Democrats have a strong closing argument: The GOP would wreck the economy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Voters who follow the news closely will likely find it hard to believe that so many fellow Americans would even consider casting ballots for election deniers and Republicans who betrayed democracy. But "low information” Americans are the ones who will decide the midterm elections. Therefore, President Biden and his fellow Democrats must think carefully about their closing argument to win over these people.

Biden and other Democrats should follow the lead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose messaging is designed to benefit members from all over the country in competitive races.

Here’s how she described the choice voters have in an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday: “We want to support and strengthen Medicare, Social Security, et cetera. [Republicans] want to use the debt ceiling to cut that.” She also noted that Republicans are willing to use the same tactic to reverse the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions to lower prescription drug costs.

That’s a real threat: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has threatened to use the looming deadline to raise the debt limit next year as a means to cut off aid to Ukraine and to roll back Biden’s economic agenda. House Republicans are also eyeing the debt limit deadline as a way to make cuts to hugely popular programs, such as Social Security and Medicare. At the same time, they are seeking to extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/23/biden-democrats-midterms-economy/

[samsingh]

1. yes

[Grins]

2. D's should make that argument!

Biden: “A vote for the guys who will not honor debt commitments, kill our credit rating, kill Social Security, kill Medicare, kill Medicaid, kill affordable Rx, kill infrastructure, kill our institutions…?

You go right ahead. And all that WILL happen because I won’t stand in the way this time. Make your decision.”

IOW’s, call their bluff. Give them Mencken:

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”

Now will they?

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Unfortunately, Americans think Republicans are better for the economy

I don't know how they got brainwashed in to believing that, but they do, so that argument won't work for us.

[doc03]

4. I can't figure that either, every time they get in office

they leave a recession. Wall Street even does better under Democats.