The current state of the race is fascinating. 1. We have a strong economy, even though many don't feel that way. 2. Unemployment is near historical lows. 3. Inflation is back down to roughly where the Fed target is. Also, short of a severe recession or depression, prices are not going back to where they were before the recent inflation spike. 4. Gas prices have remained far below the pace of inflation.

There is a thought exercise I have when thinking about liberalism in the classical sense. Imagine that you live in the U.S. 50 years from now, but there was an infusion of Indian immigrants and there is now a large majority Hindu population. Meanwhile the evangelical Christian numbers have shrunk to make up a small minority of the population. Now, imagine that Hindus make up a majority of the Republican party in this future and the conservatives have passed a bill that would make it illegal to farm cattle and eat beef of any sort.