Polls are not predictive. The Republican

摘要

race will twist and turn over the next few months, as voters in Iowa exercise their constitutional right to change their mind, again and again. But a larger picture is emerging: this is Romper Room, an embarrassing spectacle for Republicans. Even when they wander toward the real target-the stagnating economy-the candidates propose policies that are opposed by most Americans. In an early debate, not one of them said they would accept a deficit-reduction deal that included $1 in revenue increases for every $10 in budget cuts. An imposing majority of the public disagrees. I would imagine that Barack Obama is sitting in the White House, looking at the terrible economic numbers, then looking at his infantile opposition and wondering what he ever did to get so lucky