Juan Williams: Economy could tip election to Dems

[DonViejo]

By Juan Williams - 09/29/14 06:00 AM EDT

One of the biggest surprises on the midterm campaign trail is hearing President Obama echo President Reagan’s famous question by asking voters whether “you are better off than you were four years ago.”

The question is the hammer in Obama’s toolbox for nailing down his Democratic majority in the Senate in this year’s midterm election.

“By almost every economic measure, we are better off today than we were when I took office,” the president said in a Sept. 19 speech to the Women’s Leadership Forum, sponsored by the Democratic National Committee.

Speaking to a Labor Day rally of union workers in Milwaukee, he also pointed to America’s improved economic performance over the last five years. “You wouldn’t know it from watching the news,” he lamented.

In fact, Reuters recently confirmed the president’s upbeat claims.

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[liberal_at_heart]

1. You also wouldn't know it by opening your paycheck.

I find it disturbing that when talking about IS, President Obama kept talking about how well we are doing. Who is doing well? The rich? Because I don't see too many poor or middle class families doing very well.

[kelliekat44]

2. Not if the GOP keeps talking it it down. nt