David Lanza writes for the American Thinker about pundits’ reaction to the election results.
More than three weeks after election day, commentators still try to explain the results. The more “establishment” the commentator, the more likely they are to discuss less relevant details and miss the main point. The Democrats lost the 2024 election because of bad policies that failed very publicly. Those failures lingered through Biden’s entire term. Their nominee could not recover from those failures.
The Democrats began their term with a trillion dollar+ spending bill. That spending caused inflation by sending too many dollars after the same goods and services in the U.S. economy. Prices of all consumer goods exploded to previously unknown heights. While the rate of inflation cooled as interest rates rose, prices remain high and consumer spending power was crippled. All this misery remains well known even though the MSM tries to distract us with other issues. It remains well known because it is real in the experience of the average person. We are reminded of inflation every time we visit a grocery store or a gas station. Our experience became more memorable when pranksters — with justification — would place stickers depicting Joe Biden saying “I did that!” next to the prices on gas pumps. The shocking memory of gasoline reaching three, four and then five dollars a gallon did not go away even when prices peaked and retreated somewhat. The television images of hoarders dangerously pouring gasoline into plastic bags and other unsafe containers are memorable. Those memories do not fade merely because the crises got no worse.
The establishment election analysis makes no mention of this ongoing problem. Instead, they focus on particular mistakes of the Harris campaign. They repeat accusations and finger pointing among Democrats. … Voters are denounced, including those who voted for Trump and those who failed to show up at all. If we get lost in this relative trivia, we lose focus on the spending that created the inflation that hurt the economy and boomeranged on the Democrats.
