President Joe Biden is weighing how hard to hammer big food companies over painfully high grocery prices in his upcoming State of the Union Address. But some some aides remain wary of focusing too much on food inflation, given how little power the president has to singlehandedly force down prices.

Biden embraced the concept of ā€œshrinkflationā€ in a Super Bowl message targeting major snack food corporations ā€” as the president framed it, there are now ā€œfewer chipsā€ in your bag, while companies are ā€œstill charging you just as much.ā€

And the White House has been aggressively testing out the messaging on the airwaves and in internal polling ahead of Bidenā€™s speech, according to two White House officials familiar with the matter, who were not authorized to speak on the issue and were granted anonymity to discuss internal conversations. Recent polling circulated within the White House has been favorable to Bidenā€™s push to blast what heā€™s described on the campaign trail as ā€œcorporate greedā€ driving higher prices across a range of sectors.

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    7 months ago

    Recent polling circulated within the White House has been favorable to Bidenā€™s push to blast what heā€™s described on the campaign trail as ā€œcorporate greedā€ driving higher prices across a range of sectors.

    Finally. Hopefully he brings more than finger wagging.

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      It literally says in the summary that heā€™s hesitant to discuss it too much because itā€™s not something he has direct control over.

      The bully pulpit is what heā€™s got for now and Iā€™m glad heā€™s using it, but the danger is that he looks like a feckless old man when nothing changes.

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      Thatā€™s hoping for a lot from any given democrat. Feigned helplessness is their bread and butter.