I don't have a fully fleshed out point here, but it occurs to me that there are certain people in politics who are like the finance guys in business. They're so removed from the actual product that they're selling that they forget that customers actually need to like and buy their crap.
The economy sucks. It has sucked for years. That's the issue. Anyone in politics who failed to understand that should not be working in politics.
I know all the Very Serious People imagined the economy would just right itself because that's what happens. But it doesn't, actually.
