Progressives predict a blood-bath for conservative candidates during mid-term elections
Maybe so. History shows a tendency to swing back toward the party that lost power during the POTUS elections.
My opinion, one in 330,000,000, is that every politician in office should do "the right thing" to their best understanding of the desires of their constituents (not their donors), regardless of possible electoral consequences.
My reading of the tea-leaves is that inflation will be the primary issue of the mid-terms. Paying $6 for a six-ounce package of Fig Newton cookies is quite a shock.
The progressives will blame Trump's tariffs and the deportation of our slave labor illegal immigrants for the exploding prices. Conservatives will blame Biden and the legacy of regulatory strangling of productive enterprises as well as the gross budget deficits created by the progressive's entitlement programs.
Conservative's best chances of hanging onto a majority is to have a track record of taking a flame-thrower to non-value-added, regulatory chicken-shit. They need to show that they anticipated the issue and have been acting on it.
Last year, I drove to the countryside, pulled over at a farmers’ market, and had a long conversation with the husband and wife who ran the farm and the meat and vegetable stand. They talked of their struggles with the weather, of course, and dealing with the exigencies of nature.
Mostly, they spoke of the artificial struggles they face. They are hit relentlessly with tax on land, taxes on production, taxes on profits, taxes on everything. There are regulations too. They are prevented from selling directly to stores. They face grueling restrictions on meat processing. The health inspectors drive them nuts. They face constraints on wages, hourly restrictions on labor, and wrangle with bureaucrats constantly. Source (Hat-tip to Coyote Ken)
I don’t disagree with the challenges the farmers were facing, but I can go to the store and both afford and find eggs for breakfast now.
ReplyDeleteBeyond that, there are a lot of people really turned off by the democrats dancing in Charlie Kirk’s blood. I don’t think the typical pendulum swing is the only factor at play in the next go round… at least I hope not! I’d like to see the axle of the pendulum move a little further to the right, or possibly say the left has lifted it to a higher swing on their end and now its got a little further to swing to the right, if I’m stuck with you metaphor.
-In Muskegon
We are a year out and a lot can change. With The Donald hammering away 18 hours a day, you can bet a WHOLE LOT will change.
ReplyDeleteI am alarmed with the rise of the price of gold and silver in the last 60 days. It's not that metal is getting more expensive, it is that the dollar is losing value. (Inflation)
Store your wealth accordingly...