If Trump loses the next election

[David Horn]

(07-07-2020, 10:09 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Looking at things, I came up with another scenario.  I’m not at all sure it will take place.  Opinions?

The Republican Party sold out to become a Trump personality cult.  The Tea Party rejected the traditional loyalty of the GOP with the elites.  Suddenly, it became very difficult for an establishment candidate to run for national office.  Only a few people like Palin or Trump could attract a following, and even they were questionable to say the least.  But, if the GOP was to retain the power and influence which they were accustomed to, they had to become subservient to these unusual personalities.  It became Trump’s base, not the Republican base.  They had no choice but to stumble along in Trump’s wake.

At this point, Trump is on the road to ruin.  He might take the GOP along with him.  Staying aboard the bandwagon while it is heading for a cliff might not be viewed as prudent.  If you want to retain some vistage of power, you want to jump off the rapidly moving bandwagon, hope you survive the fall, then try to build a new bandwagon.  Frankly, a new bandwagon will have to wait a bit.

Trump has lost the American People.  This is becoming obvious.  Time to jump.

We seriously need an administration which will acknowledge COVUS 19 with a scientific response, and recognize the need to end police racial violence.  Trump isn’t going to do it.  He is going all in with the old values.  He is on the road to dragging it out until February 20th.

If enough senators committed to serve the people rather than the party, to vote for impeachment, they could shorten the time America has to wait for a scientific response.  If the chance for maintaining power is gone, might a commitment to saving lives save their skin too?

I don’t see Pelosi starting another impeachment unless she has the votes to succeed.  It would be up to enough senators to guarantee her the votes needed.  It might be enough to save the skins of those who would otherwise soon have to jump from the doomed bandwagon.

Another scenario.  Might it have a shot?

In some ways, we're in a period similar to the Know Nothing period when the Whigs collapsed and the Republicans emerged, except this time the GOP created the new version in-house. Assuming that this is a fatal flaw, the GOP may be due for replacement or complete overhaul. We've seen the replacement model in the past, but it was the distant past. An overhaul is more likely.

A true overhaul only works if there is temporary loss of power, and some time to regroup as a "new thing", of sorts. After Wilson, the Dems regrouped under FDR. After Hoover, the GOP regrouped under Ike. That may be what's in store this time as well. After Hoover, the Republicans went 20 years without the White House, and even longer regaining a sold foothold in Congress. That may be the reason the saner members of that party still cling to Trump... at least for now.