The Trump Presidency

[cajunrevenge]

If Trump makes it I wonder if he will get challenged in the primary. That could be fun.

[Hawk]

Fixed it for ya.

Trump approval rating down to 35%, first president to poll that low so early in his term. Any lower and he's in serious danger, as if he isn't already.

Congress is at ~13%
Pelosi and McConnell under ~20%
Democrats at ~30%

The hate isn't endemic to Trump. But let's face the reality, nobody is in any real danger when we're talking about 500 person sample sizes.

[Oklahomahawk]

...nobody is in any real danger when we're talking about 500 person sample sizes.

Too bad, ain't it?

[Julio3000]

Yeah, folks generally hate Congress but like their rep. I'd guess that gerrymandering has only increased the likelihood of that.

[Hawk]

Trump turns on Freedom Caucus.

[57Brave]

Congress is at ~13%
Pelosi and McConnell under ~20%
Democrats at ~30%

The hate isn't endemic to Trump. But let's face the reality, nobody is in any real danger when we're talking about 500 person sample sizes.

what poll is this ?

[Julio3000]

Trump turns on Freedom Caucus.

Corker goes after Paul Ryan and Trump explicitly throws to gauntlet down to the Freedom Caucus. Good gracious.

[Runnin]

Let's Be honest here. At least 45% of the population will hate trump even if he cured all cancers and had unemployment at 0%.

That's not honest. The number of died in the wool folks is around 35 - 40%. That means only the kooks who would never leave Trump still support him. He's lost EVERYONE else.

[Runnin]

Congress is at ~13%
Pelosi and McConnell under ~20%
Democrats at ~30%

The hate isn't endemic to Trump. But let's face the reality, nobody is in any real danger when we're talking about 500 person sample sizes.

The fact still remains that Trump is fast becoming the least popular President ever. That matters when people start talking about impeachment.

[Julio3000]

Trump turns on Freedom Caucus.

[Hawk]

what poll is this ?

Congress: The Economist/YouGov
Democrats: WSJ/NBC
Pelosi and McConnell: WSJ/NBC

My reading source was the Boston Herald: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_...ting_the_skids

[goldfly]

So Mike Pence isn't around women unless his wife is present cause he can't control his sexual fantasies and the administration is banning words/phrases that are backed up by science

exactly why do republicans hate religious fundamentalists in the middle east again?

cause they are just the other side of the same coin it seems

[Hawk]

The fact still remains that Trump is fast becoming the least popular President ever. That matters when people start talking about impeachment.

Who cares?

His approval ratings, in general, haven't changed much at all over the course of the past year. He was elected in spite of them.

Presidential approval ratings don't carry more weight.

Saying 'Trump is fast becoming the least popular President ever' might sound like a zinger, but it's nothing more than a quasi-interesting factoid.

[Hawk]

So Mike Pence isn't around women unless his wife is present cause he can't control his sexual fantasies

Link a brother out.

Edit: NM, found it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.6259a6d2f82d

In 2002, Mike Pence told the Hill that he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won’t attend events featuring alcohol without her by his side, either.

[Hawk]

Corker goes after Paul Ryan and Trump explicitly throws to gauntlet down to the Freedom Caucus. Good gracious.

Trump has the capital to go this route.

He isn't going to lose the far right as long as he's promoting anti-immigrant/pro-military platforms.

Throwing some punches while dashing for the center is a smart play. I think it's his only play.

[Julio3000]

Trump has the capital to go this route.

He isn't going to lose the far right as long as he's promoting anti-immigrant/pro-military platforms.

Throwing some punches while dashing for the center is a smart play. I think it's his only play.

I don't disagree, and it's going to be a tough needle to thread.

[Julio3000]

Looks like the Nunes thing is devolving into the predictable flaming bag of ****.

[chop2chip]

So Mike Pence isn't around women unless his wife is present cause he can't control his sexual fantasies and the administration is banning words/phrases that are backed up by science

exactly why do republicans hate religious fundamentalists in the middle east again?

cause they are just the other side of the same coin it seems

I understand why people find this weird about Pence and I understand why a woman could point to this as an example of the structural sexism that professional women are faced with.

With that said, this seems like a well-intended absolutism Pence chose to show loyalty to his wife (and Christians do tend to love abstinence in whatever form). I think its a grasp at straws to read anything more into it.

[57Brave]

I have a strict Muslim musician friend that won't allow another womans phone number in his phone.
Which struck me odd - but hey to each his won.

Suppose Pence ascends to POTUS -- would he not be taking meetings alone with Speaker Pelosi or Chancelor Merkle.
Sec of Transportation Chao of Senator Warren. Prime Minister of England or should a female be elected to lead France ?

Think about that.
This is 2017

[Julio3000]

I understand why people find this weird about Pence and I understand why a woman could point to this as an example of the structural sexism that professional women are faced with.

With that said, this seems like a well-intended absolutism Pence chose to show loyalty to his wife (and Christians do tend to love abstinence in whatever form). I think its a grasp at straws to read anything more into it.

Agreed. I understand why people think this kind of thing is odd and retrograde and illustrative of, as you say, "the structural sexism that professional women are faced with".

With the caveat that this kind of thing is, frankly, bad for women who exist outside of this kind of faith-based safe-space, and that he should not avoid accountability for that, I also have to say, hey, let's strive for some understanding of people whose expression of their faith in their daily lives is outside of our comfort zone.

That goes for evangelical Christians ---> other faiths and for non-Christians---->the Mike Pences of the world.