The National Republican Congressional Committee launched several targeted ads last week that tied vulnerable Democrats to inflation and excess spending. “We need to tie inflation to the Biden economic agenda and explain to voters how inflation is Democrats’ hidden tax on the Middle Class,” Mr. Banks wrote. Pope McCorkle, a public policy professor at Duke University and a longtime Democratic Party consultant, said getting the bipartisan infrastructure package passed and touting President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, dubbed the American Rescue Plan, will help Democrats, especially if the economy is stable next year.