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This is Words Matter with Norm Ornstein. A lot of the dynamic here is forces beyond Americans

to control and beyond the president's control. And Dr. Kavita Patan. This should be a unicorn

to Norm, a unicorn. Welcome to Words Matter from the DSR network. Each week Kavita and

I will talk about the issues facing our country as we head into the midterms and what our

leaders are saying and doing about them. Today we're going to talk about a number of things

starting with the economy, moving to what could be a pretty dramatic move on the part of

Chuck Schumer, Joe Manchin and Joe Biden that could alter the political dynamic and substance

including of course climate change. And then we'll have a final segment for our members

about the Democrats and their strategy of targeting moderately placed Republicans and going

to boost the more radical ones. So recent polling has made it clear the economy is going

to be the number one issue heading into the election. Nothing particularly striking or

different about that. But of course we have big challenges. Yesterday while announcing

a pretty large 75 basis point increase in the Fed's main interest rate, here's how

the Fed chair Jerome Powell described what's happening in the economy.

Recent indicators of spending and production have softened. Growth in consumer spending

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