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

Monday, November 4, 2019

My Nightmare

I worry Jon Chait might be right about this.  Part of my worry is that Martin Longman has said the same things, and he's not a concern troll, the way Chait can be.

The "Biden is more electable" pitch is fundamentally flawed by the accumulated history of his previous presidential runs.  He's not a great standard bearer.  But... he might fit the wishes of the vast mushy, unengaged middle of the electorate.

We've hit a lull in the impeachment process, with fewer new revelations dropping every day. That will allow Trump to regain a bit of his floundering support.  Don't forget that polls are tricky to read, and you shouldn't base too much off one poll.

Still, the sickness I feel when I ponder the slimmest possibility of re-electing Donald Trump is overwhelming.

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