Stay the course

Many in the press are expressing surprise that the Biden Administration is not coming up with new approaches to governing based on the low poll results but they seem steadfast in maintaining the present course. The President did say he was going to get out of DC and meet the people but some wonder about this since he has trouble when he goes off script. Interesting enough cable news is following Biden's lead when it comes to holding course. FNC has been bucking the recent trend of declining cable news viewership, with a year-over-year gain of nearly 10 percent, while both CNN (down 77 percent) and MSNBC (down 63 percent) saw steep declines. In spite of the ratings decline these stations are staying with their main format of covering the January 6 investigation, Trump followers who believe the election was rigged, while avoiding the border, crime and inflation. Time will tell if these strategies will pay off. An old adage says when you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging.