08-05-2016, 09:54 AM
(08-04-2016, 02:01 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: To me, the critical question for the hypothetical Clinton 45 presidency is how badly Trump messes up the Republicans. Can he possibly disrupt the GOP to the point where the Democrats can break filibusters? Obama's problem has never been coming up with progressive ideas to fight the Robber Baron dominated Republicans, it's been getting his ideas through Congress. Trump is messing up the Republican unity big time, and more than a few thinking Republicans will be shifting to Hillary, but Trump would really really have to be very Trumped up to give a supermajority Congress to the Democrats.
It almost seems like that's what Trump is trying to do. No one shoots himself in the foot quite as often as Trump does unless he is aiming for his foot.
A Clinton win will change the SCOTUS to Progressive for decades to come (once the 2016 election is in the bank, be sure to start sending those McDonnell's coupons to the Thomas household again!) and that will start to reverse both the Citizen United, voter suppression and gerrymandering rear guard actions of the declining Right. We can take them out in the early 2020s if the Dems can pick up state governorships/legislations prior to the 2020 Census. If not, it will be more of slug fest with the GOP House and with Red States attempting various levels of sedition for much of the coming decade but it will become increasingly apparent they are literally dying out.