The dispute with China is necessary and there are no significant signs of a recession. Rumors of a recession will not unseat Trump, but if a real recession did occur before the election, and the Democratic candidate had concrete proposals for reversing it, that might cost him the election, but looking at the Democratic field, there doesn't seem to be a candidate capable of addressing a real crisis.
Oh? the 1.5 billion less that China didn't spend on products OTHER than soy beans is not part of a trade war ?? Trump bestowing many billions on farmers to make up for his tariffs is not part of a trade war? The DOW going down 800 when trump opens his yap not part of the war?
In other words, you can't think of anything that happened between August 2011 when Obama's approval rate was 40% to November 2012. I can't either. The only explanation I can think of for Obama winning a second term is that his campaign team did a better job than Romney's campaign team.
I believe it's how you finish the race that counts What about you?
Actually, the polls were very accurate. With only a short time to go, the polls showed Clinton winning both the popular vote and the electoral college but with only a paper thin margin of victory in the swing states. Showing spectacularly poor judgement, Clinton responded to these polls by not campaigning in the swing states and Trump showed great grit and determination by campaigning in those states for twenty hours a day. It is horrifying to imagine Hillary would have demonstrated that same colossally poor judgement as president.
We were talking about the 2012 election so I take that you can't think of any reason for his rise in the polls from August 2011 to November 2012 and that's why you want to change the subject.
And repubs flipped Wisc Penn and Mich Don't think that'll happen again
If the Democrats run someone as stupid and irresponsible as Hillary again, it will.
You want to talk of the worst of the worst I want to talk of the best of the best You thing that jerk in the WH will ever get a 59% approval rating ?? Even from Melanie?
If they don't visit those 3 states they'll repeat Hills mistake
No, I want to talk about the upcoming election and you don't.
Sure I will and trump is wetting his pants What has he done to give him another 4?
Hillary's margin in those states was paper think because she had nothing to say about the economic problems besetting them. Trump campaigned there with specific proposals and that's why they voted for him. These people are economic Democrats with little Party loyalty and they are very strong on national security issues, so if the 2020 Democratic candidate does not come to them with real proposals for rebuilding their local economies, it will be very difficult to gain their votes. Promising handouts, as people like Warren and Sanders are doing, is probably not enough.
Has he given our businesses confidence ?? Has he brought people together ot spread them apart ,has he made friends with our used to be allies or has he made a mockery out of our Presidency?
For committed Democrats like yourself, there is nothing he could have done but the real question is what has he done for those who supported him in 2016 and is there a candidate running for the Democratic nomination who will appeal to these same people? Certainly not someone like Warren or Sanders, but will Biden's "I'm a blue collar kind of guy like yourself" act be enough? We'll see.
