New: @JoeBiden's popularity has taken a hit, but his two big economic bills remain popular.
Democrats are banking on that to save them in 2022.
They don't have much else to work with policy-wise.
But they say they need his megaphone to sell them first.
nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Democrats are banking on that to save them in 2022.
They don't have much else to work with policy-wise.
But they say they need his megaphone to sell them first.
nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Republicans are skeptical. "Signature legislative accomplishments are never any more popular than the president who signs it," says @HolmesJosh. nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Democratic strategist @JesseFFerguson on recent polling deficits: "This gap won't close by telling people what we will do. It will close by showing people what we are doing." nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Between the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the $1.2 trillion for infrastructure and the $1.75 trillion safety net and climate bill (if it passes), that would be a nearly $5 trillion economic agenda — all signed in one year.
Highly consequential.
nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Highly consequential.
nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Former DCCC aide @tyzlaw: "We had better deliver on prescription drug prices. It would be an epic mistake for Democrats not to deliver. Just an inexcusable error." nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
The infrastructure and Build Back Better bills are all the more important for Democrats' 2022 message given the likelihood of numerous other Biden priorities—gun laws, voting rights, legalizing Dreamers—dying by filibuster. nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
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