palmerreport--2020-02-06--Donald Trump posts insane tweet, immediately deletes it

Donald Trump is having a pretty terrible day , for someone who just got acquitted .
Republican Senator Mitt Romney stole the show by voting to convict and remove him .
The House says John Bolton is likely to testify .
And Trump looked like a powerless stooge last night when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripped up his speech .
So it ’ s perhaps fitting that in what amounts to his first official statement in the wake of Romney ’ s vote to remove him , Donald Trump posted one of his most insane tweets yet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Really Happened ” – with additional information – and then deleted it within a few seconds .
Wait , what ?
By the time we got the notification that Trump had posted the tweet , he had already deleted it .
That ’ s understandable , considering it ’ s equal parts unintelligible and embarrassing .
If Trump has to explain to us “ what really happened ” over the past twenty-four hours , then it means he ’ s already lost control of the narrative .
When he then fails to even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it suggests he and his team are too frazzled to function .
Then again , maybe Donald Trump simply left the question mark off , and he ’ s asking us what really happened ?
Things are taking an awfully swift negative turn for him , after so many pundits started off the week insisting that he was embarking on a magic carpet ride .
What really happened is that Trump finds ways to blow it even when things occasionally threaten to lean in his favor .

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Donald Trump is having a pretty terrible day, for someone who just got acquitted. Republican Senator Mitt Romney stole the show by voting to convict and remove him. The House says John Bolton is likely to testify. And Trump looked like a powerless stooge last night when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripped up his speech.
So it’s perhaps fitting that in what amounts to his first official statement in the wake of Romney’s vote to remove him, Donald Trump posted one of his most insane tweets yet. He simply tweeted the words “What Really Happened” – with additional information – and then deleted it within a few seconds. Wait, what?
By the time we got the notification that Trump had posted the tweet, he had already deleted it. That’s understandable, considering it’s equal parts unintelligible and embarrassing. If Trump has to explain to us “what really happened” over the past twenty-four hours, then it means he’s already lost control of the narrative. When he then fails to even include his explanation of what really happened, it suggests he and his team are too frazzled to function.
Then again, maybe Donald Trump simply left the question mark off, and he’s asking us what really happened? Things are taking an awfully swift negative turn for him, after so many pundits started off the week insisting that he was embarking on a magic carpet ride. What really happened is that Trump finds ways to blow it even when things occasionally threaten to lean in his favor.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--This is the leadership we need right now

At the end of Donald Trump ’ s State of the Union address last night , Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen slowly and deliberately tearing up her copy of his speech .
When asked why she did so , the Speaker responded : “ Because it was the courteous thing to do , ” adding that it was “ the courteous thing to do considering the alternative.
” I can only assume the alternative would have been wadding it up and throwing it at him .
Before his speech on Tuesday , Trump ( acting like a petulant child ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refusing even the simplest gesture of civility .
I ’ m certain Pelosi had little desire to shake the hand of the man she impeached for betraying his oath of office , but ( unlike Trump ) , Nancy Pelosi upholds the dignity of her office .
In his speech Tuesday night , Trump did what he always does – he made things up , he twisted facts to suit his needs and he flat out lied .
Pelosi could have abandoned all sense of decorum like Representative Joe Wilson ( R-SC ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ joint address to the house and senate and yelled out , “ You lie !
” , but she would never disgrace her office or this country by doing so .
Instead , without words or drama , she simply tore it up .
Trump ’ s supporters are ( of course ) outraged with Pelosi for committing what they see as another attack on their beloved ruler ( the first being his justifiable impeachment ) .
They echo Trump ’ s mantra that no other president has ever been subjected to such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a list of Trump ’ s actual accomplishments ) .
Some of Pelosi ’ s detractors on the left have called it a fruitless gesture .
While it ’ s true that Pelosi ’ s actions will not change the Senate vote to acquit , nor will it convince the GOP to hold Trump more accountable for his actions , quiet acts of defiance rarely have instantaneous measurable results .
Nancy Pelosi wasn ’ t trying to do that ; rather she was conveying simply and with a great deal of class and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by while Trump lies to congress and the American people .
She will continue to challenge him , she will continue to hold him accountable for his actions .
That is what a leader does , and make no mistake , Nancy Pelosi is a great leader .

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At the end of Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen slowly and deliberately tearing up her copy of his speech. When asked why she did so, the Speaker responded: “Because it was the courteous thing to do,” adding that it was “the courteous thing to do considering the alternative.” I can only assume the alternative would have been wadding it up and throwing it at him.
Before his speech on Tuesday, Trump (acting like a petulant child) ignored Pelosi’s outstretched hand, refusing even the simplest gesture of civility. I’m certain Pelosi had little desire to shake the hand of the man she impeached for betraying his oath of office, but (unlike Trump), Nancy Pelosi upholds the dignity of her office.
In his speech Tuesday night, Trump did what he always does – he made things up, he twisted facts to suit his needs and he flat out lied. Pelosi could have abandoned all sense of decorum like Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) did during President Obama’s 2009 joint address to the house and senate and yelled out, “You lie!”, but she would never disgrace her office or this country by doing so. Instead, without words or drama, she simply tore it up.
Trump’s supporters are (of course) outraged with Pelosi for committing what they see as another attack on their beloved ruler (the first being his justifiable impeachment). They echo Trump’s mantra that no other president has ever been subjected to such disrespect (their memories as short as a list of Trump’s actual accomplishments). Some of Pelosi’s detractors on the left have called it a fruitless gesture.
While it’s true that Pelosi’s actions will not change the Senate vote to acquit, nor will it convince the GOP to hold Trump more accountable for his actions, quiet acts of defiance rarely have instantaneous measurable results. Nancy Pelosi wasn’t trying to do that; rather she was conveying simply and with a great deal of class and restraint that she will never sit idly by while Trump lies to congress and the American people. She will continue to challenge him, she will continue to hold him accountable for his actions. That is what a leader does, and make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi is a great leader.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--Donald Trump goes berserk about Mitt Romney, gives something away in the process

Various media reports this evening are saying that Donald Trump and his White House were caught completely off guard by Mitt Romney ’ s vote to convict and remove Trump .
If this is indeed true , then it means either Romney didn ’ t give them any warning over what he was about to do , or Trump didn ’ t believe Romney would really go through with it .
In any case , Donald Trump ’ s response on Twitter this evening suggests that he and his team really weren ’ t prepared for this moment .
Instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even an attempt at rebutting Romney ’ s assertions , Trump and his team merely tweeted a nonsensical minute-long video of Romney ’ s 2012 loss .
Best we can tell , because Romney is depicted as wearing sunglasses in the video , it means he ’ s the… bad guy ?
We ’ re pretty sure we ’ ve seen Donald Trump use this whacked out video effect before , with someone else wearing the sunglasses .
Someone on social media will surely hunt it down .
The point is that Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guard , they had to resort to recycling one of their old video animations so they could post something in response .
This is odd , considering it was fairly easy to predict that Mitt Romney might vote this way , as it ’ ll probably help Romney more than it hurts him .
We knew this was a strong possibility .
Many of you saw it coming .
Yet Donald Trump and his remaining White House advisers were somehow completely caught off guard by this .
This gives away that they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality – which matters heading into 2020 .

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Various media reports this evening are saying that Donald Trump and his White House were caught completely off guard by Mitt Romney’s vote to convict and remove Trump. If this is indeed true, then it means either Romney didn’t give them any warning over what he was about to do, or Trump didn’t believe Romney would really go through with it.
In any case, Donald Trump’s response on Twitter this evening suggests that he and his team really weren’t prepared for this moment. Instead of a rant about Mitt Romney or even an attempt at rebutting Romney’s assertions, Trump and his team merely tweeted a nonsensical minute-long video of Romney’s 2012 loss. Best we can tell, because Romney is depicted as wearing sunglasses in the video, it means he’s the… bad guy?
We’re pretty sure we’ve seen Donald Trump use this whacked out video effect before, with someone else wearing the sunglasses. Someone on social media will surely hunt it down. The point is that Trump and his people were so caught off guard, they had to resort to recycling one of their old video animations so they could post something in response.
This is odd, considering it was fairly easy to predict that Mitt Romney might vote this way, as it’ll probably help Romney more than it hurts him. We knew this was a strong possibility. Many of you saw it coming. Yet Donald Trump and his remaining White House advisers were somehow completely caught off guard by this. This gives away that they’re just that far removed from the reality – which matters heading into 2020.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--Donald Trump Jr goes totally bonkers

Donald Trump Jr goes totally bonkers

If acquittal is supposed to be a victory for Donald Trump that ’ s going to somehow magically propel him to reelection in 2020 , then why are he and the people around him acting like their whole world is on fire ?
That ’ s the question we now find ourselves asking .
Trump ’ s own behavior has included a series of sullen tweets this week and a refusal to shake Nancy Pelosi ’ s hand last night .
Now his idiot son is weighing in .
No , not that idiot son , the other idiot son @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convict and remove Donald Trump today , marking the first time in United States history that a Senator has voted to remove a president from his own party .
In response Donald Trump Jr , who only exists to prove that someone can indeed be even more ignorant than Donald Trump , posted this highly inappropriate meme on Instagram : We ’ re only sharing this idiotic post because it helps make clear that Team Trump is indeed very much worried about the fallout from impeachment .
Not only has Donald Trump been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can now campaign on the fact that Senators from both parties formally confirmed Trump ’ s guilt .
Donald Trump Junior has also posted an image of John Bolton wearing a wig , in response to today ’ s news that Bolton is going to testify to the House .
This is all just getting started , and Trump and his people are terrified of what ’ s coming next .

