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The outlook for Nov may not be worth calling a General Election (Original Post) HereSince1628 Aug 2016 OP
I look forward to voting FOR HRC, first woman president. KittyWampus Aug 2016 #1
Don't. Get. Complacent. TDale313 Aug 2016 #2
Actually, I see the General Rejection as somewhat threatening. HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #4
I'd agree. And I'm not all that comfortable TDale313 Aug 2016 #6
It always tightens up before election date Jim Beard Aug 2016 #3
I'm not too worried about Nov. HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #5

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
2. Don't. Get. Complacent.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 09:15 AM
Aug 2016

No chicken counting. Yeah, I know... It looks good. But it's a long time till Election Day and Trump is very dangerous. Keep working, keep spreading the word... Long way till the finish line.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
4. Actually, I see the General Rejection as somewhat threatening.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 09:28 AM
Aug 2016

"Moderate" and "Centrist" are floating terms. Trump's rhetoric is moving the outlying points of political behavior enough to leverage what that means. We are fascinated with the badness of Trump and aren't paying attention to the center.

I don't have a crystal ball, I can't tell the future, but I expect a large eccentric weight spinning energetically on the periphery to endanger the hub.

It's obvious that many republican elected officials feel that their party is leaving them, and many of those leaders have become Refugee Republicans, and they're beginning to look like a sizable diaspora. Whatever political shore they land on, we can expect them to set up shop.



TDale313

(7,820 posts)
6. I'd agree. And I'm not all that comfortable
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 09:39 AM
Aug 2016

With expat Repugs coming out for Hillary. I worry that they're leaving their party to the crazies and will attempt pushing ours further right (as they've been doing for decades)

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
5. I'm not too worried about Nov.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 09:31 AM
Aug 2016

I'm thinking more about how a powerful rejection will impact American politics.

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