[ChicagoCard]

The Terry Rule occurred to me but I find what Mick reported fascinating and will be looking for more info. It can pretty well be argued that Republican office seekers/holders have played a Southern Strategy ever since Goldwater and certainly since Kevin Phillips (author of The Emerging Republican Majority) was a consultant in the Nixon admin.

[ChicagoCard]

The Terry Rule occurred to me but I find what Mick reported fascinating and will be looking for more info. It can pretty well be argued that Republican office seekers/holders have played a Southern Strategy ever since Goldwater and certainly since Kevin Phillips (author of The Emerging Republican Majority) was a consultant in the Nixon admin.

[OutsiderFan]

Here's some perspective on how the U.S. is being viewed for its Covid-19 management, from a South African journalist who traveled to the U.S. last week. It touches on masks or lack thereof:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinio...eadership/

[OutsiderFan]

Here's some perspective on how the U.S. is being viewed for its Covid-19 management, from a South African journalist who traveled to the U.S. last week. It touches on masks or lack thereof:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinio...eadership/

[2006alum]

Here's some perspective on how the U.S. is being viewed for its Covid-19 management, from a South African journalist who traveled to the U.S. last week. It touches on masks or lack thereof:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinio...eadership/

Oof. Just the subheading is a brutal read:

Measured against SA’s public health measures, the US’s efforts seemed negligent at best and criminal at worst

And:

I waltzed over to baggage reclaim, got my luggage and left. I could have walked into the US coughing, sweaty and feverish and not a single authority would have known — they hadn’t bothered to do a basic check that I wasn’t indeed feverish.

[2006alum]

Here's some perspective on how the U.S. is being viewed for its Covid-19 management, from a South African journalist who traveled to the U.S. last week. It touches on masks or lack thereof:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinio...eadership/

Oof. Just the subheading is a brutal read:

Measured against SA’s public health measures, the US’s efforts seemed negligent at best and criminal at worst

And:

I waltzed over to baggage reclaim, got my luggage and left. I could have walked into the US coughing, sweaty and feverish and not a single authority would have known — they hadn’t bothered to do a basic check that I wasn’t indeed feverish.

[Mick]

I too thought we would have a nice unifying theme, the small silver lining in this cloud.

Trump could have done that, as his tweets give him the bully pulpit. However, the media would have opposed him every step of the way. They've been promoting Trump the Demon for three years. Trump could have, and should have, risen above. But some rising was required. The NYT was never in good faith.

Trump's press secretary was asked today "Is President Trump disappointed that the South lost the Civil War?"  Truly, the Golden Age of the Media.

I think we're running afoul of the Terry Rule here, folks.

Well, let me bring it back.  Because of the miserable performance of our elected officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and given our Federal underinvestment in health care (encompassing everything including the CDC), I fully believe that some form of universal health care will be enacted by the new President.  That President will be reacting to the wishes of the Progressive arm of his party and it will be fully encouraged by the media elite who will then support the new Vice President and her plan when she rolls out Medicare For All (or its equivalent).

[Mick]

I too thought we would have a nice unifying theme, the small silver lining in this cloud.

Trump could have done that, as his tweets give him the bully pulpit. However, the media would have opposed him every step of the way. They've been promoting Trump the Demon for three years. Trump could have, and should have, risen above. But some rising was required. The NYT was never in good faith.

Trump's press secretary was asked today "Is President Trump disappointed that the South lost the Civil War?"  Truly, the Golden Age of the Media.

I think we're running afoul of the Terry Rule here, folks.

Well, let me bring it back.  Because of the miserable performance of our elected officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and given our Federal underinvestment in health care (encompassing everything including the CDC), I fully believe that some form of universal health care will be enacted by the new President.  That President will be reacting to the wishes of the Progressive arm of his party and it will be fully encouraged by the media elite who will then support the new Vice President and her plan when she rolls out Medicare For All (or its equivalent).

[2006alum]

I too thought we would have a nice unifying theme, the small silver lining in this cloud.

