The debate over how much Democrats should engage Fox News and like-minded conservative press is a perennial in the party. “There are plenty of folks over there who I’d sit down with,” said Maloney. And while he acknowledged that attempts to engage conservative media could prove frustratingly fruitless - “you’re assuming Fox’s more caustic hosts would invite us on to have a respectful policy discussion” - he said it’s worth trying. Maloney, more than any other Democrat, has been pleading with Biden to do more press.
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Roads and bridges are for everyone,” said Rep. “We should bring our message to audiences that don’t already agree with us.
In particular, there is concern that a comms strategy that relies on paid TV advertising, earned media from district visits, and local and cable interviews won’t move the dial that the White House, and Democrats more broadly, need to find ways to penetrate media ecosystems where their critics are defining the debate for them. That question is top of mind for a slew of party operatives as they watch President JOE BIDEN and his team go out and pitch the infrastructure bill that he signed into law on Monday and the social spending package that passed the House today.
Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Alex | Email Tinaĭemocrats are embarking on an aggressive comms operation in hopes of selling the president’s recent legislative achievements and reverse his plummeting approval ratings.īut what if their approach is calibrated wrong? Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. By SAM STEIN, TINA SFONDELES and ALEX THOMPSON