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How odd, and interesting. He

artappraiser — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 01:16:11 +0000

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How odd, and interesting. He really is sucking up to Trump, even getting him his favorite candy and such....

Thinking on it, I guess it could be part just simpatico personality, after all, I've seen several articles on how Schumer and Trump "get" each other personally....

I guess he went from ignorant

CVille Dem — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:17:37 +0000

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I guess he went from ignorant “truth-teller” to sycophant: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/politics/house-speaker-republican-vote-mccarthy-webster-chaffetz/index.html

Seems to be an easy move for GOPers:

McCarthy's candidacy ran into trouble last week after he suggested that the House's committee on Benghazi was an attempt to hurt Hillary Clinton's poll numbers.

Asked if that affected his decision, McCarthy acknowledged: "Well, that wasn't helpful."

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California, described McCarthy's move as "courageous," saying this is "exciting" for the party because there is now a "wide open" race for speaker.

"Because of his verbal blunder last week there were some of us that were very apprehensive and this going to create great unity among Republicans," Rohrabacher said.

Meanwhile, not one to miss an opportunity, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested he was partly responsible for McCarthy's failed bid, days after he suggested McCarthy wasn't tough enough for the job.

“I don’t think being a Trump

artappraiser — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:13:09 +0000

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“I don’t think being a Trump sycophant is going to do much in the long run for the party or holding the majority,” said Republican consultant Mike Murphy. “It doesn’t change Trump’s behavior, which is imperiling the party, and we’re getting to a place where challenging him is an imperative.”

from WaPo's article today on the sychophant House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy

For those who don't know what wing of the GOP Murphy cottons to, wikipedia has a list of his former clients.

Confirmation @ WaPo, also

artappraiser — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:20:56 +0000

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Confirmation @ WaPo, also this morning:

New fears among GOP that Democrats could win big in midterm races

The concern about November has grown so acute that President Trump received what one congressional aide described as a “sobering” presentation last weekend about the difficult midterm landscape.

By Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey and Sean Sullivan

Although Trumps open racism

NCD — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 01:37:15 +0000

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Although Trumps open racism may raise his approval, I note the 3 latest 538 polls at your link are listed as done over January 7-11, 8-11 and 9-11. His shithole comment was reported sometime in the afternoon of the 11th.

Trump is a racist. He has

rmrd0000 — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:19:36 +0000

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Trump is a racist. He has outraged voters of conscience. Democrats will look like hypocrites if they cave to Trump’s policies. To make it easier on those who hate discussion about race, Trump stayed on the golf course during the nuclear scare in Hawaii. The White House staff was in disarray. Trump has tweeted about a book, but has not addressed the Nation about the nuclear scare. Democrats cave at their own peril.

Edit to add:

Trump blames Democrats for DACA being in danger.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-says-daca-is-probably-dead-blames-democrats_us_5a5be474e4b04f3c55a3cf04?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

2nd Edit to add:

538 is showing an increase in Trump approval in the wake of his racist comments. Approval is at 39%.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/

Axios also posted 1 hr. ago a

artappraiser — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:04:13 +0000

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Axios also posted 1 hr. ago a piece about Trump lately turning moderate towards NAFTA

If what he says about Trump

artappraiser — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 23:58:01 +0000

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If what he says about Trump and GOP realizing this is true, means things get even wackier in this Congress? As they worry most about pandering to constitutents, whichever way that rolls. But as always, Trump is a wild card, may try to make friendly with Dems, or alternately may go more wacko? May that not depend on whether he thinks a "guilty" impeachment result would be probable? If he truly believes (even if the belief is crazy and contrary to legal advice) that there is little threat of removal, he might relish the fight?