He's not bonkers, he's a sociopath. He has a firm grasp on reality, and from his point of view he's chillingly rational. He's just totally self-interested and incapable of empathy. (View Post)

None of the members of Congress have the huge day-to-day exposure that the President has, and in Congress incumbents are far more likely to win than they are in the Presidency, so I don't think … (View Post)

On topic, Biden has two problems: his age, and that he's been a deeply mediocre President, with low approval ratings that have never recovered from his disastrous Afghanistan decision. If he… (View Post)

If Putin had just been content with lopping off a few more chunks of eastern and southern Ukraine last year he'd probably already have dictated terms to Zelenski in Kyiv. But even the luckiest d… (View Post)

Interesting thread, but I think the statistical methodology is questionable, for a number of reasons. Eleven is an extremely small sample, and I would use VI not leader approval, as the former is a b… (View Post)