The General Political Thread

[William]

Well at least I can rest easy knowing that literally nothing will be done by the government for the next two years.

I'm extremely impressed Ted Cruz won but at the same time I think this means Bloomberg won't be the 2020 candidate which makes me sad. I respect his financial responsibility and wouldn't mind him winning as the Democratic candidate.

[BabyJesus]

The Michigan elections went as I expected. Duck Debbie Stabenow

Also weed is legal now I guess

[Sgt.Winters]

Well at least I can rest easy knowing that literally nothing will be done by the government for the next two years.

I'm extremely impressed Ted Cruz won but at the same time I think this means Bloomberg won't be the 2020 candidate which makes me sad. I respect his financial responsibility and wouldn't mind him winning as the Democratic candidate.

You certain the DNC nominee will be Beto?  He has a good chance but is most likely going to contend with the likes of Biden and Harris, so Bloomberg isn't out of the question.

Now what would be entertaining is Mike using his massive financial assets to form a centrist/classical liberal party that gains steam.  But thats so far fetched that Jill Stein has a better chance of getting 3% of the vote in another presidential bid.

[William]

Well at least I can rest easy knowing that literally nothing will be done by the government for the next two years.

I'm extremely impressed Ted Cruz won but at the same time I think this means Bloomberg won't be the 2020 candidate which makes me sad. I respect his financial responsibility and wouldn't mind him winning as the Democratic candidate.

You certain the DNC nominee will be Beto?  He has a good chance but is most likely going to contend with the likes of Biden and Harris, so Bloomberg isn't out of the question.

Now what would be entertaining is Mike using his massive financial assets to form a centrist/classical liberal party that gains steam.  But thats so far fetched that Jill Stein has a better chance of getting 3% of the vote in another presidential bid.

If anything it would have the same effect as Teddy Roosevelt's ill-fated Bull-Moose (Progressive) Party which only weakened the Republicans allowing for a Democrat to win for the first time in decades. I think Beto resonates with young people and it seems like the D's are changing their appeal as less of that of the working/union class and more of that of young voters. It's a bold move and perhaps shows that Unions/traditional energy jobs will lean Republican from now on, which they have lately.

[Riddlez]

It's still amazing how the Republicans lost the house and Trump claims a 'historic republican victory'... granted, the reps weren't defeated, but it certainly wasn't a victory let alone historic.

[Oatmeal]

trump is fucked

[Sgt.Winters]

Schiff and Hoyer are indicating that impeachment proceedings are looming, and Mueller is more than likely to reveal his findings in the next few months. Not looking good for The Donald.

[William]

A Republican senate most likely means that Trump won't be impeached unless he does something crazy (which you never know at this point) but it will badly affect his running chances in 2020.

[DaMonkey]

Impeachment lies solely with the House; the Senate is responsible for actual criminal charges after the fact.

[Sgt.Winters]

Yeah impeachment is only half the picture. Bill got impeached but was acquitted by the entirety of Democratic senate. 
Considering that Mr. NoSexualRelations was a far more agreeable president, I suspect it wouldn't take much at this point for Trump to tick off some of the Republicans and see him out of 1600 Penn.

[StevenChilton]

Yeah impeachment is only half the picture. Bill got impeached but was acquitted by the entirety of Democratic senate. 
Considering that Mr. NoSexualRelations was a far more agreeable president, I suspect it wouldn't take much at this point for Trump to tick off some of the Republicans and see him out of 1600 Penn.

Hmmm, define 'agreeable'.....with Clinton there was a scandal every few months on everything from sex to money. Not to mention some suspicious deaths thrown into the mix too.

Clinton is a psychopath, Trump's a narcissist. Out of the two it's the former that's the greater danger.

[Sgt.Winters]

Yeah impeachment is only half the picture. Bill got impeached but was acquitted by the entirety of Democratic senate. 
Considering that Mr. NoSexualRelations was a far more agreeable president, I suspect it wouldn't take much at this point for Trump to tick off some of the Republicans and see him out of 1600 Penn.

Hmmm, define 'agreeable'.....with Clinton there was a scandal every few months on everything from sex to money. Not to mention some suspicious deaths thrown into the mix too.

Clinton is a psychopath, Trump's a narcissist. Out of the two it's the former that's the greater danger.

I am mostly referring to Clinton not having a sizable portion of his own party either feuding with him or being uncooperative, including some bipartisan support here and there. Granted he was playing off the whole "New Democrats" thing and whatnot but still.  Trump can probably keep the majority of the party on his side since they really don't want to hand the power over to the Dems, that isn't to say though that Trump lacks a solid base.  As for Billy Boy, I wouldn't go as far as saying he is a psychopath, but he was shady for sure. 

[Furrnox]

I just hope Democrats can get an adequate presidential candidate that can beat Trump in 2020.

Yeah impeachment is only half the picture. Bill got impeached but was acquitted by the entirety of Democratic senate. 
Considering that Mr. NoSexualRelations was a far more agreeable president, I suspect it wouldn't take much at this point for Trump to tick off some of the Republicans and see him out of 1600 Penn.

Hmmm, define 'agreeable'.....with Clinton there was a scandal every few months on everything from sex to money. Not to mention some suspicious deaths thrown into the mix too.

Clinton is a psychopath, Trump's a narcissist. Out of the two it's the former that's the greater danger.

Well Trump might be a traitor to so..

[Duuring]

So how's that wall doing?

[Sgt.Winters]

So how's that wall doing?

McConnell is pushing for funding but it's probably never going to happen :p