There was an article in "The Week" about how the government fiscal policies worked. I kind of suck at this kind of thing, but I understood this article:
"The basic economic misunderstanding that's screwing up the coronavirus response"
https://theweek.com/articles/902903/basic-economic-misunderstanding-that...
Trump was already slightly to the left of the Democratic establishment on issues of wars and trade, but now the parties have totally switched positions.
The Democratic Party is a joke. Of course this isn't news to anyone around here, but after.... whatever the hell that was last night, it's apparent to pretty much everybody.
The DMR/Selzer poll fiasco the other day left the most trusted pollster in the country and CNN with egg on their face. But last night left every network in the country scrambling to make sense (and fill time) of the biggest clusterfuck in modern political history.
This will likely be the end of the Iowa caucus, and probably the entire caucus system. And it was a 100% self inflicted humiliation.
Iowa is still in play, but Bernie is placed well and has the momentum.
All he has to do is win by a single percent.
N.H. is pretty much over. Bernie has this one.
I. Can't.
Here's the link, but I frankly wouldn't bother:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-eli...
The TL;DR version is "Both the radical and the realist models warrant serious consideration. If there were ever a time to be open to new ideas, it is now. If there were ever a time to seek stability, now is it.
Joe Biden said that North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong un called him a rabid dog who should be beaten with a stick. Overnight polling of likely Dem voters after the debate shows Kim pulling ahead of John Delaney in Iowa.
We are only weeks away from the presidential primaries, and the left wing of the party has never been so active, so you might think the Democratic Party leadership would take this moment to throw a bone to the critical labor union membership.
Well, think again!
With a great weeping, gnashing of teeth, rending of garments and clutching of pearls, the Democrats have declared that the decision to withdraw troops from Syria was a mortal sin.
Dear Establishment Democrats,
Thank you so much for inviting me to your Impeachment Party. It's really great to hear you've finally found something to nail Trump with. Good for you! You've been looking so hard these past three years. So nice to see all that effort finally pay off!
(Of course, some might say you should have spent that time looking for solutions to all the problems the country is facing, but hey, let's not get crazy! Right?)
