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In reply to the discussion: Why I think impeachment is an awful horrible no good very bad idea [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)136. Unless Trump is removed from office before January 20, 2019, Pence could run twice nt
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Why I think impeachment is an awful horrible no good very bad idea [View all]
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
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Trump will likely get Americans killed and divide us for a decade. I dont agree with you.
Trust Buster
Apr 2018
#1
I am banking on this thing going so deep that it will take Pence, maybe Ryan and McConnell
NRaleighLiberal
Apr 2018
#2
strong hoping for sure - but I have an intuition what went on dwarfs watergate big time.
NRaleighLiberal
Apr 2018
#9
Oh, I have no doubt it does. I'm just not confident that all of these people would be taken
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#12
The country is divided...the usual suspects would vote for Pence. And if it was perceived as
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#65
Pence would have a better chance with mainstream Republicans, and he is from the midwest...
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#93
Fact is, if Trump is impeached and removed (or resigns) and Pence takes over....
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2018
#80
Is this some kind of inside joke? Ford was not president for 10 years.
politicaljunkie41910
Apr 2018
#119
Pence does indeed have a following - and it will be larger and stronger than Trump's small base
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#15
Sometimes you have to think about the politics. Consider that we won't get enough votes in the
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#66
I think its best for us if Trump's wretched baggage continues to carry us into 2020.
ooky
Apr 2018
#19
I understand what's going on at least as well as you do. I just don't agree with you.
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#25
I'm not convinced Pence wouldn't push for those things, especially the first and the third.
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#58
The secret service does NOT determine succession, it is the Constitution. Assuming impeachment was
still_one
Apr 2018
#44
No. Fuck Trump. Ill take my chances with Dem majority congress and Pence in Oval Office
blake2012
Apr 2018
#39
Your logic is sound Effie, but I think it would be a deriliction of duty if the Democrats won the
still_one
Apr 2018
#41
Pence would be an automatic lame duck, hobbled by a Democratic House, and vastly unpopular
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#49
He wouldn't be a lame duck. And all of Trumps voters would be livid and punish Democrats
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#68
He would be a new president. Americans alway give new presidents the benefit of the doubt. Consider
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#137
There is not path to 67 in 18. It might make some feel good to impeach or be 'principled',
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#91
I think you are correct. God...I would so like to see Rubio out...he is so smarmy.
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#96
He is right. This talk will only inflame Trump's base, and we lose the natural advantage that the
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#92
Yesterday I though of Pence. I was in traffic in Vermont and following a car with Indiana plates.
Vinca
Apr 2018
#59
I have said this too. I hadn't thought about Pence as an incumbent but incumbents have a natural
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#63
We can not win 18-20 seats in the Senate - there are not that many Republican seats up.
karynnj
Apr 2018
#82
An absolute best case scenario would be Democrats getting 51/52 seats in the Senate
NewJeffCT
Apr 2018
#100
If we both take back the Senate, in a year when we had far more seats to defend and get + 40
karynnj
Apr 2018
#101
We need some thorough investigative reporting on Pence. Past and present.
nature-lover
Apr 2018
#102
I agree with you Effie, even more now with Mueller and Rosenstein firings on the horizon
Chasing Dreams
Apr 2018
#120
I don't think you appreciate the power and impact of our federal courts, from the Supreme Court
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#143
'and thereby open the door to the possibility of a full 10 YEARS of a Pence presidency'
melman
Apr 2018
#135
Unless Trump is removed from office before January 20, 2019, Pence could run twice nt
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#136