Yeah? What point?!
Ezra Klein explains how it feels to be a Democrat in under 30 seconds:
Ezra Klein: “The stimulus bill under Obama, that had 3 big headline projects for reinvestment.
High speed rail, smart grid, a nation wide system of interoperable health records. 0 for 3″
Gavin Newsom: “I… pic.twitter.com/Rlq1z8fGRb— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) March 26, 2025
Via Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, who’s put together a nice series of clips and quotes on the theme “The Democratic brand is toxic right now.”
This is a theme that gets my tag “Democratic Party in Trumpland.”
BUT: Really, the problem Klein chuckles over pre-dates the Trump era. It’s the failure of the Obama agenda: “The stimulus bill under Obama — that had 3 big headline projects for reinvestment. It had high speed rail. It had smart grid. And it had a nation wide system of inter-operable health records…. 0 for 3.”