We admire the boldness of KC's Pulitzer Prize winning columnist inasmuch as she's willing to admit that facts don't really matter in political discussion.
What we think she misses is that people have certain "feelings" about the economy that are way more important than all of those sketchy numbers put out by the current administration.
However, here's the crux of yet another dead-tree argument for the Veep . . .
A conservative friend of mine thinks Donald Trump will win because “there are more mad people than sad people.” Another friend, who works for lefty causes, reminded me of one of my least favorite facts, which is that facts, no matter how well documented, don’t flip votes. Scientific research into why we vote as we do shows how true that is.
James Carville would be even richer if he got a residual every time somebody quoted his line that “it’s the economy, stupid.” But really, it’s the emotion, stupid.
Even when we say and fully believe that we’re voting on policy alone, are we? That the parties have swapped places on national security, reverence for institutions and support for our intelligence community leads me to suspect otherwise. And I feel so strongly that we need a president who believes in democracy, the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power that I can’t separate policy from passion when it comes to Jan. 6 and upholding rather than “terminating” the U.S. Constitution.
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In every election, it's the emotion, stupid. On facts and feels, the case for Kamala | Opinion
You don't get to be Kamala Harris by indulging grudges, and I prefer her willed optimism to Donald Trump's inherited misanthropy. From Melinda Henneberger:
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