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If acquittal is supposed to be a victory for Donald Trump that’s going to somehow magically propel him to reelection in 2020, then why are he and the people around him acting like their whole world is on fire? That’s the question we now find ourselves asking. Trump’s own behavior has included a series of sullen tweets this week and a refusal to shake Nancy Pelosi’s hand last night. Now his idiot son is weighing in. No, not that idiot son, the other idiot son.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted to convict and remove Donald Trump today, marking the first time in United States history that a Senator has voted to remove a president from his own party. In response Donald Trump Jr, who only exists to prove that someone can indeed be even more ignorant than Donald Trump, posted this highly inappropriate meme on Instagram:
We’re only sharing this idiotic post because it helps make clear that Team Trump is indeed very much worried about the fallout from impeachment. Not only has Donald Trump been impeached heading into 2020, the Democrats can now campaign on the fact that Senators from both parties formally confirmed Trump’s guilt. Donald Trump Junior has also posted an image of John Bolton wearing a wig, in response to today’s news that Bolton is going to testify to the House. This is all just getting started, and Trump and his people are terrified of what’s coming next.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--Donald Trump just reached a whole new low – and it’s one for the history books

The corrupt Republican Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump today , but after having called no witnesses , there ’ s no way this can be called a “ trial ” – and no trial effectively means no acquittal .
But we always knew these clowns were going to acquit Trump anyway , and impeaching wasn ’ t about that .
It was about taking the correct action against a criminal .
The thing is , Trump actually did suffer a historic blow today that ’ s unique to him .
When Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted to convict and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t result in anywhere close to enough votes to remove Trump , of course .
But as numerous people have pointed out across social media today , Romney did become the first Senator to ever vote for the removal of a president from his own party .
This matters , and not just because it ’ s humiliating for Donald Trump .
It means this is the first formal bipartisan Senate confirmation a of president ’ s guilt in United States history .
Until today , Senators from both parties had never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when Andrew Johnson was impeached .
Not when Bill Clinton was impeached , either .
Of course Richard Nixon would almost surely have received votes for removal from both parties .
In fact he would have received enough votes to actually remove him , but he resigned first .
Trump should take a lesson and resign now .
Of course Nixon was only facing federal criminal charges when he resigned , and Ford pardoned him on those .
Unfortunately for Trump , he ’ s also facing state level criminal charges in New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Once Trump is no longer president , he ’ ll be arrested – meaning he ’ ll make even more history .

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The corrupt Republican Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump today, but after having called no witnesses, there’s no way this can be called a “trial” – and no trial effectively means no acquittal. But we always knew these clowns were going to acquit Trump anyway, and impeaching wasn’t about that. It was about taking the correct action against a criminal. The thing is, Trump actually did suffer a historic blow today that’s unique to him.
When Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted to convict and remove Donald Trump today, it didn’t result in anywhere close to enough votes to remove Trump, of course. But as numerous people have pointed out across social media today, Romney did become the first Senator to ever vote for the removal of a president from his own party.
This matters, and not just because it’s humiliating for Donald Trump. It means this is the first formal bipartisan Senate confirmation a of president’s guilt in United States history. Until today, Senators from both parties had never voted to remove a president. Not when Andrew Johnson was impeached. Not when Bill Clinton was impeached, either.
Of course Richard Nixon would almost surely have received votes for removal from both parties. In fact he would have received enough votes to actually remove him, but he resigned first. Trump should take a lesson and resign now. Of course Nixon was only facing federal criminal charges when he resigned, and Ford pardoned him on those. Unfortunately for Trump, he’s also facing state level criminal charges in New York, which no president can pardon. Once Trump is no longer president, he’ll be arrested – meaning he’ll make even more history.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--Mitt Romney’s real gift to the Resistance may be bigger than Donald Trump

When Mitt Romney voted to convict and remove Donald Trump , he was doing the morally correct thing .
There ’ s also a strong argument to be made that Romney did more to help than hurt his own political ambitions .
You can decide for yourself how pure you think his motives were .
But the bottom line is that it was a clear win for the Resistance .
It cost Trump what could have been the rare positive news cycle for him .
It took away his argument that impeachment was partisan .
And it handed the Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties agree he ’ s a crook .
But there may be an even bigger angle .
The fatalists out there don ’ t want to hear this , but Donald Trump is very likely to lose in 2020 .
His biggest swings , such trying to secretly conspire with Ukraine to rig the election , are hurting him instead of helping him .
Acquittal won ’ t make him a smarter criminal , so the odds of success of his eternally dimwitted schemes aren ’ t likely to go up .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ premise that his conviction vote will help finish off Trump ’ s weak 2020 chances .
But there ’ s a far more difficult battle at play here .
It ’ ll be very difficult for Donald Trump to win in 2020 .
It ’ ll be even more difficult for the Republicans to take the House .
But the one thing the Republicans still have going for them is that they have pretty strong odds of hanging onto the Senate .
Just because of the math involved , the Resistance will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than it will in finishing Trump off .
But Romney just made that at least incrementally easier .
Susan Collins , Cory Gardner , and a few other Republican Senators from purple states are up for reelection this year .
Their math told them that voting to acquit Trump gave them better 2020 odds than voting to convict him .
But they were also counting on being able to argue that impeachment was a partisan farce .
Now that Mitt Romney has very loudly voted to convict , other Republicans like Collins will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see what Romney saw .
That ’ s a huge landmine for them .
This gives the Democrats an opening to take the Senate in November – and that may be Romney ’ s real gift to the Resistance .

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When Mitt Romney voted to convict and remove Donald Trump, he was doing the morally correct thing. There’s also a strong argument to be made that Romney did more to help than hurt his own political ambitions. You can decide for yourself how pure you think his motives were. But the bottom line is that it was a clear win for the Resistance. It cost Trump what could have been the rare positive news cycle for him. It took away his argument that impeachment was partisan. And it handed the Democrats the 2020 narrative that Senators from both parties agree he’s a crook. But there may be an even bigger angle.
The fatalists out there don’t want to hear this, but Donald Trump is very likely to lose in 2020. His biggest swings, such trying to secretly conspire with Ukraine to rig the election, are hurting him instead of helping him. Acquittal won’t make him a smarter criminal, so the odds of success of his eternally dimwitted schemes aren’t likely to go up. In fact Romney just bet big on the premise that his conviction vote will help finish off Trump’s weak 2020 chances. But there’s a far more difficult battle at play here.
It’ll be very difficult for Donald Trump to win in 2020. It’ll be even more difficult for the Republicans to take the House. But the one thing the Republicans still have going for them is that they have pretty strong odds of hanging onto the Senate. Just because of the math involved, the Resistance will have a far harder time taking the Senate than it will in finishing Trump off. But Romney just made that at least incrementally easier.
Susan Collins, Cory Gardner, and a few other Republican Senators from purple states are up for reelection this year. Their math told them that voting to acquit Trump gave them better 2020 odds than voting to convict him. But they were also counting on being able to argue that impeachment was a partisan farce. Now that Mitt Romney has very loudly voted to convict, other Republicans like Collins will spend 2020 being asked why they refused to see what Romney saw. That’s a huge landmine for them. This gives the Democrats an opening to take the Senate in November – and that may be Romney’s real gift to the Resistance.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--THAT’S NOT HOW ANYTHING WORKS

THAT’S NOT HOW ANYTHING WORKS

Trump ’ s approval rating is not suddenly 49 % .
That ’ s an outlier poll , not in line at all with the averages .
TV pundits love to drum up ratings by touting outlier polls for shock value .
The polling averages are usually proven accurate .
The media usually misrepresents the polls .
MSNBC and CNN pundits will tout Trump ’ s lowest approval rating poll number one week , then his highest number the next week , then his lowest number again the week after that .
All while ignoring the polling averages , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is not in any way unique to Trump coverage .
Cable news networks have always done this stuff .
The 24 hour news cycle sometimes forces them to create the appearance of news or movement on a given front when there isn ’ t any .
To give you an idea of how absurd the cycle was this week , cable news hosts tripped over each other to report the new 49 % approval rating number from Gallup , while almost completely ignoring the new 41 % approval rating from Reuters .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ polling averages are .
Reporting the 49 % number in isolation , while ignoring overall data , is about as valid as reporting that a football team scored the most points in the second quarter , without bothering to mention that the team in question lost the game .
If you ’ re going to watch MSNBC or CNN all day and take what you hear at face value in general , keep in mind that what you ’ re hearing on TV about the polls is nearly always being reported incorrectly .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ re watching .
Or let your favorite cable news hosts know that you ’ re tired of hearing them quoting individual polls out of context , and that they ’ ll have more credibility if they start placing new polls within the context of the polling averages .
Polls are highly useful when reported and interpreted correctly .
Unfortunately , because cable news feeds you outlier polls for shock value , and then you later see that those polls have turned out to be wrong , many of you mistakenly conclude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s commonplace to see cable news networks report Trump ’ s lowest poll number one week , then report his highest poll number the next week , then go back to reporting his poll number the next week , just to create the appearance of movement in both directions – even as his average approval rating doesn ’ t move an inch .
Even in 2016 , the final polling averages were correct within the margin of error .
After Comey ’ s last minute letter , the polling averages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the popular vote .
She won by two points , which was within the stated three point margin of error .
That ’ s not much consolation for the past three years .
But it shows that the polls do tend to be correct .
It ’ s the people yelling out-of-context poll numbers on television who ruin it for the rest of us .

