I guess they’re figuring out that things like climate crisis (scam), abortion on demand, Trump Trump Trump, and gaslighting people really doesn’t matter much to most voters (non-paywalled Yahoo version here)
High prices, economic volatility resurface as threat to Democrats
With a month to go before critical midterm elections, inflation continues to be a top issue for voters and a potential liability for the White House, denting the confidence many Democrats felt just days ago that abortion rights and other issues would power them to a strong electoral showing.
With Republicans re-energized in their efforts to link President Biden to rising prices, falling markets and growing recession fears, Biden has begun using presidential events to aggressively confront his Republican detractors over their own economic policies, in addition to touting the positive parts of his record and highlighting new manufacturing jobs around the country. (snip)
But even as the labor market continues to power along, other parts of the economy have been an intractable concern for much of Biden’s presidency, with chronically high inflation, supply chain problems, rising interest rates and a slowing housing market. As Biden spoke Friday, the stock market dropped precipitously on fears that the tight labor market would do little to bring down inflation.
The volatility has revived Democratic fears that November’s elections could be an expression of economic angst, even after a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and a summer of headlines dominated by investigations of former president Donald Trump.
As those issues have faded somewhat from the headlines, Republicans have sought to highlight the economic head winds, arguing that Biden’s policies are to blame for the rising prices and slowing growth. “Don’t be fooled by Biden’s words today,” tweeted Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) “The reality of Biden’s economy is that inflation is crushing Americans, real wages are plummeting, and gas prices are going up again.”
The article attempts to somewhat protect Biden and Democrats, but, at the end of the day, it is the economy. It is inflation. It is average citizens dealing with higher prices of everything, on paying so much more for food and energy, and seeing the government not only not helping, but, doing things that make it worse. They see the White House say “Oh, go ahead and pay tens of thousands for an EV and solar panel to save a bit.” These inside the bubble folks just really do not know what’s going on with Americans. They’re divorced from reality.
Democrats Suddenly Notice That Voters Care About The Economy
They’re not very smart (but are convinced they’re geniuses) and are slow to catch on.
Let’s put them in charge of the country and see what happens!*
*Been there. Done that. It works as badly as you would expect.
The Administration was very, very worried when inflation topped 9% (9.1%?) in June, but when the year-over-year inflation rate dropped to 8.5% in July, then 8.3% in August, they figured that everything was peaches but the cream. Vladimir Putin, against whom the US and NATO are giving war materiel to Ukraine, against which Russia is at war, and Joe Biden called Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, a murderer and a liar, have now decided on an OPEC+ oil production cut to raise petroleum prices again, and oh poop! gas prices are going to spike again just before the election.
Voters may care about Ukraine, and they may care about the murder of Jamal Kashoggi, but what they really care about is how much they are spending at Kroger and Exxon. Voters may care about
global warmingclimatechangeemergency, but what they really care about is how much their electric bill and rent have risen.