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https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/463935-the-memo-polling-points-to-warning-signs-for-gop-on-trumpThe Memo: Polling points to warning signs for GOP on Trump
By Niall Stanage - 10/02/19 06:00 AM EDT
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Trump allies also say the president could have some success in pushing back against the impeachment efforts if the process becomes prolonged. Former special counsel Robert Mueller did see some signs of erosions of public confidence during his tenure, after he was attacked for months on end by Trumps supporters.
Still, the nature of the current controversy makes it especially incendiary. The story is simple, unlike the Russia-related allegations investigated by Mueller. The whistleblowers account has been borne out by the White Houses own memorandum of the Trump-Zelensky phone call. And the whole matter pertains to national security, where Republicans like to boast of their strength.
The president must realize that the same partisanship that has kept him unaffected [by previous controversies] could turn against him in a second, said Princeton history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer. Its about party power. For Republicans, if it is no longer in their interest to support the president, they will cut ties with him.
Zelizer did not suggest that such a moment was imminent. But he also highlighted the danger for Trump in new facts emerging and cited an ominous historical parallel.
The Watergate investigation was discovering facts that continued to shock, and continued to break political support for former President Nixon, he said. That is why it is even a question now, as to whether Trump can hold on to Republican voters.
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Polling points to warning signs for GOP on Trump (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2019
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The only way they will remove Tyrannus Pox is if the GOP Senators' seats are in serious danger.
Thomas Hurt
Oct 2019
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. The only way they will remove Tyrannus Pox is if the GOP Senators' seats are in serious danger.
pecosbob
(7,534 posts)2. I'm reminded of an obscure quote from a British Air Ministry official during World War Two
One of the official's subordinates had compared their lack of progress to banging one's head against a brick wall. He responded 'What you fail to realize you miserable undertaker is that you may be loosening a brick.'
To all those seemingly banging their heads against a brick wall these past months, keep up your efforts...the bricks are beginning to loosen. The rats flee Washington in ever greater numbers.