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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:14 PM Aug 2017

Primary buzz already growing amid Trump political struggles

NEW YORK — Mark Cuban isn't ready to launch a formal campaign to challenge President Donald Trump.

Yet Cuban, an outspoken Texas billionaire who describes himself as "fiercely independent" politically, sees an opportunity for someone to take down the Republican president, who is increasingly viewed as divisive and incompetent even within his own party.

"His base won't turn on him, but if there is someone they can connect to and feel confident in, they might turn away from him," Cuban told The Associated Press. "The door is wide open. It's just a question of who can pull it off."

Indeed, just seven months into the Trump presidency, Republicans and right-leaning independents have begun to contemplate the possibility of an organized bid to take down the sitting president in 2020. It is a herculean task, some say a fantasy: No president in the modern era has been defeated by a member of his own party, and significant political and practical barriers stand in the way.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/primary-buzz-already-growing-amid-trump-political-struggles/ar-AAqJP1m?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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Primary buzz already growing amid Trump political struggles (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 OP
I hope this buffoon is long gone before 2020. n/t monmouth4 Aug 2017 #1
"No president has been defeated ..." well, there was lbj unblock Aug 2017 #2

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2. "No president has been defeated ..." well, there was lbj
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:35 PM
Aug 2017

He read the writing on the wall and decided not to run again in 1968. I suppose you could say not running isn't the same as losing, but surely he didn't run because he knew he couldn't win.

Just because Donnie might be too much if an idiot to realize his predicament doesn't mean he isn't in a similar position.

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