Albert Hunt: Democrats Must Address Americans' Economic Anxiety

I just read a column by Mr. Albert Hunt that I felt, in part, addressed some of the prevailing concerns...

I have followed Mr. Hunt for several years... Read http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5048

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Mr. Hunt is usually a consistently responsible liberal-centrist voice and he addressed many of my concerns in this piece: ​Albert Hunt: Economy must be Democrats' Focus

Albert Hunt: Democrats Must Address Americans' Economic Anxiety

Albert Hunt: Economy must be Democrats' Focus

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/albert-hunt-economic-anxiety-americans/2014/11/23/id/609121/

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To recover from their debacle in the midterm elections, Democrats have seized on two questionable propositions: They lost mainly because of President Barack Obama's unpopularity, and the 2016 presidential election will be more favorable.

Across the U.S., Democrats ran away from the president, and the electorate this year wasn't the same as during the 2012 presidential campaign: It included three percentage points more white voters, with a corresponding drop in people of color; the number of younger voters fell by a third, while the number of older voters increased by that much. This helped Republicans.

Turnout, exit polls and other data suggest another Achilles' heel for Democrats: the lack of any real focus on the economy. Many candidates talked about raising the minimum wage and achieving pay equity for women. But Republicans often co- opted those issues. Minimum-wage initiatives carried in five states, sometimes with the support of conservative Republicans such as Representative Tom Cotton, who unseated Democratic Senator Mark Pryor in Arkansas.

Most Republicans had a coherent economic message: downsize government, reduce domestic spending, cut taxes and curb regulations on business.

The Democrats got trounced with the middle class, according to exit polls. Among voters earning $50,000 to $100,000 -- more than a third of the electorate -- Republicans had an 11-point advantage…

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#McDaniel College SmartTALK with Judy Woodruff & Al Hunt

The media duo of Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, and her husband Al Hunt, of Bloomberg News, visited McDaniel College for a program entitled “Conversation with Washington Insiders,” on April 15.

Media duo Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt speak at McDaniel College by Kevin Dayhoff

Media duo Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt speak at McDaniel College

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The media duo of Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, and her husband Al Hunt, of Bloomberg News, visited McDaniel College for a program entitled “Conversation with Washington Insiders” Sunday afternoon in Westminster.

A crowd of over 150 attended. They came from a nice mix of about equal parts the McDaniel College community and the greater Westminster area.

After being introduced by McDaniel President Roger Casey, Ms. Woodruff, 65, and Mr. Hunt, 69, both delivered a short presentation on current events before taking a dozen thoughtful questions gathered from the audience… http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

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Not a good pic but Woodruff and Hunt are being introduced by Pres Casey

Not a good pic but Woodruff and Hunt are being introduced by Pres Casey

Sunday Afternoon, April 15, 2012

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For more information: see “Washington insiders to speak on campus,” http://www.mcdaniel.edu/12054.htm, on the McDaniel College website, http://www.mcdaniel.edu/.

McDaniel College hosts a “Conversation with Washington Insiders” at 2:30 p.m. April 15, featuring a discussion with Washington, D.C., journalists and husband and wife, Al Hunt of Bloomberg News and Judy Woodruff of “PBS NewsHour.”

Dr. Roger Casey, president of McDaniel, moderates the hour-long event, which is free and open to the public. Questions and answers also will be solicited from the audience.

Al Hunt is executive editor of Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C. He was formerly a congressional and national political reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor for The Wall Street Journal for 35 years. He has served as a panelist on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and PBS’ “Washington in Review,” as well as political analyst on CBS Morning News, and a panelist on CNN’s “The Capital Gang” and “Novak, Hunt & Shields.”

[…]http://www.mcdaniel.edu/12054.htm

Judy Woodruff has covered politics and other news as a television journalist at CNN, NBC, and PBS for more than three decades. She served as co-anchor of “PBS NewsHour,” chief Washington correspondent for PBS’ “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” and anchored the award-winning weekly documentary series, “Frontline with Judy Woodruff.” She was an anchor and senior correspondent for CNN for 12 years, anchoring the weekday political program, “Inside Politics.”

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Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt speak at McDaniel College this afternoon

Sunday Afternoon, April 15, 2012

Labels: Colleges McDaniel, Journalists, Journalists Hunt Al, Journalists Woodruff Judy, Media, Media Bloomberg, Media TV, Newspapers

For more information: see “Washington insiders to speak on campus,” http://www.mcdaniel.edu/12054.htm, on the McDaniel College website, http://www.mcdaniel.edu/.

McDaniel College hosts a “Conversation with Washington Insiders” at 2:30 p.m. April 15, featuring a discussion with Washington, D.C., journalists and husband and wife, Al Hunt of Bloomberg News and Judy Woodruff of “PBS NewsHour.”

Dr. Roger Casey, president of McDaniel, moderates the hour-long event, which is free and open to the public. Questions and answers also will be solicited from the audience.

Al Hunt is executive editor of Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C. He was formerly a congressional and national political reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor for The Wall Street Journal for 35 years. He has served as a panelist on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and PBS’ “Washington in Review,” as well as political analyst on CBS Morning News, and a panelist on CNN’s “The Capital Gang” and “Novak, Hunt & Shields.”

[…]http://www.mcdaniel.edu/12054.htm

Judy Woodruff has covered politics and other news as a television journalist at CNN, NBC, and PBS for more than three decades. She served as co-anchor of “PBS NewsHour,” chief Washington correspondent for PBS’ “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” and anchored the award-winning weekly documentary series, “Frontline with Judy Woodruff.” She was an anchor and senior correspondent for CNN for 12 years, anchoring the weekday political program, “Inside Politics.”

[…]http://www.mcdaniel.edu/12054.htm

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