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‘Buck’ stops at Walz: Flanagan ducks Minnesota fraud blame as GOP rival exposes glaring contradiction

Michele Tafoya, the Republican nominee, hammered Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan over Minnesota's $9 billion fraud scandal during their debate.

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Why are consumers so negative on a good economy? It’s the inflation, stupid. 

Republicans are frustrated that the public has such a sour view of the economy, especially when growth is accelerating and we may be on the cusp of what some are calling America’s economic “golden age.” Rising prices are the ongoing problem, and the most recent inflation readings did nothing to turn around voters’ gloom. A hotter-then-expected...