I see it this way: Following the 2020 trends Harris will handily win the popular vote and eek out an Electoral College victory. However a substantial number of people voted against Trump and still voted Republican down ballot. It is possible the Republicans keep a slim House majority and a gain one or two vote majority in the Senate. Thi…
I see it this way: Following the 2020 trends Harris will handily win the popular vote and eek out an Electoral College victory. However a substantial number of people voted against Trump and still voted Republican down ballot. It is possible the Republicans keep a slim House majority and a gain one or two vote majority in the Senate. This will shape everything that Harris can or cannot do.
The biggest delusion I keep hearing is that if Harris wins Trump will go away. He will not.
As long as he has control of one third of the Republican base he will control the Republicans in Congress. Speaker Mike Johnson will have him on speed dial and consult with him on anything the House does. The new Senate Majority Leader is going to be more Trump dependent than Mitch McConnell ever was and will certainly slow down administration and judicial appointments to a trickle.
Trump himself will set up a "shadow presidency" out of Mar-a-Lago. He will carry on diplomatic contacts with his "friends" overseas as he has done the last four years. (One has to wonder if that wasn't why he felt the need to steal all the classified documents.)
He will have a staff of paid and volunteer advisors and can expect financial support from his oligarchs. They probably wouldn't balk at funding his operation to the tune of a million dollars a day.
He will not run for President again but he will designate his successor.
Only death will rid us of Trump and even then he may have influence beyond the grave.
I see it this way: Following the 2020 trends Harris will handily win the popular vote and eek out an Electoral College victory. However a substantial number of people voted against Trump and still voted Republican down ballot. It is possible the Republicans keep a slim House majority and a gain one or two vote majority in the Senate. This will shape everything that Harris can or cannot do.
The biggest delusion I keep hearing is that if Harris wins Trump will go away. He will not.
As long as he has control of one third of the Republican base he will control the Republicans in Congress. Speaker Mike Johnson will have him on speed dial and consult with him on anything the House does. The new Senate Majority Leader is going to be more Trump dependent than Mitch McConnell ever was and will certainly slow down administration and judicial appointments to a trickle.
Trump himself will set up a "shadow presidency" out of Mar-a-Lago. He will carry on diplomatic contacts with his "friends" overseas as he has done the last four years. (One has to wonder if that wasn't why he felt the need to steal all the classified documents.)
He will have a staff of paid and volunteer advisors and can expect financial support from his oligarchs. They probably wouldn't balk at funding his operation to the tune of a million dollars a day.
He will not run for President again but he will designate his successor.
Only death will rid us of Trump and even then he may have influence beyond the grave.