The economy is the only potential winning issue for Biden to run on...

*laughs*

With that nugget of yours (among multiple others), I agree wholeheartedly with your declaration in [20] that you are "misguided."

In point of fact, multiple of your recent posts are rapidly approaching what could accurately be described as "flailing." :)

Pence isn't just Destined For Political Oblivion... he's already there.

Keep in mind, however, that it's Mike Pence who was literally in the room where it happened and is a direct witness to Donald Trump's plan to ignore the duly certified electors in multiple states in favor of fake certifications sent to NARA in violation of law, and that likely makes Pence a star witness in what is very likely the largest political trial against a former President of the United States we'll ever see. :)

Instead, we are going to agree with the nomination from reader andygaus and give Destined For Political Stardom to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Great choice.

I would also keep an eye on Maryland's Governor Wes Moore. He's a mover and a shaker too. :)

"What do you do with a problem like [il Duce]?"

I don't know. One thing I do think, though, is that it would be much better to not have Trump disqualified from being on any ballot and have him lose, bigly. Well, not sure how realistic that outcome is but kicking him off ballots is a sure fire way to increase his popularity, whatever the outcome of the presidential election

I disagree regarding Trump being disqualified. The state’s are responsible for handling their own elections — they can determine whether Trump is disqualified under the 14th Amendment for themselves. After the Civil War, when the 14th was first instituted, Confederates were kept off ballots without ever being convicted of insurrection by the courts. The courts have already ruled that Trump most definitely committed insurrection with his attempts to overturn the election. Will he be barred from being on the ballot everywhere? Doubt it. Some states will choose to ignore the facts.

Heh.

I think Chris knows that Trump will not be barred from holding public office. Besides, the 'trickling down' thing usually doesn't work very well.

In fact, it's as likely as not that
Trump's trial in DC won't even happen until after the election. And, if Trump is elected, then ... well, you know.

How are his poll numbers lately?

America has been on the path to Trump for a very, very long time. The decline began to accelerate in the aftermath of a real coup, the JFK assassination, and the journey is nowhere near finished.

It is finally beginning to dawn on me just how misguided I have been in believing in the promise of America for so long. That's Biden's favourite term, you know ... the promise of America.

Maybe I've just been around too long - but, the Ukraine and Gaza situations have proven once and for all that there is no promise of America except to say that if there is a way to make a bad situation worse, America will find it and make sure it gets implemented.

The economy is the only potential winning issue for Biden to run on but, since the Reagan years until now, no Democratic president has been able to put as much as a dent in the Republican cult of economic failure.

I couldn't disagree more. Democrats haven't even gotten close to what this issue is all about or about what should happen - or not happen, as the case may be - to any man who opposes abortion rights. Ahem.

We are just pleased to see that (for once!) [Dems] have come up with some masterful ways to talk about a hot-button issue.

Really? This was the only part that wasn't a lot of fun.

Why is it so hard to communicate about sex and, more importantly, about why sex should be withheld from any man who opposes abortion and declines to support women and their reproductive rights?

We need to completely change the conversation on this issue and get real!

https://books.google.com/books/about/How_to_Understand_Israel_in_60_Days_Or_L.html

read a book with pictures

All in all, very well done!!

It seems to me that the present situation is not sustainable, not if we wish to see less violence and more peace, for Israelis and Palestinians, alike.

There has to be a better path forward for all concerned. But, and here's the rub, it will take some very courageous and enlightened political leadership from the US, Israel and Palestine. Right now, that sort of leadership is, apparently, non-existent from all quarters.

Whenever a Republican - and especially any Republican presidential candidate - talks about defending freedom and getting government out of your life, somebody, anybody should retort forcefully by saying "except when it comes to a woman's body and women's reproductive rights and what consenting adults do in their bedrooms"! To be quickly followed up with an airing of how expansive the Republican agenda really is on this critical issue.

Are they still embracing the term? I think it is about as effective as my favourite, the Republican cult of economic failure.

Both have been ineffective because the underlying reasons for using them are not being talked about ... really, at all, let alone in any serious discussion.

Won't the 2024 presidential election come down to the one thing it usually comes down to - the economy!? Here's hoping Biden doesn't keep missing the boat on this issue.

Drawing the very stark distinctions between Republican and Democratic tax and fiscal policy and how those policies impact on the lives of average citizens over the short, medium and long term is the way to go.

After all, there is a plethora of evidence to use in making the persuasive argument that Republican administrations - from Reagan to Trump - have a decades long record of creating economic messes on the order of magnitude of the Augean Stables for Democratic administrations to clean up!

Why did 'transitional' ever have to be equated with 'one term only!'?

Hear! Hear!

I just wish there would be more extensive reporting on all that Republicans hope to accomplish in opposing women's reproductive rights and how all-encompassing those Republican hopes are beyond just banning abortions.

Bidenomics sure doesn't seem to be resonating with voters. Are Biden administration officials even using that term to describe Biden's economic policies, anymore?

I know that using the Republican cult of economic failure moniker, coined by David Fiderer more than decade ago, has never really caught on around here or anywhere else, for that matter.

And, despite a vast array of evidence to the contrary, most voters still seem to hold the wildly mistaken view that Republicans - even of the Trump ilk - are the better stewards of the economy and of tax and fiscal policy.

How does that longstanding but mistaken view get corrected?

Re. Bidenomics - Most Underreported Story

And -- here's a shocker you didn't hear on the evening news -- America is pumping more oil than ever out of the ground. More than when Trump was in office.

Yeah, I heard about that. But, that's because I follow a variety of environmental reporting on a fairly regular basis.

It's not all great news for a world in the throes of a dawning climate apocalypse where it is essential that there be at least a serious phase-down, if not a phase-out, of fossil fuel development and certainly not the phase-up that we are witnessing.

I think all the largely non-serious global efforts to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change - see COP28 - have basically led us to a place where nothing will save us now, anyways.

Drill, baby, drill!