Promising a revolution thatโs simply not feasible really does have the potential to create cynicism when a couple of years go by and it hasnโt happened.
Kevin DrumYou're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.
Kevin DrumIn other words, in the same way that mass incarceration surged because of a real thing, it's finally starting to ebb because of a real thing: the actual, concrete decline in violent crime that started in the early 90s and which appears to be permanent. America is simply a safer place than it used to be, and looks set to stay that way.
Kevin DrumDuring the [Barack] Obama presidency, the Dow doubled in real terms. What's more, its growth has been remarkably steady.
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