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The first part of your statement is correct. I differ with the second part. Numerous presidents have been abandoned by their support bases throughout history but the impeachment tipping point for them was much further away. Trump did not enter Washington with a base of popular support developed...

I'm not going to parse every political nuance or debate the meaning of this word or that. My point is simple. A certain number of Iowa Trump supporters are counting on him to preserve the ethanol mandate. Political forces are in motion that will put that mandate up for debate sometime in the...

The reliability, interpretation and/or effect of Trump's word is easy to test with a specific example. From the Wall Street Journal: "During the GOP primary, Mr. Trump emphasized his support for the [ethanol] mandate in Iowa—the nation’s biggest corn-producing state and home to the first...

That probably happens with every newly-elected president as his staunchest foes engage in wishful thinking and process their emotions after their defeat. In the present case a fair amount of impeachment talk is out there. I think the volume of it is higher this year. Commentators of all stripes...

While it is certainly possible that the Trump supporters remain steadfastly behind him in large numbers, my expectation is otherwise. Time will tell.

It would have been more accurate to say that Trump's political incorrectness and the large, groundswell response to it, helped me see more clearly how oppressive certain players can be by making this, that or the other thing politically correct. Political rectitude may be a tool used by some to...

Regarding you and me describing Trump supporters, notice how you paint them with a broad brush while I talk about a specific number drifting away. Groups are composed of individuals and individuals change their minds and behaviors. While it can be said that all Trump supporters voted for Trump...

It is Trump's political incorrectness I was referring to. Once new, it's not new any more. That is a loss of novelty. That may be true today but when Trump first started in about the wall, he was pushed to define his meaning. More than once, I saw footage of him specifically spelling it out...

Moot, Trump freed me from political correctness. I did not realize how cowed I had become to speaking as the elites would have me speak until I saw Trump not do it. The most striking similarity for me is how the upstart candidate's opponents underestimated him. They did not believe that...

Hillary's strategy blunders definitely played a role. The biggest one was not coming clean when the email scandal first broke. She should have fessed up and turned the entire server over to the investigators. That would have made for some uncomfortable months but that would have been far less...

In fairness to the generals, the politicians and Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War, it should be noted that troops don't mass any more because when they do, they can be taken out by an Air Force Airman sitting in an air conditioned building in Nevada. Enemy behavior and battlefield tactics ain't...

So, to sum up DaveKC and Turtle (fairly, I hope), Trump defeated all other Republican candidates in the primaries because: 1. Trump freed people from political rectitude (political correctness). 2. People wanted change. 3. People were angry and Trump provided a way to express it. 4. Trump...

Fair point. His victory over Hillary can be explained away by the fact that she herself was a massively encumbered candidate. Trump's victory over numerous other Republicans in the primaries, many of them with years of experience and polished political talent, is harder to dismiss as a fluke or...

In a business where you are a self-employed contractor providing services to a carrier and/or customers, it's not about team. It's about being really good at what you do so your will succeed in your business while serving your carrier and customers well. As an expediter, your colleagues are also...

The Art of War is required reading in the U.S. Army war college and most officers have read it long before they get there. When warriors are permitted to fight the battles, winners and losers are quickly decided. When politicians get into the game, the wars go on and on.

If you are talking about a short-term emotional response, you are correct. Impeaching Trump will help the Democrats feel better, just like defeating Hillary is helping the Republicans feel good now. But longer term, and speaking about winning elections in 2018 and beyond, the Republicans would...

Reading a bit about this, here are some interesting quotes from various sources. 1. "We’re not likely to see an impeachment anytime soon, for the same reasons that the Republicans were unable to stop Trump from winning the nomination: Trump has consolidated the GOP base as his own personality...

I don't see the Republicans particularly concerned about healing the country. These are the people who impeached Clinton. These are the people who were willing to shut down the entire government over a budget item. They are not troubled by conflict and they are willing to go all-in to get their...

Those who live by the media die by the media.

How so? With Pence having few negatives and Trump having many, how would the Democrats be helped if the Republicans replace Trump with Pence?