Yet another poll is finding slippage for the President within his base. For the first time white voters without college degrees disapprove more than they approve: 50-43%. (Quinnipiac University)
Trump won 67% of those voters last year. Now only 43% think he’s doing a good job.
This survey reinforces one I wrote about last month showing that another key group — voters who backed Obama and Trump — were showing signs of disenchantment. Combine these trends with the likelihood that progressive voters might be motivated to turn out in larger numbers than in 2016 to oppose Trump and it’s not a stretch to conclude that his reelection is already looking dicey. Sure looks like he’s worried about that. And he’s not alone.
It’s no accident that these numbers, which are surely reflected in more advanced private polls by Republican groups, coincide with noticeably eager moves by GOP politicians to distance themselves from a president they really can’t stand.
Could this dip among key white voters cynically explain the Trump Administration’s sudden and weird attempt to probe supposed reverse discrimination in college applications? Also, it could explain his dead-on-arrival legislation announced yesterday to cut legal immigration by 50%. And his now disappearing transgender ban tweet. He knows none of this will happen. He’s just desperately tossing out the red meat.
Sorry Mr. President, like everything else going on, your problem isn’t policy or personnel but your grotesque personality, incompetence and dishonesty — which are finally getting on the nerves of many who voted for you.
next he’ll blame Russia for rigging the poll numbers. collusion delusion.
another group losing faith in him may be his beloved generals if more of this according to nbc news keeps happening:
During the July 19 meeting, Trump repeatedly suggested that Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford replace Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, because he is not winning the war, the officials said. Trump has not met Nicholson, and the Pentagon has been considering extending his time in Afghanistan.
Over nearly two hours in the situation room, according to the officials, Trump complained about NATO allies, inquired about the United States getting a piece of Afghan’s mineral wealth and repeatedly said the top U.S. general there should be fired. He also startled the room with a story that seemed to compare their advice to that of a paid consultant who cost a tony New York restaurateur profits by offering bad advice.
[….]
During the meeting, Trump criticized his military advisers seated around the table in the White House Situation Room for what he said was a losing U.S. position in the war, according to the senior administration officials. At one point the president directed his frustration at Mattis, saying Trump had given the military authority months ago to make advances in Afghanistan and yet the U.S. was continuing to lose ground, the officials said.
[….]
Trump left the national security meeting without making a decision on a strategy. His advisers were stunned, administration officials and others briefed on the meeting said.
Two Pentagon officials close to Mattis said he returned from the White House that morning visibly upset. Mattis often takes a walk when grappling with an issue. That afternoon, the walk took longer than usual, the officials said.
is that, per chance, the cooing of a coup I hear in the distance
Quinnipiac is not the only Poll showing FSBS slipping support. Gallup has dropped from the 39% i mentioned last Friday back down to 36%, which is equal to his lowest Gallup ratting this far.
Yesterday was a very telling day from the WH press “briefing”. What’s her face stated that the phone calls SFB said he received were actually spoken to him face to face. Except the Boy Scouts said nothing ever was said to him on the phone or in person. Of most import is that the guy states he received phone calls. Putting this together is that people speak to him face to face and he thinks it is a phone call. People do not speak to him at all and he thinks he is receiving a phone call. That is scary stuff. If grandpa was talking to people thinking everything was a phone call we would be looking at a gated assisted living facility. SFB is still roaming the halls which Nixon roamed. It is beyond time to get the guy out of there.
LoL. Just saw my typo – FSBS instead of SFB. Started to correct it…think I’ll leave it. Any suggestions for the FS part?
off subject but on a happier note from Bloomberg:
First the Model 3 electric car. Now the solar roof. In just one week, Tesla has challenged two distinct industries with radically new products.
Tesla has completed its first solar roof installations, the company reported Wednesday as part of a second-quarter earnings report. Just like the first Model 3 customers, who took their keys last week, the first solar roof customers are Tesla employees. By selling to them first, Tesla says it hopes to work out any kinks in the sales and installation process before taking it to a wider public audience.
“I have them on my house, JB has them on his house,” Musk said, referring to Tesla’s Chief Technology Officer J.B. Straubel. “This is version one. I think this roof is going to look really knock-out as we just keep iterating.”
