Middle Class
Biden: ‘The Middle Class Has Been Left Behind’
Local News Station Destroys Mark Pryor’s Definition of ‘Middle Class’
SHOCKER: Star of Kay Hagan Attack Ad Is a Democratic Activist
Senator Kay Hagan (D., N.C.) has unveiled a new ad attacking her Republican opponent, state House Speaker Thom Tillis, for cutting textbook funding in the state budget, which included significant pay increases for teachers.
The ad features a woman named Anna Stearns, from Black Mountain, N.C., who offers the following incomprehensible lament: “Under Thom Tillis’s leadership, they’ve cut textbook funding so much that I can’t help my son with his homework.”
What is she even talking about? That sentence is a total non sequitur. But whatever, the important thing to understand is that Anna is an independent voice speaking to the struggles of North Carolina’s middle class.
Or maybe not so independent, after all.
More Bad News for Hillary
A new poll from The Economist/YouGov does not look good for elderly homeowner Hillary Clinton, a potential challenger to Joe Biden in the 2016 Democratic primary.
Her favorability rating continues to slide. According to the poll, 46 percent of American view Clinton favorably, compared to 45 percent who view her unfavorably.
Obama Will Raise Taxes on Middle Class
President Barack Obama’s 2014 budget proposal will raise taxes on the middle class despite claims to not increase taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 a year, reports the Hill.
Five Ways Obama Is Hurting the Middle Class
Vice President Joe Biden claims that the middle class is on its way back unless the GOP bumps Democrats from office.
WH admits: We have a tax problem
An unnamed senior White House official tells National Journal that the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the individual mandate as a tax is politically problematic for the president.
An Axelrod Sometimes Forgets
As Clinton administration officials criticize Team Obama for failing to help the middle class, a 1994 video of David Axelrod shows him criticizing the political tactics he is today employing as the Obama campaign’s mastermind.
Middle Class Messaging
Three Democratic strategists warn that President Obama might face an “impossible headwind in November” if he doesn’t change his economic messaging to the middle class.
