a fan wrote:runrussellrun wrote:What did I miss? Who treated Obama what way?
Congressional Republicans, remember?
Zero major bills in Obama's last 6 year, outside of the sequester, remember? They blocked it all. All under the guise of fake fiscal responsibility
And then people like you hit him for not "leading" and not getting anything done, remember? (I was guilty of that, too, if that is of any help)
this is a double edged sword. Dems aren't elected to be obstructionists. Their base wants activists. By definition a conservative should value a certain degree of obstructionism - tapping the breaks is supposed to be in the conservative DNA - not so much the liberal DNA.
From a OD perspective looking at 2020 - Trump is probably QUITE pleased with how the election turned out.
1) In terms of control of the House, he now has a foil to blame for not getting things done. If the Dems go full
CSI Capitol Hill I don't think it plays well over two full years. The Kav investigation didn't help the dems, but enough time lapsed between the hearings and the election that folks got distracted.
2) In Ohio and Florida - his coalition looks to be pretty strong. Those states are KEY to the 2020 election.
Someone on here said they hope Trump gets bored or tired of the fighting and drops out making room for a more attractive candidate - I hope so too. Because if that doesn't happen, I am thinking Trump gets re-elected.