‘This is my big worry,’ one Obama adviser says
Democrats are freaking out behind closed doors over the prospect of a strong economic recovery heading into the election as the coronavirus pandemic fades.
Jason Furman, a top economic adviser for former President Obama, gave a presentation to leading Democratic operatives and donors last month with a dire warning.
“We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country,” Furman said, according to Politico. “Everyone looked puzzled and thought I had misspoken.”
From Politico:
That realization has many Democrats spooked.
“In absolute terms, the economy will look historically terrible come November,” said Kenneth Baer, a Democratic strategist who worked in a senior role at the Office of Management and Budget under Obama. “But relative to the depths of April, it will be on an upswing — 12 percent unemployment, for example, is better than 20, but historically terrible. On Election Day, we Democrats need voters to ask themselves, ‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?’ Republicans need voters to ask themselves, ‘Are you better off than you were four months ago?’”
One progressive Democratic operative pointed out that recent polling, taken during the nadir of the crisis, shows Joe Biden is struggling to best Trump on who is more trusted to handle the economy. “Trump beats Biden on the economy even right now!” he said. “This is going to be extremely difficult no matter what. It’s existential that we figure it out. In any of these economic scenarios Democrats are going to have to win the argument that our public health and economy are much worse off because of Donald Trump’s failure of leadership.”
One former Obama advisor told The Washington Examiner that a strong economic rebound would remove one of the last political tools for Democrats to bludgeon President Trump with heading into November.
“This is my big worry,” the advisor said.
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3 comments:
ONLY a democrat would say that his biggest worry is that American citizens will not be living in poverty.
They LOVE poverty. Look how much of it they have foisted upon the black citizens.
Not, "I hope Americans will be okay" or anything like THAT.
Oh no.
And THAT is why Trump will kick their ace in a few months....
Until that glorious day, keep cheering.
This is so sick because it demonstrates that Democrats only want power and don’t give a damm bout the people.
The Democrats enjoy hurting Americans and they've admitted it! With the constant insults they spew at the American public, it's quite obvious their main objective is to "punish" this country for its "sins". In my 47 years I've never seen a greater exercise in American self-loathing than the non-human D party.
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