There has been a flurry of political news already for a Monday, and it certainly doesn't feel like the usually slow August in Washington, D.C.

Here with us to take a closer look is Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

It's great to see you both. This Monday has felt like a busy week already. Let's jump right in.

Tam, you heard what Lisa was asking, Congressman Doggett there, about Democrats meeting this moment, about frustration

in the base, their lack of fight perceived in their base at least. And I should point out, too,

in terms of the fundraising numbers, there's a big gap between the DNC and the RNC. The numbers

at the end of June showed the DNC reportedly had 15 million on hand.

The RNC had 80 million.

There's another sign of that frustration among Democrats.

But what did you make of Congressman Doggett's response and the larger Democratic approach right now?

Right.

And he talked about how there are multiple Democrats who are trying to push back on Trump. And I think that that is where Democrats are right now, which is that there isn't one voice. There isn't sort of one top-down marching order on how to proceed. Democrats are trying to figure themselves out. And they are

struggling. I think that over time, you will see eventually a coalescing around a candidate,

and that candidate will give voice to what Democrats want. I mean, we've seen this cycle after cycle

in 2020. The only thing that Democrats

wanted was someone who could beat Trump and they ended up with Joe Biden. That sort of thing,

that sort of coalescing just hasn't happened yet. It's still really early and they are definitely

still in the wilderness. There's still a lot of time, yes, Amy,

but what do you make of someone who's getting a lot of attention right now? It's California

Governor Gavin Newsom, who sort of adopted Trump's approach and is taking it right back to him.

Is it working? Do you see other Democrats taking that tack?

Right. Well, it's working in his home state. In fact, there was a poll out just the other week that showed that Governor Newsom's approval rating in the state is actually now up eight points since April. So he has definitely coalesced that anger about Trump or that frustration among many who don't like Donald Trump, that

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