Tesla opened up its online store in May and began taking $1,000 deposits for smooth black and textured-glass roof tiles that are virtually indistinguishable from high-end roofing. From most viewing angles, the slick modern shingles look like standard materials, but they allow light to pass through onto a solar cell embedded beneath a tempered surface. The first installations were supposed to start in June. Tesla didn’t say when the actual installations took place.
Samantha’s First (And Probably Last Ever) Trump-Positive Field Piece
Published on Aug 2, 2017
We went to the one place where Trump is universally beloved: Iraq.
“my typo – FSBS instead of SFB”
pogo, no typo. the fsb as defined by encyc. Britannica:
Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti, formerly (1994–95) Federal Counterintelligence Service, Russian internal security and counterintelligence service created in 1994 as one of the successor agencies of the Soviet-era KGB. It is responsible for counterintelligence, antiterrorism, and surveillance of the military. The FSB occupies the former headquarters of the KGB on Lubyanka Square in downtown Moscow.
And I predict the longer FSBS stays in office… the lower his polls will go (I’m Carnac the Magnificent reincarnated).
Pogo… fucking stoopid bat shit…
Thanks, patd, for sambee.
RR is most likely correct about trump’s ratings…a look into trump’s future from the astrology-side of the house.
KGC, I saw that picture of the snake. Where are you moving to?
Have played on and under this tree for almost 70 years……”Happy Days” had Arnold’s……all we had was a stupid tree.
The name Angel Oak has nothing to do with Angels flying around and such…..it was once on land owned by the Angel family.
RR, I like it.
https://bluescrab.blogspot.com/search?q=Angel+oak
Now a park.
Trump is one disruption away from polling in the twenties. If the job growth numbers tank or interest rates go up or the stock market down, he is toast. All the more reason I suspect that he will do something stupid about North Korea or Afghanistan.
Beautiful snake, KGC, who took the photo? Snake screaming along with spider screaming can stop a beast in its tracks.
California Herps
I believe the one Mr. Cracker ‘relocated’ is not on any endangered list.
maduro of Venezuela is polling at 20% and has been for years. Let us hope our next election doesn’t look like his with more people voting than actually found at the polls on election day. trump calls maduro a dictator, it takes one to know one.
Can’t help but wonder. For those voters who chose purity over pragmatism and practical political considerations, those who just couldn’t be bothered, and those who bought into the whole lesser of two evils meme; how is the whole anti Hillary thing working out for you? It sure as shit isn’t working for me or much of the country!
They gave us a nightmare and now they can’t find the light switch. Not even sure they are looking for it.
Cory/BW
Mr. C handled with his trusty snake catcher which he is now going to have to rebuild because we (He) had to saw off one end when we (He) stuck the snake in the cooler.
Mr.C great in an emergency….me not so much. I helped by taking the picture …..
I don’t kill things…..usually don’t even squash bugs…..but rattlers get no safe passage here……
Haha…….I remember this one time I found a huge Katy-did in the house……gently took it to the front door, threw it up into the air where it immediately took flight……out of no where a bird swooped down and nabbed the little critter in mid-flight…..it’s like that old short story by Camus.
we (not me) relocated it somewhere off the ranch. Mr. C could really be a Buddhist. Perhaps it is time for a mongoose
-He could have sold that snake, rattlers are worth $$$ to anti-venom producers. I would have killed it so it wouldn’t kill my dog.
-I wanna go see that tree
-Corey crafted the brilliant “record” joke
-Anti-Hillary voters aren’t going to magically get smarter in the next two years
-sick of bullshit polls. Hillary has it locked up, Brexit isn’t going to pass… enough.
Bink
What sign did you carry for the demo and how was it?
The reason Mr. C caught the snake to relocate it is because of the dogs who didn’t even seem to notice the snake was there…they are old and apparently a bit deaf.
Slightly off topic. I think it was pointless dropping a Minuteman into the waters surrounding the Marshall Islands. I propose the following as a more meaningful, not necessarily lethal, response to DPRK missile games:
Drop a Minuteman on the foredeck of the USS Pueblo where she is now moored in Pyongyang. Our missile should have an inert warhead and the DPRK should be given 12 minutes notice of its pending arrival once we are assured it is launched and on course. Damage will be isolated to Our Vessel and the immediate area around it.
