The only reason they’re doing this is that his racism has gotten him enough attention, that his house seat might be at risk if the Dems can put up a reasonable candidate.  So, they want him to resign early and appoint a more traditional racist GOP congressperson, who can easily win re-election.

Fine, put them in a museum dedicated to treason, enemies of the US, etc.

I think you need to separate economic policies from social policies (some of which are intertwined). We’re more moderate economically than the media and politicians portray. But socially, we’re pretty religious and pretty racist. Those views inevitably dwarf our economic progressiveness- i.e. we like social safety net…

“...she risks turning the Democrats into a Tea Party of the left.”

Why put up a statue approx. 50 years after the end of the Civil war? It’s almost as if it’s not about “preserving history.”

Got it. Yeah, Warren’s DNA test was a huge fumble. 

See also Postmates, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Caviar, etc.

I’m sure Trump did ethically questionable (and likely unlawful) things with his inauguration funds, but do we have something to compare it to. Was Obama’s spend on makeup or digital ads in the same universe?

I’m not even sure I understand Trump’s “joke.” I know about Warren’s claim and DNA test and that’s why he trolls her with the racist Pocahontas line.  But what’s with the rest of it? 

I think we’re approaching the same issue with different motivations. He’s a narcissist- he doesn’t care about other people, he cares about being adored and not looking foolish (Narcissists are deeply protective of their “image”). He knows that if he gives in to the Dems he’ll look foolish. He only cares about the…

It has nothing to do with his base at this point. It has everything to do with his ego and saving face. That’s why people were quietly hoping for the emergency declaration option- both sides could declare victory. The problem is that conservatives realized it sets a very dangerous precedent if the president can…

I agree there is some deterrent impact of both the TSA and even the wall. But the costs (physical, environmental, etc.) of the wall vastly outweigh any deterrent effect it has.   If people were open and honest about that and people still wanted the wall, I could wrap my head around it. 

Re: the idea of running former military. We think that will somehow insulate him from the typical “weak on defense” “hates the troops” arguments that are lobbed at Dems. We tried that with Kerry (granted his antiwar stances also hurt him) and the GOP had no problem turning on the military they venerate so much. The…

I had a discussion with another poster in a similar vein. We need both the youthful energy, vision, and big ideas of AOC AND we need the day-to-day realpolitik folks in the trenches getting work done.

Unless until more campaign laws are changed (e.g. stack ranking), we will remain a two party system.

Welcome to Lochner Era 2.0.

I think the national emergency is his exit. He declares a national emergency, it gets bogged down in the courts and he can say he tried, but those evil dems wouldn’t let me.  Or he’ll just lie and say it’s being done.  The more interesting part is how he’s going to open the government...same budget with no wall?

....a (Republican) president.  They’d have no problem reversing that decision the very next moment for a Dem.

Yes, but there need to be a vision or aspiration to inspire. Also, we tend to pre-negotiate.  The Republicans anchor on some extreme view and we start in the middle, the end result ends up not being that great.

I don’t see the Republicans doing that. The evidence by Mueller has to be absolutely overwhelming and a serious crime people can identify with (i.e. not just obstruction). In essence, it has to be clear that NOT impeaching him will have a greater impact than impeaching. The right has done very well casting the entire…