is he right? >> first of all, i tend to like those pieces that come out after the election. i find him to be most helpful. then, if you're gonna navigate a little bit. steve, listen, iran races for a very long time as you know. and every race, this isn't new. this is core to the republican argument. no matter what's going on in te