State of the Union Speach

[scottw]

which party is in worse shape?

Trump is giving a State of the Union address

and/or

yet another Kennedy? and Maxine Waters are giving the SOTU responses...

most entertaining will be Trumps responses to the responses

[Jim in CT]

I voted for him, would do so again against Hilary, but I won't watch. Can't. It made me sick to watch Obama speak, it makes me sick to watch Trump speak.

Everything good is because of him, everything bad is someone else's fault. When was the last time we heard something other than that?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

which party is in worse shape?

The dems haven't been this obscure in my lifetime.

The midterms will be fascinating, so many competing forces. Liberals tend not to vote in big numbers in midterms, which helps the GOP. But the Trump effect could offset that, which hurts the GOP. The president's party usually loses seats in the midterms (though rarely as many as Obama lost), which would seem to hurt the GOP. But the economy is rolling, which will help the GOP.

If I'm a republican, I hammer home this idea..."your paycheck is bigger because of the tax reform. Every single democrat in DC voted against that. Every single one of them, voted against our desire for you to keep a little more of your money", and never stop hammering that home. Never.

The GOP will keep the Senate. Most people say if the midterms were today, the Dems would re-take the House. These are the same exact people who convinced me that Trump was going to get creamed. SO who knows...