People, not polls, elect presidents.Read more here.
Presidents run for reelection against real opponents, not public perceptions. For all the media hype, voters often pick the lesser of two evils, not their ideals of a perfect candidate.
...The public has been hearing a lot from radical new House representatives such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.). Their pledges to deliver “Medicare for All,” to phase out fossil fuels, and to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service are occasionally delivered with snark. Tlaib recently used profanity to punctuate her desire to see Trump impeached.
But much of the public supports Trump’s agenda of deregulation, increased oil and gas production, getting tough with China on trade, and stopping illegal immigration.
What if the Democrats impeach Trump, even knowing that a Republican Senate would never convict him?
When Republicans did that to Bill Clinton, his approval rating went up. Some Republican senators even joined the Democrats in the effort to acquit Clinton. As a reward for the drawn-out drama around the impeachment, Republicans lost seats in both the 1998 and 2000 House elections.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Is Trump political chemotherapy?
Does Trump have a good chance to be reelected in 2020? Victor Davis Hanson reminds us in National Review that
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Precisely. The economy was good then as well. Its not that people liked Clinton. They did not. But the liked the economy and they liked the fact that Clinton was smart enough not to screw with it. So, people tolerated him and thought the GOP House a bunch of boops for wanted to impeach him (this was my sentiment as well).
I believe Gore lost because he ran on a more leftist platform rather than on Clinton's record on the economy. I'm glad that Gore lost (he was a very corrupt politician and would have been far worse than Bush II, and I didn't like Bush II at all), but the election was his to loose rather than Bush II's to win.
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