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Yikes

What an inning by Lange... wow

Agreed on both counts. I don't care about the wall, but I suspect they will move it sooner or later

The world would be a much better place if the ghouls cared as much about the human beings involved as they did about political point-scoring and "owning the libs"... but they don't care.

Again, you seemed to be implying that most folks here think everything is fine in the real estate market. Who are they?

Incredible

It's a complete ****show where we are mostly because demand is already high as it is compared to the national average. Next to impossible to find a house for rent for under $2k, which wasn't the case pre-pandemic.

Who is saying that everything is fine in the real estate market?

It's been overshadowed in the news today, but this is low-key one of the bigger wins in Biden's Presidency. (Assuming the deal is ultimately ratified after the cooling off period). And Marty Walsh may be the most effective member of Biden's cabinet.

Same as what I am saying as well.... although Tater is right that the media framing does matter some.

I understand, although I think the picture is more of a mixed bag at this point.... consumer confidence levels have actually risen over the past month or two, probably on the back of gas prices subsiding some. Not to mention that GOP insiders themselves have started to acknowledge that inflation alone isn't going to maximize their gains in the midterms. Bad headlines undoubtedly shape coverage though, and that is a risk for sure. No argument here.

The other part is the special elections.... we talk about polls a lot, but Democratic candidates generally have outperformed their polls in specials since the summer began, in places like NE01, MN01, NY19, AK-AL (granted this one is a bit unique). The composition in the electorate will be different in November, no doubt, but generally at this point in the cycle, the party in power isn't winning these races.

I think this is true, but even with the better polling numbers for the Dems over the past couple of months, those repercussions may still be a factor in those numbers. Put another way, perhaps inflation is actually holding their numbers back from being higher than they currently are right now. I would buy that to the extent that the GOP has very little to go on offense about aside from it, and the fact that unlike a standard midterm, the out party is on the wrong side of the issue with the largest thermostatic backlash in the cycle (ie. Dobbs)

Encouraging more illegal immigration to pwn the libs

Such compassion from Governor DeSantis... truly a man of the Lord

You don't have to be below the poverty line to be concerned about inflation. Or impacted by it.

My vote is contingent in part on Dobbs, so it kinda helps unravel your stereotype of who cares and doesn't care about that issue perhaps.

We don't have any extra "stimmy money" and aren't wealthy, yet still are able to care about other issues as well, fwiw.

Inflation had previously been going down a bit as an issue nationally because of gas prices, although it's still very salient. The CPI numbers in and of themselves really matter more to shape the coverage of inflation in the media. I don't think the average American, who is already going out and shopping (and paying more for milk, eggs, meat, etc.) is making their determination one way or another on inflation by those numbers specifically, they are doing it when they go to Kroger and notice paying more.

I suspect that is already a calculation in people's decisions... I don't know that the average American hangs specifically on CPI numbers coming out, I suspect they just notice it when they go to the store.

Engaging in human trafficking to own the libs.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/15/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-fox-news/

Even supposing this is entirely right (I suspect that it's more case-by-case than you make it), how does this make engaging in human trafficking for the purposes of political grandstanding excusable?

The politics are what they are, the Governor is doing this because it works. But the lectures about how this is all has a patina of good faith is rich... deep down, we all know he doesn't care about any of these people and sees them as pawns to his Presidential ambitions.