
First Look for Oct. 14 with Yasmeen Abutaleb, Charles Lane and Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post Live
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Can President Biden and Democrats Really Be Trusted With the Economy?
The new inflation data released yesterday shows that inflation is up 8.2% over September of last year, with the economy being the number one issue for voters in the latest polls. Can President Biden and Democrats convince voters that they can be trusted with the economy? Well, if you just look at poll numbers, you'd have to say not anytime soon because the gap between Republicans and Democrats is so great. I think the House is almost certainly lost to the Democrats. Their hope of maintaining the Senate, frankly, lies in the fact that the Republicans nominated sketchy candidates which make it difficult for them to capitalize on these bad economic numbers for the President.
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