Trump on prosecuting Clinton: ‘I think it would be very, very divisive’

Trump says he’s changed his mind about waterboarding, after sitting down with general James mat tis, retired general who is a candidate for secretary of defense. But with a large GOP majority in the House of Representatives, the Senate will be the closest thing to a check on Trump’s power until voters go to the polls again. It has no chance of succeeding in a Republican-dominated legislature.

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“One message I do have for Democrats, that a strategy that’s micro-targeting particular discreet groups in a Democratic coalition sometimes wins the election, but it does not win you the broad mandate you need”, Obama said. They typically consist of a mix of party leaders and citizens. If he loses, Felder would provide the crucial 32nd vote for the Republicans.

“The person who received the most votes free from interference or tampering needs to be in the White House”, said Alexandra Chalupa, former consultant to the Democratic National Committee, to the Guardian.

Hillary’s time as a player on the American political stage has ended.

By comparison, in 2008 only 36 percent of Republicans said they would like Republican leaders to stand up to Obama regardless of its effects on Washington’s productivity.

The Democrats took a shellacking on Election Day. George W. Bush in the popular vote, but lost the recount in Florida – giving Bush the needed electoral votes to win the executive branch. The campaign was vicious”, Trump told the Times, adding that launching an investigation was “not something I feel very strongly about.”Conservatives who had revelled in the possibility of a Clinton prosecution were not pleased”. While a handful of electors throughout history have ignored the will of their states, never have enough banded together to deny the presidency to an Election Day victor.

But the question about how to do better with everyone doesn’t leave Democrats looking to fight over the path forward, but simply hugging each other.

Republicans were never able to unleash a full-scale attack on the Vermont Senator, and moderate Democrats, probably concerned about the state of their party, might have run a moderate third party candidate.

Instead, Republicans minimized losses in a year in which they had a lot of vulnerable seats, which has left local Democratic officials wondering about their party’s future.