nothing annoys me more than the notion of an "expectations game." there is no rule that says journalists must evaluate political events on the basis of expectations set by party apparatchiks. edition.cnn.com/2024/06/26/p...
So fuckin weird that media is just going along with this. They're basically the same age, they were in high school at the same time: during the Eisenhower administration. They're both old AF, but only one is old and a criminal.