based on the debates, i would have said i'd pick clinton by about a 53-47 margin - which is no endorsement of trump, but a biting indictment of clinton. that is to say, i think clinton was right about 53% of the time and trump was right about 47% of the time. again: read that as massive disagreement with clinton.

i endorsed clinton solely on the hopes that she'd get a democratic congress and push through infrastructure spending. i'd actually have preferred trump on foreign policy.

based on what we've seen so far, i can support about 10% of what trump has done. that's not very impressive. but, i do legitimately think it's a higher level of support than what i'd have for clinton at this stage.

i'm sorry. but that's reality. trump is at least tossing liberals a bone. clinton would be no less friendly to investors, doubling down on the existing global order and readying us for world war three in the middle east. and, if all other things were the same (a republican congress....), she would be no more successful at pushing through an infrastructure package - in fact, probably less so.

we'll see at the end of the day how the trade talk works out. but, i may end up pleasantly surprised: and i will be very surprised, because it still doesn't make any sense for him to pull out of the tpp or rewrite nafta.