Bannon would lose in a landslide, so.... Jesus yes!
So way back in late '15 when Trump's was starting to look like he might have a chance as a contender for the Republican Presidential nomination, I told my wife, this is likely the start of the "Republican Civil War".
As Trump's forces advanced through the South, after vanquishing his key rivals, the pushback grew, but still the Country Club Republicans and business classes couldn't stop his advance.
The establishment resistance becomes more vocal, but they realize their fate is sealed, and that their "base voters" have spoken.
Suddenly Access Hollywood hits, and 'Pub pols panic, realizing they might lose the election by 10%... Additional 'Pubs speak out against Trump, making their names onto his "enemies list" or those Republicans to potentially be "purged" from the Party.
Things change dramatically in the Fall, the Pres election race tightens up, and while HRC is busy regurgitating what most Americans already realize about Trump's moral character and attitudes, he's consistently pressing an isolationist economic protectionist and anti-interventionist message.
Major segments of the Democratic base stay home or defect to 3rd Party candidates in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, because of a combination of of believing these states were safe Democrat as well as underestimation of the anger of many Obama 1x/2x voters that voted W. at least once in '00/'04 that didn't feel that their personal economic situation had improved after Obama, despite recognizing the massive wreckage originated from George W. Bush policies.
Trump wins, but the Republican Civil War is not over.... now it slips into the terrain of Guerrilla Warfare. They own the House and Senate, now how can we bring Trump to heel?
Still hasn't happened yet, but by kissing the ring of Caesar (Trump), they are for better or worse wedded to him and his political fortunes in the eyes of the voters.
The Republican Civil War still has continued under the Trump Reign, as the Purges have caused various Republican Senators from Flake to Coorker to resignation, not to mention the shocking number of House Republicans retiring rather than risk losing reelection in 2018.
The Bannon/Trump element of the Republican Civil War is perhaps a skirmish somewhat akin to a potential "Night of the Long Knives" scenario, now that apparently the Trumpista element of the Party has cowed and intimated dissident wings into submission.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_KnivesI for one would welcome a Steve Bannon run for President of the United States under a Republican Party ticket.
Not that I'm at all a fan of the guy, but what he can and would likely call out is the hypocrisy of Trump backing all of these sell out Tax Cuts for the Rich and Multinational Corporations, while the rest of us get the shaft.
Trump basically screwed his own base over with this pile of elephant dung, and looks just as much like a corporate whore as any other Republican out there these days as a result.
Honestly, looking at the Alabama precinct results, I'm wondering to what extent this Give-to-the-Rich Tax bill, played a factor in low Republican turnout in Alabama, especially among older White voters in the State....
So, here's a song: "English Civil War" based upon an old historical English folk anthem, where for the past two years I mentally switch the lyrics from "English" to "Republican"...
I encourage all of you to buy not only the song, but also the various album's from the Band, as I own just about every Clash album on either cassette or CD format.
You too can be sitting there at work listing to the soundtrack of "English Civil War" on your smartphone, and just substituting mentally "Republican" for "English"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJiiwulcTe4Lyrics:When Johnny comes
Marching home again
He's coming by bus or underground
A woman's eye will shed a tear
To see his face so beaten in fear
An' it was just around the corner in the English civil war
It was still at the stage of clubs and fists
When that well-known face got beaten to bits
Your face was blue in the light of the screen
As we watched the speech of an animal scream
The new party army was marching right over our heads
Alright
There you are, ha ha, I told you so
Says everybody that we know
But who hid a radio under the stairs
An' who got caught out on their unawares?
When that new party army came marching right up the stairs
When johnny comes marching home again
Nobody understands it can happen again
The sun is shining an' the kids are shouting loud
But you gotta know it's shining through a crack in the cloud
And the shadows keep falling when Johnny comes marching home
