What President Biden’s first year in office means for the future of the Democratic Party

By Nereida Moreno, Stephanie Kim
What President Biden’s first year in office means for the future of the Democratic party
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Susan Walsh / AP Photo
What President Biden’s first year in office means for the future of the Democratic party
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Susan Walsh / AP Photo

What President Biden’s first year in office means for the future of the Democratic Party

By Nereida Moreno, Stephanie Kim
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This week marks Joe Biden’s first year in office but his presidential agenda seems to be in jeopardy. Plus, his approval rating just hit a new low.

Reset checks in with a political consultant and a political science professor for their take on what’s next for President Biden and the Democratic Party.

GUESTS: Kitty Kurth, President of Kurth Lampe Worldwide

Robert Starks, former director of the Harold Washington Institute for Research and Policy Studies at Northeastern Illinois University, professor emeritus NEIU