04-27-2017, 10:34 PM
(04-27-2017, 11:47 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(04-27-2017, 02:14 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: FoX News, which does good polls despite the editorial policies of the network , has Donald Trump nearly even in approval and disapproval. But contrast Obama after 100 days to Trump after 100 days:
41. If the 2020 presidential election were held today, would you:
Vote to re-elect ---------Donald Trump---------
Vote for
---------someone else--------- (Too soon to say)
(Would not vote)
(Don’t know)
TOTAL Definitely Probably TOTAL Probably Definitely 23-25 Apr 17 36% 21 15 55 8 47 5 * 3
Vote to re-elect ---------Barack Obama---------
Vote for
---------someone else--------- (Too soon to say)
(Would not vote)
(Don’t know)
TOTAL Definitely Probably TOTAL Probably Definitely 22-23 Apr 09 52% 37 15 31 8 23 14 1 1 Barack Obama at 100 days for reference: If the 2012 presidential election were held today…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/slidesho...-days.html
It was 52-31 for Obama, who would eventually get 51% of the popular vote in 2012.
For President Trump it is now 36-55.
President Trump obviously has his work cut out for him. I'm not saying that he will end up with 35% of the popular vote... the two last big failures as first-term Presidents (Hoover and Carter) did better than that. But both Hoover and Carter were very popular 100 days into their Presidencies; Trump isn't. First impressions may not redeem subsequent failures, but it is hard to see what successes President Trump can have that won't be tainted.
I expect Trump's scores to improve a bit due to the fact he's triangulated more mainstream (to the chagrin of the Duginist assholes). However ... this Flynn thing ... it's really flaring up again. We'll see what happens ....
He may triangulate some, but he will not quite gain trust. His hazards as a leader (shallowness, recklessness, and an easily-imaged self-esteem) bode ill. He has yet to show that he would deal effectively with a serious military threat, a natural disaster, or an economic meltdown. Those happen, especially in a Crisis Era. Obama spoiled us some as a cautious, humane, and centered individual who didn't create any problems. Donald Trump figuratively collects oily rags in a storeroom with no sprinklers, so to speak.
He is likely to taunt the nutty leadership of North Korea. a risky way to deal with a leader effectively a juvenile delinquent. If there is a natural disaster, then you can expect his related businesses will profiteer. His idea of how to deal with an economic meltdown? God help us should we have to find out.
He may do things a little differently -- but he will remain cruel, reckless, and amoral. Should he yield on anything he will be seen as weak -- a LOSER.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.