random thoughts in no particular order
Lastly, thank God it was a clean win with both Electoral Votes and popular vote. That gives the Dems no place to go but to look inside themselves.
- male vote killed Harris. MSDNC and CNN are trying to blame the loss on misogyny. great, keep believing that. Fact is, she was a horrible candidate that tried to prop up her husband (who got the nanny preggers and beat up a GF) and Walz (who is a closet gay guy) as the future for men in the USA. Even white females voted pro-trump. That tells me a) the abortion vote is flattening and b) women favored the economy, wars and crime far more than abortion rights. Fail!
- Trump comes in as a lame duck president with a mandate who controls house, senate, and executive branch. But he is so unique. Nobody can be trump when trump can't run. My point here is that republicans will begin to abandon Trump in 2026 with a full retreat in 27 leading up to the 28 election. Trump has a year or two to make hay. Don't waste it like he did in 2017.
- GOP has a great candidate, perhaps two, in 2028 with Vance and Vivek.
- On the Dem side, the whole thing has been blown up. The Obama/Pelosi era is over. They've got some good, young candidates like Shapiro (if the USA will elect a Jew) and Wes Moore (Gov of MD). but they need an open field with no thumbs on the scale. This is actually against the Dem culture and way. They get used to ruling the roost in big cities and that is how they think. It will be interesting to see if they can adjust.
- Hats off to both Reince Priebus (who gave us Trump) and Laura Trump who ran a flawless campaign given her candidate's penchant for going off script. Remember, they fired the previous chair on the GOP and hired Trump. She is Eric Trump's wife. Eric, IMHO, is the least impressive Trump child but married well.
- The DNC needs to be honest with themselves. So far, I am seeing them calling the voters racist and misogynist. Rev Al can't help himself. It is his move. And if that move is taken away, Rev Al will no longer have relevance. There were people that didn't vote for Harris because she's a woman but there were also people who voted for her because she is a woman. And the USA voted in a black man with huge victory margins so it isn't race. There has to be a policy reconning but it will take some time for them to get through the stages of guilt and come up with new policy.
- Another big loser is the Lincoln Project and the Never-Trumpers. Damn. Just go away. they probably will.
- CIA, FBI, and Dept of Education are all in trouble. I wouldn't be shocked to see another attempt in Trump's life (or more). But JD was, probably, the best of the four in terms of being presidential so there's that.
- RFK Jr. having a role in healthcare will be HUGE for the USA and our "drug first" culture. I honestly can't wait. I think the guy is a flake, in many ways, but we need a complete revival in how we address health and healthcare.
- Damn, wish I'd bought some crypto
- Musk will be worth $200B by the end of the year. X was a masterclass and saved the First Amendment. The EU's efforts to kill free speech are ****ed. We'll be launching a trip to Mars before Trump is out of office (assuming he doesn't die or go all Biden before 2029). it will be great to see his influence on business, crypto, AI, EVs, public transportation, and medical/tech.
- I am willing to bet that Pink, Cardi-B, Cher, John Legend, DeNiro, Rob Reiner...etc...don't leave the country.
- The MSM is either in for a full blown reset or dead on arrival. Nobody listened to them, nobody cared. WaPo is probably thankful they didn't endorse and knows Bezos was correct. Wait, they are so full of themselves, they probably blame Bezos for Trump winning since they couldn't control the voters.
- with great power comes great responsibility. GOP has to be smart and govern with humility yet strength. They cannot over reach the way the DNC did with Biden as POTUS. I don't think we've seen house, senate, POTUS and SCOTUS all controlled by one party in my lifetime.
- Shout out to Scott Presler for keeping PA in it to win it despite having dem supreme, gov and two senators in PA>
Lastly, thank God it was a clean win with both Electoral Votes and popular vote. That gives the Dems no place to go but to look inside themselves.
