At this point in any close election there is much hand-wringing and anxiety among the political Nervous Nellies. That nervousness will be trumpeted by a partisan press (WSJ) as evidence predicting future failure. Such articles are a staple of horse-race reporting. Give it the attention it deserves.
I would agree about the hand-wringing/anxiety position -- there is still a ways to go here. And certainly if this was a WSJ (or any other clearly advocate) op-ed, it should be taken with a blood-pressure spiking grain of salt. I would say in their defense (not that they need it from me) that the WSJ's news reporting is nonpartisan and unquestionably first rate.
At this point in any close election there is much hand-wringing and anxiety among the political Nervous Nellies. That nervousness will be trumpeted by a partisan press (WSJ) as evidence predicting future failure. Such articles are a staple of horse-race reporting. Give it the attention it deserves.
ReplyDeleteI would agree about the hand-wringing/anxiety position -- there is still a ways to go here. And certainly if this was a WSJ (or any other clearly advocate) op-ed, it should be taken with a blood-pressure spiking grain of salt. I would say in their defense (not that they need it from me) that the WSJ's news reporting is nonpartisan and unquestionably first rate.
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