What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Razgovory]

And yes, Bernie & Co. are anti-NAFTA, but it doesn't seem to be a high priority.  The most vocal anti-Naftites by far are on the Populist Right.

Because they won their election. Bernie and Co. came very very close. And it is a very high priority. That is why I am very worried that they ever seize control of the agenda.

Both parties are going to have anti free trade majorities, I'm afraid.

Yeah.  Shit is going to be bad for a while.

[PJL]

My take on the situation so far: Trump will get a second presidency. Can't see how he can be stopped. The polls bear this out,. Yes very unpopular first year, but this tends to be an indicator that low expectations will give him second presidency. This has been true since at least Bush I if not before.

[mongers]

My take on the situation so far: Trump will get a second presidency. Can't see how he can be stopped. The polls bear this out,. Yes very unpopular first year, but this tends to be an indicator that low expectations will give him second presidency. This has been true since at least Bush I if not before.

This is the current favourite in the most depressing post of 2018 competition.

[Eddie Teach]

Bush I didn't win reelection. 

And Bush II won because of the war and Kerry's lack of charisma, not because of low expectations.

[garbon]

My take on the situation so far: Trump will get a second presidency. Can't see how he can be stopped. The polls bear this out,. Yes very unpopular first year, but this tends to be an indicator that low expectations will give him second presidency. This has been true since at least Bush I if not before.

At the same time previous history can be misleading. In the past, a Trump wasn't electable.

[Valmy]

My take on the situation so far: Trump will get a second presidency. Can't see how he can be stopped. The polls bear this out,. Yes very unpopular first year, but this tends to be an indicator that low expectations will give him second presidency. This has been true since at least Bush I if not before.

He might but I fail to see this inevitability bore out by anything. If he couldn't get a plurality of the votes when he could promise 10,000 unicorns, it will be harder when he has a record to defend.

[Valmy]

My take on the situation so far: Trump will get a second presidency. Can't see how he can be stopped. The polls bear this out,. Yes very unpopular first year, but this tends to be an indicator that low expectations will give him second presidency. This has been true since at least Bush I if not before.

At the same time previous history can be misleading. In the past, a Trump wasn't electable.

I fail to see how current trends make him unbeatable. How bizarre.

[dps]

Bush I didn't win reelection. 

And a year before the election, he had record high approval levels IIRC.  So while President Trump's current record low approval rating doesn't mean he can't win re-election, but I certainly don't think it makes him unbeatable, either.

[Admiral Yi]

A Trump presidency has generated over a thousand pages of posts before the first midterm.  I wonder how much discussion a Clinton presidency would have generated.

[Eddie Teach]

I don't think there would be a President Clinton thread pinned for one.

[mongers]

Bush I didn't win reelection. 

And Bush II won because of the war and Kerry's lack of charisma, not because of low expectations.

Kerry's charisma and leadership was fine for a large section of the electorate, a major part of why he lost was the swiftboat BS, some of that mud stuck. Some republicans were playing that dirty, way back then.

[dps]

Bush I didn't win reelection. 

And Bush II won because of the war and Kerry's lack of charisma, not because of low expectations.

Kerry's charisma and leadership was fine for a large section of the electorate, a major part of why he lost was the swiftboat BS, some of that mud stuck. Some republicans were playing that dirty, way back then.

Kerry has the charisma of a used sock.

The Democratic Presidential nominees of my lifetime can basically be divided into 2 groups:  charismatic figures and policy wonks.  (The outlier was Bill Clinton, who was both).  Generally speaking, the charismatic figures win and the policy wonks lose in the general election.

[frunk]

The Democratic Presidential nominees of my lifetime can basically be divided into 2 groups:  charismatic figures and policy wonks.  (The outlier was Bill Clinton, who was both).  Generally speaking, the charismatic figures win and the policy wonks lose in the general election.

I think most of Bill's wonkery came from Hillary, so i think that grouping works perfectly.  Stretching it back to Truman the only exception would be LBJ. 

[Oexmelin]

No reaction to the announced future military parade ?

[grumbler]

No reaction to the announced future military parade ?

Apparently not, since even you are asking a question rather than reacting to the announcement.