Veteran Democrat political strategist James Carville has begun to “doubt” if the economy is the key focus for a successful presidential candidate, as President Joe Biden’s approval rating has failed to surge with an economy the operative sees as “quite good.”
In an interview published Friday, Carville spoke with the Hill and identified a disconnect between what he sees as an “economic bounceback” and the American people. This comes as the White House touts “Bidenomics.”
“The economic bounce back, it was had by any measure … but, for whatever reason, people are not connecting this, [they] don’t think that economy’s that good,” Carville told the Hill, referring to a dip in inflation and low unemployment numbers. “To the extent they think it’s good, they’re not giving the president’s policies very much credit for it.”
The operative famously put up a sign in then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s campaign headquarters in 1992 that…
