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Is it just me, or has Gingrich suddenly become very vocal and public? I think there may be a logical reason. Gingrich may be trying to set himself up as the logical VP if Trump is booted.
If Pence became 46, who do you think Pence would suggest as his VP?
Gingrich just wrote a book and he's trying to drive up his sales by appearing relevant again. He has very dirty hands and that would all come up again if he tried to run for president.
Trump is mostly ineffectual. I'm amazed at those who want to get rid of him to see a Pence/Gingrich administration. They are so upset at someone from outside of their neat tidy little system winning that they are willing to put in place an administration that would be impossible for the GOP to put in place by election.
It would be a huge win for the GOP but for some reason the (D)'s are willing to give them that just so they don't lose the power to pick who will run.
Very astute and actually pretty freaking hilarious.
You must be too young to remember Richard Nixon. The pressure became so great, and it was going to get so bad for Nixon, that he decided to resign instead of facing the consequences. The same thing is a very good possibility with Trump. At some point, he will realize, and be advised, to take the lesser of the evils and walk away, rather than be charged with crimes.
Personally, I think Pence will put Ryan in that spot, if that is possible.
Nixon resigned.
The House and Senate were overwhelmingly Democrat.
When the investigations of Trump and his whole crooked treasonous family are over Nixon will be looking like a Boy Scout. Pence has lawyered up also so him becoming president is far from a done deal.
It would be funny if history repeated itself, and the VP somehow had to resign first, a la agnew? Remember, it wasn't any misdeeds while VP that got him, it was what he had been doing before he took that job... and pence is a politician to the bone, so it is conceivable that he has something in the closet that could spring out unexpectedly.
As far as gingrich - yeah, he's still looking for a tidbit from the trump machine. He's been always the bridesmaid, never the bride, so far with them. Wonder how much longer before he actually realizes they are simply using him, stringing him along.
The House and Senate were overwhelmingly Democrat.
An actual crime was committed.
Yes, it makes a difference.
Which does? That the congress was under the opposition party ? Or that an actual crime was committed? If an actual crime was committed I posit that the majority party wouldn't matter much, and an impeachment would go forward.
It has yet to be seen if trump committed an actual crime. If his behavior becomes so egregious that it is so overwhelmingly embarrassing and adversely affects the republicans in congress, you might just see an impeachment. Why? Because even if it isn't actually "a crime", there is an expectation that the prez actually behave like an adult.
As to your assertion that congress was overwhelmingly democrat - it doesn't really look that way. The Senate didn't have 60 and the house had fewer democrats than it does now.
Table from link (sorry, I had to work with the spacing to get it to display well)
.........Prez session# ..Prez party .. Senate .. House
2017 – Trump 115th .......R ............ R: 52 R: 246
1973 – Nixon 93rd ......... R ............ D 56. D 242
1971 ......... 92nd ...........R ............D 54 D 255
1969 – Nixon 91st .......... R ........... D 57 D 243
The professional politicians who have lived a life selling their souls are pissed as heck that Trump won. He not only won, he won his way. He defied all conventional wisdom, and won. The Clinton's, Bush family, McCain, Romney and everyone else who lost their attempt to be President is pissed as heck. They hate Trump for winning, he won with his soul in tact, not selling out to anyone else. He is dismantling the deep state, and this terrifies our elites. Personally the more elites hate Trump the more he gets my love.
I understand that the trumpissts have gotten a lot of mileage on that argument... but the tires are wearing pretty thin and they need to move on to something new before they have a blowout and end up on the side of the road.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are wondering will trump and the republicans actually accomplish any of their agenda items? Who knows.
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