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In my research, I frequently see references that former President Trump’s accomplishments will be judged by historians. HA!
The best-known modern day presidential historians – Jon Meacham, Michael Beschloss and Doris Kearns Goodwin – have already gone on record as anti-Trump, without giving his accomplishments a chance to percolate over time.… read more
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Some Lingering Reactions to Trump Decision
In my three-part blog, in which I positioned the future of the Republican Party, and in my subsequent post with reactions to former President Trump’s decision to again run for the presidency, I included a number of quotes by fellow bloggers and the media citing displeasure with him.… read more
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The Tone
Much has been written about the tone of former President Trump’s speech. It was generally viewed as restrained, low key, tightly scripted and lacking the cocky swagger and energy supporters have been accustomed to.
“For all those tuning in to Donald Trump’s announcement of his presidential candidacy Tuesday night expecting to see a rip-roaring, fired-up Trump tearing into Joe Biden, trashing the fake news, and generally riling up the crowd, they were disappointed,” wrote Bob Hoge in his Red State piece, “Trump Shocks the World by Nearly Putting Us to Sleep.”… read more
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(Parts 1 and 2 were published November 14 and 15)
The Voters
In my brief post-election blog, I said “the people have spoken.” Since then, I have been doing some thinking about those people. Who were they and what were they thinking? I gave you the numbers in Part 1.… read more
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(Part 1 was published yesterday)
The Trump Effect
There is no doubt that former President Trump lost much of his following with his choices of midterm candidates, who failed to win, like Oz and Mastriano in Pennsylvania, Dixon in Michigan, Bolduc in New Hampshire and Blake in Arizona. And the jury is still out on Walker in Georgia.… read more
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Regular readers know that I went out on a limb with my predictions in the midterms. Not since my “Kasich for President” post on May 30, 2015 was I so wrong. Crow is hard to swallow.
Today, the full results of candidates for the House are still not in, and we are awaiting a runoff between Senate candidates Walker and Warnock in Georgia on December 6, 2022, but the rumbling over former President Trump’s expected decision for 2024 already looms large, along with the future of the Republican Party.… read more
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Yes, I know, I said I was going to take a break and lick my wounds after going out on a limb with my optimistic outlook for the GOP on November 8, but I sensed that a number of Republican voters believe our future is grim on the political front. … read more
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The Cavalry has arrived. That’s you, the remainder of voters who will post the colors and conclude our voting in person, which, incidentally, is the way all of our voting should take place across the nation – on Election Day.
We’ve heard it before – the stakes couldn’t be higher. … read more
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Don’t you just love it? Seeing the Democrats scramble in the final days leading up to the midterms. They call in losers Obama and Clinton to continue their strategy of insulting anyone who doesn’t agree with their failed policies – Republicans, Independents and even some Democrats – foolishly continuing to spout the threat a Republican victory will impose on our democracy.… read more