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Jumpin on 07 November 2018
Louie said:
I'd say it was business as usual. It's a normal midterm election outcome with the president's party losing votes. It was neither a huge win for the Republicans, as Trump tried to suggest on Twitter, nor a big democratic wave with dramatic losses for the incumbent's party. Pretty standard, actually.

It was the third biggest swing in half a century.



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loy310 on 07 November 2018

No we lay back and give republicans everything they want only to turn around in 2 years and blame dems that they were the ones to pass effed up legistration ..........



Ljink96 on 07 November 2018
Jumpin said:
Louie said:
I'd say it was business as usual. It's a normal midterm election outcome with the president's party losing votes. It was neither a huge win for the Republicans, as Trump tried to suggest on Twitter, nor a big democratic wave with dramatic losses for the incumbent's party. Pretty standard, actually.

It was the third biggest swing in half a century.

They know that, but their blind pride and ignorance allows them to spin a loss into a success. It's quite astonishing. 



Machiavellian on 07 November 2018
Mr_No said:
Not much will happen. They'll just repeal whatever Trump does which won't benefit them and will try to rebuild Obamacare with the Senate obstructing them. An indictment will be possible, with the Senate, again, obstructing them even with mountains of credible evidence on their faces. Maybe some bipartisan deals here and there, but that's just about it.

The question would be why would the Dems not repeal what Trump tries to pass.  Its not like during his first 2 years that he really tried to reach out to the Dems.  He has accused them of everything.  He had it pretty easy with a GOP control of house and senate.  Now he will have to do what every other president has to do when control is split.  Just like Obama, he will find out its easy to talk a good game but much harder to do anything if you have split or no control in Congress.

Lets see if he even tries to reach across the table and work with Dems or will he just use them as an excuse and do nothing.



Nighthawk117 on 07 November 2018
Machiavellian said:
Mr_No said:
Not much will happen. They'll just repeal whatever Trump does which won't benefit them and will try to rebuild Obamacare with the Senate obstructing them. An indictment will be possible, with the Senate, again, obstructing them even with mountains of credible evidence on their faces. Maybe some bipartisan deals here and there, but that's just about it.

The question would be why would the Dems not repeal what Trump tries to pass.  Its not like during his first 2 years that he really tried to reach out to the Dems.  He has accused them of everything.  He had it pretty easy with a GOP control of house and senate.  Now he will have to do what every other president has to do when control is split.  Just like Obama, he will find out its easy to talk a good game but much harder to do anything if you have split or no control in Congress.

Lets see if he even tries to reach across the table and work with Dems or will he just use them as an excuse and do nothing.

Trump can't pass anything on his own except an executive order.  All legislation begins in Congress, and only after having passed through the Senate and the House does it make its way to Trump's desk for his signature or veto.



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Machiavellian on 07 November 2018
Nighthawk117 said:
Machiavellian said:

The question would be why would the Dems not repeal what Trump tries to pass.  Its not like during his first 2 years that he really tried to reach out to the Dems.  He has accused them of everything.  He had it pretty easy with a GOP control of house and senate.  Now he will have to do what every other president has to do when control is split.  Just like Obama, he will find out its easy to talk a good game but much harder to do anything if you have split or no control in Congress.

Lets see if he even tries to reach across the table and work with Dems or will he just use them as an excuse and do nothing.

Trump can't pass anything on his own except an executive order.  All legislation begins in Congress, and only after having passed through the Senate and the House does it make its way to Trump's desk for his signature or veto.

The president works with both house and senate leaders to help push his agenda for the country.  If the president want anything to happen he needs to reach both Dems and GOP or nothing will get done.  Do you think the president just wait for stuff to hit his desk.



Nighthawk117 on 07 November 2018
Machiavellian said:
Nighthawk117 said:

Trump can't pass anything on his own except an executive order.  All legislation begins in Congress, and only after having passed through the Senate and the House does it make its way to Trump's desk for his signature or veto.

The president works with both house and senate leaders to help push his agenda for the country.  If the president want anything to happen he needs to reach both Dems and GOP or nothing will get done.  Do you think the president just wait for stuff to hit his desk.

Yes, he coordinates with them behind the scenes. That's all he does.



KManX89 on 07 November 2018
Libara said:
Grab popcorn and wait for the inevitable dumb tweet from trump.

This. 

The pieces of shit who voted for the bankrupting corporate tax cuts that added a 6 year high to the deficit and tried to take away people's healthcare got what was coming to them. Fortunately, though, for the GOP, they didn't have many seats up for grabs in the Senate, and so they keep the Senate for now. Susan Collins' seat is pretty much locked in 2020, though, and Dean Heller did lose HIS seat.

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dharh on 07 November 2018
Kalkano said:
It makes me very worried that after everything the left has done over the last 2 years, from trying to intimidate people through harassment and violence, to filling the airwaves with non-stop propaganda, and ESPECIALLY with how far left their candidates are moving, that there are still enough people in this country willing to vote for them to even be COMPETITIVE.

It really makes it feel like half of the country will vote for them no matter WHAT they do. And, especially with extremists like Ocasio-Cortez (moronic extremists, at that) winning in a LANDSLIDE, it just reinforces my fears that the next time the left REALLY gains power, Civil War is a question of "when", not "if".

It makes me very worried that after everything the right has done over the last 2 years, from trying to intimidate people through harassment and violence, to filling the airwaves with non-stop propaganda, and ESPECIALLY to how far right their candidates are moving, that there are still enough people in this country willing to vote for them to even be COMPETITIVE.

It really makes it feel like half of the country will vote for them no matter WHAT they do.  And, especially with extremists like Marsha Blackburn (moronic extremists, at that) winning in a LANDSLIDE, it just reinforces my fears that the right are CRAZY enough to want to start a Civil War.  It might be a question of "when", not "if".



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PwerlvlAmy on 07 November 2018
cycycychris said:
What to expect? Absolute gridlock on campaign issues like healthcare and immigrations. Neither side is gonna budge on those But i expect compromise on smaller issues.

Pretty much. Not much will be done at all for both sides the next two years. Then 2020 they'll both campaign on that very subject



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