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[David Horn]

(08-13-2017, 02:26 PM)Mikebert Wrote:

(06-23-2017, 03:41 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: I have yet to see President Trump get anything right. That is not so far a question of the objectionable quality of his agenda; he has done little but vilify his predecessor and his opponents.

This is true.  But do you not see that Trump in the WH is damaging to the Republican brand in a way that was worse than Bush?  Now that the foreign policy blob has neutered the president I do not see him being able to start WW III.  So what is going to be about is reversing stuff Obama did. He will not be able to start a new conservative narrative as did Reagan.  This means Democrats should get another bite at the apple.

Here is a trend I see as disturbing.  Compare Reagan to Bush II to Trump.  Each of these captured the presidency from the opposition in the post-1980 Republican-dominated political world. Can you see the declining trend is quality? Consider just what sort of Republican will be get in 2032 if the two-and-two pattern continues?

The chief challenge for Democrats, when they do come back to power is, what can they do so that when they eventually are succeeded by a Republican he/she won't be *worse* than Trump?

Obama had a similar problem to Trump, without the  narcissism.  He tried to run his agenda in a vacuum, took on healthcare first, then lost Congress and any chance to do more.  After 2010, almost everything Obama accomplished was by executive order, and easily overturned.  If the next not-Trump has more legislative savvy, he/she could parlay an infrastructure program (almost guaranteed to be popular with voters) into other less popular programs that will be beneficial in the longer term.  If the net result is a booming economy, plenty of good jobs and rising pay, the rewards will transfer to his/her replacement.  

Then again, politics is now so bad that the next person may have to be Jimmy Carter 2.0 just to calm things down.  Count that as a failure.