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Democrats' dilemma: Biden's agenda is popular, but he is not
(www.reuters.com)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Biden's legislative victories include items popular with a large swath of American voters, such as allowing the federal government to negotiate Medicare drug prices, capping insulin costs, boosting infrastructure investment and tackling climate change.
Biden has sought to weave those items into a broad economic message - dubbed Bidenomics - of reinvesting in working-class America and lowering the costs of essentials like energy and healthcare.
Biden and top administration officials spent chunks of the summer crisscrossing the country on an "Investing In America" tour to highlight and explain those policies and seek to boost support for his presidency.
A campaign memo last week showed that Biden plans to ask voters to let him "finish the job" and focus on proven winning issues such as abortion rights, while also presenting Trump as out of touch with Americans.
"Our early research shows the president’s message of building on our progress to finish the job remains a winning one for mobilizing our base and persuading undecided voters,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said.
She said pundits and media often talk about bad polls but then rattled off a list of accomplishments - from capping insulin and prescription drug charges for seniors to investing in green energy jobs - that are widely popular.
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I would support Biden more if he enacted policies outside of when "Democrats at risk of losing next election" is the dominant headline. He was a wet noodle until the midterms, then he was a wet noodle again until Trump started actively talking about the election. He's doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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