Top Dem pollster confronts Jim Acosta with the facts when he pushes Biden's narrative on the economy: 'Get out of the bubble'



Stanley Greenberg, a premier Democratic pollster, shut down CNN anchor Jim Acosta on Monday for pushing the Biden administration's narrative on the economy.

Last month, the polling group that Greenberg co-founded with James Carville surveyed 2,500 voters in battleground states and congressional districts. Greenberg told the New York Times of the results, "This is grim."

Grim, Greenberg explained, for President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party because the survey found that voter groups conventionally thought to support Democrats — "Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, LGBTQ community, Gen Z, Millennials, unmarried and college women," according to Greenberg — gave Donald Trump a higher approval than Biden.

On Monday, Greenberg explained on CNN what three factors he believes are driving negative voter sentiment: the economy, mass migration, and politicians doing "nothing about the profiteering."

That is when Acosta pushed back and parroted the Biden administration's talking points on the economy. That narrative claims the economy is booming and that if you disagree, it's because you don't understand how great Biden has been for the economy or you're too downstream to feel the effects but will — eventually.

"Inflation is cooling. I mean, if you look at gas prices, they're going down," Acosta said. "People aren't feeling that enough just yet."

But Greenberg, armed with facts, immediately pushed back.

"It's a bubble. It's a bubble," he said. "Look, what I have discovered in doing my polling in Europe and the U.K. and here — what matters is how many months people have been struggling to deal with inflation. And each month they get madder and madder about it as long as their wages are trailing prices."

12.18.23 CNN Anchor Jim Acosta @Acosta w/ Democratic Pollster and Strategist Stanley Greenberg @StanGreenberg
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Acosta responded that voters who don't believe the Biden narrative are simply "grumpy." But, once again, Greenberg explained why that's not true.

"Look, get out of the bubble," he told Acosta.

"[Inflation is] 3% higher than it was when Biden came in. In the last six months, there has been a decline in disposable income. So the context is you have to start there. Inflation is like 30 points higher than the next problem," Greenberg explained

"What the president currently doing is his tweets always start with, 'We're making progress,' and then he mentions prices," he continued. "If you look at his ads aimed at black voters, it's mainly trying to convince them they're doing a good job. But that's not where they are. They are losing ground every month, and anger about it [grows]."

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Harry Reid warns Democrats against packing Supreme Court with liberal justices: 'Be very, very careful'



Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has a warning for Democrats eager to pack the Supreme Court with ideologically liberal justices.

Reid's comments came one day after President Joe Biden signed an executive order forming a commission to study expanding the Supreme Court.

What did Reid say?

Reid, who served two decades in the Senate before retiring in 2017, told CNN on Saturday that packing the Supreme Court, which Democrats want to do, could ultimately backfire.

In fact, Reid said Democrats need to be "very, very careful" making such threats.

"I have no problem with the commission, but I think that the commission is going to come back and disappoint a lot of people because I think they're going to come back and say, 'We should just kind of leave it alone,'" Reid said.

"I think it would be inappropriate at this time after that long history we've had in the country to have term limits for judges," Reid continued.

"I think that we better be very, very careful in saying that we need to expand the Supreme Court. I think we better be very, very, careful," he added.

Reid, who was speaking with CNN host Jim Acosta about the Senate filibuster, went on to predict "the filibuster is on its way out. It's not a question of 'if', but 'when.'"

@Acosta Even Harry Reid thinks packing SCOTUS is going too far: “We better be very, very careful in saying that we… https://t.co/TaEcZ6M9GL
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott)1618090228.0

What is the background?

Following Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last fall, and then-President Donald Trump's promise to fill the Supreme Court vacancy with yet another conservative jurist, Democrats began openly advocating for court packing under the guise of "reform" and "balance."

At the time, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden dodged the issue, but finally promised to establish a commission of legal experts to consider the implications of expanding the court. Biden made good on that promise last week.

The White House said in a statement:

The Commission's purpose is to provide an analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court reform, including an appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals.

The topics it will examine include the genesis of the reform debate; the Court's role in the Constitutional system; the length of service and turnover of justices on the Court; the membership and size of the Court; and the Court's case selection, rules, and practices.

However, Supreme Court justices themselves are vocally against court packing.

Justice Stephen Breyer, who has refused to buckle under pressure from progressives to retire, denounced court packing while speaking at Harvard Law School last week.

"Structural alteration motivated by the perception of political influence can only feed that latter perception, further eroding that trust," Breyer said.

Ginsburg also rejected court packing in an interview several years prior to her passing.

"[I]f anything would make the court appear partisan then it would be [court packing], one side saying, 'When we're in power we're going to enlarge the number of judges so we'll have more people who will vote the way we want them to,'" Ginsburg said.

Jim Acosta perfectly demonstrates why CPAC attendees think ‘CNN sucks’

Jim Acosta perfectly demonstrates why CPAC attendees think ‘CNN sucks’

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Jim Acosta just can't ignore 'CNN sucks!' chants at Trump rally — and hits back with gusto: 'What also sucks' is 'getting the coronavirus'



CNN's Jim Acosta is far from an unfamiliar sight to supporters of President Donald Trump, due to his over-the-top, showboating questions — primarily during White House press conferences — that have become a news focal point all their own.

But some outbursts need no microphone to be heard by millions.

'CNN sucks!'

Like the famed "CNN sucks!" chants that are frequently audible on the cable network's own broadcasts of Trump rallies — and particularly when Acosta is doing the in-person reporting.

Remember in 2018 when the elephant was just too big for the room, and CNN actually ran a headline with its video about Acosta getting "heckled" at a Trump rally?

CNN reporter Jim Acosta heckled at Trump rallyyoutu.be

Ouch.

It also happened in 2016 the night before Trump's victorious election— although Acosta isn't in this clip:

Scranton rally for Trump yells "CNN sucks!"youtu.be

Indeed, it would appear the history of that chant at least runs side by side with the Trump presidency.

Jim hits back hard

Acosta on Monday was on the ground in Sanford, Florida, for Trump's first rally since he contracted COVID-19 earlier this month, and as Acosta was chatting with anchor Wolf Blitzer about the goings on, the live feed caught that familiar chant once again: "CNN sucks! CNN sucks! CNN sucks!"

But this time Acosta wasn't going to let it slide without some pushback.

While the screen heading noted few masks and no social distancing were seen at the rally, Acosta gave his sermon: "And as this crowd is chanting that there are members of the press here who suck, I should also point out, Wolf, what also sucks: getting the coronavirus."

Here's the clip courtesy of CNN's Brian Stelter:

>> @Acosta at Trump's rally in FL: "As this crowd is chanting that there are members of the press here who suck, I… https://t.co/0vYSlyWVyT
— Brian Stelter (@Brian Stelter)1602537845.0

Blitzer chimed in that "clearly" the coronavirus is "not disappearing; it's getting a whole lot worse."

How did folks react?

The newest "CNN sucks!" clip has been viewed over 150,000 times since it was posted Monday, and while numerous commenters agreed with Acosta, others reflected the chant's sentiments:

"Again with the fake news? They were not chanting at 'members of the press.' They were saying 'CNN' SUCKS! They were pointing out that @Acosta specifically SUCKS!" one commenter noted.

Another commenter added an apparent photo of Acosta at the rally — and without wearing his mask:

Image source: Twitter, redacted