07-08-2021, 04:11 AM
(07-07-2021, 05:32 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Approval numbers other than those of Rasmussen are stronger than the electoral result for the President, which is amazing at this stage.
Not really. The Republicans are opposing popular policies and obviously practicing obstruction. How they think this will get them ahead at this point I don't know. Over the last bunch of years, it is traditional to oppose a party which doesn't achieve their agenda, but this time it is clear why.
I am also looking at the crisis transformation of the culture. What seem to be the issues? Cure Covid. Reduce systematic racism. Government has a role in supporting the poor and building infrastructure. These are not winning issues for conservatives. They oppose change. A crisis is about change. That is why the no change faction in prior American crises has always lost.
While a failure of the administration in recent years has lost them power, it was not so in the last crisis. FDR kept winning with larger and larger majorities. I suspect the Republicans are playing a loosing strategy. We will see how it plays out.
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