DNC Chair Schultz: 'We Own the Economy'

By MOLLY BALL

Democrats are ready to take responsibility for the state of the economy and they deserve credit for putting it on the right track, the party's chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, said on Wednesday.

"We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place," Wasserman Schultz told Mike Allen at POLITICO's ‘Playbook Breakfast.'

The economy, she said, "has turned around" since President Obama took office, with steady job growth evident even if the pace leaves something to be desired.

Republicans have ridiculed Democrats' claims of economic success in the wake of disappointing jobs numbers and an uptick in the unemployment rate.