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In reply to the discussion: we need a democratic tea part movement [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I listened to NPR last night. An analyst broke down poll data. When voters were asked whether Congress should be led by Democrats or republicans, Democrats won by 5%. When people who were very likely to vote or absolutely will vote, Democrats won by 15%. That says our policy is about right, we just need to message better. Recent election results indicate that the general public is starting to view Democrats as the sane and safe choice to lead the country.
Trump is going to be Trump. I don't think that he has much more than a propensity to screw up. Once the stock market turns south and jobs continue to drop, Trump becomes a pure hazard for republicans. There are 10 months to the election, things can change and often do, one thing that I see coming is Obama's economy weakening, because republicans have done nothing to maintain it.