Hope And Despair
<p>It seems incredible, but just two months ago Democrats were in the depths of despair, looking at a potential electoral wipeout come November. The disastrous decision to separate the infrastructure bill (BIF) from Build Back Better (BBB) late last fall had allowed Manchin to sabotage BBB entirely. That failure was followed by the failure to protect voting rights earlier this year. The post-COVID recovery was fueling record inflation, exacerbated by a broken supply chain and monopoly price-gouging. Democratic leaders were priming up for another kitchen-table election, trying to focus on the incredible post-COVID job creation, while ignoring inflation and the fact that their biggest legislative accomplishment was a glorified transportation bill. Even the Democratic base wasn’t buying it. Biden’s approval numbers had hit historic lows, with the biggest <a href="https://www.vox.com/23042037/joe-biden-young-voters-disapprove-progressive-gen-z" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">collapse coming from young voters</a> between 18 and 34.</p>
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