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I don’t see this like 1980. the 70’s had us emerging from Vietnam war which drove distortions in the economy as well as nixons failed wage/price controls. Energy was a much bigger part of GDP, and the various energy shocks also contributed to inflation. Of course a similarity is a listless washington unable to set clear direction. At any rate, I see our economy as significant less inflationary and more diverse than 1980. That doesn’t mean we won’t have to do some more battles with inflation, though
my really simple answer: I want these leaders to do a good job. Incompetence unfortunately precludes that. Thus I am happy with Pam Bondi replacing Gaetz.
On the topic of incompetence I ran across this article and hour ago
Jimmy Carter 2.0: Yet another Democratic presidency ends in disaster
Is there room for an alternative take? Biden does a bunch of “tough” actions like this now, giving Trump more room to negotiate?
I’ll predict a narrow Trump EC victory. I will go further and predict massive whining from the left, but nothing of any legal or otherwise meaningful substance to truly contest the results.
and all the while big issues get ignored
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/09/america_in_the_age_of_nero_151756.html
I continue to believe that a confluence of factors make things ripe for more significant change starting in 2028: the Trump/Maga effect, unsustainable deficits, a less stable world, etc. feel like whoever wins there will be a lot of noise but no substantive decision making. Of course, most predictions are wrong, starting with mine
I actually think it is a good “strategy” for her to be as un-substantive as possible for as long as she can. But good strategy for her does not mean good for democracy . . . this is definitely bad for democracy and informed voting.
would not surprise me. he continues to be the darling of many, so obviously has some skills. I say this because to my eye California has not been well-governed, so I might have expected his name to not be spoken of so highly nationally.
I think this is not even remotely surprising. The 2 surprising things to me in the last week have been that Biden has not already stepped down, and that Harris is even being floated. But I am not a politician, just a double-hating voter.
just ran across this article which feels related
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ruth-bader-biden/ar-BB1nOLuc
