GDP increased 6.5%, well below expectations but topping pre-Covid levels

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5. Absolutely. Here's hoping voters remember in November ('22).

One of my first lessons in mass voter manipulation was the '94 disaster (I was in high school).

It taught me that, despite the economic rebound from the Bush downturn under Clinton, the Repugs had an evil talent for using anything and everything to turn voters away from Democrats in the mid-terms (and bigly!).

Health care, Hillary, Lani Guinier, Vince Foster, Waco, gun control: it all worked to distract voters from the improving economy - an improvement voters themselves felt, as seen in consumer confidence numbers at the time.

Granted, it was a whiter electorate - more susceptible to dog whistles. But Biden can't afford any more big mistakes like the mask guidance flap.

Even in a good economy.