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Trump’s approval rating is not suddenly 49%. That’s an outlier poll, not in line at all with the averages. TV pundits love to drum up ratings by touting outlier polls for shock value. The polling averages are usually proven accurate. The media usually misrepresents the polls. MSNBC and CNN pundits will tout Trump’s lowest approval rating poll number one week, then his highest number the next week, then his lowest number again the week after that. All while ignoring the polling averages, which haven’t moved at all.
This is not in any way unique to Trump coverage. Cable news networks have always done this stuff. The 24 hour news cycle sometimes forces them to create the appearance of news or movement on a given front when there isn’t any. To give you an idea of how absurd the cycle was this week, cable news hosts tripped over each other to report the new 49% approval rating number from Gallup, while almost completely ignoring the new 41% approval rating from Reuters. The 41% is about where the polling averages are. Reporting the 49% number in isolation, while ignoring overall data, is about as valid as reporting that a football team scored the most points in the second quarter, without bothering to mention that the team in question lost the game.
If you’re going to watch MSNBC or CNN all day and take what you hear at face value in general, keep in mind that what you’re hearing on TV about the polls is nearly always being reported incorrectly. Just filter out any polling analysis as you’re watching. Or let your favorite cable news hosts know that you’re tired of hearing them quoting individual polls out of context, and that they’ll have more credibility if they start placing new polls within the context of the polling averages.
Polls are highly useful when reported and interpreted correctly. Unfortunately, because cable news feeds you outlier polls for shock value, and then you later see that those polls have turned out to be wrong, many of you mistakenly conclude that the polls tend to be wrong. It’s commonplace to see cable news networks report Trump’s lowest poll number one week, then report his highest poll number the next week, then go back to reporting his poll number the next week, just to create the appearance of movement in both directions – even as his average approval rating doesn’t move an inch.
Even in 2016, the final polling averages were correct within the margin of error. After Comey’s last minute letter, the polling averages had Hillary Clinton up by four points in the popular vote. She won by two points, which was within the stated three point margin of error. That’s not much consolation for the past three years. But it shows that the polls do tend to be correct. It’s the people yelling out-of-context poll numbers on television who ruin it for the rest of us.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--So much for Donald Trump being emboldened

There ’ s safety in numbers .
It ’ s why the media spent late 2017 and early 2018 almost uniformly insisting that Donald Trump would pardon all his co-conspirators at any minute .
It ’ s why the media spent last month insisting that war with Iran was a foregone conclusion .
It doesn ’ t matter that these types of logicless doomsday predictions are nearly always wrong .
When these things inevitably end up not happening , you ’ re too relieved to notice that the media used these narratives to manipulate you for ratings .
And even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you ’ re not going to single out any of the pundits who participated in the nonsense narrative , because they all did .
This brings us to the latest trendy doomsday narrative , which says that Donald Trump is going to be “ emboldened ” by his sham acquittal , and that this will somehow magically result in him winning in 2020 despite his terrible reelection prospects .
If this makes sense to you at all , it ’ s only because you ’ ve heard it repeated so many times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlets .
Go search Google News for “ Trump ” and “ emboldened ” and you ’ ll see just how often you ’ re being fed these two words in the same sentence right now .
When you take a step back and logically examine the “ emboldened ” narrative , you realize it ’ s so absurd , it ’ s almost giggle-worthy .
We all know Donald Trump has never been the kind of guy to restrain himself for fear of getting caught .
He spent his first three years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schemes , some of which have lined his pockets , many of which have backfired on him politically , and none of which have helped his weak 2020 prospects .
There was never any restraint on his part .
The notion that he ’ s now going to become “ unrestrained ” is absurd .
It might be true of someone else in Trump ’ s position , who previously had been restrained , but it ’ s obviously not the case with Trump .
Today is Donald Trump ’ s first day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spend it being emboldened ?
Of course not , because that ’ s not a concept that applies to his particular psychology .
Instead he spent the National Prayer Breakfast ranting angrily about Mitt Romney and Nancy Pelosi .
Then he held an unhinged White House press conference and started yelling about how impeachment was “ bullshit ” while making up fake new words like “ apprenti.
” This is supposed to be an “ emboldened ” guy ?
Yeah right .
This is the same Donald Trump as ever .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it ’ s clear that nothing has changed with him .
He ’ s clinically compelled to be who he is .
He ’ s going to spend the rest of this election cycle whining about his adversaries who have gotten the best of him , behaving stupidly in public , and attempting the same old dimwitted corrupt schemes that he ’ s been attempting nonstop all along .
Unless you think acquittal is going to make Trump a smarter criminal , there ’ s nothing to see here .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy , not a new and “ emboldened ” nightmare .
Weeks from now , when it finally becomes crystal clear to the public that this is the same old Donald Trump and nothing about him has changed , we ’ ll see the media quietly retire the “ Trump emboldened ” narrative .
Most of you won ’ t even notice .
But if this current doomsday narrative prompts any of you spend the next few weeks sulking , instead of getting out there and resisting , you ’ ll be handing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single measure , we ’ re on track to finish Trump off in November .
Just about the only way we can lose is if we spend that time acting like we ’ ve already lost , instead of putting in the work required to win .

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There’s safety in numbers. It’s why the media spent late 2017 and early 2018 almost uniformly insisting that Donald Trump would pardon all his co-conspirators at any minute. It’s why the media spent last month insisting that war with Iran was a foregone conclusion. It doesn’t matter that these types of logicless doomsday predictions are nearly always wrong. When these things inevitably end up not happening, you’re too relieved to notice that the media used these narratives to manipulate you for ratings. And even if you do resent having been played, you’re not going to single out any of the pundits who participated in the nonsense narrative, because they all did.
This brings us to the latest trendy doomsday narrative, which says that Donald Trump is going to be “emboldened” by his sham acquittal, and that this will somehow magically result in him winning in 2020 despite his terrible reelection prospects. If this makes sense to you at all, it’s only because you’ve heard it repeated so many times lately by so many pundits and news outlets. Go search Google News for “Trump” and “emboldened” and you’ll see just how often you’re being fed these two words in the same sentence right now.
When you take a step back and logically examine the “emboldened” narrative, you realize it’s so absurd, it’s almost giggle-worthy. We all know Donald Trump has never been the kind of guy to restrain himself for fear of getting caught. He spent his first three years in office carrying out nonstop dimwitted corrupt schemes, some of which have lined his pockets, many of which have backfired on him politically, and none of which have helped his weak 2020 prospects. There was never any restraint on his part. The notion that he’s now going to become “unrestrained” is absurd. It might be true of someone else in Trump’s position, who previously had been restrained, but it’s obviously not the case with Trump.
Today is Donald Trump’s first day as an acquitted man. Did he spend it being emboldened? Of course not, because that’s not a concept that applies to his particular psychology. Instead he spent the National Prayer Breakfast ranting angrily about Mitt Romney and Nancy Pelosi. Then he held an unhinged White House press conference and started yelling about how impeachment was “bullshit” while making up fake new words like “apprenti.”
This is supposed to be an “emboldened” guy? Yeah right. This is the same Donald Trump as ever. That’s certainly not a good thing, but it’s clear that nothing has changed with him. He’s clinically compelled to be who he is. He’s going to spend the rest of this election cycle whining about his adversaries who have gotten the best of him, behaving stupidly in public, and attempting the same old dimwitted corrupt schemes that he’s been attempting nonstop all along. Unless you think acquittal is going to make Trump a smarter criminal, there’s nothing to see here. It’s the same old nightmare with this guy, not a new and “emboldened” nightmare.
Weeks from now, when it finally becomes crystal clear to the public that this is the same old Donald Trump and nothing about him has changed, we’ll see the media quietly retire the “Trump emboldened” narrative. Most of you won’t even notice. But if this current doomsday narrative prompts any of you spend the next few weeks sulking, instead of getting out there and resisting, you’ll be handing Trump a 2020 advantage. By every single measure, we’re on track to finish Trump off in November. Just about the only way we can lose is if we spend that time acting like we’ve already lost, instead of putting in the work required to win.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--The desperation antics are reaching a whole new level

