It's interesting that Matt Yglesias didn't feel the campaign was centrist enough, even though they tacked hard right on immigration, foreign policy, spent their entire time describing Harris as a prosecutor, and spent the final month hugging the Cheneys. And they gave his friend David Shor millions of dollars to run ads... Given this, I don't think the charges of "too woke" and "not centrist enough" are terribly credible.
yes but this is bad reasoning we should not give credence or airtime. a party that embraces the cheneys, and is embraced and indeed endorsed by them and accepts that endorsement, cannot be credibly accused of being a hysterical woke echo-chamber.
Having read his pieces, I don’t think MY would say the campaign was not centrist. He would mostly say the governing of the Biden administration was not centrist enough, which made it difficult for the campaign itself to stick. They didn’t do a good job of taking inflation, immigration, and various other issues seriously or appearing to take them seriously.
My limited experiences with the Biden administration were positive: mainly airport / travel stuff (eg: TSApre is a breeze now, airlines actually have to make good when they f you over… Mayor SODOTUS Pete Buttigieg is fantastic), AND the fact that the public service student loan forgiveness that was passed under and signed by GW Bush back when my tits were still perky FINALLY came thru, which was utterly life changing for me and my family. And I really appreciated the food support for all the kids at my kids’ school (if their classmates aren’t starving, we ALL benefit), not to mention the much-beloved “Biden bucks” we got for a while there to defray the cost of having kids. The old man got old, we all do, but I’m not sure I could ever get mad at Joe Biden, because he made my life so much better. Ah well, next chapter…
but your ref #1 indicates the masses expect competence at a higher level despite themselves being incompetent in selecting those with a chance to be so. i guess they 'want competence' much like they want to win the lottery or have bleach cure covid.
It's interesting that Matt Yglesias didn't feel the campaign was centrist enough, even though they tacked hard right on immigration, foreign policy, spent their entire time describing Harris as a prosecutor, and spent the final month hugging the Cheneys. And they gave his friend David Shor millions of dollars to run ads... Given this, I don't think the charges of "too woke" and "not centrist enough" are terribly credible.
Everyone feels like it's not enough when they lose
yes but this is bad reasoning we should not give credence or airtime. a party that embraces the cheneys, and is embraced and indeed endorsed by them and accepts that endorsement, cannot be credibly accused of being a hysterical woke echo-chamber.
Having read his pieces, I don’t think MY would say the campaign was not centrist. He would mostly say the governing of the Biden administration was not centrist enough, which made it difficult for the campaign itself to stick. They didn’t do a good job of taking inflation, immigration, and various other issues seriously or appearing to take them seriously.
But no one believed the sudden change in policy. Rightly so.
My limited experiences with the Biden administration were positive: mainly airport / travel stuff (eg: TSApre is a breeze now, airlines actually have to make good when they f you over… Mayor SODOTUS Pete Buttigieg is fantastic), AND the fact that the public service student loan forgiveness that was passed under and signed by GW Bush back when my tits were still perky FINALLY came thru, which was utterly life changing for me and my family. And I really appreciated the food support for all the kids at my kids’ school (if their classmates aren’t starving, we ALL benefit), not to mention the much-beloved “Biden bucks” we got for a while there to defray the cost of having kids. The old man got old, we all do, but I’m not sure I could ever get mad at Joe Biden, because he made my life so much better. Ah well, next chapter…
It is actually kind of frustrating that he was the best and most effective president in a long long while. Maybe since Clinton.
Be sure to thank all the poorer people who paid off your debt, and those who paid their way.
> The problem is that they’re fed up with what they see as the existing system
In all recorded history, was there ever a time people were not "fed up" :)
Small islands ...
Hanania says that civil right law caused this
hiring by merit is illegal. literally. before the civil rights law, there were exams to be hired to the civil service. now it's practically banned.
what would you expect then?
Sorry, Rohit. Stopped reading at your misleading statement about the 7.5 billion for ev chargers. It’s very easy to find the facts.
What's the right one? I'll edit.
unsure why a guarantee of corruption and cronyism automatically means more competence. where is the recession promised for the last 3 years?
This is in no way a defense of the incoming administration
no reason to doubt you.
but your ref #1 indicates the masses expect competence at a higher level despite themselves being incompetent in selecting those with a chance to be so. i guess they 'want competence' much like they want to win the lottery or have bleach cure covid.