[aftbit]

I'd really like to see a more centrist progressive in the White House in 2028. American politics is a pendulum. We should hope to dampen its amplitude, not intensify it. If we swing that far left, we'll swing even further right in 2032 or 2036.

[Herring]

This is the problem with a 2-party system. There's an implicit bias that the truth is democratically in the middle. But in this case, the right wing doesn't know how to solve its own problems.

Since the end of WW2, Democratic administrations have presided over significantly higher job growth than Republican administrations. https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.c...

"A broad middle class can act as a counterweight against oligarchy." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class

The US right wing doesn't do "middle class". It does tax cuts for the rich and hunger games for the rest. If you pander to them, things will just get worse and the far right will surge even more ... which is probably what they want.