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peppertree

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6. In any case, it's all up to the Fed - and I fear they'll try to 'Carter' Biden
Wed Apr 12, 2023, 04:21 PM
Apr 2023

Just like Greenspin did to Gore in 2000 - raising rates like all get-out, with almost no inflation.

Now, to your point about those stupid gas pump stickers - it goes to one of Biden's biggest strengths: that he's fundamentally likable.

Repugs may disapprove of him, and make fun of his age (baby boomers, are you listening?) - but they don't hate him, like they did Obama or Hillary (and to some extent, Kamala Harris).

And you can't put a political price tag on that: good ol' fashioned likability.

It got Reagan and Bill Clinton through a lot, and - short of some deep recession - it might just get Biden through these problems too.

When Irish eyes are smiling...

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