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    Default Trump’s job approval shows the Democrats’ dilemma in 2018

    Summary: After one year in office, after 12 months of continuous bombardment by his political foes, Trump's job approval numbers have held steady for six months (they dropped after the honeymoon). This is key to understanding the current situation in US politics — and what lies ahead in the potentially decisive 2018 and 2020 elections.

    https://fabiusmaximus.com/2018/01/10...the-elections/



    Even the NYT is starting to get the message.

    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/0...the-elections/

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    The GOP is gonna lose in '18.

    Show me one race since Trump was elected where Dems didn't out-perform historically.

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    First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised. They find that Trump is not the raving madman they expected from his tweetstorms or the media coverage. They generally say that he is affable, if repetitive. He runs a normal, good meeting and seems well-informed enough to get by.

    Second, people who work in the Trump administration have wildly divergent views about their boss. Some think he is a deranged child, as Michael Wolff reported. But some think he is merely a distraction they can work around. Some think he is strange, but not impossible. Some genuinely admire Trump.

    Third, the White House is getting more professional. Imagine if Trump didn’t tweet. The craziness of the past weeks would be out of the way, and we’d see a White House that is briskly pursuing its goals: the shift in our Pakistan policy, the shift in our offshore drilling policy, the fruition of our ISIS policy, the nomination for judgeships and the formation of policies on infrastructure, DACA, North Korea and trade.

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    amazing praise and clarity from the self described #nerverTrump Brooks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thing1 View Post
    The GOP is gonna lose in '18.

    Show me one race since Trump was elected where Dems didn't out-perform historically.
    Seems to me you are like a blind man trying to imagine how a cow looks by feeling its udders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Seems to me you are trying to imagine how,a cow looks by feeling its udders.

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    Nah; I'm just gauging how elections in the near future will go based on results of elections in the near past.

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    Democrats are going to be so bummed when they find out the Russia collusion charges are a nothing burger.

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    I guess that shithole should have have been in title, that appears to be the trigger word for today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised. They find that Trump is not the raving madman they expected from his tweetstorms or the media coverage. They generally say that he is affable, if repetitive. He runs a normal, good meeting and seems well-informed enough to get by.

    Second, people who work in the Trump administration have wildly divergent views about their boss. Some think he is a deranged child, as Michael Wolff reported. But some think he is merely a distraction they can work around. Some think he is strange, but not impossible. Some genuinely admire Trump.

    Third, the White House is getting more professional. Imagine if Trump didn’t tweet. The craziness of the past weeks would be out of the way, and we’d see a White House that is briskly pursuing its goals: the shift in our Pakistan policy, the shift in our offshore drilling policy, the fruition of our ISIS policy, the nomination for judgeships and the formation of policies on infrastructure, DACA, North Korea and trade.

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    amazing praise and clarity from the self described #nerverTrump Brooks.
    Yes indeed, it seemingly killed him to say it but at least he has some semblance of journalistic integrity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hvilleherb View Post
    Democrats are going to be so bummed when they find out the Russia collusion charges are a nothing burger.
    from who?

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    Damn! Shit Shaper's been studying under a dumbass master lately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Summary: After one year in office, after 12 months of continuous bombardment by his political foes, Trump's job approval numbers have held steady for six months...
    Yeah, at 35-40%. Is that good?

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    Trump didn't even win this one in numbers. Somehow as their approval rating goes down, and Obama's, and Obamacare's flow up like a fizzy beer, we're in trouble in the book of stupid. I'm sure the next chapter will be: Your friend velcro.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    Yeah, at 35-40%. Is that good?
    Well he was around 38% when won the election.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    how the fuck did he win then asshole?

    by cheating huh
    There's a theory that a sizable portion of the electorate support Trump, but won't admit it in public. Because, ya know, they don't want to falsely be called racist and such. The rabid level of hatred and venom directed at Trump and those who support him has some people fearful that if they admit it, they would lose friends over it.

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