(01-28-2019, 01:37 PM)Adam2012 Wrote:

(01-28-2019, 09:55 AM)TJBender Wrote: Coming off the longest shutdown in government history, ultimately sort of resolved for now by Trump doing something he could have done weeks ago and with Trump threatening to take an unpopular move by declaring a hokey-pokey "national emergency" to fulfill a campaign promise?

Yeah, they're pissed. He's going to need more than 3% GDP to win re-election.

Pretty sure the Demo nominee will move more to the center once nominated. That's what usually happens.

What the Democrats have going for them is - Donald Trump. Trump won't have Hillary to run against. This time he'll be Hillary.

What's Trump going to run on? A tax cut no one seems to have benefited from (unless you're a CEO)? The economy might not look so rosy in 2020. Someone somewhere might actually care about the debt/deficit. Not the Trumpettes, but someone. What else will Donald be able to crow about? His agenda is going/has gone no where, and with a Democratically controlled House it's ain't going anywhere. And the Mueller Report will have been issued by then, I would think. You think that's going to make Donald look good. He'll look sleazy and/or stupid. Yeah, he really hires the best people.

The question will be - since Donald isn't even trying to widen his base - are there enough middle-age, middle-class, white men and those who watch Fox and are afraid of the Coming of Socialism and Immigrant Invasion to overcome everyone else? How many of the everyone else will vote?

So let's see if I have this right. In order for Trump to lose...

Dems need to be young, socialist, upper-class, immigrant women who watch CNN and need to raise taxes on themselves to boost a down economy. They also need to convince the democratically controlled house who is responsible for government funding (debt/deficit) to stop spending money while looking to implement medicare for all, standard minimum wage, free college, and expand programs to combat climate change. They will also need to be sure Repubs in the House and Senate don't #Reist all policy reform simply because they hate the new POTUS candidate. Seems legit. Those richer old white Dems will be sure to adopt this point of view I'm sure as soon as they lock in their pay and put term limits on the books.

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