带走里克·克莱因
国家正在统一。然后是这是什么。
乔·拜登总统正处于其总统任期中最艰难的时期，阿富汗的撤离行动一直持续到周二受到威胁进一步的恐怖袭击-甚至没能说服他自己政党的成员他在正确的路线上。
事实上，有不寻常的跨党派协议在8月31日前撤出所有美军可能是一个严重的错误。认为美国军队应该呆到在美国，86%的民主党人、87%的共和党人和86%的无党派人士离开了阿富汗美国广播公司/益普索民意调查周四喀布尔发生自杀式袭击后进行。
对于那些认为军队应该一直呆到在那里帮助美国的阿富汗人已经撤离，伤亡比例是72-77-70。拜登政府承认，不可能保证所有想退出的人都能在周二的最后期限前退出。
从某种意义上说，最近的民调是许多自认为是拜登盟友的民选官员的判断背后的原因。反身性后特朗普时代的沉默在阿富汗落入塔利班手中后不久，民主党人批评拜登的呼声就烟消云散了，现在有记录显示，无数民主党人对总统的计划和执行持怀疑或更糟糕的态度。
白宫是希望和祈祷从这里成功撤离，特别是在国务卿安东尼·布林肯说美国广播公司的“本周”代表着“最危险的时刻”——撤军最后期限前的最后几个小时。
除此之外，总统希望美国人称赞他对阿富汗问题的长远看法，即使这种看法不受欢迎。虽然他的总体支持率受到了不可否认的打击，但美国广播公司/益普索的数据显示他保持强有力的支持因为他对两者的处理新冠肺炎(新型冠状病毒肺炎)和经济。
有一个任重道远在确定阿富汗将是一个激发投票的问题之前。但最近几天发生的可怕事件已经证明，这种问题会将拜登和他的政党与其选民分开。
与...的关系梅格·坎宁安
随着阿富汗悲剧的展开，民主党人正试图再次呼吁联邦投票立法，这场战斗成功地经受住了拜登政府最初几个月的忙碌。
德克萨斯州的众议院民主党人在周五的投票中向华盛顿请求更多的联邦监督，因为他们无法阻止一项法案的推进大型投票议案SB 1，在避开特别会议几周后。
得克萨斯州众议员克里斯·特纳是前往华盛顿游说通过该法案的众议院议员之一约翰·刘易斯投票权促进法案它在美国众议院的通过是“着眼于这个州正在发生的事情”
“我们需要美国参议院就投票权采取行动。美国参议员们，我们需要你们去做，我们需要你们现在就去做。为投票自由受到威胁的德州人做吧。为所有美国人做这件事。时间不多了，”特纳警告说。
周六，在华盛顿，活动人士和著名的黑人民主党议员在国家广场游行，呼吁总统乔·拜登和参议员基尔斯顿·西内马和乔·曼钦采取行动，阻挠议事投票权。
众议员蒙代尔·琼斯(Mondaire Jones)说:“参议员们在白宫找到了安慰，白宫未能呼吁结束吉姆·克劳的阻挠议事行为。”他呼吁拜登引导参议院废除阻挠议事行为。他说:“我们知道自己、家人和国家想要的未来。
小费柳文欢·奥本海默
尽管总统星期五说他的政府考虑升职白宫首席医疗顾问周日对这些计划泼了一些冷水。
“我们仍然坚持八个月...我们仍然保持灵活性，如果数据告诉我们不同，我们会做出相应的调整，”安东尼·福奇博士说告诉美国广播公司“本周”联合主播玛莎·拉德达茨。
这助推器的不确定性可能会进一步迷惑拜登政府关于大流行的信息这可能会进一步加剧他与共和党州长在新冠肺炎政策上的冲突。
例如，州长格雷格·艾伯特(Greg Abbott)周三宣布了一项行政命令，禁止德克萨斯州的政府实体进行疫苗授权，尽管拜登已经为联邦工作人员制定了疫苗授权。在佛罗里达州，州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯反对在学校实施口罩禁令，但拜登政府正在帮助学区藐视口罩禁令。
这些冲突在一个新的美国广播公司新闻/益普索民意调查发现只有32%的受访共和党人赞成拜登对大流行的处理，尽管这些是他在所有受访问题中从共和党人那里得到的最高分。
还有一点
由于不到十分之四的美国人赞成乔·拜登总统对阿富汗的处理方式，两党一致支持将美国军队留在阿富汗，直到在20年战争中帮助过美国的所有美国人和阿富汗人都被撤离，这是一个令人震惊的事实美国广播公司新闻/益普索民意调查发现。
Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
There's uniting the country. Then there'swhat this is.
