Trump's 100 days: Democrat rage abounds
Amid the flurry of reports on Trump's first 100 days, one thing is for certain: the president has produced "100 days of Democratic rage," as a Politico column by Gabriel Debenedetti is titled.
Debenedetti contends that the furious display of outrage and resistance by the party base against President Trump has allowed the Democratic Party to delay a reckoning with its "serious problems":
Yet Trump's first 100 days in office appear to have resuscitated the party, if for no reason other than the rank and file loathe him so deeply and furiously. Grass-roots activism and organizing is surging.
... But while the president has generated a vibrant culture of resistance on the left, it's obscuring the depth of the hole in which the Democratic Party still finds itself.
The party's damaged brand was a factor in the party's narrow defeat in the recent Georgia special election, according to Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan: "We had a great candidate and great energy running under a very negative brand."
Politico observes that the party has "infrastructure" problems as well:
Democrats got dragged back into a redux of the presidential primary fight between Hillary Clinton and Sanders during the first month of Trump's presidency in the race for the DNC chairmanship between former Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison.
With non-Democrat Bernie Sanders the de facto leader of the Democrat base, and party chairman Tom Perez shouting, "Donald Trump, you didn't win this election," it is no wonder that "the Democratic Party is viewed as more out of touch than either Trump or the party's political opponents," according to a recent poll:
Two-thirds of Americans think the Democrats are out of touch – including nearly half of Democrats themselves.
As the party struggles to heal its divisions amid the wreckage of the Clinton campaign and "the down-ballot massacre of the previous eight years," the necessary regrouping and rebuilding has not begun:
[N]o plan to conduct any sort of autopsy or accounting of the 2016 election cycle has been circulated.
While the Sanders base pulls Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's Senate Democrats ever farther to the left, West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin, whose state Trump won by 68 percent over Clinton's 26 percent, points to the trouble ahead for Democrats if they stay on the current course:
Manchin said he told Mr. Schumer straight up that if his brand of Democratic politics can't win in these rural areas[.] ... Democrats would be in the minority forever.
With the Democrats in disarray and the media in a tither over Trump's 100 days, the president gets the last laugh by holding a Pennsylvania rally on day 100 of his term, as Jaclyn Cashman writes at bostonherald.com:
President Trump is once again trolling the media – and looking to turn tables on the big mockfest they had planned for him – by skipping the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday.
Trump is again sticking it to the professionals who get paid to cover him, this time by denying them the opportunity to get dressed up and hobnob with their colleagues, and yuk it up at his expense. He's fed up with their one-sided coverage, and he knows exactly how to hit them where it hurts.
Normally, the Sunday shows would focus on highlights from the dinner. Now Trump will own the news cycle. He's kneecapped the event known as "nerd prom."
What better way to celebrate 100 days of the Trump presidency than to beat the media at their own game?
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Debenedetti contends that the furious display of outrage and resistance by the party base against President Trump has allowed the Democratic Party to delay a reckoning with its "serious problems":
Yet Trump's first 100 days in office appear to have resuscitated the party, if for no reason other than the rank and file loathe him so deeply and furiously. Grass-roots activism and organizing is surging.
... But while the president has generated a vibrant culture of resistance on the left, it's obscuring the depth of the hole in which the Democratic Party still finds itself.
The party's damaged brand was a factor in the party's narrow defeat in the recent Georgia special election, according to Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan: "We had a great candidate and great energy running under a very negative brand."
Politico observes that the party has "infrastructure" problems as well:
Democrats got dragged back into a redux of the presidential primary fight between Hillary Clinton and Sanders during the first month of Trump's presidency in the race for the DNC chairmanship between former Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison.
With non-Democrat Bernie Sanders the de facto leader of the Democrat base, and party chairman Tom Perez shouting, "Donald Trump, you didn't win this election," it is no wonder that "the Democratic Party is viewed as more out of touch than either Trump or the party's political opponents," according to a recent poll:
Two-thirds of Americans think the Democrats are out of touch – including nearly half of Democrats themselves.
As the party struggles to heal its divisions amid the wreckage of the Clinton campaign and "the down-ballot massacre of the previous eight years," the necessary regrouping and rebuilding has not begun:
[N]o plan to conduct any sort of autopsy or accounting of the 2016 election cycle has been circulated.
While the Sanders base pulls Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's Senate Democrats ever farther to the left, West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin, whose state Trump won by 68 percent over Clinton's 26 percent, points to the trouble ahead for Democrats if they stay on the current course:
Manchin said he told Mr. Schumer straight up that if his brand of Democratic politics can't win in these rural areas[.] ... Democrats would be in the minority forever.
With the Democrats in disarray and the media in a tither over Trump's 100 days, the president gets the last laugh by holding a Pennsylvania rally on day 100 of his term, as Jaclyn Cashman writes at bostonherald.com:
President Trump is once again trolling the media – and looking to turn tables on the big mockfest they had planned for him – by skipping the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday.
Trump is again sticking it to the professionals who get paid to cover him, this time by denying them the opportunity to get dressed up and hobnob with their colleagues, and yuk it up at his expense. He's fed up with their one-sided coverage, and he knows exactly how to hit them where it hurts.
Normally, the Sunday shows would focus on highlights from the dinner. Now Trump will own the news cycle. He's kneecapped the event known as "nerd prom."
What better way to celebrate 100 days of the Trump presidency than to beat the media at their own game?
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/04/trumps_100_days_democrat_rage_abounds.html#ixzz4fLFlGt3b
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Trump will be successful regardless of media bias and democrat obstruction.
Trump will be successful regardless of media bias and democrat obstruction.
He already has been. His businesses have reported record earnings. He, and his daughter Ivanka, have finally received long sought-after trademark brands in China. Melania Trump's brand name has increased in value and she is cashing in on the 'First Lady' salami and wine products being sold by Sevnica Castle in her home country of Slovenia. He has enriched his friends' billion-dollar businesses by turning back the clock on oil, gas, and other energy-related regulations that have previously put a hitch in their get-along, and the list goes on and on...
So yeah, XX, Trump will be successful, regardless, and he has people like you to thank for it.
I was in Washington D.C. for a few days (got home yesterday). On Monday, we had briefings from several government agencies and all of them were very upbeat (I've been going to this event annually for about 10 years now) as opposed to the last several years. Many believe there will be a 2 week C.R. to finish the budgeting process, then there will be a budget. They specifically said no one on Capital Hill is talking about a government shutdown, which is good to hear.
Many said the same about the 100 days measurement. it is an outdated standard, especially with the polarization of parties after the last couple of decades. Many are looking at 200 days or one year out as their new standard. These were people in D.C., most employed in non-partisan positions by the government. It was gratifying to get their take on things.
These were people in D.C., most employed in non-partisan positions by the government.
I'm curious to know exactly what type of positions these individuals held that were bi-partisan. Also, you forgot to take the rain back with you when you left.
It said non partisan, not bipartisan. It's still raining here in Jefferson.
X - I am trying to aggravate Gary and you are spoiling it. lol
It's supposed to clear up tomorrow (now that Gary left....hahahahaha) but I'll only get a day to enjoy it then I'm heading to Seattle on Friday.
Trump's 100 days: Democrat rage abounds
Democrats LAUGHTER abounds! He has had the worst first 100 days in American history!
It will be great when we get our tax cuts.
I will enjoy that. I pay much more than my fair share.
It will be great when we get our tax cuts.
When?
Or if?
If? Do some prefer that others keep vast sums in other nations? Wouldn't 15% of a trillion be better than 39% of next to nothing? These tax cuts help the middle class a lot.