Gallup: 55% disapprove of Muslim ban, Plurality says Trump is "moving too fast"

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Put me on "not moving fast enough". Because he isn't moving anywhere near fast enough. He's gotta end DACA; the GOP's gotta repeal and replace Obamacare, a recession has to happen soon (I'd do it now if I were Trump), and the welfare-state wall executive order's gotta be signed.

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Put me on "not moving fast enough". Because he isn't moving anywhere near fast enough. He's gotta end DACA; the GOP's gotta repeal and replace Obamacare, a recession has to happen soon (I'd do it now if I were Trump), and the welfare-state wall executive order's gotta be signed.

It's been a week and a half dude. JFC...

-Get the chores done first, then play. I'd much rather have Trump sign all the executive orders he promised on his first day, force the Fed to do a recession a couple weeks after inauguration, and get Obamacare repeal done in three months after inauguration.

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We're close to recession. It's probably going to start in September 2017- early 2018. I don't think that one can just artificially start a recession.

-Ask Volcker.

Really, the independence of the central bank should be abolished. Independence is merely a code word for unaccountability. Power over the monetary base should be placed directly into the hands of the President.

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I'd like to see more polling indicating the Muslim ban is becoming more unpopular.

He wants a recession now, I assume, to get the effects out of the way so they don't hit the GOP in 2018 or worse (for him), 2020. We're overdue for a recession given where we are in the business cycle.

-Exactly. The GOP will still hold on to Congress in 2018, even in a modestly bad economy. 2020 is the real prize.

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This "recession is overdue" talk is nonsense. The strength of slow but steady growth is that it can continue for a very long time. Unemployment is low, but there is still untapped potential out there. Inflation is still low. Interest rates are still super low. If sensible economic policies are pursued, there's no real reason to think that a recession is just around the corner. Of course, with Trump as president, the chances that sensible economic policies will actually be pursued are close to zero, which is why the recession will probably happen.

-Wrong. Trump does not control monetary policy, which tends to be run by incompetents. He should take control.

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I'd love to know how in a bad economy they keep the house

-Big advantage in the House relative to the popular vote, almost as big as the Dems had pre-1994. Mostly due to disproportionate GOP gerrymanders.

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We're close to recession. It's probably going to start in September 2017- early 2018. I don't think that one can just artificially start a recession.

-Ask Volcker.

Really, the independence of the central bank should be abolished. Independence is merely a code word for unaccountability. Power over the monetary base should be placed directly into the hands of the President.

You realize that Volcker was dealing with stagflation, right? He had to deepen the recession to stop inflation, there's no other way to get out of that mess. I don't think that really applies in this era where inflation is pretty tightly controlled.

-Trump could give the excuse interest rates have been too low for too long.

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. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

doesn't matter if they won....it's a question of margin.

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. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

doesn't matter if they won....it's a question of margin.

Point being the Democrats have structural issues beyond gerrymandering. Sean Trende has covered this. 

-It's not hard to draw ten suburban districts with little dips into the inner city to keep them Dem.

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Illinois did it. One of the worst gerrymandered states in the country

easily surpassed by MD/NC and chicago is big enough that it would be much more important than bi g cities in its neighbouring states anyway.

-MI in 2012 was definitely one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. Not one district flipped from 2012 to 2016. MD is a very Dem state, so, as in the case of Massachusetts, it's easy to make it with all Dem districts.