Is that why according to NBC News political data expert Steve Kornacki, 44% of Americans say the country is headed in the right direction under Trump, up from just 27% in November? “If that doesn’t seem like a lot, the last time it cracked 40%, you gotta go back to 2012. The last time it actually hit 44% or higher—January 2004.”
Or how about CNN's Harry Enten, who just today noted that "Trump is more popular now in his net favorable than any time in term 1 or when he won in 2024," and the percentage of Americans who believe the country is on the right track is "through the roof."
Taibbi: To me, the main thing about the Tea Party is that they’re just crazy. If somebody is able to bridge the gap with those voters, it seems to me they will have to be a little bit crazy too. That’s part of the Tea Party’s litmus test: “How far will you go?”
Gergen: I flatly reject the idea that Tea Partiers are crazy. They had some eccentric candidates, there’s no question about that. But I think they represent a broad swath of the American electorate that elites dismiss to their peril.
Hart: I agree with David. When two out of five people who voted last night say they consider themselves supporters of the Tea Party, we make a huge mistake to suggest that they are some sort of small fringe group and do not represent anybody else.
Taibbi: I’m not saying that they’re small or a fringe group.
Gergen: You just think they’re all crazy.
Taibbi: I do.
Gergen: So you’re arguing, Matt, that 40 percent of those who voted last night are crazy?
Taibbi: I interview these people. They’re not basing their positions on the facts — they’re completely uninterested in the facts. They’re voting completely on what they see and hear on Fox News and afternoon talk radio, and that’s enough for them.
Gergen: The great unwashed are uneducated, so therefore their views are really beneath serious conversation?
Taibbi: I’m not saying they’re beneath serious conversation. I’m saying that these people vote without acting on the evidence.
If you haven’t noticed, the entire US of A is imploding as right now!
Is it really, Christopher?
Is that why according to NBC News political data expert Steve Kornacki, 44% of Americans say the country is headed in the right direction under Trump, up from just 27% in November? “If that doesn’t seem like a lot, the last time it cracked 40%, you gotta go back to 2012. The last time it actually hit 44% or higher—January 2004.”
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1901275401457930360
Or how about CNN's Harry Enten, who just today noted that "Trump is more popular now in his net favorable than any time in term 1 or when he won in 2024," and the percentage of Americans who believe the country is on the right track is "through the roof."
https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1904552676752236920
Turn off MSNBC and go for a walk.
January 2004?
You’re insane! That’s when the country was HIGH on the heroin of Shock and Awe!
I don’t watch TV.
I read A LOT including MATT TAIBBI.
This wrt the 2010 midterms.
Taibbi: To me, the main thing about the Tea Party is that they’re just crazy. If somebody is able to bridge the gap with those voters, it seems to me they will have to be a little bit crazy too. That’s part of the Tea Party’s litmus test: “How far will you go?”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/roundtable-the-gop-victory-and-obamas-next-steps-185327/
You cultists have only gotten CRAZIER.
Gergen: I flatly reject the idea that Tea Partiers are crazy. They had some eccentric candidates, there’s no question about that. But I think they represent a broad swath of the American electorate that elites dismiss to their peril.
Hart: I agree with David. When two out of five people who voted last night say they consider themselves supporters of the Tea Party, we make a huge mistake to suggest that they are some sort of small fringe group and do not represent anybody else.
Taibbi: I’m not saying that they’re small or a fringe group.
Gergen: You just think they’re all crazy.
Taibbi: I do.
Gergen: So you’re arguing, Matt, that 40 percent of those who voted last night are crazy?
Taibbi: I interview these people. They’re not basing their positions on the facts — they’re completely uninterested in the facts. They’re voting completely on what they see and hear on Fox News and afternoon talk radio, and that’s enough for them.
Gergen: The great unwashed are uneducated, so therefore their views are really beneath serious conversation?
Taibbi: I’m not saying they’re beneath serious conversation. I’m saying that these people vote without acting on the evidence.
You strike me as being a bit schizo. I'd recommend a firm and neurologically imperative limit of 30 minutes of politics a day.
Let me quote Big Dick Cheney, “GFY!”