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Blue_Tires

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22. I stopped reading at this part:

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 03:14 AM

Dec 30

“A policy that promises to restore the middle class by bringing manufacturing back is not only unrealistic,” Rodrik wrote for Project Syndicate. “It also rings hollow, because it does not align with workers’ aspirations and everyday experiences.”

Because this is EXACTLY the fucking strategy Donnie rode to victory in 2016... EVERY fucking news channel and pundit bashed Hillary for not reaching out to the factory workers in the flyover states who had their jobs outsourced overseas... Hell, it's still a strategy Bernie Sanders uses now and last I checked, nobody is criticizing him for it...

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Why did Bidenomics fail to deliver at the polls? - WaPo [View all] question everything Dec 29 OP

Uninformed populace doesn't understand 'economics.' elleng Dec 29 #1

No, you do not understand. I had a discussion with another DUer recently raising a similar comments question everything Dec 29 #2

Got it, and my statement stands, maybe should be 'NO ONE' undestands. elleng Dec 29 #4

This. Plus media choosing to focus on Biden's age, gaffes, tulipsandroses Dec 29 #3

Yes! elleng Dec 29 #5

Inflation. Unemployment doesn't count unless doc03 Dec 29 #6

Inflation was in double digits and rising in 1980 Fiendish Thingy Dec 29 #9

People are reminded daily how expensive everything is after the 20% inflation that occurred in 2021-23 MichMan Dec 30 #16

Inflation goes down but prices never go down doc03 Dec 30 #25

That's right, the capitalists find out what the market will be and that's what they charge Walleye Dec 30 #26

Harris didnt actually run on Bidenomics ColinC Dec 29 #7

Likely because the term polled so bad MichMan Dec 30 #15

Regardless, the article says it lost "at the polls" ColinC Dec 30 #18

Pretty hard for the sitting VP to not run on the economy of the administration she is part of. MichMan Dec 30 #20

It isnt if you dont make ads about it or talk about it in your speeches ColinC Dec 30 #24

I think it was lack of advertising. Just my thoughts, no proof. Bang home the good stuff over and over... mitch96 Dec 29 #8

I think the subject line of the OP is a bit limited. Chemical Bill Dec 29 #10

Oh, come on. Stop trying to explain this away. lees1975 Dec 30 #11

To be fair, a big percentage of trump media attention was over rape, fraud, insurrection, lies, obstruction, etc., Silent Type Dec 30 #13

In the, say, 6 months before the election? dpibel Dec 30 #17

Not the media I watch. It was on part of every hour from moment charges or civil suits were filed. Silent Type Dec 30 #19

What charges or civil suits were filed in that time frame? dpibel Dec 30 #21

Puppies and unicorns don't work Historic NY Dec 30 #12

Too many politicians believe the way to reach the working class is at union halls. MichMan Dec 30 #14

I stopped reading at this part: Blue_Tires Dec 30 #22

Bidenomics didn't deliver at the polls because Blue_Tires Dec 30 #23

Yep. All the postmortem analysis I have seen ignores the fact that America won't elect a woman as president Walleye Dec 30 #27

This won't be popular to say here, but trying to coin "Bidenomics" was an awful mistake. bearsfootball516 Dec 30 #28

This is rich . . . Scubamatt Dec 30 #29