Last month , Rep. Matt Gaetz , one of Trump ’ s most sycophantic minions , surprised us by announcing that he would vote for the House ’ s War Powers Resolution .
Gaetz pointed out that the resolution did not criticize Trump , even though it was a response to Trump ’ s recent military action against Iran .
A senior White House official nevertheless called it “ super uncool ” and “ quite unwise ” and warned that Trump would ignore Gaetz ’ s “ kneelings in the snow , ” according to the Washington Post .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reference to how , in 1077 , King Henry IV prayed outside in the snow for days before Pope Gregory VII would forgive him .
In retaliation , Trump then denied Gaetz a role on his impeachment defense team , even though he had been considered a top contender .
Now that Trump has been acquitted , Gaetz is trying hard to get back in Trump ’ s good graces .
Last night , Gaetz tweeted that he is pursuing an ethics complaint against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for ripping up Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which Pelosi described at her news conference today as a “ manifesto of mistruths.
” Unfortunately for Gaetz , his move is so baseless and pathetically sycophantic that # MattGaetzIsATool began immediately trending on Twitter .
In the meantime , the New York Post last night presented a supposedly damning revelation about Pelosi ’ s behavior at the State of the Union .
It appears that video footage shows that Pelosi “ pre-ripped ” Trump ’ s speech by making small tears in the papers so that they would rip easily when Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed to make us rethink Pelosi as a phony rather than a hero .
Eric Trump , for example , tweeted , “ Well , this was staged !
Shocking ” followed by an eye-rolling emoji .
The thing is , this “ shocking ” revelation accomplishes the opposite , painting Pelosi in an even better light while taking the wind out of Gaetz ’ s pathetic sails .
Pelosi ’ s “ pre-ripping ” shows that her idea of shredding Trump ’ s speech came to her at least several minutes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did it , proving that she was in full control of her emotions .
Despite the fact that Trump refused to shake Pelosi ’ s outstretched hand before he began his speech , Pelosi did not fly into a rage like Trump would have surely done .
On the contrary , Pelosi kept her cool and ripped Trump ’ s speech because she wanted to — not because she lost her composure .
What we learned from all this is not too surprising , yet it is nonetheless inspiring : Matt Gaetz is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bitter buffoon , and Nancy Pelosi is still the shrewd and unflappable leader we have always known her to be .
Pelosi has exhibited the remarkable ability to live rent-free in Trump ’ s head while not allowing him to get under her skin .
Hopefully , she won ’ t have to do it for much longer .

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Last month, Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of Trump’s most sycophantic minions, surprised us by announcing that he would vote for the House’s War Powers Resolution. Gaetz pointed out that the resolution did not criticize Trump, even though it was a response to Trump’s recent military action against Iran. A senior White House official nevertheless called it “super uncool” and “quite unwise” and warned that Trump would ignore Gaetz’s “kneelings in the snow,” according to the Washington Post. This cryptic and sanctimonious statement was an apparent reference to how, in 1077, King Henry IV prayed outside in the snow for days before Pope Gregory VII would forgive him. In retaliation, Trump then denied Gaetz a role on his impeachment defense team, even though he had been considered a top contender.
Now that Trump has been acquitted, Gaetz is trying hard to get back in Trump’s good graces. Last night, Gaetz tweeted that he is pursuing an ethics complaint against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for ripping up Trump’s State of the Union speech, which Pelosi described at her news conference today as a “manifesto of mistruths.” Unfortunately for Gaetz, his move is so baseless and pathetically sycophantic that #MattGaetzIsATool began immediately trending on Twitter.
In the meantime, the New York Post last night presented a supposedly damning revelation about Pelosi’s behavior at the State of the Union. It appears that video footage shows that Pelosi “pre-ripped” Trump’s speech by making small tears in the papers so that they would rip easily when Trump finished delivering it. This evidence is supposed to make us rethink Pelosi as a phony rather than a hero. Eric Trump, for example, tweeted, “Well, this was staged! Shocking” followed by an eye-rolling emoji.
The thing is, this “shocking” revelation accomplishes the opposite, painting Pelosi in an even better light while taking the wind out of Gaetz’s pathetic sails. Pelosi’s “pre-ripping” shows that her idea of shredding Trump’s speech came to her at least several minutes, if not much longer, before she did it, proving that she was in full control of her emotions. Despite the fact that Trump refused to shake Pelosi’s outstretched hand before he began his speech, Pelosi did not fly into a rage like Trump would have surely done. On the contrary, Pelosi kept her cool and ripped Trump’s speech because she wanted to — not because she lost her composure.
What we learned from all this is not too surprising, yet it is nonetheless inspiring: Matt Gaetz is a desperate tool, Donald Trump is a bitter buffoon, and Nancy Pelosi is still the shrewd and unflappable leader we have always known her to be. Pelosi has exhibited the remarkable ability to live rent-free in Trump’s head while not allowing him to get under her skin. Hopefully, she won’t have to do it for much longer.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--Donald Trump just got hit with a case of Romnesia

During the late stages of the 2012 general election , Republican nominee Mitt Romney began resorting to changing his positions and pretending he ’ d never said the things he ’ d just said .
President Barack Obama responded by accusing Romney of having “ Romnesia ” – an apparently acute form of amnesia .
Obama then joked that it was a good thing for Romney that Obamacare covered those kinds of preexisting conditions .
I bring this up now because it ’ s a timely reminder that Mitt Romney pretty much low-key sucks as a politician , and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He has the wrong positions on nearly every political issue , and he has corrupt positions on a number of them .
Romney is the same guy today that he was eight years ago : someone you wouldn ’ t want to vote for unless you had to .
But Romney is a thousand times the man that Donald Trump will ever be , because Romney is no traitor .
In fact he doesn ’ t take kindly to people like Trump when they participate in treasonous conspiracies against the United States , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeachment vote .
Interestingly enough , it ’ s now Donald Trump who appears to have gotten hit with a case of Romnesia .
Late last night Trump decided that he remembered a version of the 2012 election that simply never happened .
He tweeted “ Had failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney devoted the same energy and anger to defeating a faltering Barack Obama as he sanctimoniously does to me , he could have won the election .
Read the Transcripts !
” Uh , nope .
Wrong .
President Obama wasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election .
Obama and Mitt Romney both passionately fought until the end .
Obama essentially won the election during the second debate when he caught Romney in the act of lying about – of all things – Benghazi .
But that was about as far as Romney ’ s villainy ever went .
It ’ s not like Romney tried to extort a foreign country into making up a fake Obama scandal .
That would have been treasonous , and Romney wasn ’ t willing to do that to win .
What ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understands it , is that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney – who certainly don ’ t like each other one bit – each respect each other a lot more than they respect Donald Trump .
Even Trump surely understands this .
The part he doesn ’ t get is why .
He can ’ t figure out why Romney was willing to take the political risk of voting for removal , and why Romney was so – to use Trump ’ s word – sanctimonious while announcing his decision .
“ Sanctimonious ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ superiority over others .
Romney , despite his many flaws , is morally superior to Trump .
But that concept doesn ’ t exist to a guy like Trump , who sees morals as harmful and pointless limitations on ambition .
Trump will never get why Romney is a better man than he is .
And it ticks him off to no end that so many people see it that way .

