That might be part of the problem; if it turns out that everyone is in the same boat and will hit the same endpoints, then it's not going to be possible to poli

That might be part of the problem; if it turns out that everyone is in the same boat and will hit the same endpoints, then it's not going to be possible to politicize it, and there is an impending presidential election in the United States where the challenger and a lot of the press are relying on the idea that the US could've done massively better if not for the current incumbent to try and unseat him.