Wary of change?
by digby
This is from a story on the pot measures around the country looking like they’re coming up short in this election:
“We’re dealing with a tough mood in the country right now with Ebola and ISIS and the big drop in the stock market,” Nadelmann said. “It puts a drag on things. People are not in a forward-thinking state of mind. They are more wary of change.”
It made me wonder if 2008 might have been different if the financial crisis had hit earlier in the cycle. Would people have been less “forward thinking” and more wary of change? I guess it’s possible. But I think this mood right now is different because people don’t see a way out. In 2008 there was a lot of fear growing sharply at the end but Obama was well positioned to be seen as the savior who would fix it. Now it feels like nobody can.
I just hope the country doesn’t decide that Ted Cruz and his ilk might be the way to go after 8 years of ongoing duress. Because they really are nuts, even the allegedly normal ones.
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