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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The notion that Trump winning could be a "good thing" for liberals and progressives because the swing back will help them immensely is laughable because you assume he's a lock to be voted out. Reagan and Bush both got second terms...so yeah, he's not lock for anything. He could easily be a two term President. I actually think that's a crucial part of his success, that people keep assuming he can't do something. Then he does it and we wonder how it happened. Assuming Trump will go one and done is a mistake.
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You assume he'll get a second term while being just a crazy as he is on the current campaign. Him winning a second term would require that he moderate his positions enough economically and socially to attract enough centrist votes and have a decent enough record while in office without enacting too much of his craziness into law.
His current platform is built on the backs of drug running, unicorn riding, wall jumping Mexican beings. Basically for him to get a second term he'd have to move a lot of his positions close to Clinton's current platform to steal a significant chunk of the progressive/centrist/minority vote (all of which already hate him) and run a relative scandal free first term. So a slightly foul mouthed fire brand mediocre president with a half decent record? If he becomes president, he either crashes and burns in his first term and blows up the GOP even worse than now or he moderates with a decent enough record to gain a second term. My money would be on him crashing, burning and rage quitting but your alternative is not too bad either.