Trump could have done that, as his tweets give him the bully pulpit. However, the media would have opposed him every step of the way. They've been promoting Trump the Demon for three years. Trump could have, and should have, risen above. But some rising was required. The NYT was never in good faith.

Trump's press secretary was asked today "Is President Trump disappointed that the South lost the Civil War?"  Truly, the Golden Age of the Media.

I think we're running afoul of the Terry Rule here, folks.

Well, let me bring it back.  Because of the miserable performance of our elected officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and given our Federal underinvestment in health care (encompassing everything including the CDC), I fully believe that some form of universal health care will be enacted by the new President.  That President will be reacting to the wishes of the Progressive arm of his party and it will be fully encouraged by the media elite who will then support the new Vice President and her plan when she rolls out Medicare For All (or its equivalent).

I would be very comfortable placing a bet that even if the political will in charge of the federal government is very solidly behind a Medicare-for-All system come January 2021, such a system will not fully be in place until long after COVID-19 recedes from the top of our concerns, and probably not until closer to 2030. There are insane complexities in integrating 50 distinct healthcare systems and abolishing private insurance schemes, and I can't imagine anything less than a 5-10 year transition window. And if you thought the ACA produced lawsuits, just wait. 

My view is that if one wants to universalize health insurance coverage in the U.S., the better immediate-term approach is big cash grants to the states that want to use their "laboratories of democracy" to get a public option off the ground first. That is the only way to meaningfully improve healthcare coverage for citizens any time soon. Use that to buy time for a federal public option/Medicare-for-All-Who-Want-It system to be implemented in a half decade. Then reassess.

I will not say any more in deference to the Terry Rule and have tried to keep this relatively non-partisan. :)

[2006alum]

I too thought we would have a nice unifying theme, the small silver lining in this cloud.

Trump could have done that, as his tweets give him the bully pulpit. However, the media would have opposed him every step of the way. They've been promoting Trump the Demon for three years. Trump could have, and should have, risen above. But some rising was required. The NYT was never in good faith.

Trump's press secretary was asked today "Is President Trump disappointed that the South lost the Civil War?"  Truly, the Golden Age of the Media.

I think we're running afoul of the Terry Rule here, folks.

Well, let me bring it back.  Because of the miserable performance of our elected officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and given our Federal underinvestment in health care (encompassing everything including the CDC), I fully believe that some form of universal health care will be enacted by the new President.  That President will be reacting to the wishes of the Progressive arm of his party and it will be fully encouraged by the media elite who will then support the new Vice President and her plan when she rolls out Medicare For All (or its equivalent).

I would be very comfortable placing a bet that even if the political will in charge of the federal government is very solidly behind a Medicare-for-All system come January 2021, such a system will not fully be in place until long after COVID-19 recedes from the top of our concerns, and probably not until closer to 2030. There are insane complexities in integrating 50 distinct healthcare systems and abolishing private insurance schemes, and I can't imagine anything less than a 5-10 year transition window. And if you thought the ACA produced lawsuits, just wait. 

My view is that if one wants to universalize health insurance coverage in the U.S., the better immediate-term approach is big cash grants to the states that want to use their "laboratories of democracy" to get a public option off the ground first. That is the only way to meaningfully improve healthcare coverage for citizens any time soon. Use that to buy time for a federal public option/Medicare-for-All-Who-Want-It system to be implemented in a half decade. Then reassess.

I will not say any more in deference to the Terry Rule and have tried to keep this relatively non-partisan. :)

[chrisk]

Here's some perspective on how the U.S. is being viewed for its Covid-19 management, from a South African journalist who traveled to the U.S. last week. It touches on masks or lack thereof:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinio...eadership/

But Americans don’t care what foreigners think of them. They can stuff it.

[chrisk]

Here's some perspective on how the U.S. is being viewed for its Covid-19 management, from a South African journalist who traveled to the U.S. last week. It touches on masks or lack thereof:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinio...eadership/

But Americans don’t care what foreigners think of them. They can stuff it.