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During the late stages of the 2012 general election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney began resorting to changing his positions and pretending he’d never said the things he’d just said. President Barack Obama responded by accusing Romney of having “Romnesia” – an apparently acute form of amnesia. Obama then joked that it was a good thing for Romney that Obamacare covered those kinds of preexisting conditions.
I bring this up now because it’s a timely reminder that Mitt Romney pretty much low-key sucks as a politician, and he was a particularly meritless presidential candidate. He has the wrong positions on nearly every political issue, and he has corrupt positions on a number of them. Romney is the same guy today that he was eight years ago: someone you wouldn’t want to vote for unless you had to. But Romney is a thousand times the man that Donald Trump will ever be, because Romney is no traitor. In fact he doesn’t take kindly to people like Trump when they participate in treasonous conspiracies against the United States, as he just showed us with his impeachment vote.
Interestingly enough, it’s now Donald Trump who appears to have gotten hit with a case of Romnesia. Late last night Trump decided that he remembered a version of the 2012 election that simply never happened. He tweeted “Had failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney devoted the same energy and anger to defeating a faltering Barack Obama as he sanctimoniously does to me, he could have won the election. Read the Transcripts!” Uh, nope. Wrong.
President Obama wasn’t faltering down the stretch in that election. Obama and Mitt Romney both passionately fought until the end. Obama essentially won the election during the second debate when he caught Romney in the act of lying about – of all things – Benghazi. But that was about as far as Romney’s villainy ever went. It’s not like Romney tried to extort a foreign country into making up a fake Obama scandal. That would have been treasonous, and Romney wasn’t willing to do that to win.
What’s unspoken here, but everyone implicitly understands it, is that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney – who certainly don’t like each other one bit – each respect each other a lot more than they respect Donald Trump. Even Trump surely understands this. The part he doesn’t get is why. He can’t figure out why Romney was willing to take the political risk of voting for removal, and why Romney was so – to use Trump’s word – sanctimonious while announcing his decision. “Sanctimonious” means that you’re claiming moral superiority over others. Romney, despite his many flaws, is morally superior to Trump. But that concept doesn’t exist to a guy like Trump, who sees morals as harmful and pointless limitations on ambition. Trump will never get why Romney is a better man than he is. And it ticks him off to no end that so many people see it that way.
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palmerreport--2020-02-06--When it rains it pours

When it rains it pours

Despite the prevailing media narrative this month that Donald Trump is now somehow magically on his way to reelection , the reality is that he ’ s not on any such trajectory .
Some corners of the media have even gone so far as to play up an outlier poll making it look like his approval rating has suddenly spiked when it hasn ’ t .
But the reality is that Trump desperately has to do something to broaden his support before November if he wants any shot at winning .
Trump is now at a point where the clock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crucial for him , and every missed opportunity by definition a loss for him .
Yet as this week has gone on and Trump has tried seizing various moments , he just keeps getting drowned out .
What ’ s remarkable is just how little it ’ s taken for Trump ’ s opportunity to go wasted , sometimes by the design of his adversaries , and sometimes by his own hand .
It all started , really , when he ran a very expensive Super Bowl commercial dishonestly touting his record in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to drum up positive media coverage for him .
But after the game he idiotically congratulated the state of Kansas and not the state of Missouri , even though the winning team plays in Kansas City , Missouri .
The next day , that was the big story instead of his multimillion dollar ad .
Then things got worse for him .
Trump ’ s State of the Union speech was a semi-coherent disaster , but we presume he was at least trying to use the speech to broaden his support .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up her copy of his speech , and that ended up being the prevailing narrative instead of the media parroting Trump ’ s lies from his speech .
By the way , that ’ s why Pelosi did it .
Even if she hadn ’ t , his refusal to shake her hand before the speech probably would have been the prevailing narrative anyway .
Another opportunity blown .
Then on Wednesday , in the best single piece of news that Donald Trump is probably going to get between now and November , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trial .
But Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted to convict and remove Trump .
And so that became the prevailing narrative , instead of the fact that Trump was acquitted .
Each time Trump has tried to seize the moment this week , its gotten drowned out .
He desperately needs wins in the perception department , and he ’ s just not landing them .

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Despite the prevailing media narrative this month that Donald Trump is now somehow magically on his way to reelection, the reality is that he’s not on any such trajectory. Some corners of the media have even gone so far as to play up an outlier poll making it look like his approval rating has suddenly spiked when it hasn’t. But the reality is that Trump desperately has to do something to broaden his support before November if he wants any shot at winning.
Trump is now at a point where the clock is ticking, every remaining opportunity is crucial for him, and every missed opportunity by definition a loss for him. Yet as this week has gone on and Trump has tried seizing various moments, he just keeps getting drowned out. What’s remarkable is just how little it’s taken for Trump’s opportunity to go wasted, sometimes by the design of his adversaries, and sometimes by his own hand.
It all started, really, when he ran a very expensive Super Bowl commercial dishonestly touting his record in office. The ad was obviously supposed to drum up positive media coverage for him. But after the game he idiotically congratulated the state of Kansas and not the state of Missouri, even though the winning team plays in Kansas City, Missouri. The next day, that was the big story instead of his multimillion dollar ad. Then things got worse for him.
Trump’s State of the Union speech was a semi-coherent disaster, but we presume he was at least trying to use the speech to broaden his support. Then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of his speech, and that ended up being the prevailing narrative instead of the media parroting Trump’s lies from his speech. By the way, that’s why Pelosi did it. Even if she hadn’t, his refusal to shake her hand before the speech probably would have been the prevailing narrative anyway. Another opportunity blown.
Then on Wednesday, in the best single piece of news that Donald Trump is probably going to get between now and November, he was acquitted in his sham impeachment trial. But Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted to convict and remove Trump. And so that became the prevailing narrative, instead of the fact that Trump was acquitted. Each time Trump has tried to seize the moment this week, its gotten drowned out. He desperately needs wins in the perception department, and he’s just not landing them.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--Rudy Giuliani goes completely berserk and appears to give something away in the process

Last time we heard from Rudy Giuliani , he was on the air with Jeanine Pirro – the one Fox News host who would still have him – and even she was finally sick of his crap .
Today a startling new leak revealed that Fox News higher-ups were documenting their concerns about how Rudy kept appearing on the network and spreading disinformation .
After his Pirro debacle , we already didn ’ t think Rudy Giuliani was ever going to get back onto the air at Fox News anyway – but this new leak almost surely seals his fate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rudy was responding to this new scandal when he posted this tweet this evening : This is obviously one of Rudy ’ s most berserk , histrionic , and incoherent tweets to date .
That said , he appears to be giving away that he ’ s got something up his sleeve because “ it ain ’ t over.
” Is he referring to the Fox News debacle ?
Is he planning revenge on the network by leaking dirt that he knows about its hosts ?
This is just… weird .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something is about to hit the fan .
It ’ ll surely have a different kind of impact than he ’ s planning , of course , as most of his antics do these days .
Or is Rudy giving away that he thinks he ’ s about to be arrested ?
We ’ ll see .

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Last time we heard from Rudy Giuliani, he was on the air with Jeanine Pirro – the one Fox News host who would still have him – and even she was finally sick of his crap. Today a startling new leak revealed that Fox News higher-ups were documenting their concerns about how Rudy kept appearing on the network and spreading disinformation.
After his Pirro debacle, we already didn’t think Rudy Giuliani was ever going to get back onto the air at Fox News anyway – but this new leak almost surely seals his fate. We don’t know if Rudy was responding to this new scandal when he posted this tweet this evening:
This is obviously one of Rudy’s most berserk, histrionic, and incoherent tweets to date. That said, he appears to be giving away that he’s got something up his sleeve because “it ain’t over.” Is he referring to the Fox News debacle? Is he planning revenge on the network by leaking dirt that he knows about its hosts? This is just… weird. But it sure feels like Rudy is hinting that something is about to hit the fan. It’ll surely have a different kind of impact than he’s planning, of course, as most of his antics do these days. Or is Rudy giving away that he thinks he’s about to be arrested? We’ll see.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--Here’s what really just changed for Pete Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are now both declaring victory in the withering punchline that is the Democratic 2020 Iowa caucus .
Considering they ’ ll get a nearly equal number of delegates no matter which of them is ultimately named the official winner , it may not even matter .
The question is what happens now that Buttigieg has performed so much better in Iowa than anyone was expecting .
The demographics and format in Iowa are almost perfectly suited to Bernie ’ s candidacy , and the polls said he ’ d win Iowa by a few points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close second place in the state doesn ’ t tell us much .
The polls predict he ’ ll win next week in his backyard of New Hampshire , and if that holds true , it won ’ t tell us much either .
Bernie is down by fourteen points in the polls in South Carolina .
If that holds true it ’ ll mean he ’ s doing just as poorly with black voters as he did in 2016 , and that he ’ ll have no chance at the nomination .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sharply outperform his South Carolina poll numbers in order to have a shot .
But again , the story coming out of Iowa is Buttigieg ’ s surprise finish .
The pollsters vastly underestimated Buttigieg ’ s viability in Iowa .
The question now is whether this was merely a function of the gibberish Iowa caucus format , or if Buttigieg ’ s poll numbers are inaccurately low across the nation .
He ’ s currently polling third in New Hampshire , ten points off the lead .
If he finishes in , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it ’ ll tell us that he really is more popular than we all thought – at least with white voters .
The polls in South Carolina have Buttigieg twenty-five points behind .
If he finishes that poorly there , he ’ ll wash out on Super Tuesday and be finished .
But if Buttigieg significantly outperforms with black voters in South Carolina , it ’ ll mean he ’ s looking at highly viable candidacy .
The kicker is that Joe Biden is still leading the entire field South Carolina by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state by that large of a margin , it ’ ll mean that his distinct lack of popularity with white caucus-goers in Iowa will have had no impact on his dominant popularity with black Democratic voters , and it ’ ll mean that Biden is still on track to win the nomination .
That may not sound correct , given all doomsday headlines about Biden ’ s candidacy this week , but black voters generally choose the Democratic nominee .
Of course if this happens , the media will paint it as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in reality it ’ ll merely be yet another reminder that Iowa and New Hampshire don ’ t tell us much about who ’ s going to be the nominee .
It ’ s difficult to imagine voters in South Carolina saying to themselves , “ Well , I wasn ’ t going to vote for Pete Buttigieg , but now that some people in an Iowa gymnasium have gotten behind him , I ’ ll vote for him too.
” The concept of momentum is sort of a myth in the early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ ll be wasting their vote if they go with a big-name candidate who didn ’ t do well in the last state .
Momentum only comes into play later , when someone is running away with the delegate count .
The big question for Buttigieg continues to be whether his poll numbers were wrong just in Iowa , or if they ’ re wrong across the board and he ’ s been more popular nationally all along than pollsters knew .