President Joe Biden is in the midst of the roughest stretch of his presidency -- with evacuation operations continuing through Tuesday in Afghanistanunder the threatof furtherterrorist attacks-- having failed to convince evenmembers of his own partythat he's on the right course.
In fact, there's uncommoncross-partisan agreementthat withdrawing all U.S. troops by Aug. 31 could be a grave mistake. The percentage of Americans who think U.S. troopsshould stay untilall Americans are out of Afghanistan is 86% among Democrats, 87% among Republicans and 86% among Independents, in theABC/Ipsos pollconducted after Thursday's suicide attack in Kabul.
For those who think troopsshould stay until allAfghans who aided the U.S. effort there are evacuated, the D-R-I percentages are 72-77-70. The Biden administration has acknowledged that it's impossible to guarantee that all those who want out will be able to do so before Tuesday's deadline.
In a sense, the latest polling is behind the judgment of many elected officials who consider themselves Biden allies. The reflexivepost-Trump reticencefor Democrats to criticize Biden evaporated shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, with countless Democrats now on the record as skeptical or worse toward the president's plan and execution.
The White House ishoping and prayingfor successful evacuations from here, particularly during what Secretary of State Antony Blinken said onABC's "This Week"represents "the most dangerous time" -- the final hours before the deadline for troop withdrawal.
Beyond that, the president is hoping Americans give him credit for taking the long view on Afghanistan, even if it isn't popular. While his overall approval ratings have taken an undeniable hit, the ABC/Ipsos numbers show himmaintaining strong supportfor his handling of bothCOVID-19and the economy.
There's along way to gobefore establishing that Afghanistan will be a vote-motivating issue. But the horrific events of recent days have already established that it's the kind of issue that can separate Biden and his party from their voters.
The RUNDOWN withMeg Cunningham
As tragedy unfolds in Afghanistan, Democrats are attempting to renew their calls for federal voting legislation, a battle that has managed to withstand the busy beginning months of the Biden administration.
House Democrats in Texas made pleas with Washington for more federal oversight on voting Friday after they were unable to block the advancement of alarge voting bill, SB 1, after weeks of avoiding the special session.
Texas Rep. Chris Turner, one of the House members who traveled to Washington to lobby for the passage of theJohn Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, said its passage in the U.S. House happened with “an eye towards what is happening in this state.”
“We need the United States Senate to act on voting rights. United States senators, we need you to do it, and we need you to do it now. Do it for the Texans whose freedom to vote is threatened. Do it for all Americans. Time is running out,” Turner warned.
On Saturday in Washington, activists and prominent Black Democratic lawmakers marched on the National Mall to call on President Joe Biden and Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin to act on the filibuster andvoting rights.
“The senators have found comfort in a White House that has failed to call for an end to the Jim Crow filibuster,” Rep. Mondaire Jones said, calling on Biden to steer the Senate toward abolishing the filibuster. “We know the future we want for ourselves, for our families, for our country,” he said.
The TIP withOren Oppenheim
Though the president said Friday that his administration wasconsidering moving upthe timeframe for administering COVID vaccine booster shots from eight months after vaccination to possibly five months, the White House's chief medical adviser, threw some cold water on those plans Sunday.
"We're still sticking with the eight months ... we're remaining flexible, that if the data tells us differently, we'll make adjustments accordingly," Dr. Anthony Faucitold ABC "This Week" co-anchorMartha Raddatz.
Theuncertainty on boosterscould further muddle the Biden administration'smessaging on the pandemic, which could further fuel his clashes with Republican governors on COVID-19 policies.
For instance, Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday an executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates by government entities in Texas, even though Biden has instituted a vaccine mandate for federal workers. And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis opposes mask mandates in schools, yet Biden's administration is aiding school districts thatdefy mask mandate bans.
These conflicts echo findings in a newABC News/Ipsos pollfound that only 32% of Republicans polled approve of Biden's handling of the pandemic, although those are the highest marks he received from Republicans among all the issues polled.
ONE MORE THING
With fewer than 4 in 10 Americans approving of President Joe Biden's handling of Afghanistan, there is overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping U.S. troops in the country until all Americans and Afghans who aided the United States during the 20-year war have been evacuated, anew ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
