Ron Klain says season of substance could save Dems

Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 9 a.m.

b'The White House suddenly has a lot to brag about. And the president\\u2019s aides, led by chief of staff Ron Klain, are reaching deep into the 20th century to make the case that Joe Biden is a transformational president with \\u201chistoric achievements.\\u201d We ventured over to the White House and sat down with Klain in the Roosevelt Room to review the last 18 months of the Biden presidency and talk about what\\u2019s next. At the start of the summer, this conversation would have been vastly different. Now, gas prices have dropped, the last CPI report hints that inflation may finally be trending down after hitting a peak. Election forecasters are writing pieces at least entertaining the idea that Democrats might not suffer the long-predicted midterm wipeout. And there\\u2019s that burst of legislative victories that were squeezed out of Congress in July and August that had Biden, a lover of alliteration, calling this period \\u201ca season of substance.\\u201d'