01-16-2017, 11:55 AM
(01-15-2017, 11:15 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:(01-15-2017, 10:50 AM)David Horn Wrote:(01-14-2017, 09:00 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Reagan appeared to get pretty chummy with Gorbachev back in the day. It didn't hurt Reagan back then. Keep in mind, we were still a Cold War society back then. We watched the Berlin Wall come down and watched later on as the Soviet Union fell apart. Your advice would be more suitable for someone like Obama. Obama came in with the maximum already sitting in place and could only loose seats. Trump still has room to grow if he plays his cards right. How many Democrats played it safe and voted for Clinton instead of taking a chance on voting for Trump? I'd say a sizable portion stuck with Hilary that is available to support Trump.
Trump has a huge unfavorablity score for an entering President, and a big chunk of it is due to the people who are still saying WTF. I don't see that getting better, since he doesn't seem to get better. I don't see a wave of voters flocking to Trump who haven't done so already.
He may still win a second term, and he may get to derail the post-war social compact, but people like Warren and you will not like if it happens.
Obama already destroyed the postwar social compact. Returning to Reagan's America is not really an option any more.
Oh? And how is the Reagan era indicative of the post-WWII social compact? He started the road-to-hell by drastically cutting taxes on the rich, and triggering the massive wealth shift we've seen since.
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