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I don't know how it was around here the last two presidential elections, but I remember on other sites around the WWW Democrats were so giddy with winning that they predicted that Republicans would never win the White House again, that Democrats would soon control all branches of the federal government, that Republicans would never be relevant federally again, etc.
But the 45th President is a Republican, the 115th Congress will be majority Republican ruled, and no doubt a Republican Supreme Court justice will be nominated, approved, and seated soon after January 20, 2017.
I did not vote either Democrat or Republican today, and will aim to diminish both Parties' influence on America as much as possible as I believe they both contaminate what I believe America to be. But that's ongoing. While today there can be no doubt that the Republican Party, especially considering their great majorities already in both governorships and state legislatures, is now squarely in the political driver's seat of this great nation for at least the next two federal terms.
We will see if President-elect Trump also caves to the infamous politician illness that seems to infest practically everyone elected to serve federally in Washington, D.C. (where Trump lost to Clinton yesterday, 93% - 4%), or whether he actually does what he's claimed he'd do. He could start showing that he isn't your father's Republican by instructing House Speaker Paul Ryan to stand down and urging Senate Majority Leader McConnell to relinquish his position to his fellow Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul. I believe Mr. Trump was elected because enough Americans want to believe he's not political business as usual. We shall see if he can deliver on the power his highly expectant supporters propelled him into office with yesterday.
And if President Obama hasn't really felt like a lame duck yet, the great failure of his personal Democrat Party choice to succeed him has surely sucked the wind right out of his legacy sails.
But the 45th President is a Republican, the 115th Congress will be majority Republican ruled, and no doubt a Republican Supreme Court justice will be nominated, approved, and seated soon after January 20, 2017.
I did not vote either Democrat or Republican today, and will aim to diminish both Parties' influence on America as much as possible as I believe they both contaminate what I believe America to be. But that's ongoing. While today there can be no doubt that the Republican Party, especially considering their great majorities already in both governorships and state legislatures, is now squarely in the political driver's seat of this great nation for at least the next two federal terms.
We will see if President-elect Trump also caves to the infamous politician illness that seems to infest practically everyone elected to serve federally in Washington, D.C. (where Trump lost to Clinton yesterday, 93% - 4%), or whether he actually does what he's claimed he'd do. He could start showing that he isn't your father's Republican by instructing House Speaker Paul Ryan to stand down and urging Senate Majority Leader McConnell to relinquish his position to his fellow Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul. I believe Mr. Trump was elected because enough Americans want to believe he's not political business as usual. We shall see if he can deliver on the power his highly expectant supporters propelled him into office with yesterday.
And if President Obama hasn't really felt like a lame duck yet, the great failure of his personal Democrat Party choice to succeed him has surely sucked the wind right out of his legacy sails.
