 dems hoping to make minimum wage hike a campaign issue who said there s nothing new under the sun could they possibly have been talking about democrats wanting to raise the minimum wage seems like the dems are putting it in their platform again this year and as usual they portray the raise in wages as a way to build the economy never thinking for a minute what the impact will be on small businesses and consumers this article from the hill talks about the issue  thehillcom homenews campaign presidentialcampaign 246445demshopingtomakeminimumwagehikeacampaignissu 