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It is Friday, January 26, 2024. Let's get into the mix here. Are you Washington headlines of the day?

Number one, Democrats are ready to embrace the economy. Number two, the Freedom Caucus is expanding rapidly outside of

Washington and number three inside the latest D-Triple-C. Dues report, let's get into it. The Democrats are

ready to run a 2024 campaign based on the economy, at least in part. Here is the pitch that

Democrats will make. Of course, higher prices haven't gone away yet. That's true,

but the picture has improved consistently since 2022. Inflation down, housing prices down,

wages and GDP up, energy costs are on a significant decline, thanks to a booming oil market,

at least in part. The unemployment rate has been at under 4% for 23 months.

Here is the big challenge. Consumer sentiment is improving for the Biden administration. That is true.

But you can't as an elected official go into your election season and say the economy is good based on numbers.

You just can't do that.

You can't look somebody in the eye and say, hey, look, the GDP is up.

Inflation is down if people are going into a supermarket and paying more for gas or more for,

you don't buy gas in a supermarket typically,

but more for eggs or milk or whatever than you want to or then you are used to or willing to.

So that is a big challenge, no matter what the party is, who the elected official is.

And that's what Republicans say say they're not ready to give

an inch here's cynthia lumas summing up this argument people on the ground are not seeing it you

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