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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Welcome to the Potomac Watch Podcast. I'm Paul Gigo, editor of the Wall Street Journal

editorial pages. And today we've got a special edition with one of my colleagues and a PW

regular Kim Strassel. Kim has written a new book, The Biden Malays, How America Bounces Back

from Joe Biden's dismal repeat of the Jimmy Carter years. The book is out this week,

and Kim is here to talk about her book and what it tells us about state of American politics

in the 2024 elections. So, Kim, welcome. Good to have you here. Hi, Paul. So nice to be here

in person with you in studio. Yeah, then we're going to put you on the spot.

So first of all, why the Jimmy Carter analogy? I'll just premise that question by saying,

I remember the 70s. Me too. Well, I don't know. I mean, here, I didn't really remember them.

All right. But I was in them. Yeah, but let's just say you weren't writing editorials at the time.

I was. I remember the decade, that was a lousy decade. One of the worst of the 20th century,

maybe the worst other than the 30s for economic policy. But why the Carter analogy for Joe Biden?

Well, because on the face of it, it really is striking how many parallels there are,

whether you're talking about how they came to office or you're talking about inflation or

energy prices, border policy, Carter, and Biden both had these influx of people coming to

American shores in the Carter's case. It was the burial boat lift out of Cuba. And obviously,

we have problems with the southern border now. Forum policy, fiascos, again, energy, all these

different things crime across the country. But the one thing I'm trying to make the case for in the

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