Given what the Trump administration is saying are record achievements for a president at this stage in office, why would anyone consider voting for
Writing in The Washington Examiner, Paul Bedard lists 289 accomplishments of the Trump administration, beginning with the obvious one, the economy: "They include 173 major wins, such as adding more than 4 million jobs, and another 116 smaller victories, some with outsize importance, such as the 83 percent one-year increase in arrests of MS-13 gang members."
They also include two justices now on the Supreme Court and 82 other federal judges confirmed to lower courts.
As the
Other positives include updated trade deals with
Consumer confidence reached an 18-year high in September, according to
Top this off with the successfully negotiated release of Pastor
According to Gallup’s weekly tracking poll, for the week of
In view of Republican successes, including tax cuts and the booming economy, what Democratic policies would produce results better than these? Other than spite for the president, why would voters elect candidates who want to return to a past where things were far different?
Do people who didn't have jobs during the previous administration want to embrace policies that kept them unemployed? Do businesses once prevented from hiring people because of regulations now wish to have regulations re-imposed and to lay off workers they recently hired?
By what logic do some people wish to return to the recent past, including a recent past that includes Republican presidents who cannot lay claim to the type of successes
Perhaps most amazing is the president's growing approval among
Polls have been wrong in the past -- take the 2016 election as the latest example -- but the president has begun touting his record while campaigning for candidates. That record appears to be resonating with voters, at least in some states. Never has the
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Cal Thomas, America's most-syndicated columnist, is the author of 10 books.