Mark Schmitt says Republicans caused our economic uncertainty, but progressives have answers:

And as a political theme, “uncertainty” is also brilliantly evasive. Republicans who are willing to advocate specific and massive spending cuts, like Rep. Paul Ryan, and those who prefer vagueness, which are all the others, seem to agree that we need more certainty. And for independent and moderate Democratic voters who were made uncomfortable by the process of passing health reform but still generally favor President Obama‘s policies, “uncertainty” plays on their anxieties about the odd twists and turns of Washington.

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Gabriel Arana is a contributing editor at The American Prospect. His articles on gay rights, immigration, and media have appeared in publications including The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Advocate, and The Daily Beast.