On the opposite side if they do get those things done there is a better than even chance that they will lose anyway when their own voters see that they lost their healthcare, tax cuts for millionaires mean education funding for their kids gets slashed, and the deficit balloons because tax cuts never pay for themselves.
in this case, yes, there was. Nominate literally ANY other Republican who tried - any Republican who's tried going back to (but not including) Pat Buchanan and no one would call it obvious. But this - this was obvious.
There's an interesting hypothesis out there that Trump is essentially right where the Kochs want him. The idea is that his admin is packed with Koch operatives (up to and including Pence) and his clowning distracts everyone from their operations.
most of which he has investments in. Also, fun fact: a few years ago, Obama proposed a 14% tax on those foreign assets as a means to recoup some of what was lost to those off-shore shenanigans. The Republicans killed it.
Honestly the same could have been said of the presidential election. Trump did more than one thing that would have ended any other campaign. So, much like WoT, it's not that the other team is good, it's that they just suck slightly less than the team that lost.
Yeah, I know, right? It's almost like the left is doing the exact same thing that they bitched about the right doing. Oh. Oh...
Oh, that's right, you probably think I'm Republican because you're simple-minded on top of being a coward that lacks any kind of integrity.
I'd say this is wishful thinking. There's a large segment of the population who are more than happy to vote against their self-interests.
Anyone care to give President Trump letter grades on his presidency thus far? Using typical American Elementary & Middle School grading practices. I will give it a shot. Note, the three items below are NOT equally weighted. I give more importance to a presidents foreign policy because he has much more direct influence there than domestic policy for example. Foreign Policy B+ Domestic Policy D Overall Leadership F Overall grade C-
The Christian wing of Texans do. From what I've read, there's an equally loud section of business owners who don't want this because they've seen the impact and whatever religious beliefs they hold don't extend to their pocketbooks. If it takes business owners preserving their own hides to stop this in Texas, I'll take it.
I take it back, even Odie probably knows Andrew Jackson was dead prior to the Civil War: https://mobile.twitter.com/brianklaas/status/859049449846452224/photo/1
Donnie not only tired; Donnie throwing tantrum: http://www.newser.com/story/242164/trump-calls-for-government-shutdown-to-fix-mess.html