07-11-2018, 22:04
(07-11-2018, 17:16)0762 Wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46125121
I'm a tad disappointed re the Democrats only winning the HOR and the American population not "coming to their senses" and delivering both "targets", the HOR and the Senate. But good to see a huge turn out of female voters. I thought Bernie Sanders post election speech was absolutely "spot on" re Trump's disguise and what this lunatic really represents. I just wish the Democrats somehow found their own "natural leader" for this volatile period in US politics. Good to see some form of opposition to Trump but not enough for me. I hope he is eventually impeached at some point as I perceive that Robert Mueller's position is less threatened because of this result.
Like you I am glad the Dems at least took control of the House, they really had no chance of taking the Senate though because not all the seats were up for re-election, only about half were being voted on and most of those that were not having votes were already Republican held. The real referendum on this President and Administration was the vote for the House, where every seat was up for grabs so it was essentially a clean slate, and the Democrats came away with a nice victory and a nice majority to finally be able to provide the checks and balances badly needed. Now they need to find a great leader to run against him 2020, my early guess is Kamala Harris from CA, she is a strong, very educated woman of color with an Indian mother and Jamaican father, that should get Trump having to be very careful how he would treat her!!!!