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Halperin says: Safest prediction of the day — this POTUS trip will get more coverage in Asia than in the US of A.
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Halperin says: I, for one, have lost near-complete track of the kind of facts on the ground that used to consume all of us daily.
3. Daily Trump:
Halperin says: Sound and fury, signifying something…eventually.
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Even so, Republican extremism is at risk of being overshadowed by economic conditions, none more than inflation. Federal Reserve economists project that inflation could begin to subside by fall. As with so much in politics, sheer luck and timing will play a role in the Democrats’ prospects and the future of our Republic.
Stranger things have happened than a Democrat midterm resurgence. A wipeout is still likely, but far from inevitable — if Democrats can get organized.
Halperin says: The very definition of “not inevitable.”
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Halperin says: History suggests that the leader headed into the recount is likely to become the winner, but history is on holiday again.
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Halperin says: Don’t think we didn’t notice that snuck-in phrase, Anita Dunn.
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Halperin says: I'm so glad we had this time together. Just to have a laugh, or sing a song. Seems we just got started and before you know it — comes the time we have to say, “So long.”
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Halperin says: Only at Fenway, kiddos, only at Fenway.
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Halperin says: I had forgotten the lineage.
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Halperin says: Ain’t that America!