Via Monty Pelerin's World,
As the next Presidential election nears, optimism regarding candidates and political parties ebbs and flows. Voters like to believe their candidate sees the problems and will fix them. This fundamental belief drives voting. But what if it isn’t true? What if government ain’t fixable? Or can’t be changed? What then?
Government Ain’t Fixable and People Are Sensing It
It appears, once again, Donald Trump is correct...
Crooked Hillary Clintons foreign interventions unleashed ISIS in Syria, Iraq and Libya. She is reckless and dangerous!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2016
A little over a month ago, conventional wisdom (and overrated pundits) said that Trump has no chance of being the republican nominee. They were all wrong, but so was the market which continued to ignore the possibility of a Trump presidency until well after the fact. And, as always happens, now is when if not the market, then certainly Goldman's clients are finally trying to catch up. As Goldman strategist David Kostin (who just one week ago warned that there is now a substantial risk of a market drop ahead of the year end), writes "Politics is now a topic in every client discussion."
When it comes to Ron Paul's feelings about Donald Trump, he has made it quite clear what he thinks in the past:
Sorry...Trump's Not Really An Outsider https://t.co/9TXSltEFMM pic.twitter.com/gH4BgrZL4u
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) March 21, 2016
As Paul added, Donald Trump is shrewd and really wants to sell himself as an outsider. He understands how to stir the many people who are unhappy.
Authored by Richard Benedetto, a retired USA Today White House correspondent and columnist, who teaches politics and journalism at American University and in the Fund for American Studies program at George Mason University. Originally posted in the WSJ.
How Obama Gets Away With It
At a time when large numbers of Americans say they are fed up with politics and politicians, why is it that the nation’s chief politician, President Obama, seems to skate above it unscathed?