Get a load of this. POLITICO today published this theme:
The 2014 midterm election is shaping up as something the United States has not seen in nearly a decade: a campaign run in a strengthening economy with deficits on the decline.
No one is popping champagne corks yet, and risks remain. But the altered terrain, if it holds, could benefit Democrats and challenge Republicans whose rise to power in the House in 2010 came via a tea party movement that blasted President Barack Obama and his party for ignoring a stagnant economy and piling up an endless run of trillion dollar deficits.
The federal deficit is around half the size it was when the tea party reached its apex, due to tax hikes, spending cuts and stronger growth.
Now notice the timing of the improvements. They say they began in 2010 when the TEA party and the GOP regained the House.
So Obama is the master who single handedly brought us an improved economy? But when times are bad the problem is with the obstructionist Congress?
Oh no, it doesn't stop there. Even Obama himself is driving the theme.
At another recent fundraising event in New York at movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s town house, Obama blamed GOP partisanship for blocking his efforts to improve the economy even more. “My thinking was after we beat them in 2012 that might break the fever,” he said to a group that included singer Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel. “It’s not quite broken yet, but I am persistent and I am staying at it.”
Democrats down the line are echoing that message and taking credit for progress while arguing that Republicans are standing in the way of a stronger recovery.
Give me a break.
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