mtutiger

Yeah... its not a slam dunk to do this tbh, but a big reason why we are here is a failure of public policy. And I'm old enough to remember the Chuck Grassleys of the world clapping like seals when the last administration ignited a public policy failure (ie. trade war) and responded by cutting government checks to farmers to fix the mess. So, while I think there is a fair debate to be had on whether the policy is right or not, so many of those who oppose this are flaming hypocrites and will take any and all government money that heads their way in other instances. And I just don't have much patience for it.

If there's one criticism, it is that it largely doesn't fix the root cause going forward. That said, for all the teeth gnashing from the Rs, I don't really take them seriously in terms of wanting to fix the problem tbh, given their hatred/demonization of higher ed.

Frankly, this is spot on.

Also suggests that, if Tarik returns to full strength next year, they may yet at least net a "Big 2" out of the "Big 3"

Lol

The debt forgiveness parts are admittedly tricky, but a lot of the additional proposals related to amounts owed relative to income and on interest seem like good things to me. It would be nice if this were coupled with a discussion or legislation dealing with the actual cost of college though.

The politics of this move give me a lot of anxiety (given how it will likely be used as a class warfare wedge), but I am amused that some of the loudest hollers on SM happen to be people who took PPP Loans lol

"Another" doing a lotta work here given his struggles at the dish recently

Even just a few months ago, there were no shortages of takes on the TX-34 Special Election (a GOP win and overperformance), which had roughly 27,500 votes total. NY-19, OTOH, had a turnout of roughly 129,000 votes. It's not even that the point doesn't have merit, but at least be consistent across elections.

Did these caveats ever apply when the GOP were outkicking the coverage in specials last year? Dems probably aren't winning the House, but idk what more needs to emerge to suggest that we currently aren't in wave territory

Miguel competed well in that last AB, but there was little confidence he could Ultimately hit Doval there.

Another lackluster special for the Rs

Amen

Good Lord, the political instincts on Dr. Oz are bad....

It may not make much of a difference in terms of control of the House / Senate when things are all said and done (given that it's a midterm with Ds in power), but the disconnect between the wants/desires of GOP Primary voters and general election voters in general is playing out in real time as we speak. Certainly one doesn't want to take credit away from Fetterman, Warnock, Ryan or even Barnes, but no doubt their candidacies have been aided by the GOP Primary voter elevating less than ideal candidates to compete for general election votes.

Just my two cents, but it's always worth remembering that not all 74 million who voted for Trump are the "cult" Trump folks. And when you look at the polling results in terms of approval of the FBI warrant (which runs somewhere between 55-60% approve depending on which poll one looks at), it stands to reason that he'd likely bleed support on the margins if he's indicted and/or incarcerated for any reason. I know there's a tendency to think that everything that happens benefits Trump in some way or another, but I doubt that incarceration would benefit him at all. Particularly with moderates and suburban voters.

Head on down to the ballpark, might be your last chance to see Zack Short in a Tigers uni

Bernie is gonna do what Bernie is gonna do. Having said that, it's a bit too cute to argue that age is an impediment to a Biden 2024 run while simultaneously pushing a Sanders run. Not saying that anyone in particular here is doing that, but do see that on SM some.

Seems right.... if BA has Flores at 90, then he must be one of the next in line to join once other members graduate.

The biggest problem I have with the Grossman discussion isn't the insinuation that the Tigers are behind on being able to address problems with batters - if anything, the downturn / underperformances of so many of their regulars would suggest a systemic problem of some kind. It's more that it's backwards looking - if Al Avila were still GM and were still making personnel decisions with this club (both in terms of players and in terms of front office hiring), it would be one thing. But we are in an interregnum period between his stewardship and someone else, name to be revealed later - the problem that exists today doesn't have to exist a year or two from now, and it may not depending on who they hire to take this thing over. I understand why this stuff has traction, obviously, but the context is a lot different when the architect of the front office is now gone - someone else will get the opportunity to correct the mistakes, and for that we should at least be somewhat hopeful.

Regarding the public narrative thing, optimism sells in Spring Training... particularly when you go back to March and knowing the Tigers finished strong last year, that's what the public wanted to consume. Fast forward to now, with the unpopular GM having been let go, stories about the resurrection of former players in different uniforms are what drive clicks. Not saying there isn't a story, there likely is. But the incentives are there for those who write a story about Grossman's (SSS) resurrection in a Braves' uniform. Especially with Al now gone.

It's admittedly hard to focus on the inflection point because there's a season still ongoing and we don't know who the team will hire and how much turnover they execute on this particular offseason. But as much as it sucks seeing Grossman do well elsewhere, the only thing that really matters is, to the extent that the Tigers analytics failed Grossman and possibly others, is how they remedy the failures going forward.