Lazy media and normalization in clear view - Gergen - CNN website -

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/david-gergen-donald-trump-victory-lap-rally-erin-burnett-outfront-cnntv/index.html

"Trump Could Win in 2020"

Gergen: Special election victories show Trump could beat Dems in 2020
By Jason Squitieri
Updated 10:33 PM ET, Wed June 21, 2017

+++How much false logic is there in this?+++

(CNN)As President Donald Trump celebrated Republican victories in two special congressional elections on Wednesday, one man who advised presidents from both parties warned the results "should be a wake-up call for Democrats" that Trump could be on his way to re-election in 2020.

Republican Ralph Norman defeated Archie Parnell in Tuesday's special election for South Carolina's 5th congressional district, and in Georgia, Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the most expensive House race in history. Republicans have won all four of the four special elections that have been held under President Trump.

During an appearance on CNN's "Erin Burnett Outfront," David Gergen, who advised former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, admitted that off-year elections like this may not be the best predictor of what could happen in the 2018 midterms. But he said it should send a strong signal to Democrats thinking about taking back the White House.

"What's really important is that Donald Trump has seized the narrative back, that he's doing better with the voters than Democrats think he is," he said. "It should be a wake-up call for Democrats. It is possible that he could actually get re-elected if Democrats aren't careful."

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Take a victory lap because repubs won in repub districts?

Proof positive that the media is stupid, ignorant, or both! I don't watch TV but many do - and this kind of bullshit is what brainwashes those people into such a false narrative. I wish I didn't read this before going to bed....GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr

[PubliusEnigma]

1. Gergen is full of shit and always has been.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Getting rid of Fux News permanently may be a good start for a positive future.

[SHRED]

3. Fucking CNN

They normalized him during the campaign also.

I thought they were getting better. Especially following the election. Now...not so much.

C'mon Mueller!

[WoonTars]

7. Normalized him? They practically anointed him!!

And yes, David Gergen is entirely full of shit.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. kicking

[Awsi Dooger]

5. An incumbent is always favored to be re-elected

Especially if his party has been in power for only one term. That scenario carries immense benefit of a doubt.

Gergen is really saying nothing here, even if he thinks he is bucking conventional wisdom.

The special election results don't mean anything toward 2020 but situational influence certainly does. 2016 was so vital and devastating because the wrong result essentially forged a 2 for 1 likelihood for the other side. Likewise when Bush "won" in 2000, and Obama in 2008, and of course Clinton in 1992.

Jimmy Carter in 1980 is the only loser in that friendly setting in more than a century.

If Trump holds these type of 40ish or below approval ratings in 2020 he could lose, but the economy and stock market could allow him to escape again. We don't throw out incumbents during thriving conditions and unfortunately Trump inherited an Obama economy that was on the verge of taking off.

[spanone]

6. that's a stretch to go from one house seat to the re-election of a crazy 'president'