From RachelAluminum foil hat‘Maddow.’ glorious, almost tears Eric “Nuke” Swalwell and his buddy AdamPencil neckGiven Schiff’s stubborn refusal to abandon even the most minute aspects of the Russian collusion conspiracy theory, it is more than obvious that Democrats were more than a little nervous as they watched their carefully orchestrated deception go up in flames reminiscent of a dumpster fire.
For two years now, all Trump haters, from Bill Kristol to Tom Arnold, have been pinning their hopes on Mueller’s investigation to “find” the “crime” and this time “get Drumpf” for good. But like Wile E. Coyote’s always futile attempts to catch the Road Runner, “Individual 1” has once again managed to escape their clutches and – at least as far as the Mueller investigation is concerned – probably for good.
Yes, it was something significant and this time it seems to be different. Sure, there are ongoing investigations in the Southern District of New York and you’ll hear the talking heads bring them up, as if using your own money to pay off a blackmailer or forgetting to put a dot and dot on a 1980s tax form is somehow some kind of insurmountable insult, but tears and protests aside, there seems to be a sense of resignation and even acceptance that Donald J. Trump will be president of the United States for at least two years.
It seems their goal now is to stop the bleeding at two. So, when the shift finally occurs from “kick-out Trump mode” to “2020 campaign mode,” it’s worth mentioning the reasons behind Democrats’ frantic efforts to thwart the will of voters and overturn an significant election. Because understanding this will lend a hand us understand why Trump has an above-average chance of winning in 2020.
First of all, let’s start with the obvious. If they somehow managed to impeach the president or otherwise force him to resign, even the less bright Trump haters (okay, that’s most of them, but we won’t quibble about the details) surely knew they would choose Mike ‘a Pence for president. I have had this discussion many times with many people on our side who always wondered why his enemies acted as if removing Trump was the key to everything. “Surely they know they’ll get Pence then, right?” they asked incredulously, before noting that if liberals didn’t like Trump, they would HATE social conservative Pence.
But here’s the problem – Trump haters didn’t care. Never mind that Trump is not an ideologue and is in fact willing to work with Democrats on many issues that many staunch Republicans, especially social conservatives, would never consider working with Democrats on. Doing things they agree with doesn’t matter to them if it’s done under a “bad” president. If that were the case, Van Jones wouldn’t have gotten it such a complex time for working with Trump on prison reform. They don’t WANT to get things done under Trump and they KNOW they couldn’t get it done under Pence.
But they WANT to win in 2020, and they know that defeating Trump will be much more complex than any other candidate the Republicans could win. Make no mistake, the deep state, the Washington establishment, Democrats and the liberal media are deathly afraid of the prospect of facing Donald Trump in 2020. Why? Because just like in 2016, a person can actually WIN.
It’s not like any of us just thought of it. In article for TheBlazeI argued in September 2015 that Trump, unlike any of his competitors, could win the 2016 election because he could “appeal to moderates… influence independents and even attract some Democrats.”
“If Trump can beat the GOP field, I am confident he can win the general election in one of the last election cycles in which Republicans have a snowballing chance,” I wrote.
Let’s face it, demographic changes have made it virtually impossible for classic Republicans to win national elections. Virginia is gone, maybe forever. We lost Ohio in both of Obama’s victories. Florida is hesitant. The path that any winner of the Republican presidential elections from 2016 onwards will take will be strikingly similar to the path that Trump took in 2016 – in the Rust Belt states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The president appeals to working-class people in these states not only because he talks about an “America first” trade policy, as he did during the 2016 campaign, but he also backs up his speech with action – so he has a good chance of keeping enough of these states will win the electoral college in 2020. Can anyone say with a straight face that Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, or Marco Rubio could win any of these states?
CNN song titled “Inside the Trump Reelection Machine” should cheer up any Trump supporter who doubts our chances in two years. It’s an inside look at Trump’s already tumultuous campaign under the brilliant Brad Parscale, a campaign “more organized and better structured” than ever “its 2016 predecessor,” already characterized by “amazing field play across the country.”
Finally, there’s a well-performed track by Townhall’s Kevin McCullough. I don’t know what a “landslide” is, but there’s certainly enough reason for optimism if you’re a Trump supporter, and more than a little worry if you’re a liberal snowflake.
Democrats failed to remove Trump from office and now must face their worst nightmare, Donald J. Trump, on the 2020 ballot. Let the games begin.
