[Smokin' Joe]

With kind of power, the next liberal President could well provoke a civil war when those means are turned to advancing the liberal agenda.

I remain wary of wolves in sheep's clothing.

To think for a New York Second that Trump didn't do his market research thoroughly before embarking on the campaign trail is just naive. He knew exactly what angles and actions, what buzzwords and hot topics would sell with a disgruntled electorate. And he is a master of the deal. A consummate pitchman.

I find eleventh hour epiphanies to be questionable at best, and what passes for Conservatism in New York often falls far short of the mark in flyover country.

There are those here who support him unquestioningly because he slaps all the right faces, steps on the right toes, and are starry-eyed over that. The part I don't get is their lining up and foaming at the keyboard attacks on someone who has been consistently in the trenches fighting the fight against the GOPe for years.

We've seen guys with minstrel shows selling snake oil in the hinterlands before. Cutting deals with the GOPe and pandering to the Iowa ethanol lobby look like the beginning of a long term sell-out to me.

[tacticalogic]

Cutting deals with the GOPe and pandering to the Iowa ethanol lobby look like the beginning of a long term sell-out to me.

I see a lot of short-term feelgood, and a lot of potential for long-term misery from the hangover.