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    You're right.  They would have to wait until after the 2 year mark of Trump's term to get the most out of getting rid of him.  If they wait until Pence would serve less than the final two years of Trump's first term, then that would allow them to allow Pence to conceivably be elected twice more to the presidency.  If he took over now, and then won in 2020, he couldn't run again in 2024.

    5 hours ago, PinkCouture said:

     

    Bill Maher made a comment about Donnie on Friday: "You are never too rich to be white trash." Your comment made me think of it :p Kicking him out is easier said than done especially when his party holds the majority of the power. And like I mentioned above his tactics benefits him and his party. Everyone is focused on his twitter tantrums instead of the real issues like the travel ban, healthcare, him and Putin meeting this week, etc.

     

     

    Indeed, his tactics do benefit his party in the short term by giving them cover to operate under while they hammer out some extremely unpopular legislation, but one has to wonder just how long people like Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and especially the likes of John McCain and Lindsey Graham, can sit on their hands and allow this increasingly erratic behavior to occur before it starts to hurt their own political brands as the supposed leaders of the GOP.  Ultimately, a well respected leader like Lindsey Graham, perhaps in consult with a younger, but up-and-coming GOP star in someone like Ben Sasse, could be the ones to finally turn the tide and get GOP sentiment moving in the opposite direction.

     

    I'm also not entirely sure why the GOP leadership is so willing to stand behind Trump when they have the ultimate "yes man" waiting in the wings in Mike Pence.  Considering his political career was all but over when the 10-15 people in front of him on the VP search list said no, I would imagine that he'll be more than willing to play along with whatever Ryan and McConnell want to do should he ultimately be elevated to the presidency.  

    Just now, PinkCouture said:

     

    I agree, I also think such behaviors keep his fans satisfied and continued support. It is a win-win for him if you think about it. Kinda genius in a maniacal way.

     

    Last time I checked, which was a few days ago, it was called the BCRA. It might have changed again by now :p 

     

     

     

    I think the BCRA is the Senate's version and the AHCA is the House's.  Hard to keep track. :D   They ought to just call it POS and move on.  Would be a more accurate name for the bill(s). :p 

     

    Hopefully these Senators get an earful when they return home and do Town Hall meetings over the long break.  If anything good could come out of these awful attempts at legislation is that it might finally wake a good number of people up and get them involved in the democratic process. 

    17 minutes ago, PinkCouture said:

    It is all a distraction and deflection on what is actually going on.

     

    Which, I believe, is the point of why he's doing it.  He knows he's an unpopular president, so there's really nothing for him to lose by doing things that continue to make him unpopular.  But he's giving cover to the GOP in Congress who are trying to pass through some extremely unpopular legislation.  In a recent poll, I think it was only about 12-13% of the country who supported the AHCA, or whatever they're currently calling it.  But, we're not talking about that right now, because the President is in a twitter feud with a couple of TV hosts and CNN, giving the GOP a chance to regroup without as much public outrage as there had been before.