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Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are now both declaring victory in the withering punchline that is the Democratic 2020 Iowa caucus. Considering they’ll get a nearly equal number of delegates no matter which of them is ultimately named the official winner, it may not even matter. The question is what happens now that Buttigieg has performed so much better in Iowa than anyone was expecting.
The demographics and format in Iowa are almost perfectly suited to Bernie’s candidacy, and the polls said he’d win Iowa by a few points, so his close first place or close second place in the state doesn’t tell us much. The polls predict he’ll win next week in his backyard of New Hampshire, and if that holds true, it won’t tell us much either. Bernie is down by fourteen points in the polls in South Carolina. If that holds true it’ll mean he’s doing just as poorly with black voters as he did in 2016, and that he’ll have no chance at the nomination. The reality is that Bernie has to sharply outperform his South Carolina poll numbers in order to have a shot. But again, the story coming out of Iowa is Buttigieg’s surprise finish.
The pollsters vastly underestimated Buttigieg’s viability in Iowa. The question now is whether this was merely a function of the gibberish Iowa caucus format, or if Buttigieg’s poll numbers are inaccurately low across the nation. He’s currently polling third in New Hampshire, ten points off the lead. If he finishes in, say, a strong second place there, it’ll tell us that he really is more popular than we all thought – at least with white voters. The polls in South Carolina have Buttigieg twenty-five points behind. If he finishes that poorly there, he’ll wash out on Super Tuesday and be finished. But if Buttigieg significantly outperforms with black voters in South Carolina, it’ll mean he’s looking at highly viable candidacy.
The kicker is that Joe Biden is still leading the entire field South Carolina by double digits. If Biden does win the state by that large of a margin, it’ll mean that his distinct lack of popularity with white caucus-goers in Iowa will have had no impact on his dominant popularity with black Democratic voters, and it’ll mean that Biden is still on track to win the nomination. That may not sound correct, given all doomsday headlines about Biden’s candidacy this week, but black voters generally choose the Democratic nominee. Of course if this happens, the media will paint it as a miracle comeback for Biden, when in reality it’ll merely be yet another reminder that Iowa and New Hampshire don’t tell us much about who’s going to be the nominee.
It’s difficult to imagine voters in South Carolina saying to themselves, “Well, I wasn’t going to vote for Pete Buttigieg, but now that some people in an Iowa gymnasium have gotten behind him, I’ll vote for him too.” The concept of momentum is sort of a myth in the early states; no one yet feels like they’ll be wasting their vote if they go with a big-name candidate who didn’t do well in the last state. Momentum only comes into play later, when someone is running away with the delegate count. The big question for Buttigieg continues to be whether his poll numbers were wrong just in Iowa, or if they’re wrong across the board and he’s been more popular nationally all along than pollsters knew.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--So that was weird

So that was weird

Donald Trump spent millions of dollars on a Super Bowl ad which made false claims about how he ’ s supposedly helped African Americans .
He then posted a tweet congratulating the wrong state for winning the game , and that alone drowned out any media coverage he might have gotten for his expensive ad .
But he ’ s clearly not done pushing this particular narrative .
This evening Donald Trump tweeted this quote about himself : “ This President has done more for African Americans in this Country than any President since Lincoln.
” The trouble is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who used to be a CNN host , but he said way too many racist things about immigrants , so now he ’ s a Fox News host .
I don ’ t know about you , but if I want to know how black people feel about Donald Trump , I ’ ll start by asking black people , not by asking some notorious white racist .
This kind of crap usually only serves to further alienate nonwhite voters .
Of course that ’ s not what Trump is really trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to convince conservative white people that he ’ s good for black people , so that conservative white people can feel good about voting for him .
The trouble for Trump is that ’ s he ’ s merely continuing to pander to his existing supporters , when his weak approval rating numbers make clear that he has to find a way to broaden his popularity .
If he ever tried doing right by nonwhite Americans , instead of just pandering to them while invoking policies aimed at screwing them over , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But that just wouldn ’ t be his style .

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Donald Trump spent millions of dollars on a Super Bowl ad which made false claims about how he’s supposedly helped African Americans. He then posted a tweet congratulating the wrong state for winning the game, and that alone drowned out any media coverage he might have gotten for his expensive ad. But he’s clearly not done pushing this particular narrative.
This evening Donald Trump tweeted this quote about himself: “This President has done more for African Americans in this Country than any President since Lincoln.” The trouble is that the quote came from Lou Dobbs, who used to be a CNN host, but he said way too many racist things about immigrants, so now he’s a Fox News host.
I don’t know about you, but if I want to know how black people feel about Donald Trump, I’ll start by asking black people, not by asking some notorious white racist. This kind of crap usually only serves to further alienate nonwhite voters. Of course that’s not what Trump is really trying to do here.
Donald Trump is trying to convince conservative white people that he’s good for black people, so that conservative white people can feel good about voting for him. The trouble for Trump is that’s he’s merely continuing to pander to his existing supporters, when his weak approval rating numbers make clear that he has to find a way to broaden his popularity. If he ever tried doing right by nonwhite Americans, instead of just pandering to them while invoking policies aimed at screwing them over, he get might more votes from them. But that just wouldn’t be his style.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--Here’s the big thing everyone missed

Here’s the big thing everyone missed

In order to defeat an opponent , you first have to understand and correctly assess that opponent .
Because Donald Trump was named the winner of the 2016 election , everyone has spent the past three years cautioning that we took him too lightly .
Trump must have known what he was doing all along , the narrative goes , and we ’ d better figure out what evil genius strategies he ’ s using .
Or we ’ d at least better sit back and cower in fear over the possibility that he might use these evil genius strategies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the problem : none of that happened in 2016 .
What really happened was that Donald Trump ran one of the most ineffective general election campaigns in modern U.S. presidential history .
He found a fairly narrow base and then just kept pandering to it , even though it wasn ’ t large enough to put him over the top .
As an insurance policy he conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks , but that didn ’ t provide enough help to make him the winner either .
Trump only “ won ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second move of writing the most tragically misguided letter in history .
Whenever I point this out , the “ vigilant ” types always insist that I ’ m making the mistake of underestimating Trump .
If I were underestimating Trump , they might have a point .
But I ’ m not , and if you go back and analyze the campaign that Trump ran in 2016 , you ’ ll see that I ’ m overwhelmingly right about this .
Trump just spent the whole time flailing and stroking his own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to a fluke event .
What the “ vigilant ” types don ’ t get is that overestimating your opponent can be just as harmful to your chances of winning as underestimating him .
Allow me to give an example .
Let ’ s say you ’ re a football team with a strong passing game , and you ’ re under the mistaken impression that the opposing team has a strong passing defense , when it actually has a weak passing defense .
So you spend the entire game not throwing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ ll probably cost yourself the game .
Your opponent had a weakness that needed to be focused on and taken advantage of , and you failed to do it .
There ’ s a pervasive myth that Donald Trump is somehow effective at any of this .
If that ’ s the case , why was he on track to lose in embarrassing fashion until he was unwittingly bailed out by an idiot who wrote a misguided letter ?
If Trump is good at any of this , why he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ low approval rating , instead of achieving numerous accomplishments and a high approval rating ?
Why did his Ukraine scheme to rig the 2020 election result in impeachment instead of resulting in actual election help for him ?
The answer is so straightforward , but we ’ re all afraid to embrace it : Donald Trump is terrible at this .
He ’ s a highly ineffective campaigner , because he narcissistically focuses on people who are already in love with him , instead of the people he needs to win over .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
Even his cheating efforts have been hilariously inept – and absolutely have not worked .
Russia put in all that effort yet it still wasn ’ t able to install Trump in office ; only Comey ’ s letter did that .
So if you ’ re sitting around trying to figure out the evil genius strategy that Donald Trump has been using , then you ’ re wasting precious time , because there isn ’ t one .
If you ’ re cowering in fear that he ’ s about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll make him magically win no matter what we do , then you ’ re really blowing it .
If you ’ re indulging in any of this nonsense , you ’ re actively harming your own side by assigning him magic powers that he – very obviously – does not have .
If you want to beat him , start by acknowledging that he ’ s absolutely terrible at all of this .
Then focus on which of his numerous weaknesses you want to exploit the most aggressively .
If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evil wizard with magic powers , you ’ re giving him a fighting shot in 2020 when he otherwise doesn ’ t have all that much of one .
Please , don ’ t go down that very stupid path .

