Toro
Diamond Member
Democrats don't have much to run on other than "Trump!"
But that's enough to keep getting them elected.
But that's enough to keep getting them elected.
Saying the quiet bit out loud is rarely a good idea. Yet after last week’s midterm success, Democrats cannot help themselves. The gist is that they would love Donald Trump to be the 2024 presidential nominee because his name would all but ensure another Republican defeat. They are probably right about that. Whether Maga Trumpism would do better without its author is a tougher one to answer.
The prospect of Trump riding the Mar-a-Lago train all the way to its next wreck — even if he is not indicted in the meantime — offers a tantalising fix for the Democratic party. With Trump, Democrats would win so much people would get tired of winning (to borrow a phrase). Should Democrats retain the White House, that would mean they would have governed America for all but four of the 20 years since the 2008 financial meltdown. It would also prove that Trump’s single term was indeed an “aberration”, as Joe Biden put it.