It's the economy, stupid. You're running against a president with 8 percent unemployment and 1.3 percent GDP growth. I can't imagine why you would talk about anything else, especially race, which this president I think has done a wonderful job of leading us on.
Paul Begala comments on the focus of political discourse, emphasizing the importance of economic issues over race.
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He has a mandate to cut the cost of groceries, gas and rent. He promised to cut the cost of energy in half.
For the first time since Reagan, a Republican, won voters making less than 50 grand a year. Now, as a Democrat, I don't like that. But as an American, I admire it.
He didn't get elected because folks want to buy Greenland. He got elected because folks want to buy groceries. And he, by God, better cut the cost of groceries, gas and rent.
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