Yeah but Pence still needs to put some work before he´s put as POTUS, he needs to get how do I put it? More of a presence by himself, he needs to build on that.
None of these terrible people SHOULD be Potus, but trump is one of the worst possible choices after ppl like betsy devos.
Betsy DeVos is waaaay down on the list. I doubt that, if anything were to happen, she would ever become POTUS.
Well, pence's only real merit is how presidential "he looks" so far. Remember the VP debate? Pence lied through his teeth about trump and yet the only comments about it was how presidential he looked.... I am not so sure of what more time as VP would do for pence to be honest. As far as republicans pence is probably their idea of a perfect president. As for repealing obamacare, no republican really knows what to do about it. Just look at their current situation with the party... Trump during his campaign basically offered universal health care. And in the past few weeks he went ahead threw his people under the bus and is more or less behind ryan's plan. And the moment the plan got out the party basically shattered. You have the faction that thinks trumpcare is too socialist, then the faction that thinks it is merely a watered down obamacare, then the faction that does not want to see 20 million people lose health care. And of course, ryan appearing on tv telling people with a straight face that he does not actually care about all those people loosing health care coverage and that that is even a good thing. No republican knows what to do about health care. Not 3 weeks ago trump said "nobody knew healthcare was so complicated". If trump, the absolute leader of the party does not know health care is complicated, let alone anything about it, what hope is there for the suckers that he leads? Fact is, republicans in general do not know anything nor care about anything nor even care about knowing about health care. Republicans are the only major party of any developed nation to whom "universal health care" is an intrinsically bad thing. Which actually explains why the party knows and cares so little about health care as a whole. Universal health care for them is intrinsically evil.
Why do you care more about style over substance? Regardless of what you think of Pence's views, he at least has experience in the executive branch of government. Trump has zilch.
Style? Things like charisma are good substance "style" is one of the things what made trump having shots at being POTUS because most people watching tv watched one his add vids or shows once or twice.
But Trump isn't running for election now, and Pence wouldn't either if he was appointed in such a scenario. Governance is the only thing that matters in that moment.
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My problem with the VP debate was that Pence has that "smooth talking", but I wish we could´ve gotten more from him, it´s interesting to adress the Pence/Trump dinamic, though, I after that debate I thought that as far dinamic political duos were going, Kaine/Hillary was a mess and that Trump/Pence was "diverse" to say the least and how boy did the internet make those Trump/Pence memes a actual thing...
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How exactly are senators elected? If it's an electoral college thing that is by no means impossible. That said, an accurate forecast of al election well over a year away is probably not a thing.Trumps' approval rating might not be high but still republicans are expected to gain seats in the next senate election. I wonder what does it mean for the democratic party
They are elected by states afaik. Each state has like 2 senators. They run for election in every 4 years. So there are 100 senators. Democrats have to defend tough states at places like Indiana and some other red states.
Well, at some point there will definitely be some interesting material to read and watch. Unfortunately once it goes through history channel's lenses the conclusion will be orange illuminati socialist aliens lizards from mars.
If nothing else, if america gets through the Trump era mostly unscathed (except for the obvious horrors like healthcare cuts and screwed up foreign relations), it is a testament to your checks and balances working properly.
Unless you are among the people who think trump is having trouble getting things done because of obama.... I don't think the number of people who think that is that small tbh.
How can a person who speaks with authority on so many things he at BEST has a cursory knowledge/impression of do that?
No, Senatorial terms are 6 years. Elections are staggered among three groups so that a third of the 100 seats are up for election every 2 years. This is compared to members of Congress who must run every 2 years.
