No rest for the candidates in this summer of discontent

[applegrove]

No rest for the candidates in this summer of discontent

By Dan Balz at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-summer-of-political-discontent-has-most-presidential-aspirants-scrambling/2015/07/25/591f6b84-32d8-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

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Dissatisfaction and protest are roiling the politics of summer 2015. They are evident in the response to the angry rhetoric from Donald Trump, in the crowds that come to hear Bernie Sanders bash Wall Street and in the rallies demanding racial justice. For presidential candidates, there is no safe harbor. Ignore the mood at your peril; engage it at your peril.

The discontent is real, whether economic, racial or cultural. It knows no particular ideological boundaries. It currently disrupts both the Republican and Democratic parties. It reflects grievances that long have been bubbling. It reflects, too, the impatience with many political leaders — what they say and how they say it.


The economic collapse of 2008 continues to ripple through the lives of many families, despite the drop in unemployment. Steady but slow growth has not been balm enough to give these families, many of whom see a system rife with inequity, much optimism about the future. Instead, they see the American Dream as part of the nation’s past.

The uproar over illegal immigration underscores the anger over what many still see as broken borders, an issue heightened by the recent killing in San Francisco of a young woman by an illegal immigrant with a criminal record who had been deported but returned to the country. But immigration also is tied to the broader cultural reaction to demographic changes that continue to remake the face of the country and generate tensions that are at the heart of political differences.




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[nc4bo]

1. It is definitely getting hot out there.

Have nothing much to say about the GOP's circus except it's a circus and sometimes the lions and elephants attack the handlers. Their problem, not mine.

About the big D, HRC may find herself being pushed to the left but I highly doubt she'll be staying there once the GE hits. Back to the right she'll go, I bet I can set my watch by it.

Not sure about O'Malley.

Bernie Sanders is different, not perfect but different in a really good way.

Just my completely humble opinion.

[Vattel]

2. Your completely humbke opinion is completely accurate (IMCHO)