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John Harwood
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even in a polarized era, politics remains a dynamic process

big events that focus the nation’s attention can move the needle of public opinion

so however people feel about a Trump impeachment today, they may feel differently 3 or 6 or 12 months from now
as i was saying: new Morning Consult poll today shows rising support for impeachment in just the last few days as Ukraine scandal plays out

last week
36% support, 49% oppose

now
43% support, 43% oppose
and now this from NPR/Marist showing rising support for Trump’s impeachment:

April
39% support, 53% oppose

now
49% support, 46% oppose
now Business Insider results on whether House should launch impeachment inquiry:

53% yes
33% no
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John Harwood
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conservative columnist Megan McArdle on Trump’s behavior:

“This is not normal. And I don’t mean that as in, ‘Trump is violating the shibboleths of the Washington establishment.’ I mean that as in, ‘This is not normal for a functioning adult’ “ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
“I’m not trying to perform amateur diagnosis of Trump as narcissist, psychopath, or early-stage dementia patient. I’m not Trump’s doctor. possibly it’s simply a terminal case of ‘billionairitis,’ where very rich people lose ability to tolerate anything except obsequious flattery”
“But I don’t need a diagnosis to know that symptoms are worrying. If your company owner abruptly pulled out of a conference w/important partner because the other CEO said something mildly unflattering, would you defend it as a cunning move? Or start looking for another job?”
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John Harwood
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as economy slows, recession risk rises and markets wobble, worth reviewing what 2017 tax cut has done so far

Trump WH/GOP Congress said it would rev up growth, investment and wages

in this thread, what Congressional Research Service has found /1

everycrsreport.com/reports/R45736…
on growth: "increase in (2018) growth in line w/trend" since 2013

"in addition to the effect from tax cuts, there was some stimulus due to the increase in spending

"on the whole, the growth effects tend to show a relatively small (if any) first-year effect on the economy"

/2
on the "dynamic" growth needed to keep falling revenues from ballooning government deficits: "the combination of projections and observed effects for 2018 suggests a feedback effect of 0.3% of GDP or less - 5% or less of the growth needed to fully offset the revenue loss"

/3
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John Harwood
@JohnJHarwood
my first editor, Gene Patterson, wrote this column the day in 1963 that a white supremacist killed 4 black girls by bombing a church in Birmingham AL

it resonates in this moment, too tampabay.com/opinion/column…
“It is too late to blame the sick criminals who handled the dynamite. The FBI and the police can deal with that kind. The charge against them is simple. They killed four children.

Only we can trace the truth, Southerner — you and I. We broke those children's bodies.

/2
“We watched the stage set without staying it. We listened to the prologue unbestirred. We saw the curtain opening with disinterest. We’ve heard the play.

We — who go on electing politicians who heat the kettles of hate.”

/3
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