Why It Failed Try as they might and they tried mightily, the Republicans could not repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in spite of controlling the Senate,… Read more WHY REPEAL AND REPLACE OF ACA FAILED →
Follow the link below to a PDF with polling results. Sorry, but have tables that don’t seem to work unless I do it this way. WHAT ARE THE POLLS SAYING-7-12-17-xps
Charles and I are inching a bit closer together. However, once again I must differ with a point Charles raised. Whether or not a sitting president can be brought to trial on criminal charges is often debated but it is not settled law. It has never been adjudicated. It came close in the Watergate scandal but, in United States vs Nixon, the Warren court decided that it could deny Nixon’s ability to use executive privilege without addressing the broader issue of whether or not criminal charges could be brought against… Read more George’s “Good-Bye Trump” Scenario →
Since the Us DOJ can’t bring charges against POTUS, then it will have to be a state AG who tries to bring any charges against POTUS. The legal knots generated by such an effort would take an enormous amount of time and effort to untangle. Any tough issue will, like the 2000 election suit, be decided by a majority R Supreme Court. Without state action, the Rs in the House of Representatives must bring impeachment charges against DJT for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” That will NEVER happen. I don’t really… Read more Charles Sticks By His Guns, Sort of →
The fly in the ointment regarding impeachment is Trump’s approval rating among Republican voters. Although his overall approval rating has been hovering between 37% and about 40%, approval among Republican votes has been fairly steady at 84% to 85%. It is unlikely that House Republicans would go anywhere near an impeachment vote UNLESS: This percentage drops markedly at least to 60% -65% and it may even have to go lower than that to scare them into action. They will be very cautious about riling those who vote for them. They… Read more George Has Problems with My Predictions, Too →
For those of you who followed “Two Guys” in the run up to the election will remember my friend, George. He has decided that I am wrong about how long we will have to deal with DJT. I hope he is right, but I still think we are stuck for the full term. (Though I desperately hope George is right, until I think of President Pence.) It is rare for me to disagree with Charles, but I have long believed that Trump will not survive a full term. He and… Read more George Thinks That DJT Won’t Last →
MYTHS AND MISSIVES 1. Democrats Must Dramatically Change Their Approach to Electoral Politics Let’s immediately call “bullshit” on this one. HRC won the popular vote by almost 3… Read more MYTHS AND MISSIVES ABOUT THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH 2020 PREDICTIONS →
The fourth day of July each year for the last 241 years has been the day of the year set aside for celebrating the signing of the American Declaration of… Read more HAPPY JULY 4TH and Don’t Forget JANUARY 6th →
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