If the Democrats are in full salesmanship mode, they're doing a lousy job by concentrating on things that are of scant concern to most voters while studiously ignoring the things that voters really care about. That's the story of the 2022 election cycle and it's all the explanation needed for the catastrophe bearing down on the Democrats. That's my critique of their campaign strategy and really, it's genius of the manifest.
As for Biden's mega, MAGA trickle-down line, I have no gripe with it because it warms my heart to see him recycling tired old rhetoric dating back as far as the 1980s. People don't want to hear stuff like that; they want to hear what he's going to do about the issues that concern them. Raising corporate taxes may or may not be a good idea (I think it's a lousy idea) but it won't reduce the price of ground chuck at the supermarket, restore law and order in the many places around America where it has broken down, or reduce the flow of illegal immigrants across the country's southern border. The President can't even be bothered to pretend that he cares about those issues. Anyhow, if so-called trickle-down economics is "ideology," then so is its opposite. Take your pick.
One thing about critiquing political campaigns, in my opinion, is that we shouldn't make too much of the rhetoric, but look for meaningful content, assuming there is any. Because why? Well, politicians are by and large, in full-on salesman mode during a campaign. Their utterances are designed to get out the vote, stir up the loyal supporters, win over the wavering fence sitters and disparage their opponents. And do it while smiling. Americans -- and markets -- don't like to see their presidents looking worried.
About that "same old (Democratic Party) boilerplate" painting the Republican party as the one doing favors for rich guys...what's your beef with that? The "trickle-down" economic policies of the GOP have been pretty much the same line since the Reagan administration -- reduce taxes a lot for the upper income earners and a smidge for the mid and lower level earners, and lighten or abolish regulatory regimes when possible. They cannot help themselves; it's an ideology thing.
If the Democrats are in full salesmanship mode, they're doing a lousy job by concentrating on things that are of scant concern to most voters while studiously ignoring the things that voters really care about. That's the story of the 2022 election cycle and it's all the explanation needed for the catastrophe bearing down on the Democrats. That's my critique of their campaign strategy and really, it's genius of the manifest.
As for Biden's mega, MAGA trickle-down line, I have no gripe with it because it warms my heart to see him recycling tired old rhetoric dating back as far as the 1980s. People don't want to hear stuff like that; they want to hear what he's going to do about the issues that concern them. Raising corporate taxes may or may not be a good idea (I think it's a lousy idea) but it won't reduce the price of ground chuck at the supermarket, restore law and order in the many places around America where it has broken down, or reduce the flow of illegal immigrants across the country's southern border. The President can't even be bothered to pretend that he cares about those issues. Anyhow, if so-called trickle-down economics is "ideology," then so is its opposite. Take your pick.
One thing about critiquing political campaigns, in my opinion, is that we shouldn't make too much of the rhetoric, but look for meaningful content, assuming there is any. Because why? Well, politicians are by and large, in full-on salesman mode during a campaign. Their utterances are designed to get out the vote, stir up the loyal supporters, win over the wavering fence sitters and disparage their opponents. And do it while smiling. Americans -- and markets -- don't like to see their presidents looking worried.
About that "same old (Democratic Party) boilerplate" painting the Republican party as the one doing favors for rich guys...what's your beef with that? The "trickle-down" economic policies of the GOP have been pretty much the same line since the Reagan administration -- reduce taxes a lot for the upper income earners and a smidge for the mid and lower level earners, and lighten or abolish regulatory regimes when possible. They cannot help themselves; it's an ideology thing.