Posted on 08/01/2018 1:55:26 PM PDT by Hojczyk
If Trump is disciplined enough to make the economy his headline, there's not much Democrats can do to counteract his message.
Sure, his 2016 election win was about a lot of things that aren’t always prominent, like immigration and cultural change. But according to the massive national exit poll, the economy was still the foremost issue in voters’ minds. Fully 52 percent named the economy as the “most important issue facing the country,” compared to only 18 percent who said terrorism, 13 percent who went with immigration and another 13 percent who chose foreign policy.
The thing you still need to sell in an election is the economy — and right now for Republicans, that’s looking like a pretty high-quality product.
No doubt there are pitfalls ahead for Trump. The first estimate of third quarter GDP is scheduled for release October 26, just 11 days before Election Day, and a bad number could certainly rain on Trump’s campaign trail parade. But right now, economists expect that number to come in at around 3 percent. That means, politically speaking, the next report on economic growth is more likely than not to be bad news for Democrats.
A 4.1 percent economy is not just a tool Trump can use on the campaign trail to boost Republicans. It’s a weapon he can use to slay Democrats. Trump, being Trump, will deploy all kinds of rhetoric, some of it necessary to help bring out his base. But if he is disciplined enough to make the economy his headline, he could well be dealing with a Republican Congress for at least two more years.
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His biggest threat is Mueller. If the biggest issues are the economy, terrorism, immigration and foreign policy, not sure how Trump loses on any of those. Now the GOP on the other hand . . .
Trump, as much as we love him, cannot ensure anything. There is only one that can do that. The LORD. Pray.
But if he is disciplined enough to make the economy his headline, he could well be dealing with a Republican Congress for at least SIX more years.
Liberal heads exploding across nation.
No doubt he will campaign on the strong economy, very bad news for Dems.
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