Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

But...Why?

Polling is not moving in Trump's direction.

New CBS poll: 
Trump approval rating: 36%
Americans who oppose shutting down the government over the wall: 71%

Politico poll:
Blame Trump: 49%
Blame Dems: 35%
Trump Job Approval Negative: 57%

What is so fascinating about this absolute shitshow is that it is a complete own goal.  Trump and GOP are getting hammered by this, and they have zero idea how to crawl down from the precipice that they have scrambled upon. 

Going back to Gingrich, Americans have typically not been in favor of their government shutting down in a flourish of performative cruelty. 

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