WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is trying to capitalise on a sudden spate of positive economic news to turn Democrats' biggest political liability into an unlikely election-year selling point.
The saliency of that message could be helped - or undercut - by the latest government inflation data, due for release just ahead of the event. The White House's effort to shift the narrative included Mr Biden's visit Friday to a construction site in Ohio, where Intel is building a new plant to make computer chips. The trip gave the president an opportunity to highlight legislation signed into law last month aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
"Voters thought Obama was trying and that some of those efforts would bear fruit," he said."That is where Democrats need to get voters."