Alternatively, I’ve considered Trump’s loss more or less inevitable since Nov 2018 for many of the reasons I cited. My only concern was the economy. See Rachel Bitcofer’s tweets and discussions re negative partisanship. Basically, Hillary was disliked and Trump was more or less an empty vessel. Since the election he’s alienated 55-60% of the electorate. Now a good share of the remainder will be unemployed and/or exposed to his incoherent ravings.
Think about this: DEPRESSION LEVEL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, 100K dead, and a moran in charge makign thigns worse.
I mean, that’s a cool story and all, but you’re forgetting we live in a world where Trump’s surrogates got up in front of the Senate and argued that literally anything Trump does in service of his reelection is in the national interest, and a solid majority of senators said “Yeah, sure, OK.” We also should remember the 5-4 SCOTUS decision where they were more than willing to disenfranchise voters who had not received ballots by mail through no fault of their own.
Trump has a license to cheat, and anyone who might have the power to stop that is already in his pocket.
I also think it’s better if the polls show Trump doing well. It will motivate people to show up and vote against him, and I think the more likely it looks that he will lose the more likely that he tries to cancel or invalidate the election.
Maybe I’m a bad person, but my Hillary hate runs deep and I would find it pretty satisfying to see Zombie Joe pass the Presidency on to a successor woman President. Just knowing that would eat at Hillary that she didn’t get to be the first woman President even though she “deserved” it.
The combination of Trump being humiliated by losing to a woman and Hillary having to see someone be the first female president were a strong component of my supporting Warren in the primaries.
Mark Meadows has officially been President Trump’s fourth White House chief of staff for less than three weeks.
In that time, he has shaken up the communications office, angering supporters of the press secretary he chose to replace. He has tried to put in place other speedy changes, hoping to succeed where his three predecessors failed. He has hunted aggressively for leaks.
But administration officials say he has been overwhelmed at times by a permanent culture at the White House that revolves around the president’s moods, his desire to present a veneer of strength and his need for a sense of control. It is why, no matter who serves as chief of staff, the lack of formal processes and the constant infighting are unavoidable facts of life for those working for Mr. Trump.
In the case of Mr. Meadows, it has not helped him with his White House colleagues that the former North Carolina congressman, who has a reputation for showing his emotions, cried while meeting with members of the White House staff on at least two occasions. One instance was in the presence of a young West Wing aide; another time was with the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
President Trump told governors that they could begin reopening their states before May 1 if they wanted to, but backed down from his confrontation with them by making it clear that he would not seek to impose his will on the timing.
What about when Barr arrests Hunter Biden for treason or whatever and the NYT nods along and credulously reports on it?
Or who knows - maybe they arrest Joe Biden for sexual assault? There are so many ways the election odds can swing dramatically over the course of a day or two.