Woody wrote:of course not, dummy

jerseyhoya wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:

thephan wrote:If you like that 36% approval rating, you will hate Trump’s recent 84 percent job approval rating among Republicans from Gallup. There are more ugly numbers from the specific questions as you can review here in this article about why impeachment is unlikely at best.

That number is hard to get my head around, but it also serves as a reminder that I live in a bubble.

Only saw it mentioned in a Twitter notification/haven't dug into the poll numbers, but Trump is apparently losing support on the higher limits. That means, there was a drop off from those who "strongly support" to just "support." (Or whatever terminology the poll used... I'll try and find the tweet again).

https://twitter.com/nickgourevitch/status/863023097594748928

Intensity of support is eroding. In general you're not gonna go from strongly supporting someone to opposing them. There is a transition to soft support before you move to opposition.

And also with all public opinion stuff it's always worth remembering most people don't spend all day on Twitter or following the news. They catch snippets here and there talking to friends or coworkers or flipping between NCIS and Real Housewives of wherever. It takes time to erode previously held beliefs, and even more time if you're not actively consuming news that might cause you to update your opinions.

pacino wrote:attended the Berks Democratic Spring Fling tonight; feelin' like we have some decent candidates. everyone vote in your primaries on Tuesday!

The Savior wrote:Means nothing.

This all means nothing.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

pacino wrote:attended the Berks Democratic Spring Fling tonight; feelin' like we have some decent candidates. everyone vote in your primaries on Tuesday!

Some total loon is running in maidencreek. Used to live in Lancaster, did tons of shady #$!&@. Some guy wrote a letter to the editor about her and she sued him for libel. She's come to the last few meetings and tried to cause a scene to no avail.

Woody wrote:Spicer is definitely Piggy

TenuredVulture wrote:Also, the 84% number shouldn't be analyzed in a vacuum. To be sure, it demonstrates a partisan divide, but how does it compare to say D approval of Obama or R appoval of Bush? What I'm suggesting is that 84% percent support among people who identify as Republican (in an intensely partisan environment) may not really be that great. And remember, in a normal presidency, we'd still be in the honeymoon period. Presidents typically see a drop off in support in days 100-150.

I do think though this means that for Trump's support to erode further, it will have to be among Republicans, so if there are continued declines, they'll be gradual.

The other number to watch is the extent to which fewer identify as Rs as things progress. I think there's a lot of fuzziness in Party ID numbers--lots of people call themselves independents, but pretty reliably vote one way or the other. So, someone who "leans" Republican may be declaring himself an independent in recent polls.

Warszawa wrote:Comey not testifying....

“Here's the thing, the difference between me and another president,” Trump said. “Another president, I won't use names, but another president doesn't do what I'm doing. They really don't. I'm not saying that in a bragging way.”

“I know,” Jeannine Pirro said.

“I'm not saying it any way,” Trump said. “Another president, Jeannine, will sit in the Oval Office and do practically nothing all day.”

Gimpy wrote:Comey's not going to volunteer his testimony. He'll wait for a subpoena so he doesn't look like a disgruntled ex employee complaining about his former boss.

Youseff wrote:

Gimpy wrote:Comey's not going to volunteer his testimony. He'll wait for a subpoena so he doesn't look like a disgruntled ex employee complaining about his former boss.

seems like the righ way to handle it, but in general, this is an awfully slow dance the FBI is doing.