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In order to defeat an opponent, you first have to understand and correctly assess that opponent. Because Donald Trump was named the winner of the 2016 election, everyone has spent the past three years cautioning that we took him too lightly. Trump must have known what he was doing all along, the narrative goes, and we’d better figure out what evil genius strategies he’s using. Or we’d at least better sit back and cower in fear over the possibility that he might use these evil genius strategies again in 2020.
Here’s the problem: none of that happened in 2016. What really happened was that Donald Trump ran one of the most ineffective general election campaigns in modern U.S. presidential history. He found a fairly narrow base and then just kept pandering to it, even though it wasn’t large enough to put him over the top. As an insurance policy he conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks, but that didn’t provide enough help to make him the winner either. Trump only “won” the election because James Comey made the last second move of writing the most tragically misguided letter in history.
Whenever I point this out, the “vigilant” types always insist that I’m making the mistake of underestimating Trump. If I were underestimating Trump, they might have a point. But I’m not, and if you go back and analyze the campaign that Trump ran in 2016, you’ll see that I’m overwhelmingly right about this. Trump just spent the whole time flailing and stroking his own ego, and then he got lucky due to a fluke event. What the “vigilant” types don’t get is that overestimating your opponent can be just as harmful to your chances of winning as underestimating him.
Allow me to give an example. Let’s say you’re a football team with a strong passing game, and you’re under the mistaken impression that the opposing team has a strong passing defense, when it actually has a weak passing defense. So you spend the entire game not throwing aggressive passes. In so doing, you’ll probably cost yourself the game. Your opponent had a weakness that needed to be focused on and taken advantage of, and you failed to do it.
There’s a pervasive myth that Donald Trump is somehow effective at any of this. If that’s the case, why was he on track to lose in embarrassing fashion until he was unwittingly bailed out by an idiot who wrote a misguided letter? If Trump is good at any of this, why he’s saddled with few accomplishments and a low approval rating, instead of achieving numerous accomplishments and a high approval rating? Why did his Ukraine scheme to rig the 2020 election result in impeachment instead of resulting in actual election help for him?
The answer is so straightforward, but we’re all afraid to embrace it: Donald Trump is terrible at this. He’s a highly ineffective campaigner, because he narcissistically focuses on people who are already in love with him, instead of the people he needs to win over. His ideas have never resonated with enough people. Even his cheating efforts have been hilariously inept – and absolutely have not worked. Russia put in all that effort yet it still wasn’t able to install Trump in office; only Comey’s letter did that.
So if you’re sitting around trying to figure out the evil genius strategy that Donald Trump has been using, then you’re wasting precious time, because there isn’t one. If you’re cowering in fear that he’s about to pull off some election jujitsu that’ll make him magically win no matter what we do, then you’re really blowing it. If you’re indulging in any of this nonsense, you’re actively harming your own side by assigning him magic powers that he – very obviously – does not have. If you want to beat him, start by acknowledging that he’s absolutely terrible at all of this. Then focus on which of his numerous weaknesses you want to exploit the most aggressively. If you pretend he’s some kind of evil wizard with magic powers, you’re giving him a fighting shot in 2020 when he otherwise doesn’t have all that much of one. Please, don’t go down that very stupid path.
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palmerreport--2020-02-08--Donald Trump whines like a baby over not getting his way

The further we get into the post-acquittal stage of Donald Trump ’ s presidency , the more it ’ s looking like he ’ s focused primarily on grievances , whining , and petty revenge .
Trump ’ s latest target is Democratic Senator Joe Manchin , who – along with every other Democratic Senator as well as Republican Senator Mitt Romney – voted to convict Trump .
Suffice it to say that Trump isn ’ t happy : I was very surprised & disappointed that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted against me on the Democrat ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has done more for the great people of West Virginia than me ( Pensions ) , and that will always continue .
Every Republican Senator except Romney , many highly religious people , all very smart , voted against the Impeachment Hoax .
@ SenCapito was all in ( a great person ) .
I was told by many that Manchin was just a puppet for Schumer & Pelosi .
That ’ s all he is !
Of course this comes as no surprise .
Joe Manchin is one of the least liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he sometimes votes with the Republicans in instances where it ’ s not going to affect the outcome , so he can go home and point out his bipartisanship , he ’ s never once cast a deciding vote with the Republicans .
Manchin ’ s vote wouldn ’ t have affected the outcome one way or another in this instance , but he nonetheless voted to convict and remove .
Donald Trump can whine all he wants about Manchin , but Trump couldn ’ t even get all of the Senators in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The reality is that Trump just keeps whining and seeking petty vengeance against those he blames for his impeachment and his potential 2020 downfall .

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The further we get into the post-acquittal stage of Donald Trump’s presidency, the more it’s looking like he’s focused primarily on grievances, whining, and petty revenge. Trump’s latest target is Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who – along with every other Democratic Senator as well as Republican Senator Mitt Romney – voted to convict Trump. Suffice it to say that Trump isn’t happy:
I was very surprised & disappointed that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted against me on the Democrat’s totally partisan Impeachment Hoax. No President has done more for the great people of West Virginia than me (Pensions), and that will always continue. Every Republican Senator except Romney, many highly religious people, all very smart, voted against the Impeachment Hoax. @SenCapito was all in (a great person). I was told by many that Manchin was just a puppet for Schumer & Pelosi. That’s all he is!
Of course this comes as no surprise. Joe Manchin is one of the least liberal Democrats in the Senate. But while he sometimes votes with the Republicans in instances where it’s not going to affect the outcome, so he can go home and point out his bipartisanship, he’s never once cast a deciding vote with the Republicans.
Manchin’s vote wouldn’t have affected the outcome one way or another in this instance, but he nonetheless voted to convict and remove. Donald Trump can whine all he wants about Manchin, but Trump couldn’t even get all of the Senators in his own party to acquit him. The reality is that Trump just keeps whining and seeking petty vengeance against those he blames for his impeachment and his potential 2020 downfall.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--Hey Bernie Sanders, knock it the hell off!

It ’ s still not entirely clear who won the Iowa caucus , and we may never get undisputed results out of the state .
Did Bernie Sanders win ?
Did Pete Buttigieg win ?
The whole thing was a mess .
But what is clear is that Buttigieg massively outperformed expectations in the state .
This means all eyes are now on him , to see if he can capitalize on his moment .
All eyes are also on Bernie to see how he might respond to Pete ’ s sudden rise .
Unfortunately for all involved , Bernie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He tweeted “ This election is fundamentally about whose side you are on.
” He then added the hashtag # PetesBillionaires – implying that Buttigieg is on the side of the billionaires instead of on the side of the working class .
If you look at Pete ’ s policies , this is a ridiculous false claim , and it ’ s also disturbingly divisive on Bernie ’ s part .
Plenty of people were quick to tell him so .
Tim Matheson , who portrayed Vice President John Hoynes on The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in response : “ Oh , stop already !
Pete is a fine man , a veteran , and a formidable candidate .
He isn ’ t owned by anyone .
Oh , AND HE ’ S ALWAYS BEEN A DEMOCRAT.
” Rosmah Mansor piled on : “ This is so tacky .
Can we please keep our eyes on the prize , and attack fat Donnie and his IQ/ Ethically-challenged Trumptards , please ?
PSA over – Thank you.
” Of course , as Palmer Report explained last night , winning the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters in early primary states like South Carolina .
Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg are both polling rather poorly in the state .
If their poll numbers are accurate , neither one has much of a shot at the nomination unless they can find a way to expand their appeal to a more diverse audience .
Bernie ’ s ludicrous attack on Pete today won ’ t help him achieve that goal .

