The New US Attorney General - Mid Terms Update 4 - Trump Era

Guardian - Live Reporting: Reports in its 8.15 post the following, " Last year, the new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, wrote a CNN opinion piece arguing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump “is going too far.”  "

Lets Get Real:

IF your the White House you must be thinking you have two months to ACT, the Democrats do not take over in till January, thus in that time Trump could sack the Special Prosecutor, close down the Russian investigation, and dare the Democrats to impeach him, let us recall that the Republicans control the Senate, there will be no impeachment.   If the Oval Office was very ruthless and smart, it would act now, the Democrats will go through the roof but they can not do anything for a while, while the Republican can be expected to go along.   The Republican Party is now the Party of Donald Trump, and he gets Republicans elected to the Senate. 

Sessions Update - Mid Terms Update 3 - Trump Era

Sky News - Live Reporting: Reports in its 8.01pm post the resignation letter of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the letter states the following, " At your request, I am submitting my resignation. "

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The Oval Office must know be tempted to sack the Special Prosecutor, the Republicans hold the Senate, one doubts that ANY will actually defend the Special Prosecutor, also they know that the Republican Party is know the Trump Party, they will be looking forward to their own re-election.   The two Republican moderates in the Senate will have less power as the Republicans have increased their number, it could lead to an interesting clash between the House and Senate.   It will be interesting to watch the moves of POTUS over the next few days. 

POTUS on the Mid Terms - Update 2 - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US President Donald Trump has hailed "tremendous success" in the mid-term elections after a night of mixed results for his Republican party...The Republicans are on course to increase their representation from 51 to 54 in the 100-seat Senate upper chamber.  "

Lets Get Real:

The President was as combative as ever, having a go at the liberal press, that will go down well with the Republican base.   The base will be overjoyed that the Republicans have kept the Senate, they can carry on to appoint Conservative Judges, and could get another Supreme Court pick.   The Attorney General Jeff Sessions has already gotten the CHOP, then POTUS will pick a AG who will do as he is told when it comes to the Special Prosecutor.    The President can be expected to move to foreign policy in his last two years of the first term, the Democrats will block his domestic agenda, on the international front the Oval Office has more power.    On the Democratic side it will be interesting to see how new Speaker Pelosi deals with the fact that her hard liberal base will want to impeach Trump while those just elected will be looking at 2020, they will want to show that they have done something for two years, just going after Trump will not cut it in moderate States.   Thus we shall see how good a deal maker POTUS  is when faced with a divided government. 

The 2018 Mid Term Results - Update - Trump Era

RealClearPolitics: Reports on the results of the 2018 Mid Term results.   The Democrats have taken the House with 220 Seats while the Republicans have held the Senate by 52, there are two outstanding results that could also go Republican, giving them 54 Seats.  

Lets Get Real:

It was a LONG NIGHT, but the results followed expectations, even the Republicans gaining more Seats than expected.   The results showed two Americas, there are VERY red States and blue States.   POTUS got his vote out in these States thus the better than expected results for the Republicans in the Senate.   In the Blue States Middle Class women with a a degrees sent a rebuke to the White House,  thus some of the unexpected gains by the Democrats.   The Trump White House can expected investigations from the Democrats, even the threat of impeachment.   This could work for POTUS, he could say that he is working on the agenda of the American people while the Democrats are feeding their base.   The race of 2020 started last night, it will be interesting to see who the contenders are, will HRC run again, one has doubts, it is a BIG FIELD.   The Democrats need some younger, female and from a ethnic background, that should appeal to voters who voted Democratic in 2018.    One has doubts that any real Republicans will run against Trump, in less the Special Prosecutor finds something really damaging.    The the fun of divided Government starts today, that is healthy for US democracy.