Voter anger won decisive victories in both primaries. Sanders, obviously for the Democrats. For Republicans, add to Trump voters, those for Cruz and Carson. The Queen, with her fake populist credentials, lost big. Robotic Rubio and the man who sacked him - Christie - lost big. Establishment politics just got a 2by4 to the forehead. Whether it lasts is another unknown. Carson will be gone. Christie and Fiorina likely gone. When voters finally bore in on Trump and Cruz, they will find astute recognition of their justifiable anger but little substance that is mainstream. When voters bore in on Sanders, they will find a 19th Century Socialist whose positions are unaffordable without crushing taxes and micro regulation that will severely impact everyday main street life.
Trump and Cruz have nonsense simple answers to complex policies. To name only a few of these nonsense answers -- There will be no ridiculous wall built along our southern border. There will be no mindless shut down of the government to prove a point with Planned Parenthood or the many things wrong with Obamacare.
Sanders is worse. There will be no mindless destruction of and wildly unrealistic rebuild of the nation's health care system, despite its very expensive and mediocre at best performance. There will be no micro regulation of how business and consumers make energy choices. There will be no massive tax increases to pay for "free" higher education.
Unfortunately, voters have not yet found viable alternatives to the current simple tap-in to their justifiable anger at politicians who either can't or won't work on real solutions to real problems. For right of center, like me, I now look to Kasich. Left of center, who knows. IMO, it probably won't be the Queen. Maybe Biden. Maybe Bloomberg.
It will be later in March, if then, before this nominating season settles down to only a very few, or maybe only two.
Trump and Cruz have nonsense simple answers to complex policies. To name only a few of these nonsense answers -- There will be no ridiculous wall built along our southern border. There will be no mindless shut down of the government to prove a point with Planned Parenthood or the many things wrong with Obamacare.
Sanders is worse. There will be no mindless destruction of and wildly unrealistic rebuild of the nation's health care system, despite its very expensive and mediocre at best performance. There will be no micro regulation of how business and consumers make energy choices. There will be no massive tax increases to pay for "free" higher education.
Unfortunately, voters have not yet found viable alternatives to the current simple tap-in to their justifiable anger at politicians who either can't or won't work on real solutions to real problems. For right of center, like me, I now look to Kasich. Left of center, who knows. IMO, it probably won't be the Queen. Maybe Biden. Maybe Bloomberg.
It will be later in March, if then, before this nominating season settles down to only a very few, or maybe only two.
