Today we're talking about the economy. The two big questions: 1.) Everyone says the economy is doing great. Objectively, is that true? And 2.) If it is true, why aren’t the Republicans and President better positioned going into the midterms?
Guests:
Lynn Vavreck, Hoffenberg Chair of American Politics at UCLA and a contributor to The Upshot at The New York Times
Jim Tankersley, reporter covering economic and tax policy for the New York Times
Colin Gordon, senior research consultant at the Iowa Policy Project
Erika Franklin Fowler, Associate Professor of Government at Wesleyan University
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