It's beginning to look like we will be effectively without a president until inauguration day.

[Binkie The Clown]

All we have is a lame duck president wallowing in self pity and an absentee vice president who, as far as I can tell, never did a damn thing anyway.

[bbernardini]

1. We've been without one for four years. Why start now? nt

[llmart]

4. +1

[lagomorph777]

6. +2

[Wicked Blue]

2. Not necessarily a bad thing nt

[Yonnie3]

3. We have effectively been without a president for nearly four years n/t

[BusyBeingBest]

5. All pretense of doing the job has gone by the wayside.

The honesty is refreshing, at least.

[Laelth]

8. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[underpants]

7. Staffing issues

FYI - they’ve known that WH understaffing was going to require immediate action
I read this over the weekend. The Biden team (and everyone) knew that the WH is drastically understaffed due to turn over rate so they needed to get ahead of the game in terms of vetting and hiring. The staff that is there is 3rd string at best too.

Team Biden had to finish the campaign and plan on making up for lost time as soon as possible just for daily operations type stuff.

[Hortensis]

9. Wishful thinking, surely? President Trump will continue to be

the most powerful man on the planet until noon, January 20, 2021.

[Turin_C3PO]

25. True but it's good for the country

when he’s distracted, preventing him from actively screwing up the country. Imagine what kind of hell we’d be in for if he was actually a hard working fascist.

[Hortensis]

28. Yes. I've imagined that from the beginning and always arrived

at the conclusion that ignorance of most of the possible disasters was bliss. That didn't keep me from turning on the TV every morning for months to reassure myself that we hadn't murdered thousands of people overnight. I finally guessed he was afraid consequences to himself of "fire and fury like the world has never seen." Hitler and Stalin wouldn't bother to eat him for breakfast, just let underlings despose of him.

In spite of his massive incompetence, though, his power, his narcissistic rages and his capacity for enormous cruelty and vindictiveness are all too real.

Deep breath. If it seems necessary, Biden, and McConnell and co also, are a position to make him offers he should accept and that could do a lot to calm his fear if honored. I don't think they can do anything that will calm his rage, though. Everyone has betrayed him, including his base. His ego demands revenge. His cowardice and incompetence are his only limits.

[SergeStorms]

10. He'll spend the remainder of his "presidency"....

at various Trump properties around the country, bilking the American taxpayer for as much as he can possibly can, then thanklessly and ungraciously sneaking out the back door without ever acknowledging President Biden and Vice-President Harris. That's just who he his, what he does, and nothing will ever change him. He's a total loser.

[SWBTATTReg]

11. A VP who tried to take credit for developing a vaccine too. What a scumbag...The company did ...

not participate in operation 'warp speed' or whatever the stupid trump program was called. Thus, they developed the 90% effective vaccine using their own funds. And of course pence tried to take credit.

[sarge43]

12. Good.

Don't want to see those faces or hear those voices ever again.

Hope they stay in their spider holes until Noon, 20 January, then go the hell away.

[42bambi]

13. He will keep on tweeting hate. Hopefully, the media will finally cut the cord

to Trump as soon as - Biden takes over as Our President!

[58Sunliner]

14. Aren't we used to it?

[Blue Owl]

15. How many more thousands will we add to Donny's death toll?

Fuck Trump.

[lunasun]

16. Miller, Pompeo, Barr etc. I bet they will be working overtime

[Gothmog]

17. We have been without a POTUS for almost four years

[onetexan]

18. John Podesta on msnbc is saying that Murphy lady w GSA needs to sign the letter for Biden's camp

to start transition, then she should resign. For sure she is not acting honorably and she should not go down w the trump ship.

[lapfog_1]

20. Perhaps this one time we could make an exception

and swear Joe and Kamala into office early.

Or Trump and Pence could resign and President Pelosi could handle things in the next 71 days.

[Demsrule86]

21. I never expected anything different. Trump said he would never accept a loss...when they

tell you who they are, believe them.

[Initech]

22. Nancy Pelosi becomes president on December 10th if Trump refuses to concede.

[snowybirdie]

23. Don't think so

He doesn't have to concede. He'll automatically cease to hold the office on Jan 20 at noon. No constitutional mandate to concede.

[Baitball Blogger]

24. All I can say, I hope Putin is really too sick to seize this moment.

[lettucebe]

26. I'll join the chorus -- we have not had a president for four years

If only they can keep him distracted playing golf for the next 70 some odd days -- please make that happen.

[2naSalit]

27. Well, Pence is good at...

Attracting flies.