return2ozmaJoe Biden "drives me crazy"—Former Obama strategist David Axelrod
jordanlundHe’s not wrong.
When potential voters are telling you how bad they have it, the correct response is NOT “Hey, what are you talking about, Jack? Economy is doing great!”
You would think he would have learned from Bill “I feel your pain” Clinton.
mozzYeah, I feel you on this. It's tough though. The accurate answer is "Dude I'm fucking trying, the house is on fire and we got 10% of it put out even while there's a whole gang running around lighting more fires. I'm proud of the 10% but if you got the help to give me to get more I'd fucking love it."
But it's tough to say that and not have it sound impotent. People are weird in how they judge statements. It may feel to him like his two choices are either "hey things are great" (which, they aren't) or else "yeah you're right it sucks" (which is terrible because it undercuts everything significant he's been able to do).