sho Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just out of curiosity, what are the thoughts on Al Franken running? He knows and understands media and TV, and seems like he's a decent politician. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just out of curiosity, what are the thoughts on Al Franken running? He knows and understands media and TV, and seems like he's a decent politician. No thanks. Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just out of curiosity, what are the thoughts on Al Franken running? He knows and understands media and TV, and seems like he's a decent politician. I'm a big fan of Franken's. I like his policy positions, but more than that, I like his ability to communicate. Politicians often like to speak in ways that make the average uninformed voter just focus on the rhetoric that gets them re-elected, and making the rest boring. Franken debates policy with actual facts, but communicates in a way that is interesting to the lay-voter, and often funny, thus educating the lay-voter on policy. Obama was a good communicator, and debater. He was at his best in a debate, IMHO. Hillary was smart, but inept at being likable. Gore absolutely skewered GWB in debates, but came out looking like an @sshole elitist, turning off some swing voters. Snicker if you will, but I think that Reagan is a good analogy because of his background in entertainment. Great communicator. He will never get the anti-Semitic vote, but what Democrat would? 1 3 Link to comment
mrandyk Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I would get behind Franken. Seems like a bright and sincere guy. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I like Franken but don't want him as a candidate. I don't think he'd win many independent votes. We need a Democrat who isn't hated yet. Someone fresh that could pull the moderates. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Under budget and ahead of schedule! Link to comment
mrandyk Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Under budget and ahead of schedule! Which goes to show how rigged these fake news polls are. He has had the most productive 6 months of any president ever. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Well if those poll #s keep sinking, we won't have to worry about 2020 campaign literature from Trump. I suspect the sh.t will hit the fan well before that in regards to the Russian investigations. Link to comment
mrandyk Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Well if those poll #s keep sinking, we won't have to worry about 2020 campaign literature from Trump. I suspect the sh.t will hit the fan well before that in regards to the Russian investigations. I agree, but if the Dems can take control in 2018 they might not even need the Russian ammo (assuming he makes it that far). Link to comment
Moiraine Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well if those poll #s keep sinking, we won't have to worry about 2020 campaign literature from Trump. I suspect the sh.t will hit the fan well before that in regards to the Russian investigations. I agree, but if the Dems can take control in 2018 they might not even need the Russian ammo (assuming he makes it that far).I just looked this up. Not holding my breath. "There are 34 seats up in 2018, of which 25 are held by Democrats." Democrats have to win 3 of 9 if they lose 0 of 25. House looks like it could shift slightly toward the Democrats but the gerrymandering thing could be a factor here. Not sure what the supreme court could do, for instance I'm wondering if they could open the floodgates for worse gerrymandering than we already have. I hope that's not possible and it either stays the same or they make it harder to gerrymander. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 If trump makes it 4 years and the Dems lose the election again, they need to just disband as an organization. 3 Link to comment
wutthewut Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well if those poll #s keep sinking, we won't have to worry about 2020 campaign literature from Trump. I suspect the sh.t will hit the fan well before that in regards to the Russian investigations. I agree, but if the Dems can take control in 2018 they might not even need the Russian ammo (assuming he makes it that far). About that... http://www.dailywire.com/news/19079/story-may-end-putin-wanted-trump-win-myth-once-and-ben-shapiro Written by Ben Shapiro, who has been extremely critical of Trump through the entire election and his tenure up to this point. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well if those poll #s keep sinking, we won't have to worry about 2020 campaign literature from Trump. I suspect the sh.t will hit the fan well before that in regards to the Russian investigations.I agree, but if the Dems can take control in 2018 they might not even need the Russian ammo (assuming he makes it that far). About that... http://www.dailywire.com/news/19079/story-may-end-putin-wanted-trump-win-myth-once-and-ben-shapiro Written by Ben Shapiro, who has been extremely critical of Trump through the entire election and his tenure up to this point. Shapiro is still on the right and a Republican, so him being critical of Trump does necessarily mean he's not biased. Here's a detailed article by the lawfare blog on the whole thing: https://lawfareblog.com/wall-begins-crumble-notes-collusion Link to comment
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