Ed— Good take on a pre-election column where it is tempting not to just go with cliches. You and Dave Busick with a combined 60 plus years covering elections have given the Iowa Writers Collaborative fresh and informed content ahead of Election Day! Thanks for your good work.
The media which is critical to our democracy often lets us down, particularly TV news. The Republican messaging across the whole country is to blame the Democrats for inflation and to say the are soft on crime. Inflation is worldwide phenomenon right now, with the US being driven by the Feds monetary policy to counteract the affects of Covid on business and was done to prevent a depression. Congress also did everything possible to keep businesses open and people working. Following two years of "lock down" pent up demand and supply chain issues open the gates for inflation. TV reporters chose to ignore the causes and accepted that the Democrats are responsible for it. They are constantly finding people to interview to reinforce the Republican explanation and tell the reporters they are going to vote Republican because of inflation. Defunding the police translates into "soft on crime" but what people were purposing was spend more money on social workers so police can do the job they were trained for, and because many of issues the police face everyday a social worker is better trained to handle. The media is doing a better job of telling people Trump lost the election and his assertions that the election was stolen was total BS. They should do the same with inflation and crime. My prediction is if women vote the Democrats will do better than the prediction of a red wave. Dan Portes
Ed— Good take on a pre-election column where it is tempting not to just go with cliches. You and Dave Busick with a combined 60 plus years covering elections have given the Iowa Writers Collaborative fresh and informed content ahead of Election Day! Thanks for your good work.
The media which is critical to our democracy often lets us down, particularly TV news. The Republican messaging across the whole country is to blame the Democrats for inflation and to say the are soft on crime. Inflation is worldwide phenomenon right now, with the US being driven by the Feds monetary policy to counteract the affects of Covid on business and was done to prevent a depression. Congress also did everything possible to keep businesses open and people working. Following two years of "lock down" pent up demand and supply chain issues open the gates for inflation. TV reporters chose to ignore the causes and accepted that the Democrats are responsible for it. They are constantly finding people to interview to reinforce the Republican explanation and tell the reporters they are going to vote Republican because of inflation. Defunding the police translates into "soft on crime" but what people were purposing was spend more money on social workers so police can do the job they were trained for, and because many of issues the police face everyday a social worker is better trained to handle. The media is doing a better job of telling people Trump lost the election and his assertions that the election was stolen was total BS. They should do the same with inflation and crime. My prediction is if women vote the Democrats will do better than the prediction of a red wave. Dan Portes