Groupthink is just as dangerous as hubris. A few days ago, the stock market took a tumble. It was clear that a deal on Chinese tariffs was not forthcoming.
After a steady focus on the Mueller Report and many other Trump antics, tweets, and idiocy that should have been ignored, the stock market’s fall in tandem with failed trade talks had the full attention of our derelict media. It was time for grandstanding.
While Donald Trump was ready for the grandstand, our Democratic leaders were not. It would have been a safe bet to assume that our leaders would be chasing every microphone at MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News. I knew they would be agile enough and grandly call an official press conference so they could get to speak to the American farmer, the American consumer, and the members of the middle-class who are getting hit the hardest by tariffs.
But wait a minute: How could some of these Democrats do that? After all, is it not true that our current standard-bearer, Joe Biden, supports NAFTA, CAFTA, and backed TPP? And this is the classic dilemma that will face any Democratic candidate tacking to the mythical center. Just like George W. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000 and then really won in 2004, I anticipate the same with Donald Trump in 2020, all things being equal.
The fallacy of tacking to the mythical center to avoid the always inevitable ‘socialist’ tag is a fool's errand. When you have two parties who both cater to the plutocracy, the liar who is offering believable progressive policies over centrist policies will always win.
Trump's actions are laying the groundwork for an interesting narrative, and it will be a more expansive triangulation than he used to win the Midwest in 2016.
from Daily Kos http://bit.ly/2Q94OTi
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