There was no demonstration, i carried no sign. I did protest- no one cared. Ok, maybe 3 people out of thousands very slightly cared. We are a society of sheep, and sheep can’t carry pitchforks. The revolution will not be televised, because Netfilx doesn’t carry it.
Trump is the president we all deserve. If we’re really lucky, maybe we will get Oprah, next. Cross your fingers.
I don’t deserve PG or Oprah.
I deserve much better.
-Anti-Hillary voters aren’t going to magically get smarter in the next two years.
Bink,
you’re right.
You can’t fix stupid!
But we can work on the issues of voter suppression which are the work of the goops and not PG
Well, I really have to get back to work, I’m very behind, but I will reiterate:
If we are to be damned by the constraints of a 2-party system, then take over that other party.
Xrep 2020.
The job of the new chief of staff
KGC
If it wouldn’t freak you out, get a couple of King Snakes. Rattlers avoid them. They are the natural enemy of the rattle snakes and seem to be immune to the venom.
We need another cow snake at Southern Command. Ours has apparently left town, and we’re having to kill rats. Miss that guy, we never saw them when he was around.
On a related topic, I’m confused what Sessions is concerned about regarding college applications. I thought SCOTUS threw out quotas. But of course this move might just be eyewash anyway.
Muddy
flats – I like the idea of putting a hole in her. Very nice way of showing off the skills of the designers.
We need another cow snake at Southern Command. Ours has apparently left town, and we’re having to kill rats.
craig, I hear there are a lot of unemployed pythons and boas in florida who are willing to be paid in rats whether the 2 or 4 legged kind.
and talk about alien immigrants that need deporting…. how bout those feral rhesus macaque, wild monkeys amok in central florida? surely they would work for peanuts.
remember that amy McGrath ad yesterday, here’s esquire’s critique on it and others:
Here’s How to Make a Political Ad—and How Not To
Amy McGrath knows what she’s doing. Paul Ryan does not.
[…includes vid ads by McGrath and by randy Bryce another dem candidate compared with spkr rand’s…]
maybe only symbolic, but does carry a message
cnn:
Senators push bill to protect Mueller
Support is gathering behind a bipartisan push to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from potentially being fired by President Donald Trump.
Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, and Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, plan to introduce a measure Thursday that would bar the President from directly firing any special counsel — retroactive to Mueller’s appointment in May.
“The President would maintain the power to remove the special counsel, but we would just want to make sure that it had merit and have that back-end judicial process,” Tillis said Thursday morning on CNN’s “Newsroom.”
“And if there is a termination, we just want to make sure, through judicial review, that it was warranted,” he added.
The measure would also effectively shut down another avenue for firing Mueller — mandating that only an attorney general confirmed by the Senate would have the power to remove the special counsel. Trump has openly blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the federal Russia probe, leading to speculation he may try and find a new attorney general who would fire Mueller.
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Tillis voiced support for Sessions Thursday, saying the attorney general is “doing a great job.” The Republican lawmaker also warned that if the bipartisan proposal passes through Congress and Trump decides to veto the legislation, “it means that we’d have work to do potentially override a veto.”
I sho liked me dem Muddy Waters blues, yessuh.
Mr Bink 2020; Ms Cracker for Veep; Ms Jaime for State; Mr Flatus for Defense; Mr Pogo for AG; Mr Crawford for Chief Dom. Counsel and NASA; Ms Wino for Health; Ms Dallas for Press Secretary; Mr Jace for Energy; Mr Cbob for Interior; Mr Jack for Labor; Ms Renee for Parks and Monuments; Mr Sturgeone for NEA; Mr eProf for NEH; Ms Tiptoe for Ambassador to Canada; Mr Mortonie for CoS; Ms Julie for WH Chef; Ms Seahag for Commerce; Mr Ping for Senate Minority Leader.
Who’d I forget ? Sorry. Pick a position, except for FBI. I get that one, heheheheheh.
Whoops ! Ms Bronc for Special Advisor on Women and Minority Affairs; Mr Joe for Chief Political Strategist and Border Security.
