SS Minnow

[Joseph Patrick]

From Joseph Patrick...aka Gerry Milligan
Am I the only one who sees the present presidential administration as the SS Minnow?

[Tim Bonney]

[Joseph Patrick]

[William Thornton]

Look for the Minnow to land a Supreme Court justice by the end of the week.

[Joseph Patrick]

[Tim Bonney]

[Tim Bonney]

[William Thornton]

[Tim Bonney]

You can skip back go Harry Reid if you like William. But the GOP pretending they didn't deny a sitting President his nominee for Supreme Court justice and now crying foul at the DNC doing the same is farcical. Is it any wonder congress has such a low approval rating?

[KeithE]

. Repeated below (red is mine):

American voters give President Donald Trump a negative 35 - 57 percent job approval, with negative approval among men and white voters, leaving him below former President Barack Obama's worst approval rating, a negative 38 - 57 percent in 2013, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.

Today's job approval rating compares to a negative 37 - 56 percent approval rating in a March 22 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.

President Trump is behind among key elements of his base:
Men disapprove 51 - 39 percent;
Republicans approve 79 - 14 percent;
White voters disapprove 48 - 43 percent.
Disapproval is 63 - 31 percent among women, 91 - 6 percent among Democrats, 57 - 32 percent among independent voters and 77 - 16 percent among non-white voters.

American voters' opinions of some of Trump's personal qualities are mostly negative:
61 - 34 percent that he is not honest;
55 - 40 percent that he does not have good leadership skills;
57 - 39 percent that he does not care about average Americans;
66 - 29 percent that he is not level-headed;
64 - 33 percent that he is a strong person;
60 - 35 percent that he is intelligent;
61 - 34 percent that he does not share their values.
"President Donald Trump continues to struggle, even among his most loyal supporters. Many of them would be hard pressed to see even a sliver of a silver lining in this troubling downward spiral," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

"President George W. Bush, who hit a negative 28 - 67 percent on May 14, 2008, had less support, but it took eight years, two unpopular wars and a staggering economy to get there."

American voters say 55 - 39 percent that President Trump is keeping his campaign promises.

But 52 percent of voters say they are embarrassed to have Trump as president, while 27 percent are proud and 19 percent don't feel either emotion.

Trump gets a negative 28 - 64 percent approval rating for the way he is handling health care. Opinions on other issues are:
Disapprove 61 - 29 percent of the way he is handling the environment;
Disapprove 48 - 41 percent of the way he is handling the economy;
Disapprove 58 - 33 percent of the way he is handling foreign policy;
Disapprove 49 - 42 percent of the way he is handling terrorism;
Disapprove 57 - 39 percent of the way he is handling immigration issues.

A total of 52 percent of voters say the American economy is "excellent" or "good," while 45 percent say it is "not so good" or "poor." Former President Barack Obama is more responsible than President Trump for the current state of the economy, voters say 66 - 18 percent, including 64 - 26 percent among Republicans. Republicans in Congress

American voters disapprove 70 - 21 percent of the job Republicans in Congress are doing, compared to a 64 - 29 percent disapproval March 22.

Voters disapprove 57 - 34 percent of the job Democrats in Congress are doing.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan gets a negative 28 - 52 percent favorability rating, compared to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's negative 30 - 47 percent.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gets a negative 14 - 47 percent favorability rating, compared to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's negative 25 - 36 percent.
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Trump has less support or trust of the American people now than he did at election time. Thus his agenda must be argued for with facts not on a "trust me" basis or a "he was elected basis".

[Tim Bonney]

Keith,

That is a good summary of all the areas that Trump is failing us as President.

The big question of me is how do we get people to get out and vote in 4 years? As I recall, about 26% of eligible voters elected Trump. Why are Americans satisfied to let less than 50% of the people decide their future?

[William Thornton]

Get a better candidate for 2020. Chelsea isn't ruling it out.

[Tim Bonney]

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

[Tim Bonney]

While I like to think Trump will be impeached, the idea of Pence becoming President is poor comfort.

Also, Trump seems to some how be coated in teflon. He has already said and done things that would have prevented other candidates from ever getting elected.

[William Thornton]

The minnow has landed...gorsuch confirmed.

He will be deciding cases when we're all dead.

[Sandy]

[William Thornton]

[Dave Roberts]

I hear that Caroline Kennedy has expressed some interest in running in 2020. How does that sound?

[Sandy]

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

2018 should be a democratic cake walk...just like 2016.

Caroline Kennedy? Puhleeze, can we get off of the dynasties?

[Sandy]