Both gave political speeches to the nation this week, but there was no common ground at all.

Mr. Biden believes his economic stewardship is benefiting the folks, the Governor does not. Polling sides with the lady from Arkansas, but that doesn't seem to matter to the President, who showed absolutely no empathy for those struggling to pay the bills in a time of damaging inflation.

Mr. Biden blames inflation on President Trump even though the rate was a minuscule 1.4 percent when he left office in 2021. Since then, inflation has brutalized the poor and middle classes.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders believes Joe Biden is being held captive by the far left, and there is ample evidence that is true. The President says he's a capitalist but then demands a "living wage" for workers, a phrase right out of the Marxist handbook.

And who would decide the "living wage"? Why the government would. So businesses would be given a salary spreadsheet of payments with little or no merit options.

That's socialism and would absolutely wreck small businesses and badly damage many corporations. Layoffs would be substantial.

No matter, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren demand it, so Biden complies.  

Captives have to comply. Don't they?