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It’s still not entirely clear who won the Iowa caucus, and we may never get undisputed results out of the state. Did Bernie Sanders win? Did Pete Buttigieg win? The whole thing was a mess. But what is clear is that Buttigieg massively outperformed expectations in the state. This means all eyes are now on him, to see if he can capitalize on his moment. All eyes are also on Bernie to see how he might respond to Pete’s sudden rise.
Unfortunately for all involved, Bernie Sanders decided to take the low road. He tweeted “This election is fundamentally about whose side you are on.” He then added the hashtag #PetesBillionaires – implying that Buttigieg is on the side of the billionaires instead of on the side of the working class. If you look at Pete’s policies, this is a ridiculous false claim, and it’s also disturbingly divisive on Bernie’s part. Plenty of people were quick to tell him so.
Tim Matheson, who portrayed Vice President John Hoynes on The West Wing, tweeted this at Bernie in response: “Oh, stop already! Pete is a fine man, a veteran, and a formidable candidate. He isn’t owned by anyone. Oh, AND HE’S ALWAYS BEEN A DEMOCRAT.” Rosmah Mansor piled on: “This is so tacky. Can we please keep our eyes on the prize, and attack fat Donnie and his IQ/ Ethically-challenged Trumptards, please? PSA over – Thank you.”
Of course, as Palmer Report explained last night, winning the Democratic nomination requires doing well with black voters in early primary states like South Carolina. Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg are both polling rather poorly in the state. If their poll numbers are accurate, neither one has much of a shot at the nomination unless they can find a way to expand their appeal to a more diverse audience. Bernie’s ludicrous attack on Pete today won’t help him achieve that goal.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--Donald Trump just totally blew it with Colonel Vindman

Donald Trump is now roughly 48 hours into the post-acquittal period of his presidency .
The media pundits almost uniformly told us that the acquittal would make Trump “ emboldened ” and that he ’ s about to start making moves that will magically cause him to get reelected .
But as Palmer Report predicted , what we ’ re seeing is the same old Trump doing the same old crap .
Multiple major news outlets are reporting that Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and his Lieutenant Colonel twin brother were both fired from the White House today and escorted out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump is retaliating against Vindman and his family for having dared to testify against him during House impeachment hearings .
It ’ s also a phenomenally stupid move .
This isn ’ t “ Trump emboldened.
” This is Trump focusing on small , isolated , petty revenge .
With his underwater approval rating , he can ’ t win in 2020 unless he finds a way to win over at least some additional supporters outside his base .
Kicking Vindman out of the White House won ’ t get him more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrats a huge 2020 talking point , because not only did Trump just commit yet another crime , he also just disrespected the military something fierce .
You have to give Colonel Vindman and his brother huge props for actually going back to work and doing their jobs after the impeachment hearings , knowing Donald Trump would be targeting them .
But while he can fire them from the White House , he can ’ t fire them from the military .
They ’ ll be reassigned to other military gigs for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do to help Vindman is to make sure Trump loses in 2020 , so the next administration can give Vindman the gig he deserves .
Frankly , with Trump focusing on this nonsense , he ’ s not focusing on winning .
He ’ s acting like someone who greatly fears he won ’ t win , and is too hung up on getting revenge for his potential upcoming loss to bother focusing on trying to improve his odds of winning .
This means that if we focus on winning – and put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November – we ’ ll beat him .

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Donald Trump is now roughly 48 hours into the post-acquittal period of his presidency. The media pundits almost uniformly told us that the acquittal would make Trump “emboldened” and that he’s about to start making moves that will magically cause him to get reelected. But as Palmer Report predicted, what we’re seeing is the same old Trump doing the same old crap.
Multiple major news outlets are reporting that Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and his Lieutenant Colonel twin brother were both fired from the White House today and escorted out of the building. This is despicable. Trump is retaliating against Vindman and his family for having dared to testify against him during House impeachment hearings. It’s also a phenomenally stupid move.
This isn’t “Trump emboldened.” This is Trump focusing on small, isolated, petty revenge. With his underwater approval rating, he can’t win in 2020 unless he finds a way to win over at least some additional supporters outside his base. Kicking Vindman out of the White House won’t get him more votes. Instead it’ll hand the Democrats a huge 2020 talking point, because not only did Trump just commit yet another crime, he also just disrespected the military something fierce.
You have to give Colonel Vindman and his brother huge props for actually going back to work and doing their jobs after the impeachment hearings, knowing Donald Trump would be targeting them. But while he can fire them from the White House, he can’t fire them from the military. They’ll be reassigned to other military gigs for now. The best thing we can do to help Vindman is to make sure Trump loses in 2020, so the next administration can give Vindman the gig he deserves.
Frankly, with Trump focusing on this nonsense, he’s not focusing on winning. He’s acting like someone who greatly fears he won’t win, and is too hung up on getting revenge for his potential upcoming loss to bother focusing on trying to improve his odds of winning. This means that if we focus on winning – and put in the work required between now and November – we’ll beat him.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--James Carville sounds the alarm

James Carville sounds the alarm

Earlier this week we brought you the story of how veteran Democratic strategist James Carville appeared on MSNBC and emphatically spelled out what he thinks the Democrats are currently getting wrong .
Many of his points seemed spot-on , particularly the part about how the good guys can ’ t actually make anything better unless they win first .
Now Carville is taking things further .
James Carville just did a new interview with Vox , and it ’ s a sight to see .
He starts off by saying this : “ We just had an election in 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about everything we needed to talk about , and we won .
And now it ’ s like we ’ re losing our damn minds.
” From there , he sounds the alarm even more loudly .
As a longtime campaign strategist , James Carville ’ s job has always been to figure out how to win .
So it matters when he points out that Bernie Sanders , thanks to his enthusiastic but comparatively narrow appeal , has a far worse chance of beating Donald Trump than any other nominee .
Carville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernie did eke out a win against Trump , it wouldn ’ t lift up the party across the board , and there would be no chance of taking the Senate .
Recently , various longtime Republican strategists – all of whom want Trump to lose – have explained that Bernie would struggle badly as the nominee .
Carville also points out that Pete Buttigieg ’ s strong performance in Iowa will only matter if he can find a way to appeal to black voters in the more diverse upcoming primary states .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ He ’ s correct in that liberal political activism can ’ t merely consist of “ a bunch of 25-year-olds shouting everyone down on Twitter.
” No one ever won an election by winning a Twitter fight .
Supporters of a given candidate have never gained votes for their candidate by sitting around trying to convince themselves and each other how great their candidate is .
Winning means getting out there and fighting .
You can read Carville ’ s full interview here .

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Earlier this week we brought you the story of how veteran Democratic strategist James Carville appeared on MSNBC and emphatically spelled out what he thinks the Democrats are currently getting wrong. Many of his points seemed spot-on, particularly the part about how the good guys can’t actually make anything better unless they win first. Now Carville is taking things further.
James Carville just did a new interview with Vox, and it’s a sight to see. He starts off by saying this: “We just had an election in 2018. We did great. We talked about everything we needed to talk about, and we won. And now it’s like we’re losing our damn minds.” From there, he sounds the alarm even more loudly.
As a longtime campaign strategist, James Carville’s job has always been to figure out how to win. So it matters when he points out that Bernie Sanders, thanks to his enthusiastic but comparatively narrow appeal, has a far worse chance of beating Donald Trump than any other nominee. Carville also correctly points out that even if Bernie did eke out a win against Trump, it wouldn’t lift up the party across the board, and there would be no chance of taking the Senate. Recently, various longtime Republican strategists – all of whom want Trump to lose – have explained that Bernie would struggle badly as the nominee. Carville also points out that Pete Buttigieg’s strong performance in Iowa will only matter if he can find a way to appeal to black voters in the more diverse upcoming primary states.
But Carville has a broader point. He’s correct in that liberal political activism can’t merely consist of “a bunch of 25-year-olds shouting everyone down on Twitter.” No one ever won an election by winning a Twitter fight. Supporters of a given candidate have never gained votes for their candidate by sitting around trying to convince themselves and each other how great their candidate is. Winning means getting out there and fighting. You can read Carville’s full interview here.
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palmerreport--2020-02-07--This is embarrassing, even for Donald Trump

Donald J. Trump , IMPOTUS the Third , apparently had a “ long and very good conversation ” with President Xi of China .
In the normal pattern of a president who knows nothing and so is easily bullshitted , Trump claims Xi will use his strength and the changing weather to attack the Coronavirus .
This on a day when a number of additional Americans on a cruise ship have been diagnosed with the virus and quarantined , the death toll continues to climb , and it appears the virus is rapidly spreading .
This also despite the history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Doctor Donnie tweeted : Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China .
He is strong , sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus .
He feels they are doing very well , even building hospitals in a matter of only days .
Nothing is easy , but he will be successful , especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker , and then gone .
Great discipline is taking place in China , as President Xi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ successful operation .
We are working closely with China to help !
Hopefully , he is right , but like Donald Trump ’ s assertion that Kim Jong Un was getting rid of nuclear weapons , this sounds like just more pro-dictator gibberish from the Trump White House .

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Donald J. Trump, IMPOTUS the Third, apparently had a “long and very good conversation” with President Xi of China. In the normal pattern of a president who knows nothing and so is easily bullshitted, Trump claims Xi will use his strength and the changing weather to attack the Coronavirus.
This on a day when a number of additional Americans on a cruise ship have been diagnosed with the virus and quarantined, the death toll continues to climb, and it appears the virus is rapidly spreading. This also despite the history of China downplaying serious health crises. Doctor Donnie tweeted:
Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China. He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter of only days. Nothing is easy, but he will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone. Great discipline is taking place in China, as President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation. We are working closely with China to help!
Hopefully, he is right, but like Donald Trump’s assertion that Kim Jong Un was getting rid of nuclear weapons, this sounds like just more pro-dictator gibberish from the Trump White House.
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