Huh?
I was basically trying to say that Biden has done a very good job. I think I was consistent in that.
The point I was making is that many have yet to realize the full benefits of his actions as they were long term plays. Money from the infrastructure / Inflation Reduction Act is just finally converting into actual projects in people’s back yards. Haven’t seen any of the benefit of the Chips act yet really. Inflation is finally reaching target levels and the Fed will soon cut rates. Once that happens the job market will start getting better and new mortgage payments will drop. That’s all great stuff, it’s just the average person won’t really “feel” the most impactful benefits of all this great stuff until the next 4 years.
The analogy I was trying to make is if you judged Obama’s economy and achievements based on the first 3.5 years it would probably not look so rosey either. The botched ACA rollout, narrowly avoiding a recession. But obviously he laid out a lot of great stuff and got to reap the rewards in second term.
Biden stepping down now will in a way rob him of “proof” of the great work he did as most Americans have the memory of a goldfish, whether Harris or Trump wins next they will get the bulk of the credit for the economic boom that is likely to follow in the mind of the public. But I hope history will acknowledge him for successfully navigating the COVID recovery at the very least. I’m also a big fan of the infrastructure projects and everything he did and tried to do for student loan forgiveness.
Edit: Also to be clear, I’m way better off than I was 3.5 years ago. I don’t personally understand why the “vibe” of the economy is considered to be so poor, but it is what it is. Still, as someone who benefitted tremendously from Biden’s policies I think it did blind me a bit to his age etc. I was a bit toward the “Biden cult” as our favorite squishy member would say. I did not vote originally but would’ve voted 0%. A week or two ago I voted 50%. Once I heard Pelosi was involved with the orchestrated pressure campaign on Biden I was much more comfortable with it. And now seeing the way Kamala Harris is hammering home policy points already, it makes me realize the type of campaigning that Biden WASN’T being effective at all this time, and has built a large amount of confidence in me that this was the right play. Regardless of whether she wins or not at least we’ll have gone down swinging.