Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by James Lacey

He already lost the popular vote the first time. Do you really think he's done anything to improve that standing?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Isn't that the LGBTQ gal who wears the tinfoil hat and thinks that Donald Trump is a spy from Moscow? 

Originally Posted by James Lacey

It truly is nuts right? We live in a bubble, but they think Trump is an anti-corruption President. Never mind that his family's charity was shut down by the NY AG for corruption. Never mind that Trump agreed to pay a $2Mn fine because of that corruption. Never mind that courts ordered three of his adult children, court-mandated training classes, to teach them how not to abuse a charity for personal gain again. Never mind that half a dozen of Trump's closest political campaign cohorts and his lawyer have convictions on charges of corruption. 

We live in a bubble, but they think Trump will easily coast to victory in 2020. Never mind that he's consistently -10% in job approval and has never been over 50%. Never mind that Trump polls behind each of the top Democratic candidates even in red states like Texas.  Never mind that a plurality of the country wants Trump impeached and removed from office, and a majority wants Trump impeached and thinks that he deserves it. Never mind that the only reason he won in 2016 is that he got lucky and managed to thread the needle in the electoral college. Never mind that losing the popular vote again, which he will almost surely do, and winning the electoral college again is almost certainly not possible. You never know, though, Trump could win again, but it's highly unlikely. He has a good economy, but he's already gotten all the additional advantages out of that he can. There is little indication that he has any headroom left to improve his position since he can't seem to quit offending every group of independent voters on the planet. He's juiced the economy so much for his political advantage, that there is no space left to expand. But yeah, we live in a bubble.

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

James, I'm beginning to wonder if you are posting this "idiocy" just to get a reaction.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Before jumping to conclusion, and calling someone a liar, please go back and read what I wrote carefully. I said -10%; not 10%.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

It truly is nuts right? We live in a bubble, but they think Trump is an anti-corruption President. Never mind that his family's charity was shut down by the NY AG for corruption. Never mind that Trump agreed to pay a $2Mn fine because of that corruption. Never mind that courts ordered three of his adult children, court-mandated training classes, to teach them how not to abuse a charity for personal gain again. Never mind that half a dozen of Trump's closest political campaign cohorts and his lawyer have convictions on charges of corruption. 

We live in a bubble, but they think Trump will easily coast to victory in 2020. Never mind that he's consistently -10% in job approval and has never been over 50%. Never mind that Trump polls behind each of the top Democratic candidates even in red states like Texas.  Never mind that a plurality of the country wants Trump impeached and removed from office, and a majority wants Trump impeached and thinks that he deserves it. Never mind that the only reason he won in 2016 is that he got lucky and managed to thread the needle in the electoral college. Never mind that losing the popular vote again, which he will almost surely do, and winning the electoral college again is almost certainly not possible. You never know, though, Trump could win again, but it's highly unlikely. He has a good economy, but he's already gotten all the additional advantages out of that he can. There is little indication that he has any headroom left to improve his position since he can't seem to quit offending every group of independent voters on the planet. He's juiced the economy so much for his political advantage, that there is no space left to expand. But yeah, we live in a bubble.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

There is only one person on this forum that posts so much outlandish stuff that there is no way you could ever read it all, and his name is not James. Seriously though Greg, surely you have to agree that it is highly unusual for an incumbent President to face so much opposition inside his party. This situation is not a position of strength; it is a position of weakness. The opposition is doing much more than just writing op-eds, by the way. They are actively working on projects whose purpose is to change opinions and hold Trump accountable at the ballot box for his violations of oath to the Constitution and his betrayal of public trust. This effort against a sitting President is not a good situation for re-election.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

You are correct, and I remember this factoid too now that you have refreshed my memory. As you said, it was incredibly close, though, and if held again a day later, that election could have easily gone the other way. The same is true for 2016. Still, threading the electoral college needle while losing the popular vote is not a winning strategy in Presidential politics. What's the old saying? Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then?

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

Less than 1/4 of voters are registered Republicans (and shrinking). Self-selection is why he is at 90% in the party.