By Jeff Crouere ——Bio and Archives--April 29, 2024

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In the 1992 presidential race, James Carville, the political strategist for Democratic Party nominee Bill Clinton, coined the immortal phrase, “It’s the Economy, Stupid” in response to media questions about the rationale for the campaign.

Clinton’s opponent, President George H. W. Bush had won the first Gulf War in 1991 and had enjoyed massive popularity in the aftermath. However, by the following year, voters were distressed about the condition of the economy and fired Bush, replacing him with the smooth talking, but morally questionable, Bill Clinton.

Although Americans feel pride about military victories, “people vote, their pocketbooks.” Over three decades later, the same dynamics are at play in this presidential race.

The only difference is that President Joe Biden cannot claim any military victories. He has decimated the military with woke leadership and policies, so that recruitment is not meeting even reduced goals. Even worse, his 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan was a debacle of historic proportions. It certainly encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine and start a war which is still ongoing.

Along with a multitude of foreign policy missteps, several wars raging internationally, the border invasion breaking records, the drug overdose epidemic, the crime and decay in urban America, and the crisis of radicals disrupting our college campuses, the issue most upsetting to the American people remains the economic woes in the country.

In a Gallup poll, conducted in March 2024, Americans were asked, “What is the most important problem facing the country today?” Although immigration was a strong second........

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