Under the general category of the Law of Unintended Consequences: Trump, along with Senators Purdue and Cotton (Chicken Wrap?) have announced a new immigration plan that has no chance of winning Congressional approval. Still, the announcement will surely cause a huge influx of illegal immigrants crossing our borders, and temporary visa holders going underground. Nice work, guys.
huffpo:
Throughout former President Barack Obama’s time in office, then-reality TV star Donald Trump often mocked him for taking vacations. But now, Trump is set to head out on one of his own.
On Friday, he’ll head to his New Jersey golf course for a 17-day trip, according to The Associated Press. This comes on top of the many other weekends he’s spent either there or at his Florida resort. In fact, he’s already outpaced Obama in time spent on the green.
Trump lamented multiple times that Obama’s trips were costing taxpayers big time. But a recent analysis by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch found that eight years of Obama vacations cost just under $100 million. According to CNN, Trump’s trips during his first 80 days alone have cost $20 million.
by contrast here from nytimes account is what Obama did for his summer vacation in 1st year:
July-August 2009
First Summer as Presidential Family
Rome, Ghana, Moscow — and Martha’s Vineyard
School might have been over, but education was still a top priority for the Obama family during the first summer vacation for Malia, then 11, and Sasha, 8, as children of the president.
The Obamas discussed the slave trade with their daughters during a visit to a slave port in Ghana. In Rome, they arranged for their daughters to make gelato and see how fresh fruit can be transformed into mouthwatering sweetness. They toured the Kremlin, and met Pope Benedict XVI and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.
“They want to expose their children to make sure they appreciate the complexity of the world, to see the wonderful opportunities that occur, but also some of the suffering that is at hand,” said Charles J. Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard and a close friend of the Obamas.
For the domestic part of their time off, the girls joined their parents on Martha’s Vineyard. At least three drinks on the island were created in the president’s honor: the “Obamarita,” the “Obamatini” and “Ale to the Chief.”
xr, i’ll be the potted plant in the oval office
Thanks for the Comparative tv Adverts article, Ms Patd. I sincerely hope that ryan ad is the only one he runs for the next 15 months.
If both ryan and mcconnell fall in ’18 – will the ripper party implode ? Will it shatter into its constituent sub-caucuses ? Or will it melt and vaporize like the nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark ?
Such speculation might make a good daily topic.
My favorite Mud-Tune…….1966
Oh, Ms Pat, if I forget thee, may my hand lose its strength and my mind its power.
Oh, I guess that already happened.
I abase myself and implore your forgiveness.
Obviously, you are the Intelligence Chief.
Ha Patd, but a python would also eat Toby. The beauty of cow snakes is they have no interest in pets or humans. In fact, I suspect Toby ran him off. When she came aboard was about when he seems to have disappeared. At least she enjoys chasing rats/mice away, just doesn’t eat them.
Xrepub, I’d be most satisfied with only the NASA post.
Ha ha, XR, I’ll decline the Border job, thanks. In fact, I’d love to be Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
XR, Ms BB for Veterans Affairs
The weekend is coming. This will be the first real test of whether or not General Kelly can conceal and contain the deadbeat pussypincher. My guess is that the weekend round trip journey and the site visited will all be fraught, with opportunities for mayhem, madness, and monkey business. Will General Kelly tender his resignation between tomorrow afternoon and Monday morning ? We’ll see, as trump would reply. I have nothing to say on it. Maybe.
OK. Mr Joe goes to serve our interests in darkest Britain. Take a flashlight, Mr Joe, Winter is coming on. Dawn at 10 AM sharp, it you can see it through the fog. Sundown at 2PM sharp, but you won’t notice. Therefore, Scotch whisky
“Obviously, you are the Intelligence Chief.”
xr, in other words the potted plant
thank you
Pardon the pun. Taking Mr Flatus’ advice, I’ll saddle Ms Bronc with Veterans Affairs, too.
I like that sink the Pueblo idea.
And schools will require Ancient Greek and Latin for starters……
On these leaks of Trump calls with Mexico and Australian heads of state. I’ll say it again: Trump’s biggest mistake was pissing off intel community. That has to be where this is coming from.
RED ALERT — New Thread: Mueller Grand Jury Impaneled