People seem to think the Presidential election is a “Winner Take All” contest. It isn’t. Although, even when the opposing party controls Congress, the President certainly treats his office as that of a monarchy, as he uses executive action to impose his will.
I don’t see how Trump is any different; except that he’s (presumably) our monarch. That may be a good thing, but I see it as a negative.
We should not expect our President to be a king, and if Trump has an X factor, his style of bombast and narcissism isn’t it, but a symptom of what is wrong with America right now.
I don’t know of any politician on the Republican side who wants America to be a “Citizen of the World” as is the mindset of the Left. But, most of our candidates know (and acknowledge) that ours isn’t the only viewpoint.
The X factor is not bombast... Trump doesn’t take control of a room because he’s bombastic. The X factor isn’t bravado, its presence. Trump enters a room and you can’t ignore him... he doesn’t have to say a word... that’s X Factor... whether or not they are loud, in your face or bombastic has nothing to do with having the X factor.
Trump has a presence about him, and always has, it has nothing to do with him being loud, confrontational or anything else... It has to do with the fact he can’t be ignored.. Trump can stand up at a podium during a debate and hardly say a word, and everyone still knows he’s there... that’s what X Factor is. X-factor means you can’t ignore them, not that they are loud, obnoxious, quiet, or anything else.. Trump has this, Christie has this, Cruz, Bush, Rubio, Carson, Carly, don’t... Hillary and Bernie don’t.
I’m not sure who is arguing for kings, never see anyone claim that. The President is not a Monarch, and the only reason Obama has been getting away with that behavior is frankly the republican party in congress hasn’t had teh stones to do its constitutional duty. Just as the democrats were before.
You keep trying to argue conservatism v liberalism, and that’s where and why Cruz is losing, if it were simply whos the most conservative, Bush would have never been president, Bush II would have never been president, McCain would have never been the nominee, Dole would have never been the nominee, Ford would have never been president, Romney would have never been the nominee.... etc etc etc... IF it were simply who’s the most liberal, Clinton would have never been president, Gore would have never been the Nominee, Mondale, Carter, etc etc etc.... This is the truth in politics, RARELY if ever is the most ideologically pure the nominee, and even rarer do the win the general election and NEVER do they do it by arguing they are the most ideologically pure.
Republicans have sold out this country, Democrats have sold out this country... they have both been doing it for decades while selling the electorate bread and circuses of liberal and conservative... that’s a fine argument to have when you have parties that the electorate believe have the nations best interest at heart even if they have differing views on what that means... but it is clear that this election cycle the population has had enough... they don’t believe the parties care about America first... and as such, arguing who is more or less conservative means jack crap.
Look at the Democratic side.. Bernie is beating Hillary, why? Same reason. Yes, she’s unlikable and a liar, but for as screwed up as Bernie is, and his political ideology is a failure, what he is railing against aren’t really bad things.. he’s pointing out in many cases very real things that need to be addressed... his solution to them is all wrong, but they aren’t all invented problems.
If you can’t see this election is the people telling the parties to go ef themselves, because they have gotten wise to how they are both selling them out daily, then you really need to step back a bit and look around.
We are on a path where Bernie is very possibly the Democratic nominee... or at the very least still with a possibility to win the public vote for the nomination for the Democrats... and Trump is on a very real path that could see him win the Republican nomination. If you can’t see that this is a total repudiation of both parties by the electorate, you need to visit an optometrist.