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It really depends what happens. Everybody is looking at this like "See? Can we just get this over with now?" But as you've noted, there is still way

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jul 12 '17, 09:35

more to this to be figured out. They have a million little pieces of the puzzle, each of which looks bad on its own, but is not really enough or not technically actionable. The puzzle isn't put together yet and will take a decent amount of time. I think there could be a point where the House gets tired of it, or Trump further oversteps in favor of Russia and they can't abide it. The fact that they're trying to pass sanctions that he can't override is really telling. From a criminal standpoint there could be years. And everything could change if things flip in 2018. But there is not going to be any immediate fix. We can just hope that he is crippled enough and there is enough scrutiny that it keeps him in check to a degree until it gets there.

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- I totally agree. The fail safe is supposed to be the voters really. But that clearly isn't happening. Joe Scarborough was pretty adamant about the - pmb Jul 12, 09:54 3
  - But it's two years between when the voters get any say. In this day and age, a lot can get fucked up in that amount of time. -- nm - znufrii Jul 12, 09:57
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    - I don't see an alternative other than potential gridlock (which doesn't help on foreign policy) in the short run. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 10:01
My 2 cents - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:43 4
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  - No. - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:52 2
    - But they're not dropping (at least not recently). He has his core that won't move. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 09:56 1
      - Looking at 6 month data, I see fluctuation with a downward overall trend. - Strongbad Jul 12, 10:04

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