
Can Biden make it 'the economy, stupid' again?
CNN
The political slogan Bill Clinton once made famous -- "it's the economy, stupid" -- would imply a large electoral payoff for Joe Biden's own standing and his party's 2022 prospects. But that slogan means much less than it used to.
And yet, from his sixth day in office to his sixtieth, Biden's approval rating barely budged. In one popular polling average, it has actually dropped by a hair. That says less about the new President than about the hardened lines of division that America's political polarization has produced. Biden's ability to sustain early success will turn significantly on whether, with strong economic tailwinds, he can soften them.
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