So I was listening to Van Jones and Andrew Yang on Forward with Andrew Yang. Van said something like Democrats now find themselves having to defend our government institutions from Republican attack. Only problem most government institutions are despised. I'm paraphrasing here not taking a direct quote. I think I'd generally agree. That does not bode well for the Democrats in 2022, 2024 and beyond. 

Will the spending bill kick in in time? Will inflation slow a little next year? Where will we be as a country in a year? Covid? A black-swan event? There are too many variables / moving parts to write off the Democrats at this time. All the polls, talking TV heads and so-called experts are doing little more than trying to generate views and clicks at this point. Van and Andrew talked about a bunch of other stuff as well. I'm not trying to poo poo the podcast. I think it's good over all. 

I will say this, if the Democrats fail to protect voting rights we will become a true one party state. That will not end well for anyone. One party states don't play well together, mix in some nukes and you get the idea.