re: #118 No Malarkey!

If Trump wasn’t running for President, his obvious move at this point would be to file for bankruptcy. Speaking of his campaign the Republican Study Committee dropped a golden ticket in Biden’s lap by proposing an increase in the Social Security retirement age, a proposal that has 9% support among REPUBLICANS, voucherizing Medicare, and a national ban on IVF. With the massive warchest he’s building, Biden will be able to blanket swing states with ads about the GOP’s plan to kill Grandma.

I really don’t understand the rationale (if one can even apply that term to today’s Republicans) behind releasing such a seriously unpopular set of proposals - and to a “third rail” issue like Social Security, no less - with the GOP stamp all over it IN AN ELECTION YEAR. And it’s only March! I can kinda-sorta understand tossing the anti-abortion shit in there to keep the Jesus-jumpers onboard; but an outright national ban on IVF (another enormously-badly-polling idea)??
I hope the Biden-Harris people are going to be all over this soon: that, at least, won’t be wishful thinking: I’ve seen a lot of political campaigning over my (mumble, mumble) years, and the B-H 2024 effort is one of the best I’ve seen in a long time.