{"id":6275,"date":"2023-04-11T09:22:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=6275"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:24:56","slug":"not-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/not-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carville<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>James Carville is a strange guy.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is the famous (infamous) political operative behind the Bill Clinton successes:&nbsp;&nbsp;but Carville\u2019s bald dome, often covered by a Marine or LSU baseball cap; angular body and almost incomprehensible Louisiana accent makes him \u2013 well \u2013 eccentric.&nbsp;&nbsp;Carville made his reputation in the 1990\u2019s Clinton campaigns, but since has built a career as a progressive international campaign operative.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carville is known for \u201cCarville-isms\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;And one of his most quoted applies to Presidential campaigns:&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s the economy, stupid\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Economic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Carville knew in 1992 and 1996 that the condition of the American economy played into the hands of his empathetic but flawed candidate.\u00a0\u00a0In 1992, President George HW Bush was fresh off  victory in the First Iraq War, but had a nation suffering in recession.\u00a0\u00a0That recession triggered the third party candidacy of Ross Perot, who likely syphoned enough votes from the incumbent to clinch a Clinton victory.\u00a0\u00a0War victories aside, it was, \u201c\u2026the economy stupid\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Kerry ran into that same struggle in the Presidential election of 2004.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Nation was three years past 9-11.&nbsp;&nbsp;While George W Bush showed tremendous leadership at that time, by 2004 we were mired in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Kerry, a Democrat who made his original reputation as an anti-Vietnam War veteran, was leading in many polls up to the last few weeks of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, after the economic crash of the 9-11 attacks, the United States recovered nicely.&nbsp;&nbsp;The economy was humming along in 2004 for the Bush Administration, and Bush was re-elected to the Presidency in spite of his foreign policy misadventures.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was, \u201c\u2026the economy, stupid\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Today\u2019s Economy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With all of that, you\u2019d think Republicans could feel good about the upcoming 2024 Presidential elections.&nbsp;Biden managed to ride out the Covid economic disaster, but the \u201ctreatment\u201d that&nbsp;&nbsp;sustained the economy through 2020 and 2021 is now exacting a cost.&nbsp;&nbsp;The stock market that dropped over 15,000 points in 2020, almost half its value, rebounded back to within 2000 points of the 2019 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opposition heard.\u00a0\u00a0Last I checked, you can\u2019t win with only 30% (that\u2019s a \u201cDahlman-ism\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guns and Minorities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Republican stand on guns is doing a similar thing.\u00a0\u00a0While most Americans, including gun owners, would accept moderate regulation of who can have guns, the Republican state legislatures have gone to the far extreme.\u00a0\u00a0States like Ohio and Florida (and Tennessee and Kentucky) are voting full \u201cConstitutional Carry\u201d laws, with no requirements at all for publicly carrying a firearm.\u00a0\u00a0This absolute position is pushing moderates to the Democratic side, in light of the almost daily dose of mass shootings.\u00a0\u00a0You can\u2019t win with only 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Republican actions on minority and LGBTQ issues are polarizing to the extreme.&nbsp;&nbsp;Last week\u2019s action by the Tennessee state legislature, expelling two Black legislators, is reminiscent of the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s segregation fights.&nbsp;&nbsp;And constant attacks on city governments, local prosecutors (like Manhattan and Atlanta) all have racial overtones.&nbsp;&nbsp;Add that to the drumbeat of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping through Republican controlled legislatures nationwide, and again the Republican\u2019s seem to be the party of extremists, doubling-down to their base but ignoring everyone else.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can\u2019t win with only 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Picture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So here we are, 18 months out from the 2024 elections.&nbsp;&nbsp;From this vantage point it looks like a rematch of Biden and Trump, one that ought to be winnable for Republicans should the economic situation remain the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;But their focus on all of these polarizing issues takes their message \u201coff the ball\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sure it might be good for maintaining their base, and it certainly for the Republican 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