I’m old enough to remember when the Democrats’ primary talking point was, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Thirty years ago, Democrats campaigned heavily on pocketbook issues, and that emphasis put Bill Clinton in the White House and allowed the Democrats to retain control of both houses of Congress.
Earlier this week we learned about Max Boot, the Republican-turned-Democrat who wrote a Washington Post column stating that anyone who cares about “democracy” and Ukraine should vote Democrat in November. Now another former Republican is jumping on the bandwagon of accusing people who will vote for economic issues of being enemies of democracy.
Matthew Dowd went on Joy Reid’s MSNBC show and went even further, hinting that voting for the benefit of your pocketbook or 401(k) is akin to paving the way for Nazism.
