I don’t know if David Axelrod will see this, but maybe he will. He says the following:
“We’ll continue to do everything we can, understanding that recovery will require persistent effort. There are no silver bullets,” senior Obama adviser David Axelrod said in an interview Thursday. “At the same time, we have to make clear our ideas and theirs, and the fact that the Washington Republicans, having helped create this recession, have attempted to block our every effort to deal with it.”
Here is my advice. Stop defending what you’ve done on the economy. Do not say that the stimulus was big enough. Do not say that no one realized how badly the economy had been damaged. Focus like a laser on the second part of your statement. The Republicans created this recession and they have obstructed every effort to fix it. That’s your message. Stick to it.
And, what would help is having an actual fight on the Senate floor over a bill that would fix the economy. I know you’re going to lose the fight and that a bunch of Democrats are going to side with the Republicans. Don’t worry about that. Show people that you’re fighting for their jobs and that the Republicans are not. If you want to change the dynamic, this is the only way to do it.
