Remain cheerful, Blackman!
Progressives managed to ratchet up federal government spending very impressively indeed over the last three years, handing the Trump team a very hot potato -- with a trend structural deficit/GDP ratio close to 7%.
What if Republicans mismanage the situation in almost as reckless and irresponsible a fashion as Democrats did in 2021-22? (If history is any guide, that's a real possibility!)
Or what if the "bond vigilantes" Yardeni first spoke of way back in the 1980s return from their long sabbatical, precipitating a housing industry fiasco? In that event, it might be pretty difficult for Republicans to hold the house or for J.D. to win the presidency in '28.
That's the beauty of the American system! If one team fucks up and gets fired by the voters, it gets to plan the comeback soon enough. How many times has the political pendulum swung over the last three four decades?
The Blue Team better find a less disastrous candidate, though. Perhaps a Bay Area uber-progressive who's expressed the desire to ban fracking, jettison any semblance of border security, spend money in trillion-dollar chunks on almost every element of an AOC/Bernie-style wish list, and even use public funds to finance sex-change surgery for condemned prisoners just isn't the wisest choice.
So, Democrats would do well to encourage people like California's "Governor Brylcreem" to stay out of the limelight!
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