2020-03-12

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2020-03-12 07:58 am
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Sometimes it's obvious

I did not watch the President's speech last night. From my review of the news today, the actions announced were days late and dollars short. I find this unsurprising. As Anne Geyer said, if all you have is a wall, everything looks like an invasion.

In other news there's been some discussion as to why Biden beat Sanders in Michigan and why Sanders beat Clinton there in 2016. I really do think it's a simple answer. Fair or not, Clinton had high negatives with a lot of voters. There were a lot of "anybody but Clinton" votes in both the primaries and the general election.

Biden has some negatives (as do all politicians) but not nearly as high as Clinton. As a result, he did much better. Sometimes the simple and obvious answer is actually the right answer.