You know, what the president laid out last night was we have two paths. One goes in the Republican direction. One goes in the Democratic direction. He laid out a strong case for why follow me. But with the jobs report today, the Republicans say, yes, but your path is the road to nowhere.
David Gergen discusses the implications of the jobs report on the political narrative presented by President Obama.
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It's very, very big. Not legally, but politically, it's a very, very big deal.
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If he comes out and throws cold water on this, then I don't think it goes anywhere.
I think this the very idea that in 2024, we may have two men running against each other Biden and Trump, who would both be in their 80s if elected, that it too is enough to say, well, what are we doing here?
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