With 57 seats, we could repeal Obamacare with a real non skinny bill, we could pass 25 billion for wall funding, we could use the Nuclear option for The Goodlatte bill but in the senate and have up to 7 defections

I think the best hope is that We get a big surprise In October, and all 10 of the Democrats in Red States lose.

@FLanon Can a bill like the Goodlatte bill pass without 60 votes?

And by can I mean is it possible, even if theoretical

Like the leadership doesn't do it

If Trump put their heads in a vice

But he has to get the balls to do something like that in the first place.

Threaten their re-elections, stuff like that

If we get rid of all 10 of those Red State Democrat Senators, and just that, we will be fine

Because it means we will have 61 seats, and everything will be fine

primaries are over, so he can't really do that

waging a civil war against the GOPe is what Bannon tried

After the midterms

sadly that backfired

Well Trump has a lot more power among the GOP electorate than Bannon.

that's still risky. He needs the GOPe incumbents' votes. It's really risky to be so openly antagonistic against congressmen from your own party

And the entire 2016 primary season was a war against the GOPe.

He won.

Now he has the bully pulpit.

He's got to use it.

he wasn't the President in 2016

he wasn't focused on getting legislation passed

Exactly.

and to get legislation passed...you have to get along with GOPe incumbents

He wasn't the president, and he still beat them.

that's one of the main troubles of the Trump Presidency

He has to pull them in his direction.

Work with the GOPe? Or risk fighting them?

RS.

You saw that story about them dissing the idea of the wall.

campaigning for the Presidency is a different beast from having the Presidency

If he works with them, it will never be built and we'll be doomed to a few more years of tax cuts followed by a one-party state.

This is a hail mary, he has no other options if he actually wants to do something meanwhile with his presidency.

the best time for that would be early 2019

What do we do if we lose the House and Senate? Immigrate to Eastern Europe?

No.

Fuck that.

I'm not Polish.

So what do we do?

If we are going to become a One-Party State, what do we do? Rebel against them? You keep calling me stupid for wanting to rebel.

well, what did the left do when the GOP took the House in 2010