far left socialist agenda which led to increased spending, increased inflation. democrats should talk about the economy. they should contrast their views with the republican decision. they should be talking about how much things cost at the supermarket, the gas pump. if they talk about anything else, they are nuts. todd: alexandria hoff live in washington with the very latest. alexandria? you heard that last sound bite. they ve been trying to talk about anything else. inflation is a top issue for midterm voters combined with recession concerns and the biden administration has had to come up with a sensitive response. it s possible but not inevitable and we are doing everything we can to strengthen the foundations of the american economy. retail sales, payload employment, industrial production, all of those have not been flashing red. all of those are not recessionary territory. eco-there is s vehicle there is now a 63% chance that recession will hit e next three mo