Posted on 03/16/2017 2:15:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In their drive to resist President Trump, Democrats so far have put a lot of political eggs into one basket: immigration. Their strident defense of immigrants past, present and future certainly satisfies the base -- but it’s a strategic mistake that can only lead to electoral disappointment.
Let’s recall why Trump won in November. He is the first president since 1876 to lose the popular vote by more than 2% and still win an electoral college majority. He did so by winning five swing states – Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – with less than 50% of the vote. In each case, he attracted large numbers of whites without a college degree who had voted for President Obama twice. Meanwhile, many Republicans who had voted for Sen. John McCain and former Gov. Mitt Romney threw their votes away on write-ins or third-party candidates rather than vote for Hillary Clinton.
If Democrats want to win again, they must do one of two things: Attract back the Obama-Trump voter or win over the Romney-non-Trump voter. Their protestations against border security and the travel ban are not likely to do either.....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Not in 90210.
Love the liberal navel-gazing over why they lost. Just keep up the good work, lefties. That “resist” movement is going to work out just fine in 2018.
I wouldn’t count on it, with Republicans like Ryan in charge.
Open borders are not what the citizens want and both parties have been stifling any attempt to correct it.
Since the last amnesty the GOP has only run amnesty/open borders candidates, effectively preventing the citizens from having any choice of vigorous enforcement of the laws.
Trump broke the stranglehold that Cheap Labor Express had on the GOP nominating process.
To reverse this disastrous bipartisan policy we need to remove from office all the Cheap Labor Express Republicans.
Starting with the Senators who joined the Gang of Amnesty.
Corker, Alexander, Graham, Hatch, Heller, Hoeven, Murkowsky, Rubio, McCain and Flake.
Identify the weasels in the House and Cantorize them too.
I’m getting a big kick out of the commie lib “media’s” polls about how bad PRESIDENT Trump’s approval numbers are. Especially those wacky, goofyass FOX News polls. I hope they keep it up. These moronic polls really nailed the 2016 elections. LOL! These “polls” are only going to make things bad for the ‘RATS in 2018 and 2020.
Then, let’s keep polling!
“If I feel like a women even though I was born a man, I am women.”
“If I feel like a black even though I was born white, I am black.”
“If I feel like an Ameican even though I’m here illegally, I can vote.”
Reality is soo passé.
Lemmings jumping to their deaths. ...smells like ... Victory! Bwahahahahahahabhahaha!!!
If media honestly reported, this would really be a disaster at the polls. They continuously push their noble immigrant meme.
The Republicans have to keep hammering on immigration and how the Democrats are the party of ‘open borders’.
a woman
My sincere apology to the spelling police! Golly gee. I’m sooo (or so) sorry.
You're welcome!
They won’t win with another Obamacare plan, a trillion dollar stimulus and more CEO payouts.
“That ‘resist movement is going to work out just fine in 2018.”
That may be more true than you think.
The scu&bags will find a way to turn opinion and might very well be successful.
IMHO
Keep on keeping on, ‘Rats!
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