The re-elect Joe Biden Committee and its PR agency, the New York Times, can’t understand why Americans aren’t buying into Bidenomics. Why can’t the Average Joe and Josephine see how wages are up, jobs are plentiful and inflation has slowed? I’ll tell you why. Because at the end of the month, when all the bills are paid and American families push away from the kitchen … [Read more...]
A ‘soiree’ with libertarians and the governor’s office
I want to tell you that I sat in on an intimate soiree with Gov. Joe Lombardo’s Chief of Staff Ben Kieckhefer for a Q&A on the state of the state. But as a young writer I had an editor once who jumped down my throat for incorrectly using the word “soiree.” “Are you French, Frederick,” she said? No, English, mainly. “Was this event an evening party?” No, it … [Read more...]
Joe’s winning strategy: Get COVID twice
Finally, Joe Biden has hit upon a winning formula to buoy his sinking approval ratings: Get COVID not once, but twice. The 79-year-old president – and the most unpopular president in modern history – tested positive for the virus July 21. In that time, he had a few things uncharacteristically go his way. Sen. Joe Manchin suddenly announced he’d vote for the spending bill … [Read more...]
Here’s the Rule: If You Break it You Own It
When the stock market goes up or down, credit and blame accrues to the president. Mostly unfair in a global economy, of course, but that’s how Americans judge it. Call it the “Pottery Barn Rule -- If You Break It, You Own It”. No clearer example of this than the post-Trump election stock market rally. Before the election, Democrats said the robust stock market levels … [Read more...]