Pack the Court!

Pack the Court!

Harris now says she doesn’t support the administration’s EV mandate. Apparently she forgot that she endorsed it as a failed candidate in 2019 and was one of the co-sponsors of the Green New Deal. I guess she has forgotten her obsession with the electric school buses and her failed signature $5 billion plan? Of course she also now favors building the wall, which she once said was “unAmerican”.  She has also changed her position on Medicare for All and fracking. Again, “how can you tell if a politician is lying?”

Do you remember “It’s the economy stupid?” Apparently, Trump doesn’t. Remember “Are you better off now than four years ago?” Apparently Trump doesn’t remember that either. Instead of honing his message to highlight the failures of this administration (Afghanistan, illegal immigration, crime, inflation, lower real incomes, obsession with climate change, Title IX and all the rest) he has resorted to pandering to whatever audience is before him. I am not going to bemoan that he cannot stay on message since I am not sure I know – or he knows – what his message is. Trump is undisciplined. He is also a narcissistic bully. But hey, nobody is perfect. Better a narcissistic bully than a vacuous empty suit incapable of cogently articulating policy initiatives. I doubt if Trump can be dominated by pressure groups or certain individuals but I don’t have that doubt when it comes to Harris. She will be worse than Biden who at least had a veneer of being moderate. Harris has no veneer. She will double down on the past four years much to the delight of AOC and the Bernie bros.

It is obvious to me and likely also obvious to the voting public that the ills plaguing the economy are the result of actions of the government. Trump needs to point that out and hammer home that message. Thus far he has not talked about the adverse effect of heavy handed regulation. He has not talked about the administrative state or out of control government spending. He has avoided talking about the federal debt. These are issues that would redound to the voters who cringe at “I’m from the government and am here to help you.” The reason, of course, is that Trump is at heart a big spender. The mere fact that the race is so close speaks volumes about Trump being a lousy candidate. In any other race, the sitting vice president in such a disastrous administration would be polling in the low 30s.

Ron Wyden (D, OR) who chairs the Senate Finance Committee has introduced legislation to add six new justices to the Supreme Court increasing its number from nine to 15 over a 12 year period. I think it is a brilliant idea. Just like when Harry Reid got rid of the filibuster for Supreme Court justices and gave us the three Trump appointees, Wyden suffers from the same stupidity thinking that the democrats will always control the Senate. If Trump gets elected despite all his efforts to the contrary and somehow the republicans take control of the Senate, I want them to pass Wyden’s bill. The only difference is that I want Trump to appoint 6 new justices during the first month of his term rather than have the size increased over 12 years. That will ensure that the Supreme Court will continue to be a firewall into the foreseeable future against the democrats’ efforts to destroy the republic.

What are the chances that the republicans can take the Senate? All signs point to republicans being elected in Montana and West Virginia. The only reason why Ohio is not in the republican column is that its candidate, Bernie Moreno is solidly anti-abortion. Otherwise, that Ohio keeps electing the far left Sherrod Brown is a real puzzler. Arizona republicans keep nominating the toxic Kari Lake, a proven loser and so the scandal ridden Ruben Gallego will likely win. Recall that Trump almost single handedly is responsible for turning Arizona from reliably  republican to democrat with his callous attack on John McCain. In Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Maryland democrats all enjoy comfortable margins over the republicans. The only close race for a republican incumbent is Texas where Ted Cruz is only 3 points up over Rep. Colin Allred. But let us say that on election day, the republicans somehow end up with 52 seats in the senate and Trump wins, they should take the cue from the democrats and ram though their agenda. Of course, this assumes that they will temporarily cease being the Stupid Party.