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Senator, it has been one hell of a week for Democrats. They thought they were coming out of this midterm

election with some momentum. they were excited about gas

prices coming down a little bit they were excited about the approval rating numbers coming up a

little bit for joe biden david gurgan put it this way saying he was very excited until all the

you know what hit the fan with these documents about the politicalout, which could be considerable and unwelcome to the administration,

certainly.

Cummings, Phil Maddenly mentioned, with inflation, cooling gas prices dropping,

and the president's approval numbers growing in the polls, at least before this.

Joining us as CNN senior political analyst, David Gergen,

White House Insider for Democrats and Republicans alike, dating back to the mix in the years.

Also, CNN political commentator and former Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Charlie Dent,

and CNN political analyst Jackie Kucinich. She's Washington Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe.

David Gergen, let's start with you. How big a mess is this for the Biden administration?

It's very, very big, not legally, but politically, it's a very, very big deal.

You know, this is a president who was marching upward. For the first time in his presidency, he's got

his numbers up, people are feeling better about the economy. There are all sorts of reasons to

believe that he could now present himself. The fears that people like me have about how old is he

and can he govern well those fears will be

dissipated if you were able to stay on that track but now along comes this this gigantic story

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