Comments on: One Year From Now http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/10/14/one-year-from-now/ Reality-based political commentary Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/10/14/one-year-from-now/#comment-180975 MtnCaddy Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:23:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21104#comment-180975 And this is why I haven't followed the Manchin-Sinema day to day because it's too frustrating and because <i>I don't care how we get there. Either Joe gets it done or he doesn't. And this is why I haven't followed the Manchin-Sinema day to day because it's too frustrating and because I don't care how we get there. Either Joe gets it done or he doesn't.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/10/14/one-year-from-now/#comment-180974 MtnCaddy Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:15:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21104#comment-180974 <i>A year is an absolute eternity in politics, and in a year's time few will remember the topics which are currently hot...</i> Do you remember how Reagan's 1980 win led to speculation that the Republicans "could be in power for a <b>generation?"</b> Turns out that a political "generation" is one or two election cycles, max. Also, the vast majority of Muricans don't pay <b>any</b> attention to politics outside of election time. Forty percent don't even vote. These folks will NOT have any memory of the day to day drama in DC nor will they care about how the Legislative sausages were made. Those politics junkies such as myself (what, 5% of the population, if that?) know and care, but most voters wouldn't know a Filibuster or a Reconciliation Bill if it bit them. A year is an absolute eternity in politics, and in a year's time few will remember the topics which are currently hot...

Do you remember how Reagan's 1980 win led to speculation that the Republicans "could be in power for a generation?"

Turns out that a political "generation" is one or two election cycles, max.

Also, the vast majority of Muricans don't pay any attention to politics outside of election time. Forty percent don't even vote.
These folks will NOT have any memory of the day to day drama in DC nor will they care about how the Legislative sausages were made. Those politics junkies such as myself (what, 5% of the population, if that?) know and care, but most voters wouldn't know a Filibuster or a Reconciliation Bill if it bit them.

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/10/14/one-year-from-now/#comment-180966 TheStig Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:21:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21104#comment-180966 CW - I was just paging thru Amazon.com and the supply chain seems to be keeping up with demand for crystal balls. Pretty good selection, large to small. I don’t think you even have to order on line…they already know if want one and can divine your credit card numbers. CW - I was just paging thru Amazon.com and the supply chain seems to be keeping up with demand for crystal balls. Pretty good selection, large to small. I don’t think you even have to order on line…they already know if want one and can divine your credit card numbers.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/10/14/one-year-from-now/#comment-180965 John M from Ct. Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:16:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21104#comment-180965 Excellent point about the media's obsession with the "endless campaign". The minute the 2020 election results were announced, the stories began about the 2022 mid-terms, etc. I admit I continue to have faith that the Dem leaders in Congress, and the president, will actually pass an effective pair of large-scale laws to improve the quality of life of most Americans. And as you warn, but I hope, the results should be visible in time for voters to see that putting a Party in power actually gets that Party's agenda realized - so vote Democratic in 2022 for more of the same and less of the other Party's promises and threats. Excellent point about the media's obsession with the "endless campaign". The minute the 2020 election results were announced, the stories began about the 2022 mid-terms, etc.

I admit I continue to have faith that the Dem leaders in Congress, and the president, will actually pass an effective pair of large-scale laws to improve the quality of life of most Americans. And as you warn, but I hope, the results should be visible in time for voters to see that putting a Party in power actually gets that Party's agenda realized - so vote Democratic in 2022 for more of the same and less of the other Party's promises and threats.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/10/14/one-year-from-now/#comment-180964 nypoet22 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:13:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21104#comment-180964 the afghan debacle itself will probably not be so big by election day next year, but it may be historically significant as the tipping point where the biden administration didn't seem quite as in-control as they initially appeared. that's how i read his currently underwater poll numbers. pulling out on trump's timeline and underestimating the taliban's strength were unforced errors that could have been avoided. put that together with the delta variant (which could not as easily have been predicted or avoided, and you get the narrative of a government spinning out of its leader's control. if joe wants to recapture his early image as the steady hand on the reins, he needs to seem like he's keeping order, both in foreign policy and domestic. JL the afghan debacle itself will probably not be so big by election day next year, but it may be historically significant as the tipping point where the biden administration didn't seem quite as in-control as they initially appeared. that's how i read his currently underwater poll numbers. pulling out on trump's timeline and underestimating the taliban's strength were unforced errors that could have been avoided. put that together with the delta variant (which could not as easily have been predicted or avoided, and you get the narrative of a government spinning out of its leader's control.

if joe wants to recapture his early image as the steady hand on the reins, he needs to seem like he's keeping order, both in foreign policy and domestic.

JL

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