The New American Majority
For the first time in GOP presidential primary history, Republicans may have a choice between the greater of two evils … Trump or the Prince of Darkness. This could present a difficult choice for many Evangelical voters.
However, this would certainly be a welcome development for Democrats seeking to regain the White House.
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Donald Trump is at it again … delivering for his base!
As Sarah Kliff of Vox reports, “This week, his Justice Department filed a legal brief arguing that a judge should find Obamacare unconstitutional — a decision that would turn the insurance markets back into the Wild West and eliminate Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans. By at least one estimate, a full repeal could cost 20 million Americans their health care coverage.”
Oh, and on an even greater note, doing away with Obamacare would once and for all eliminate protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions!
What a week for Trump supporters! First his handpicked AG, William Barr, gives Trump, as he has boasted, “a complete and total exoneration” from any collusion or obstruction of justice, and now, the complete repeal of Obamacare? For Trumpsters, it just doesn’t get any better than this!
Well, maybe it could. Another round of tax cuts for corporations and billionaires would definitely add to their festive mood!
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In the latest Siena College Research Institute survey, Donald Trump is ranked the third worst president of all time after Andrew Johnson (who was impeached) and James Buchanan (whose presidency was followed by the Civil War).
The sixth Siena survey, which started in 1982, asks 157 presidential scholars, historians and political scientists to rank the presidents according to 20 different benchmarks.
For the first time, George Washington is ranked as the greatest president, beating out Franklin Roosevelt, who had topped every previous survey. The top five have remained the same since the survey’s inception, which includes Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Jefferson.
Surprisingly, George W. Bush climbed six spots to 33rd while Barack Obama slipped two spots to the 17th greatest president.
For a man who desperately wants to be number one in everything, finishing third must be a huge disappointment. Trump, however, might take comfort in knowing that most average Americans pick him the worst president ever.
Who knows? With still some time left in office, Trump’s ineptitude just might get him to the number one spot when the next Siena survey rolls around.
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