Posted on 12/13/2018 8:16:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
sarahf (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): After a midterm election, it’s not unusual for a president to reassess strategy and approach and make appeals to the “middle” or to “reach across the aisle.” But we’re talking about President Trump, who currently doesn’t have a good track record of working with Democrats. So, what evidence do we have that he will try a different approach? And is trying a more bipartisan approach even a good idea?
geoffrey.skelley (Geoffrey Skelley, elections analyst): We’ve been waiting for the fabled “Trump pivot” for, what, two years now? I’m not counting on it happening next year.
sarahf: But his polling numbers aren’t good. It really seems as though he’s only popular in rural parts of the country.
What does that mean for 2020? Doesn’t he have to start to appeal to more groups than his base?
clare.malone (Clare Malone, senior political writer): Well, the short answer is “yes”!
I’m not sure how Trump’s efforts to appeal to more groups will go. He told a group of reporters on Tuesday during a meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that he will shut down the government if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall. People don’t generally like it when the government shuts down.
sarahf: But on playing hardball on the border wall as a strategy — isn’t it to some extent more important that Trump deliver on that campaign promise to his supporters, regardless of the political fallout?
geoffrey.skelley: Problem is, the border wall idea is unpopular.
So this is a complete play to the base, which Trump arguably already has locked up. If he’s looking to improve his fortunes, pursuing a government shutdown for something that the majority of Americans oppose doesn’t seem wise....
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.com ...
Build a wall.
Get a barrier built on the southern border.
Intensify interior enforcement.
Election integrity.
(non-citizens are voting)
#BUILD_THE_FARGIN_WALL
#DRAIN_THE_FARGIN_SWAMP
#GO_FULL_PINOCHET
#HELICOPTER_RIDES_FOR_COMMIES
Hang Hillary.
Build the wall and go full “Nagan” on any that oppose or get in the way.
Take the necessary funds, to build the Wall, -from the money that was allocated for Welfare and Food Stamps.
Tell the People the Dems in Congress could care less about the US citizens, - hence it became necessary.... to bypass Congress for the Good of ALL the American People.
...he’s done more FOR the American people in two years then Odungo did
in 8. ...and he’ll build the wall!
So this is a complete play to the base, which Trump arguably already has locked up. If he’s looking to improve his fortunes, pursuing a government shutdown for something that the majority of Americans oppose doesn’t seem wise....
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.com ...
SOOOOOOooooo...that little nugget I've heard about 70% of Americans WANTING THE WALL BUILT is NOT true? Or are these people stupid?
1. Ignore FiveThirtyEight
Nuggets can be manipulated depending how you ask the question.
JMHo
What we should be doing between now and 2020 is more important. We should be exercising our First Amendment rights and informing the people around us until then.
Those people are out to lunch.
They use a poll from June, 2018.
Their advice is the polar opposite of a winning formula for Trump. Shocker, huh?
THE WALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fire all top level management at the DOJ abruptly, have marshals search everyone on the way out the door, declassify all related documents of the Mueller investigation, have the military build the wall now.
Re-election secured.
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