Has the regeneracy arrived?

[David Horn]

(11-09-2016, 02:11 PM)tg63 Wrote:

(05-14-2016, 10:27 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I would say no.  To me, the regeneracy is when the party that cases transforming change upon government and culture gets the power to do so.  I see Congress as still divided and this isn't apt to change in the upcoming elections. ...

Just thought I'd go back to this ... not to call you out for being wrong (most everyone was), but rather to initiate a discussion about the possibility that this is indeed the call for major reform - just not the type of reform that was anticipated.

At this point, we have no idea what a Trump Presidency with an all GOP Federal (and mostly GOP state and local) structure will do with their power.  I'm not sanguine.  I think the troubles will be many and may not be felt for a year or so after the fact, but it's obvious that the Obama years will be reversed in total.  ACA, gone.  Dodd-Frank, ditto.  All International agreements of the last 8 years, overturned or rendered moot.  Of that list, only the climate reversals will be irreversible later, but much harm will be done by the fanciful adherence to the invisible hand too. 

Here's the real question: will the opposition actively oppose, much as the GOP has the last 8 years, or will they try to work with Trump and Company?  If the latter, then failure will tarnish them more than the Trumpistas, because "they knew better and waffled".  If the former, then the next 4 years will be blood sport, and the entire country will suffer.  Nothing good here. 

I don't see this being resolved until the next 2T, and 2T solutions are full of passion but are rarely practical.