Democrats are using the Senate Republicans’ new jobs plan, which is drawing negative reviews from top economic analysts, as a potential wedge issue. In a press release Thursday, they challenged Republican Senate candidates around the country to take a stand on whether they support the proposal.
“Economists say the so-called Republican jobs plan would actually hurt the economy,” Matt Canter, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said in a statement. Maybe that is why Republicans Senate candidates are running scared and refusing to defend the extreme Tea Party economic plan and explain why economists are wrong.”
He added: “If there was any question about whether or not Republicans were even remotely serious about working to get the economy back on track, this ‘jobs plan’ provides all the answers. The fact is that Senate Republicans decided to repackage their Tea Party agenda into a ‘plan’ that economists say could actually cost jobs, not create them, and that should send a disturbing message to voters about their party’s priorities.”
According to the DSCC, similar statements are going out in battleground Senate states targeting Republican candidates Josh Mandel (OH), Heather Wilson (NM), Dean Heller (NV), Jeff Flake (AZ), George LeMieux (FL), Adam Hasner (FL), and Denny Rehberg (MT).
