In this episode, I reference this joke from Arrested Development:
The Bums Lost, Lebowski
It’s hard to gauge “vibes”. Reporters try to gauge them by interviewing Some Random Dork At A Bob Evans, and pollsters try by asking people about issues they haven’t thought about for a nanosecond in their entire lives. These methods are flawed, as are all other methods. Any article about “vibes” or “political climate” — whatever you want to call it — is bound to be a guess based on a few data points. Which is to say: If you decide to skip this article and just watch
Progressives Increase Influence in Democratic Party by Demanding Less-Stupid Things
Left-leaning Democrats love Tim Walz! The head of one progressive activist group called him “the anti-elite candidate,” while another said “It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice.” (note to Democrats: All your pandering to the progressive left has apparently already been forgotten.) Even the Democratic Socialists of America super-helpfully backed the pick:
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