Water John wrote: » Similar to the hard core Brexiteers. If limited to their core hard support, they become irrevelent. That's why appealing to the middle ground is important.
Brian? wrote: » Logically you should be right. Lest we forget, he lost the popular vote and won 3 swing states by less than 100k votes to win the election. He only really needs to keep doing what he's doing to do the same again. He mobilised the angry white man's vote with crap like this.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » The mid terms will tell a lot. To date, taking him on would do more damage than letting him continue being a bull in a china shop.
david75 wrote: » They’re in a bind when it comes to that. They’ll ultimately want to save their own skins but they’ll each have to guage what support for Trump is like in their own constituencies before they throw in behind him or denounce him. I can see them being savaged eitherway, overall in the midterms
Leroy42 wrote: » Unless Russia gets involved again!
david75 wrote: » Well even dt has acknowledged that happened and is just denying involvement. To be fair the entire US seems to have woken up to that and are aware of it. How can it be stopped in future is the big question.
PropJoe10 wrote: » He's sort of acknowledged it, but is refusing to do anything about it. Pretty obvious that Putin has him in his back pocket. I'd love to know what dirt the Russians have on Trump!
laugh wrote: » Having prostitutes piss on a hotel bed seems like an oddly specific thing to make up.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » I don't think so. I would imagine many undecided/floating/centrist voters regret their decision as they voted Trump because Clinton didn't appeal or they thought he would e.g. drain the swamp. As you say, a small e.g. 5% swing would be devastating to the GOP. Hopefully.
david75 wrote: » Isn’t there millions going through his Doonbeg property from bogey Russian sources? There was an article linked to that here a While back
recedite wrote: » Yes, we're expecting the evidence for that to emerge any day now.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » His fanatical support will vote for him no matter what he does. Personally, I would put that at about 30%. It's the relatively centrist/floating people that will continue to turn away from him. If the Dems address the reasons why people voted for Trump and put forward credible candidates then Trump will become a toxic hot potato for the GOP.
Water John wrote: » Slowly Slowly, catchy monkey. If there is a Trump case.Mueller will get there. From above Manafort has two choices. Sing or do a long spell in prison.
Axios reported on Sunday that during President Donald Trump's trip to China in November, a Secret Service member tackled a Chinese security official. The incident reportedly began when Chinese detail tried to prevent the military aide carrying the "nuclear football" from entering a room behind Trump. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly intervened, and was grabbed by a Chinese security official, who was then tackled by a Secret Service agent. The nuclear football was never in contact with a foreign official, and the Chinese security detail later apologized.
Manic Moran wrote: » I don't think his fanatical support is even at 30%. I'm sure a lot of folks who voted for him in the primaries regret that decision, however, that doesn't mean that they regret voting for him over Clinton in the election. It's going to come down to the candidate the Democrats put up. If it's Sen Warren, Schumer or Harris, for example, the dislike to the coastal Democrats which seems very evident in middle America is going to stay and make what should be an easy win a bit more difficult. On the other hand, if they went with someone like Sens. Manchin or Tester, that's a lot less off-putting to folks in Ohio or Wisconsin who may yet decide "Trump is an idiot, but he's not actually done any particular damage, so better stick with the devil we know" simply because they have less in common with the coast Democrats in question. And the folks from the Coast states like CA are going to vote D if it's a moderate or a further left candidate with the 'D' ticket.Remember the unfortunate truth of American elections, we tend not to vote for the person we want, we tend to vote against the person we don't want.
PopePalpatine wrote: » Ah, the wonders of "first past the post". Personally, I'm resigned to the assumption that if Trump makes it to Election Day 2020 and hasn't presided over a recession, he's the favourite based off the likelihood he'll copy Bill Clinton's 1996 motto of "It's the economy, stupid".
Peregrinus wrote: » If elected, Biden would be 78 years old on inauguration - 8 years older than Trump was, 9 years older than Reagan was. I think that pretty well rules him out.
Igotadose wrote: » I liked Tim Kaine, HRC's running mate. Boring, straightforward, centrist, bilingual Spanish/English. Haven't heard much from him lately he's a low-key Senator. Not sure he wants the job, you have to be crazy to want that job (current holder qualified in that regard.) I still wonder if there'll be a Republican opponent to Trump in the primaries. No reason there can't be; Rubio and Cruz are still out there.
Leroy42 wrote: » Oh, I wasn't aware he was that old. In that case I agree with you. Kaine did really poorly against Pence in the VPOTUS debate. If I recall correctly, he simply stuck to a few talking points and Pence came out of it pretty well. How much of that was done to how the HC campaign was being handled is unknown, but I from the limited amount that I have seen Kaine does not have the personality to engage people.
