The First 100 days

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by theiioftx, Nov 10, 2016.

  1. LongestHorn

    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

    DrudgeReport today sees it a little different. Fake News. I'm sure of it.

    "A total of 39% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 57% say they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. In March, 41% approved and 55% disapproved.

    When it comes to Trump's handling of the economy, 41% of Americans approve and 53% disapprove. In March, 43% approved and 52% disapproved."

    Trump Job Approvals and The National Economy
     
  2. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    As I looked into the details of the Drudge report I saw this
    "Of the 57% saying they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job, less than 1% say the national economy is getting better"
    and wondered how they found so many clueless people. WTF is their idea of a better economy?
    Then I read this stat," Among Republicans (25% of adults registered to vote in the survey and 23% of all adults in the survey), 88% approve of the way Trump is handling his job and 11% disapprove. Among Democrats (35% of adults registered to vote in the survey and 32% of all adults in the survey), 9% approve and 87% disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job. " and understood.
    Not exactly even numbers.
     
  3. LongestHorn

    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

  4. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    It doesn't matter because the polls say that there is a 90% chance Hillary will be President.
     
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  5. huisache

    huisache 2,500+ Posts

    I like Trump's modesty and his even handed temperament as reported by those who have worked around him.

    The fact that Roy Cohn (RIH) is his idea of a great lawyer is another plus

    Hillary still sux not the least for being her sleazy husband's enabler.


    The greatest irony of my political life has been the way feminists stood by her in spite of being First Enabler to a guy who was even sleazier than his hero JFK
     
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  6. LongestHorn

    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

    His 50 tweets in the past 24 hours are fun to read.
     
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    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

     
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  8. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    If they had returned him in good health, I could see paying it if that was part of the deal, but they returned him damn near dead. The fact that we're paying them anyway is a joke. But we have a master negotiator in charge.
     
  9. Hideo Gump Jr.

    Hideo Gump Jr. Summer Soldier and Sunshine Patriot

    I wonder if the treasury would consider sending 200m pennies.
     
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  10. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Hasn’t been paid is what I heard. I’m fine with saying go fly a kite.
     
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  11. I35

    I35 5,000+ Posts

    There’s a pattern with polls and I’m sure it’s just a coincidences that the polls always prove to be inflated for positive numbers for the Dems. It’s just weird how the polls are never inflated for the Republicans. If the polls show Trump down big then I really like his chances.
     
  12. LongestHorn

    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

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  13. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

  14. LongestHorn

    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

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  15. I35

    I35 5,000+ Posts

    Come on longest, you can do better than that. Roy Moore had a Clayton Williams happen right before the election. And the Romney poll you linked was based on facts from early voting. Asking random people in blue states who they would vote for even if they won’t vote can give them the results they want. But great job on finding something out of 30 polls that gives you a false win though.
     
  16. LongestHorn

    LongestHorn 2,500+ Posts

    You're welcome.
     
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  17. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    GDP 3.2% - the fastest Q1 growth in 4 years
    Unemployment hit the lowest level in 50 years
    Stock market at historic highs
    Wage growth is the best in 10 years
    More than 5 Million jobs created
     
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  18. I35

    I35 5,000+ Posts

    Not sure if betting is allowed or not, but I’d like to wager one. We can treat the over and under according to the polls (even a composite) and I’ll take the Republican side and you can take your Democrat side. So if they project a Dem at 10 all you have to do is win the election over 10 pts to win. Same with a Republican if he or she was projected over the Democrat by 10 points. Usually asking a liberal to put “his money” where his mouth is would either shut them up or they want to pay their bill (or bet) with someone else’s money. Typically speaking.
     
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  19. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    And Gropin' Joe Biden's entire pitch is to "return to the Obama years".
     
  20. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    He is reaching out to all of America, with both hands
     
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  21. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Polling shows 73% of voters "believe it is appropriate for the U.S. Census Bureau to ask residents if they are citizens of the United States" (68% of independents and 64% of Dems)

    "Seventy-three percent (73%) of voters believe it is appropriate for the U.S. Census Bureau to ask residents if they are citizens of the United States. That question is currently before the Supreme Court and public attitudes are little changed since last November. A ScottRasmussen.com national survey found that just 18% disagree and believe the citizenship question is inappropriate.

    Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Republicans believe that asking about citizenship as part of the Census is appropriate. So to 68% of Independent voters and 64% of Democrats...."

    73% Believe Citizenship Question Is Appropriate for Census; 18% Disagree
     
  22. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    In addition, new polling from ABC shows a clear majority of Americans are not in favor of Democrat efforts to impeach the President

     
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  23. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The left is not even trying to hide it's dangerous and radical agenda to pack the Court

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  24. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    You know we have crossed over the line of honest debate and disagreement when the President is described as rigging the census when the question has been on the census in the past and it is within his Constitutional authority to add what questions he wants.

    Also another data point that Progressives view the Constitution as illegitimate. You would think at some point Americans could call that treason.
     
  25. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    To be fair, expanding the Supreme Court wouldn't be unconstitutional. The problem with it is what it signals, which is that the Court is no longer a judicial body and is now a wholly political body. (Of course, for the Left, that has been true for 60 years or longer.)

    Once that happens, the Court will keep expanding whenever one party takes control, and decisions will get overturned routinely along partisan lines. Essentially there will be no consistency in the law anymore. There really won't be any reason to have a Court anymore other than as a political weapon.
     
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  26. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Whenever Dems don't get their way, they wanna change the rules.
     
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  27. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Agree.

    Now FDR backed down from actually engaging in Court packing--something that was very unpopular even among FDR's numerous supporters. But FDR and his administration used the threat of Court packing (and the Pandora's box that would open) to successfully lean on some Justices (especially Justice Owen Roberts) to change their judicial outlooks/philosophies and ok various New Deal programs.

    FDR also had super-majorities in the House and Senate--the likes of which had not been seen before and haven't been seen since. He also won 87.1% of the Texas vote in the 1936 presidential election.
     
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  28. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    This is true, but the Democratic Party was far less ideologically pure than it is today. Even with those colossal majorities, FDR couldn't pack the Court, because there was a large number of Democrats who weren't blind partisans and were at least somewhat leery of a Court completely whored out to him.

    The current Democratic Party couldn't expand the Court with a slim majority in Congress. However, if they got say 260 votes in the House and 65 in the Senate, they could do it.
     
  29. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Mostly agree.

    Point of disagreement: I don't think the Dems could pack the Court w 65 senators. There would be some intra-party opposition, enough Dem Senators would say no, and the smart lawyers within the Democratic Party would strongly advise against it. Also consider this growing rift between the old line Democrats and the "progressives". The out of power side may block the in power president.

    It's devolving to a Shia vs Sunni Muslim type of battle within the Dem party. They're starting to hate each other worse than they hate the "infidels."

    This sometimes happens with a 'coalition party'--something the Dems have always been. We're already seeing the likes of AOC taking on (and really pissing off) the senior party leadership; I'd guess its the start of a trend rather than a flash in the pan, but I could be wrong ...
     
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  30. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    My concern is that the heat would get turned up very high, and I fear that the base is falling in line. Keep in mind that Democrats think Cocaine Mitch stole a seat on the Court.

    There's a good chance that Democrat who opposed it would get primaried hard. I'm sure there would some who would take a stand an oppose it, but I have a hard time believing that as many as 15 Democrats would oppose it. I also pretty much assume that the filibuster would be set aside for this.
     

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