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Home Front: Politix
VDH: Why Trump Won
2016-11-12
[Hoover.org] What was forgotten in all this hysteria was that Trump had brought to the race unique advantages, some of his own making, some from finessing naturally occurring phenomena. His advocacy for fair rather than free trade, his insistence on enforcement of federal immigration law, and promises to bring back jobs to the United States brought back formerly disaffected Reagan Democrats, white working-class union members, and blue-dog Democrats--the "missing Romney voters"--into the party. Because of that, the formidable wall of rich electoral blue states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and North Carolina crumbled.
Pray that it matters that he did.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#7  Hell I own and have been thrown out of better golf clubs than my predecessor has been allowed to play.

Ground rules? WTF? I own the grounds, I make the rules.

Sure behind the bar would be okay. But not on the links, this is a classy place.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-11-12 15:58  

#6  No interest in learning anything new.

Seems to be the recurring theme today.

Preemptive strike would be to announce that Trump demands to know what the real numbers are, not the cooked and crooked kind handed out for years.

This * 1,000! If Trump wants to put both of his thumbs in Obama's eyes and a boot in his ass, I can think of no better way. I also hope Trump trashes Obama like Obama trashes Bush by blaming shit on him, but just for the first three or four months. That sort of thing gets old fast.

PS - that picture is priceless!
Posted by: Raj   2016-11-12 13:24  

#5  Trump rode a huge crest of a wave of disfranchised voters who felt that their party had left them and they wanted someone new outside the beltway. They were ticked off because they felt like their party did not listen to them in 2010 and 2012 after giving them the House and Senate.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-11-12 11:36  

#4  As a CEO I think Trump will follow Procopius2k's advice. You have to know the ugly truth to fix things. That was where Schwarzenegger went wrong.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-12 11:01  

#3  Preemptive strike would be to announce that Trump demands to know what the real numbers are, not the cooked and crooked kind handed out for years. A lot of firing and a lot of 'I was obeying orders' from the miscreants at the start of the administration among the senior fellows at Labor et al. Then you start with a true baseline. You also have the bat to hammer the media for not investigating themselves the lies pushed out for 8+ years.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-12 08:38  

#2  MR yes, if its negative they will report it. They probably will make news up as they go along. Nothing new to expect out of them. No interest in learning anything new. Something like the technology of the House and Senate.
Posted by: Dale   2016-11-12 08:24  

#1  As noted over at AOSHQ, "How soon after inauguration does the media rediscover true unemployment, a bad economy, crushing public debt, and the plight of the homeless?"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2016-11-12 08:03  

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