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I am a little surprised by this move. To me it suggests they feel they have not handled this well recently, and this swing of the bat is more than I would have anticipated....

It would also include middle class. People who never went to college include laborers, and they make good money.

I have to call bullsh!t on this.....I have watched the talking heads still suggesting it was racism and misogyny, the self reflection to what you refer is absolutely what is needed.....and I am hopeful it can happen, but it is not happening yet....hell, people are trying to blame Biden......its just a bunch of finger pointing, but I understand that its still too soon after and right now its more about emotion...

A salient point....

Well, some of them DO make it clear they are just people with opinions, notably Gutfeld, the Five hell....even Hannity....and I cannot stand that guy....but at least THEY dont pretend.....when you drift over to CNN, they continue to play the role of journalists....but they really are not....

y i I think a further point worthy of inclusion is that many of the people you have correctly identified as opinionists.......refer to themselves, and consider themselves, .... "journalists" which they obviously are not. And some actual journalists have allowed themselves to be a little corrupted by it.

What a complete POS this woman is...... abused the law to aggrandize herself...... and now, wants to keep doing it??? If anyone needs to be in jail, she does, her abuses represent the worst of us

I tend to agree with your positions outlined here....

I would never believe a politician when they say they will or will not do anything......they are all professional liars, so I am not really going to hit Biden for not keeping his word, that is what I expect from a politician.... MY issue is with anyone who today wants to point at Biden as the reason or the cause or whatever....but either was silent or protected him when his decline was being called out by honest people.......

Oh.....then he is viewing me through his own behaviors......I get it now.....well, later when Trump does something I do not like I will call him out for it.....like I did in the past, so I can stay consistent in my behaviors.

These people.....who did this......that they can today point their little rat paws at Biden and accuse HIM........takes a lot of focking gall........ these people are just contemptible.

I agree to an extent. I suggest that Biden does not see himself as we do, he does not actually understand his decline. His choices were based on his perception of self, which was likely much higher than reality. I bet even today, he thinks himself to be alert and sharp and highly capable...... so faulting him is misplaced.....I think we agree on this. Where I take issue was the way that so many devoutly defended him. THEY are the ones that did not allow for Harris to have more time to develop her campaign.

I felt compelled to refer back to this conversation. As I stated back then, hispanics will lean right after they get entrenched.....this entire strategy of Democrats thinking they can stack the deck with these people is going to fail, and it just bit them.....

I remember how hard people fought back against the truth, for months......and now all the sudden.....want to blame the guy they stupidly protected......

Yeah, I do not get what I am being accused of here, maybe you have a point and maybe you dont.....or maybe you are just parodying MDC.... Either way, speak up....say it.....for gods sake....

Dont get me wrong, I am happy that its going in the right direction. Now, going back to my original point and statement. Unwinding this is not going to be easy, its going to be hard. The Fed is going to be challenged to manage this, and historically I am NOT a fan of the Fed, but I give them credit.....over the last couple of years their work to fight inflation has been pretty good.....notably given what the Biden administration did to foment inflation at these astronomic levels. I am sure folks at the Fed are bracing for what is coming. Trump will heat up the economy and the folks at the Fed are going to have to walk a very thin line.

I dont follow

I know.....I know.......they are harming people less and less.......but still harming.... Moreover, drops with inflation do not mean relief......prices stay high, the impacts of inflation do not simply abate in lock step with its lowering......thats not how this all works....the markets have to wring it out of the system, and that takes time.....and given the gravity of what was done over these last four years it will take considerable time to wring it out..... THAT is why its such a beast.....it does not simply "go away"....

I think that is a stretch in terms of interpretation. Inflation is a beast....and absolutely monster.....and fighting it is hard and can take years, sometimes decades..... allowing it to manifest is just horrible.....its like letting cancer grow without treatment. So yeah, fighting it off is going to be hard....the Fed has the biggest job here. Trump will foment growth and the Fed is going to have to fight like hell to control inflation as economic improvements become abundant under Trump. One of my complaints with Trump was when he complained about the Fed response to his prior economic growth....he has to let them be.....

Well, I think it depends. All politicians are interested in power.....so term limits in general are a threat to them.....and they will all resist it to the extent it might threaten their power..... I so think there are a subset of politicians who DO want term limits, but most of them do not..... Voter ID....if you object to voter ID then....IMHO.....you are interested in cheating during an election. In our society today, almost anything you want to do requires some form of ID....and we know in places where ID laws have been implemented voting is strong and often stronger than before....so yeah, people who oppose ID are telling us who they are....

There is no reason to believe the economy will get worse, and every reason to believe it will improve. I get some sense that people think the mere presence of Trump is somehow a "fix" and I think people need to recognize how hard it will be to fix this problem. I disdain when people point to some univariate factor as a suggestion the something as complex as the national economy is doing well; especially when people have been suffering....so I might as folks to show some restraint and not latch on to the shiny object. Now, that being said we already know Trumps policies work because they already worked once, hence people voting him in and Democrats out. I look forward to see him implement some simple things from the jump. Whereas Biden stupidly announced his intent to go after the energy sector out of the gate Trump will do the opposite and that has teeth. It takes anywhere from 90 to 120 days for the markets to respond to this in a way the manifests in prices....not just for gas, but across the board....immediate relief is what people will get, and thank god for that....

We have common ground on this topic

I think this assertion is likely true.