[thingumbob]

This year, they hit 43/52, a -9 favorability, and a 24-point swing from four years ago. Those are the wages of disillusionment. Where did the love go?

I think that's what Ryan described as "a boat trying to sail on yesterdays wind."

[9YearLurker]

Ha ha—I heard that last night and immediately thought, ‘there’s certainly an insertion by the speechwriters’. Nothing like a good sailing metaphor to get speechwriters excited!

There’s a hilarious clip somewhere from Gerald Ford back in the 70’s carrying on with shipping, sailing, and boating metaphors nonstop for a good five minutes. Some speechwriter of his really got carried away.