[entropy12]

Lorianne, in my honest and humble belief, the reason Trump is resonating is because of how the elected republicans are performing.

2008-2010
First they said they couldn’t do anything because they didn’t have the Presidency, House or Senate.

2010-2014
Then they said they couldn’t do anything because Harry Reid was blocking everything in the Senate.

2014-2016
Then they said they couldn’t do anything until the 2016 elections because Obama would veto.

2016-2018
Now they are saying they won’t be able to do anything even with a Republican President because too many Senate seats are up for grabs in 2018.

They promised us they would defund Obamacare. All talk, no action. They said they would reduce regulations on small businesses. Again, all talk, More speeches, no action.

Republicans control purse strings for 5 years through control of the House. What have they done? All talk, no action!

[Lorianne]

All true, but we don’t know if Trump (or anyone else) would make be much different.

Mostly it is Congress who control things. And in my opinion they should control fewer things and more things ought to be handled at the State or local level. Which means the President would have even less power to make any significant difference in most people’s lives. Which is how it should be. If Trump is for that then I’m for Trump.

I think in general we place far too much importance on the President and that just gives him/her more power than they should have.