Democrats hope Biden's sales job can help their midterm chances
Democrats have spent months negotiating with themselves, undercutting their ability to take credit for bills of significance they are now passing, but for which they aren't getting credit.
When a party is in trouble, it often says the problem is the message not the product.
In the case of the Biden agenda, that's not completely spin. When the particulars of Biden's plans are described to voters, majorities approve.
But polls also show voters don't know much about what the Democrats are passing. This week, Biden tried to change that.
"The bill I'm about to sign into law is proof that despite the cynics, Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver results," Biden said at the bill's signing Monday before going on the road to tout the plan.
First stop: New Hampshire, that first-in-the-nation primary state
