It's Friday, April 10th, 2026 from Peachfish Productions.

It's The Gist.

I'm Mike Peska.

I was listening to Matt Inglacius.

He does the slow, boring newsletter.

I like him very much.

He's one of the few people who will ever say this.

Oh, yeah, that's my idea.

I think it's the right idea. I just know it's

horribly unpopular. He talks about policy and politics, and he will frequently say, oh, it's

definitely the right thing to do. And if the Democrats embrace it, they lose the election.

No one in politics does this. No politician does this, but no almost no pundit does this. Every pundit says,

and if everyone followed my preferred policy example, they'd also win their next election.

But they won't. You know, there is the temptation to say, ah, if they followed my policy and also

knew exactly how to phrase it in my way that clearly appeals to me and you,

the person listening to this right now, you'd win the next election, you'd win the next fight in

Congress. Your approval ratings would go up, but they won't. I think with this war in Iran,

which is not working out so well for Trump, probably because Trump is doing it,

or maybe you could argue, because there's no way that anyone who would do such a thing

could have it work out.

But it would be interesting, not if Trump sold it this way, but if his conception really were,

oh, yeah, this isn't going to be popular, I just think it's right.

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