Kagro in the Morning - August 17, 2023

<p><strong>David Waldman</strong> and <strong>Greg Dworkin </strong>are back, and <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/17/2187802/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here to talk to each other again</a>, but it’s ok if you want to hang out too.</p> <p>Democrats need to <a title="" href= "https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/trumps-indictments-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">face facts</a>. Whether they like it or not, they now need to accept <a title="" href= "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691983330055495953.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the uneasy truth</a> that <a title= "" href="https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1691819382786162961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">they</a>… <a title="" href= "https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">might be</a>... <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/16/2187769/-Latest-Fox-News-poll-Biden-beating-everybody-We-should-not-be-surprised" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winning</a>. Republicans are <a title="" href= "https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-poll-georgia-elections-b6140eed88b3153e41dbf9e008d5a21b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">certainly losing</a> and are getting <a title="" href= "https://www.semafor.com/article/08/17/2023/some-republicans-tire-of-indictments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tired of pretending that they aren’t.</a> The news media is finding it tougher to invent a second, rational, side with <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-debate-memo-urges-him-to-defend-trump-and-take-a-sledge-hammer-to-vivek-ramaswamy/ar-AA1fpcpr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debates still coming up.</a> It is clear that the <a title="" href= "https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-majority-thinks-trump-something-illegal-yet-say-investigations-politically-motivated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">majority of Americans</a> want <a title="" href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-re