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True, not a guarantee.  2008 was pretty unique though because Hillary came in the establishment favorite and then showed up this handsome dude from Chicago and the establishment ditched Hillary pretty fast and got behind Obama.  I could see that happening again if an unforseen rock star makes a showing.
I think the bigger issue is that the DNC primary process historically has been so orchestrated that nobody even runs.  We had Hillary and two or three people that were token, never had a chance, candidates.  The RNC primary was kind of a zoo in the opposite direction, but everybody and their cousin was running.

Two notes on that:

1) I agree with 2008 being somewhat unique.  Part of it was because Obama's team figured out how to leverage caucus states to their advantage - and in particular, Iowa, being an early voting state - helped generate momentum.  I think that surprised the establishment and would not work a 2nd time.

2) In the last presidential election, I think Bernie would've had the nomination *if he was a democrat in the first place*.  If you're going to run on their ticket and keep calling yourself an independent, it can't be a huge surprise when the party locks you out.  That was just a dumb move on his part, IMO, no matter how much his supporters want to cry about it.

Did you read any of the revelations about how much control Hillary had over the national DNC in 2016?  I can't remember all the specifics, but DWS had basically kept all the staff on payroll for much longer than necessary and ran the DNC into massive debt.  Hillary came in and financially bailed them out, but as a per-requisite she made the DNC sign an agreement essentially giving her control of the national DNC.
Here's a politico story about it.

CNN has a really good site that lists out all the exit poll results.  You have to hit the exit poll tab to see them:

http://www.cnn.com/election/2017/results/alabama-senate?q=2017embed

You thinking Trump is stepping aside? Getting impeached? Heart attack from his 12 diet cokes a day (allegedly)? Just wondering why you're not talking about a Trump/Pence repeat ticket.

I'm assuming, too, that many of the write in votes would have gone Republican had it been anyone else which may have swung the tide a different way.  

As an aside, think this "representative" needs to read up on his constitution a little bit.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/13/bible-talk-with-jake-tapper-leaves-roy-moores-spokesman-speechless/?utm_term=.ddfeeacd032a 

I know the tweeting annoys a lot of traditional Republicans, but I feel very strongly it's intentional and part of a much greater political strategy.  The younger generations and most especially the millennials are all about meme warfare and instant tidbits.  When they see Trump repeatedly calling somebody names or poking fun of the media it really resonates with them.  He's really creating a new counter culture which is to be a conservative in a system that's against you at every level.  The deep state, the media, the swamp, etc.  The hippies were totally anti-government, but they've morphed into progressivism that is all about total government control and even socialism now.  Trump is marketing to the counter culture to be anti-government control, anti-establishment, anti-media swamp.
Don't discount it as "he's not being dignified" and all that because the President has been neutered for decades into a whooped puppy dog that licks its masters boots whenever he beckons.  Real Presidential leaders of the past were foul mouthed rude SOB's, but dam did they get stuff done.

Trump will run again in 2020 and when the economy continues to soar, GDP surpasses 4% growth, and unemployment continues to fall below historical values there's no way he can't win.  It's just not possible.
The Republicans would not have won if it weren't for Trump tearing down the media.  The media has continued to get more and more partisan in my lifetime and the only way a Republican can win is to get his/her message around the corrupt media.  Trump did it and will continue to and I applaud him for it.

He's a master marketer and puts a lot of effort into the stuff he does.  Hillary's name is simply "Crooked" and Senator Warren is "Pocahontas" and everybody in America knows them by those names and calls them by those names because of Trumps tweets.  He successfully marginalized Hillary and he's already done severe damage to Senator Warren.  That would NEVER happen through traditional media.  When he tweets and knocks down people like Gillibrand it's because her name has been thrown out as a potential Presidential candidate.  You're right that nobody knows who she is, but that's the danger.  He's exposing her for who she really is and framing the message before she can even start to.

He doesn't listen to Liberals, that's for sure but he does listen to his base and the people who put him in office.  He ran on a populist platform and received the populist vote.  He is doing or attempting to do absolutely everything he campaigned on so to say he's not listening to the people is not accurate IMHO.  He's listening better than any politician in my lifetime.

Now, there's no question that those who don't support his agenda are upset, but that's understandable. According to Gallup in 2016 36% of American Voters identify as Conservative and 25% identify as Liberal and 34% moderate.  If he were to listen to the Liberals and follow their agenda he would be betraying those who put him into office.

I know that number looks bad, but it's the exact same number that it was the week before the election and he won quite handily (can't say landslide anymore) 

His current approval is identical with independents and much higher with Republicans at 80%.  He's even ticked up 3% points with Democrats compared to the week he won the election .

Then you should really appreciate what Trump has done so far.  He's unwound the vast majority of Obama's executive fiats.  I do agree with you that it's not the way to govern and I frown upon them no matter who is doing them.

As for no major legislation passed, the ACA debacle had nothing to do with Trump it had to do with a couple Republicans that are really Democrats that refused to vote for it in the Senate.  McCain has an extremely high approval rating among Democrats and his approval rating among Republicans is terrible.

Don't forget, any reaching out to broader constituencies has it's own perils.  If he's enjoying 80%+ support among Republicans and compromises a campaign promise to appeal to independents or Democrats and picks up 5% from there at the expense of losing 10% of his Republican base he's gained nothing.

I think our biggest problem in government today is the congress and their inability to compromise on anything.  Trump could have 100% approval rating and they still wouldn't be able to get 1 single vote from a Democrat to change or repeal the ACA.  Same thing for his tax plan.  It's just weird and very dysfunctional.

On the executive fiat, I discovered something interesting a couple months ago that I didn't even know.  Obama had penned some environmental rules that redefined what "Waters of the U.S." were and it allowed the EPA to consider pretty much any puddle of water "waters of the U.S." and regulate the crap out of it.

Well I bought some land with a private lake on it this year.  Turns out after i bought it I couldn't touch my own private lake (that I bought) in any way without EPA approval.  Fortunately Trump removed those fiats and I got my lake back.

Honestly that's about the only thing that's directly impacted me in a positive way.  I'm really counting on the tax cuts to upgrade me from a single engine plane to my own jet.  haha  (yes, I'm serious) 

Both of you need to back off......Tony wants to learn how to duck hunt and I need to fly him down to Mexico, and then New Zealand, to get his instruction off the ground.