WebsterMark
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The current party in power almost always loses. See note below. Also, just as certain as that, the party gaining power will claim it's a mandate on the President and the party losing power will claim it was due to the individuals in each race. The same will happen in 2018 and we'll all make the same claims on here depending on which side of the coin we're on.
"The party of the incumbent president tends to lose ground during midterm elections: over the past 21 midterm elections, the President's party has lost an average 30 seats in the House, and an average 4 seats in the Senate; moreover, in only two of those has the President's party gained seats in both houses."
Bush backed Hilary because Trump ended his brother Jeb's political career and did it bigly! Made him look like a little girl. Blood's thicker than water. Bush's vote was a middle finger to Trump.
The Republican establishment hates Trump perhaps more than the Democratic establishment. I think McCain's ACA vote was as much to harm Trump as anything else. His entire 'holier than thou' speech was aimed at Trump.
There are a few unbreakable rules at play here and one of them is alpha males don't play well together and let's face it, Trump is the Alpha of Alpha males right now. That's one factor. And Trump does not share power.
Another lessor factor is politics is Hollywood for ugly people. They want to have power, be popular, be liked, be thought of as smart. Right now, the power to get that image out lies with the left-leaning media and entertainment culture. Trump is Hitler to these fools so it's easy to get brownie points by joining the bandwagon.
And finally, anyone honestly thinking there is an impeachment or invoking of 25th amendment in Trump's future is delusional. That would require clear evidence of a serious crime that is traitorous with Trump refusing to step down. If there were something that big out there, it would have reared up by now. So face reality, you've got either 3 or 7 years left of Donald J. Trump. I for one, am glad of that.
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