2020 already?

America’s 2020 presidential election is starting to warm up.

The hyperpartisanship and polarization affected our political behavior and made election outcomes predictable.

For the 2018 midterms, we watched a large partisan surge for Democrats (the Blue Wave). Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House of Representatives when the counting was over! Conservative misinformation has grown thread bare.

Motivated by Trump’s idiocy , Democratic voters, especially college-educated women, turned out against Trump’s GOP in large numbers.

In 2020, Democrats will win in urban, diverse, better-educated, and liberal-friendly states.

Although Trump may take both Ohio and Florida, he is no longer likely to carry Michigan, Wisconsin or Pennsylvania in 2020.

The midterm performance of Democrats in those states was stunning.

Trump’s troubles with swing voters, whom he won in 2016, will put Arizona, North Carolina and even Georgia in play for Democrats and completely remove Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and New Hampshire from his list of possible swing states.

In short, the 2020 presidential election is a battle of the bases, and the Democratic base is bigger, younger, more motivated, and enthusiastic – and their ground game dwarfs that of the GOP.

And Mueller said: "Get me Roger Stone!"



Legal "Discovery" is a wonderful thing.

That youthful demographic advantage combined with enthusiasm (and party loyalty) gives the Democratic Party a significant structural advantage. Turnout in 2018 was about 12 points higher than the 2016 turnout and higher than any other midterm in decades.

Democrats have a clear path to recapturing the White House regardless of their candidate.

Trump Tee Dump Tee

Trump de dump tee

Sat on his wall

After Pelosi cut off his balls

His wall was a farce

His supporters were sparse

But Trump de dump tee

Couldn’t just see

It was his constant bullshit

That independents did flee.

The Bully Cried - and lost 1/2 of his playmates

The 35-day partial shutdown ended after Trump capitulated to Nancy Pelosi without the border wall funds he had demanded.

The shutdown officially ended with Trump’s signature.

Trump reiterated threats that he could bypass Congress and fund construction of the wall by declaring a national emergency. WHATEVER!

And in a tweet on Friday night he said, “This was in no way a concession.” (would you believe...)

Trump refused to end the impasse until he received $5.7 billion for a border wall. Ultimately, Trump folded and agreed to reopen the government in exchange for three weeks of bipartisan negotiations.

The shutdown “never should have happened,” Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said on the Senate floor before the vote. “We cannot mess with people’s lives this way.”

Federal departments and agencies will take time to return to capacity.

Reports on gross domestic product, consumer spending, housing and trade will be released, as the Commerce Department restarts the process of collecting, analyzing and releasing the data over the next month or so.

At the Interior Department, which oversees grazing, drilling and parks on the nation’s public lands, some functions can be resumed, said spokeswoman Faith Vander Voort, though employees will spend some time working through the backlogs that accumulated during the shutdown.

FOLDED - like a cheap suit.

It comes as no surprise whatsoever that Trump - a Real Bully - folded on his shutdown.

When a BULLY is confronted by a strong girl on the playground, he often leaves in tears.

It was not a fair fight. Pelosi is smart. If IQs were dynomite, the Trumps would not have enough to blow even ONE nose!

Stone got new bracelets this morning.

And those who can read and do read know why!

The truth (or just enough of it) does, eventually come out.

Trump's announcement was deflection from a far greater problem.

We get it, donald. If the FBI drags you into court and accuses you of stealing the local church, plead not guilty -- even if the steeple is sticking out of your ass!

The bully folded. No surprise there!

The loser is losing (more).

Trump's disapproval ratings have reached record highs as the president refuses to back down from his border wall funding demands, sparking the longest government shutdown in US history.

A new CBS News poll released on Wednesday shows Trump and the GOP leadership are losing support over the president’s wall, with 71 per cent of voters saying they do not believe the issue is worth keeping the federal government closed.

Meanwhile, Trump’s disapproval rating has reached 59 per cent — one per cent higher than his previous record. It indicatee the president’s declining support is over the border wall.

Over the course of his presidency, Trump has demonstrated a single-minded focus on his base, a group that, at this moment, makes up 29 percent of the country.

Trump is responding to conservative media. In December, Trump originally changed his mind on picking a fight over the wall after hearing negative feedback from conservative commentators.

Now, his preferred FAUX Snews is consistently reporting that his fight is going well.

Pew and other pollsters say it isn’t. But it’s safe to assume that Trump spends less time considering national polls than he does watching FAUX Snews.