Compare the situation with the opening of the Reagan administration. His solution was cutting taxes, enduring the deficit in short term for two decades of nearly uninterrupted economic growth.
Given Barry O's tactic of the Really Big Lie, and the "lackey" Legacy Media as his ever-ready echo chamber, it's possible the only opposition that must unseat him will need to relentlessly expose his lies and insecure true nature almost daily.
Given the ridiculous presidential primary tournament, will Republicans nominate someone who can do this or nominate an "above all that statesman?"
A true negative campaign, defined politically, is not about nasty advertising. It's about driving the indecisive middle from the race, in hope that, in the end, your participating base will be larger than the enemy's participating base.
Barry O is already engaged in that tactic, almost always a last resort of someone who's polls are in decline among the soft middle. In fact, it's generally acknowledged that Barry O has lost the Independents, and now hopes the moral stomach of Conservatives is too weak for hard ball campaigns. He appears confident, basically, that he can drink Conservatives under the table.
” The Keynsian delusion should have been attacked head on from day one. “
Bear in mind that, even though Keynsianism has been thoroughly discredited, it still hangs on - for one very simple and obvious reason —
It’s “FUN” for politicians to ‘spend money’ to ‘do good’ — Keynsianism allows them to give stuff away and get praised by the media, and thanked by the most vocal of their constituents (and enriched by the “Special Interests”), without guilt....
That’s what makes this such a thorny problem for us grown-ups — it’s an easy addiction for a politican to acquire (usually, all it takes is one ‘good’ mention in the NYT) and a difficult-to-impossible addiction to break...
The tragedy is that its a ‘terminal’ addiction, not for the addict, but for everyone else......