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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Trump's outlook going from bad to worse" - CNN
(CNN) As the White House scans Washington for a bounce-back win after the Obamacare imbroglio, the political forecast is promising only heavy weather.
An unappetizing list of looming congressional showdowns, complex, months-long legislative challenges and intractable threats to President Donald Trump's standing threaten to make the failed health care push look like a small setback.
Approaching sagas of a potential government shutdown, raising the debt ceiling and a moment of truth in the Senate over the potential "nuclear option" confirmation of Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch will severely test the political alacrity of a White House already exposed by the busted bid to repeal Obamacare....
... Throw in the corrosive impact that the thickening cloud of intrigue over Russia's alleged election meddling is exerting on the White House, and add the challenges posed by the President's own habit of detonating political explosions that damage his own standing, and it's tough to predict the administration's first big political win -- or how much that victory will cost. ...
...At the top of the list of political messes for the Republican majority and the White House is the possibility of a government shutdown that could occur on an inauspicious date, April 29, Trump's 100th day in office.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/politics/trump-outlook/index.html
Shut him down, along with massive national protests.
Let them get some of what they're giving.
JenniferJuniper
(4,510 posts)janterry
(4,429 posts)but I remember George W and how we kept thinking that his worst would spell the end of his administration.
And then he got elected for a second term.
Until the dam breaks, I'm not going to get my hopes up too high.