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In reply to the discussion: Damage control? He's 1 point above approval needed [View all]dawg day
(7,947 posts)79. And Trump isn't getting any new voters--
He's alienating a few of the ones who voted for him in 2016, but I doubt he's getting new voters. And the news is getting worse. Now we have the Trumpers stalking an ambassador at the same time Trump is saying she's "going to go through some things"?
I am deeply pessimistic all the time ... but I just can't see it absent actual vote changing at the ballot box (which is possible, of course). No one who doesn't already want him is going to switch and vote for him after spring and summer.
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I can't believe a long-term DUer is suggesting giving up on taking the presidency
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#28
Don't give up on the White House. We've seen tonight there was a conspiracy
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#64
Well you were doing fine MV and then you had to throw in "get a grip"
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2020
#68
I think you've finally admitted your OP was defeatism. You're certainly disowning it now
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#73
Also, 3rd party candidates have to get 300 percent more votes AGAIN in swing states, not happening
uponit7771
Jan 2020
#16
"Most aren't all that crazy, of course, but caught up in all this." Very true. Was just
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2020
#85