As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality … - Matthew Dowd

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I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18.

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As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly. All were quite successful on Election Day.

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The president broke his bond with the public. Once that bond was broken, he no longer had the capacity to talk to the American public. State of the Union addresses? It didn't matter. Legislative initiatives? It didn't matter. P. R. ? It didn't matter. Travel? It didn't matter.

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This is an issue that has an exceedingly high number of threads in it. It involves race, it involves culture, it involves crime, it involves justice.

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What Donald Trump is, is not movement of change, it's a reaction to global change, it's a total reaction to global change. It's transformational change in the world done by transportation, technology and all that. And people, most of Donald Trump's voters want to go back.

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You can't keep changing the rules based upon who holds political power.

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