There is a lot of wishful thinking out there. I don’t think a Republican will ever get easily elected or reelected as President again.
Trump needs to get tax cuts, ObamaCare repeal and other major things done to reverse the Obama years. Right now he can’t even get his own majority on board. It may even be harder after 2018. We will see. Trump’s political future depends on it.
“There is a lot of wishful thinking out there.”
You can dismiss it as wishful thinking but I don’t think it’s that at all. Trump is a strong leader, and the people who elected him will double down on their support for him as long as they believe he is still determined to drain the swamp - and he is. He’s the first POTUS to really take on that Herculean task in a very, very long time, (maybe ever) and people know it and appreciate it. Reagan was a hero to me in my younger days - I was 28 in 1980 and I never thought I’d see another hero type president in my lifetime, but Trump is one - and what he’s taking on is far worse.
Congress is filled with weak and feckless politicians who are acting as a barrier between Trump and we the people, and for now, they are obstructing his efforts and thwarting the will of the people - but that will not end well for them.
Pundits think Trump has to get congress to pass a certain amount of legislation or his supporters will abandon him. I doubt that - people are watching and can see who’s obstructing. They know who to blame. This business with Roy Moore and some guy in NJ losing - this is not a bellwether of anything. Trump’s MAGA supporters are more determined than ever and will be in full force to elect candidates who run on a MAGA platform.
I don’t know a single Trump supporter that’s disappointed in their vote. Not a single one. True, in retrospect everyone says Hillary was such a pathetic candidate, but that’s not what they were saying before she lost.
Whoever the Democrats put up next time - Trump will make them look just as pathetic as Hillary. Whoever it is, Trump will mop the floor with him, or her, or it.