Paul Begala: Biden Campaign Should Be ‘All About Trump as a Threat to Your Middle-Class Life’

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BEGALA: "Yeah, you know, there‘s only two ways to run for office: unopposed and scared. I think that Biden people ought to be scared. I think he‘s done a great job, but this fixation on getting credit for his accomplishments, I think it goes about it the wrong way. Bill Clinton didn‘t get credit for his economy until Newt Gingrich shut down the government. Barack Obama didn‘t get credit for ObamaCare till the Republicans tried to repeal it. What the Biden campaign needs to do is go on the attack, and the attack needs to be not, not — that's right, not, 'Oh, Trump‘s a crook.' It should be, 'Trump is a threat.' 'We together,' Biden should say, 'cut the price of insulin from $300 to 35 bucks. Trump is a threat to that, he'll repeal it. We expanded health care and cut your health premiums. Trump wants to repeal that. We produce more energy than ever without sacrificing our environmental laws. Trump wants to sell out to big oil, let them raise your prices and pollute our environment.' In other words, go at Trump as a threat to Biden‘s accomplishments. That‘s how Biden gets credit for his accomplishments. And I don‘t think they‘re quite there. I think they're simply saying, 'Give me a gold star. I did such a good job. Really, I should carry 50 states, let‘s be honest, and the District.' I think that‘s a wrong way to do it. It should be all about Trump as a threat to your middle-class life."