In his latest column for Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston writes that Republican candidates need to focus their own message on the economy. This means pointing out that progress has been made but acknowledging a lot more needs to be done.
And, most importantly, defining what Republicans plan to do next to put the economy back on track and bring down inflation.
The country doesn’t believe either the president or Congress can throw a magic switch and fix the Biden economy overnight. They understand that it took several years to create the economic mess that existed in 2024 thanks to Democratic spending bills enacted early in Biden’s term.
But if Republicans think the electorate won’t vote Democrats back into power because Biden’s economic policies were that bad, they should think again. If their strategy relies simply on reminding the electorate of past Democratic failures, they are in for a bad election night.
Read the full piece here.
