General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The beginning of the end? [View all]I said I do not know how to stop it. But through collective thinking, there are fresh ideas being born.
1. Biprtisan coalition (McMullin leads the group)
2. Dissapointed trump voters - we need to make allies with them. They need to be vocal and visible in order to amplify.
3. Trump's base is not growing and might be (slowly) shrinking - see above.
4. Alt right activists are not brave and are afraid to come out for fear of losing jobs. Virtually, all major businesses and corporations are on our side. Alt right remains mosty online and its ability to grow is currenty crippled.
5. Independent press and media remain resilient and some obvious flops by Conway and Trump helped us in the past week. We own ALL comedy.
6. The courts are still powerfull - trump didn't get a chance to stack federal courts (over 100 judges pendig) with swamp yet.
7. If we have a major attack/conflict - it will be most likely attributed to trump. People who will suffer and their families will be very vocal - there will be no time for mercy and apologists. This means that, as of right now, we are able to control the narrative.
8. Trump is nowhere near as smart (or as evil?) as putin so we may have overestimated his ability to destroy the world.
9. France election in May is extremely critical. If Le Pen loses - the new world order is in peril. Putin and trump will need europe to proceed. More importantly, it will mark the end of this dangerous populist movement.
All of the above gives me hope that we may survive till 2018 elections. Honestly, I am not certain that congress will pass infrastructure bill - so no jobs (loss for trump). Trump has created a lot of republican enemies in the congress already. Obamacare repeal and replacement is a huge flop already.
The question is how to take the senate back? We need to be strategic. Residents in reliably blue state should probably help senate candidates in competitive states.