<![CDATA[Yesterday I tried to make the case that, like it or not, everyone now agrees the political playing field for the coming midterms is going to be about affordability. You can see it almost everywhere you look. It's the point behind Democrats shutting down the government and the reason Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election in New York City despite having no experience doing much of anything. He talked a good game and that was enough for a lot of people.]]>