Americans Rejecting the House Dem-Obama Economy More Than Ever
FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Jason Altmire (PA-04), John Barrow (GA-12), Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Lois Capps (CA-23), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Russ Carnahan (MO-03), Kathy Castor (FL-11), Ben Chandler (KY-06), David Cicilline (RI-01), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Cooper (TN-05), Jim Costa (CA-20), Jerry Costello (IL-12), Mark Critz (PA-12), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Brian Higgins (NY-27), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Kathy Hochul (NY-26), Tim Holden (PA-17), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steve Israel (NY-02), Bill Keating (MA-10), Ron Kind (WI-03), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Jim Matheson (UT-02), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-11), Michael Michaud (ME-02), Brad Miller (NC-13), Bill Owens (NY-23), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Gary Peters (MI-09), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), David Price (NC-04), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Heath Shuler (NC-11), Adam Smith (WA-09), Betty Sutton (OH-13), John Tierney (MA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-05), Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Tim Walz (MN-01), John Yarmuth (KY-03)
Georgia Democrat Faces a “Referendum on Obama and Biden” and Their Failed Economic Leadership
Washington — After years of failed leadership in Washington, John Barrow’s Democrat leaders are finally admitting that their economic policies are responsible for the situation Georgia’s middle-class families find themselves in today. However, Vice President Biden’s comments yesterday come as no surprise to American voters who are already holding Washington Democrats like Barrow accountable for the bad economy that threatens to take a turn for the worst.
“After his service as a loyal ally to their failed agenda, John Barrow is now facing a referendum on the poor state of the economy by his Democrat leaders’ own admission,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “As Vice President Biden has now confirmed, Barrow has only his own disastrous economic policies to blame for the dismal state of the economy that Georgia’s middle-class families and small businesses face today.”
Vice President Joe Biden admitted yesterday that the Democrats who control Washington own the economy, and that 2012 will be a referendum on their record:
“‘Right now, we are the ones in charge, and it’s gotten better but it hasn’t gotten good enough,’ Biden told WLRN. ‘…I don’t blame them for being mad. We’re in charge. So they’re angry.’
“Biden said it is ‘totally legitimate’ for the 2012 presidential election to be ‘a referendum on Obama and Biden and the nature and state of the economy.'”
(Brian Montopoli, “Joe Biden: The economy belongs to us, not Bush,” CBS News’ Political Hotsheet Blog, 9/29/11)Americans seem to be way ahead of the Vice President, with a large plurality currently preferring Republicans to Democrats on the economy:
“Democrats held the advantage over the Republican Party on the ‘prosperous’ dimension from 2003 through 2009, a period that included the majority of George W. Bush’s presidency and the first year of Barack Obama’s. The advantage switched to the GOP last year and remains so this year, by 48% to 39%.”
(Frank Newport, “Americans Give GOP Edge in Handling Nation’s Problems,” Gallup, 9/30/11)John Barrow will have an increasingly difficult job defending President Obama’s record on the economy to his Georgia constituents. As Vice President Biden said, Barrow and his fellow Washington Democrats are in charge and this election will be a referendum on their failed economic policies.
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