I’m suffering from Joe Biden whiplash. I wanted him to run in 2016. Had he done so and secured the nomination — I ‘m not so sure he would have prevailed over Hillary Clinton — I’m confident there never would have been a Trump presidency. By 2020 I had moved on. I liked Pete ButtigiegContinue reading “Biden Whiplash”
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YSDA Special: Biden’s Press Conference
Pres. Joe Biden held his first news conference in a very long time this evening. Here are some thoughts.
It’s Not Just Elites
We here at YSDA complain pretty much all the time about the “elite” wing of the Democratic Party. So, we were hurt to hear Pres. Joe Biden lump us in with all those NPR tote bag carriers when he attacked anybody who wants him to step aside after his disastrous debate performance as an “elite.”Continue reading “It’s Not Just Elites”
The Silence of the Donald
Here’s a line I’ve never written before: Donald Trump has spent the last couple of weeks doing smart things. The first smart thing he’s done is shut the heck up. Trump always sounds smarter when he’s not talking. Since the debate he has shown the unusual discipline to not step on Joe Biden’s self-destruction story.Continue reading “The Silence of the Donald”
Understanding Biden
Credit Joe Biden with self-awareness. He is the person he describes himself to be. He is, above all, a survivor. And that pretty much explains how we got to where we are right now. The key trait that has animated Biden’s long career is a keen desire and an ability to remain in office. HeContinue reading “Understanding Biden”
An Odd Angle
The Red Gym on the UW Madison campus is often photographed, but not from this angle. Last week’s photo was of the two birch trees at the end of the seldom-used walkway between the Red Gym and Alumni Park to the left. Odd Angles is a regular Sunday morning feature at YSDA. On my manyContinue reading “An Odd Angle”
The Q&Q For 7/6/24
This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Pres. Joe Biden, who, in response to a question from George Stephanopoulos about how things went so horribly wrong at his debate against Donald Trump, had this to say: “The whole way I prepared, nobody’s fault mine. Nobody’s fault but mine. I, uh, prepared whatContinue reading “The Q&Q For 7/6/24”
YSDA Special: Biden’s Interview
It was disastrous because it wasn’t disastrous enough. Joe Biden’s interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos this evening was okay. He looked and sounded better than he did at the debate on June 27th, but that’s a mighty low bar. He did even better earlier in the day at a rally in Madison, though that wasContinue reading “YSDA Special: Biden’s Interview”
Next!
It feels like the dam has burst. It started with virtually every liberal and center-left pundit minutes after the debate ended. Then it spread to major donors and then to a handful of low-profile House members. Then polling showed a modest widening lead for Donald Trump. Now the call for Joe Biden to step asideContinue reading “Next!”
The Center
Happy Independence Day. To celebrate I’m going to highlight one of my favorite essays of the past several years. It comes in the unlikely form of a Super Bowl commercial from Bruce Springsteen in 2021. Yeah, he’s selling a Jeep, but what he says is profound, if for no other reason than it doesn’t getContinue reading “The Center”
Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos 