Ron Klain Is Sure the Democrats Can Be Saved With a “Season of Substance” – Opinion

Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, is pretty confident that the Biden administration and the Democratic Party as a whole will have enough accomplishments going into the midterms that it could save the party from suffering heavy losses. Klain is positive that the next two months will be enough of a “season of substance” to make it.

Klain seemed very positive when he spoke to POLITICO, while Joe Biden was away on vacation. Here’s what he said.

“We now have a presidency where the president has delivered the largest economic recovery plan since ROOSEVELTThis is the most comprehensive infrastructure plan in existence. EISENHOWERThe most confirmed judge since KENNEDYThe second-largest health care bill in history was authored by. JOHNSON and the largest climate change bill in history. … The first time we’ve done gun control since President CLINTONIt was the first ever time that an African American woman had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. … I think it’s a record to take to the American people.”

POLITICO was eager to paint Klain’s rosy portrait and came along with him.

This conversation might have looked very different at the beginning of summer. Now, gas prices have dropped, and the last CPI report hints that inflation may finally be trending down after hitting a peak. Election forecasters are writing pieces at least entertaining the idea that Democrats might not suffer the long-predicted midterm wipeout. And there’s that burst of legislative victories that were squeezed out of Congress in July and August that had Biden, a lover of alliteration, calling this period “a season of substance.” 

Adam Schultz/The White House, via AP

Biden certainly had an excellent couple of weeks. The Democrats passed a bill called the Inflation Reduction Act, have touted it as a climate bill, and are currently rebranding it as the key to American energy independence because it doesn’t actually impact inflation (as even Joe Manchin admitted recently).

Gas prices have gone down significantly in the last several months, so now they’re only 61 percent higher ($3.92 for the national average) than they were when Biden took office ($2.39 for the national average). Gas prices have been more than twice as high in the last summer as they were early 2021. Progress!

There is still a shortage in certain aisles. And even if everything you need is available, almost 20 percent of Americans put things back on shelves once they get their groceries bill.

This is definitely a season full of substance.

Ron Klain appears to live in a world detached from reality – which, to be fair, is pretty much standard for Washington – and has no clue what American families are actually going through. This is the same mentality that leads the climate change crew to encouraging poor Americans to spend what little money they have on electric vehicles because they’ll get a tax credit for it… in half a year at tax time. Buy a car that has trouble keeping its battery charged during winter, and get a costly car note.

Klain’s “season of substance” isn’t going to last. The economic outlook is not good and inflation is high, although it is not nearly as severe as before. These are issues at the table that have a real impact on Americans. Families have to face these issues every day. They are not concerned about the tax credits that are available for electric vehicles. Even with this tax credit, they might struggle to pay the cost of the vehicle. They don’t care that the new law saves the planet. Their main concern is their family’s well-being, their ability to send their children to school and their job. The current economic situation doesn’t guarantee that.

But, I don’t expect Klain to understand that. Klain spends most of his time tweeting positive stories, and picking which ones Biden should ignore. You can find out why Biden is so out of touch by looking at his Chief of staff.

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