The Mueller report changed your opinion of Trump's fitness for office? That's really hard to wrap my head around, no offense intended. All the report did is reaffirm everything he was doing in plain sight.

What was it specifically that you found to be revealing and intolerable?

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Klobuchar has more chance than any GOP candidate. The GOP elites are all-in for Trump.

The Dem race is wide, wide open. And the fact that Biden leads most polls by a pretty good margin (vs. other Democrats) indicates there's considerable space for a moderate.

It didn't change my mind or surprise me, but his asking McGahn sign a document claiming that Trump hadn't asked him to fire Mueller is something that I don't think we knew, and it sort of crystallizes Trump into a single event. Considers his underlings as disposable. Willing to commit felonies and induce others to for his own benefit. Reflexive instinct to lie. Paranoia/obsession.

I was afraid of the same thing.

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I take no argument in your point that the above quoted rationale that this state legislator uses about Trump does not square with current democrat policy and as such does not provide a solution. So the Trump led national party is democrat leaning wrt reckless spending, destabilizing national security and other policies. This I will point to, but I won't laugh. I cry over this conundrum. Trump has turned traditional political positions and policies on their head.

What I believe is that this politician listened to his children, his pastor, his wife, his neighbors kids, his constituents and assessed the political wind direction in his district. His primary motivation is an animus to the character of leadership in his party. It is his quote below that I will point to and applaud, not laugh at.

" He (Trump) sets a poor example for the nation and particularly for our children by personally insulting often in cruel and juvenile fashion those who disagree with him.... frequent disregard for the truth and willingness to deride or marginalize people for their appearance, ethnicity or disability"

Will the ever shifting political winds in the swing state of Iowa be felt elsewhere?

I get that it confirmedd these behaviors in clear terms, but again...is anyone really surprised, even a little bit, to learn that?

You'd really have to be living under a rock to have believed this behavior was beyond him. He's a con man. Always has been, always will be. That's not just an opinion. It's black and white.

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10-4. I obviously glossed over a sentence or two. I'm an equal opportunity attacker of hypocrisy. It's just so much easier to do it to Trump ball-washers these days. People look for sources to confirm their pre-conceived views. They lead themselves. No need to have someone push them there.

Curious what his polling data shows. Politicians, especially long serving ones are not altruistic. They are either really vocal from the get go (Romney, Jeb Bush), or they tend to keep their mouths shut out of political self preservation. Many of us are biding time quietly because the vocal ones have largely become persona non grata left stewing over their anger, perceived squandering of their prior efforts, or their place in the pecking order being lost.

I find it hard to believe this guy is just now seeing a concern, most have set aside their issues they had because Trump has delivered to a larger extent than others. That is why he enjoys such a high approval rating. So I'm willing to bet, he is doing this out of self preservation, and that rarely works long term.

Speaking of approval rating, I find it largely simplistic. I do not approve of trump on a personal or personality level at all, but I do approve of what he has accomplished and will vote for him again. Depending on how the question is framed, I could be accused of embracing his behavior including his pandering to xenophobic elements, which I'm far from. Fair game I suppose, but I really just can't stand him or his base.

Know who I can't stand more? Democrats, especially the current crop.

Who exactly do you think Trump's base is? I tend to consider the base as the group who will vote for you despite all your deficiencies.

Well, despite my posting history, its not just the Mueller report. I don't find him intolerable as much as I see him as incompetent. All the stupid shit he says on twitter is just that... stupid shit. I don't care that he says stupid shit. I think he does it just to troll the Dems and the Media. It isn't any one thing... I dont think I could name one thing.. just not feeling it for 2020... weird I know... but thats the best way I could describe why I wont vote for him again.

I, too, would like to know the answers to these questions.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Based on the incompetence and although I do think he trolls often, he certainly doesn't say that much stupid shit as a continual level of the dems. I've said the Mueller report changed my mind. I was hoping for the best. It certainly didn't come back worst case, but it painted him in such a dirty light. Much more corrupt than I gave him credit for. I wouldn't trust the guy to walk my dog.

You're crazy. He was completely exonerated by that report.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

But he did put conservatives on the court.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

I agree, Trump is hardly Republican, but why would you abandon the party because you don't like the president?

Not surprised. But there's a difference. All the information before, while often credible, was filtered through media outlets, or leaked from unnamed sources. This is direct testimony to Federal investigators, documented in an official U.S. government publication. So the problem I have is we've been so conditioned to lower our standards for Trump that - we're all so unsurprised as you are - that the report is considered "normal" or insignificant. When perhaps it shouldn't be.

Is a political party any more than a bunch of people scheming to win control of the government? If their current version of what that control looks like doesn’t align to yours why would you stay?

I say this as someone who always votes mixed party and does not get the political party as a feature of identity. I vote based on what person/ policy view I think is best. Because pretty much at this point both parties suck.

Holy Crap! I could have written the tweet for the Justice Democrats.

https://www.huffpost.com/...af25e4b01b6b3efd8a36

"Joe Biden stands in near complete opposition to where the center of energy is in the Democratic Party today. Democrats are increasingly uniting around progressive populist policies like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, free college, rejecting corporate money..."

Should I expect McKean's immediate condemnation of the Justice Democrats, given his awesome backbone and all? Or is he really like every other politician who takes politically expedient positions?