I think it's important to point out that Hunter is the son of Joe Biden. Why are Republicans so interested in the President's son? They spend four years trying to impeach JB without any credible evidence. They pulled Hunter to help create the "crime family", but again every lead turned into nothing. I will be first to admit that Hunter is the recipient of "rich privledge". That's a fact of life. He get put on the board at Burisma and what's his experience?

Additionally, Trump has made it a point he'll go after people his second time around. I think Biden probably would not have pardoned his son (given a decent chance he would not see jail time - assumption) unless he felt DJT was going to make his son's life a living hell for actions that still to this day can't be proven.

This pardon was to protect his son during Trump's term. And I agree with a father protecting his son.

Flipside, check out Trump's son-in-law Jared Kuschner, who obtained over $2 billion dollars from the Saudi's (in a business venture he has zero experience) after leaving office. Even Republicans say it's dubious - but guess what - no one invesigates it. Again, "rich privledge". Biden was president for 4 years and there was no investigation. Keep the family out of it.

But what's the key to Trump being prosecuted? He's actually committed crimes as President.

There's the difference, and hence the pardon. And this "no one above the law" blurb is real. Trump went thru it, Hunter was dragged thru it. But just like Hunter was probably NOT going to jail (like Trump), both also would be recipents of an eventual pardon.

Pardons are a real thing.

Personally, I think Rubio would be a fool to accept the job

Anybody not a complete loyalist is a fool to take a position, because the potential is great for Trump to either ask for something unethical, illegal, or otherwise embarrass you by a firing.

Little Marco.....don't think I could look at my boss in the eye after being demeaned that way.

It's free speech when you like it.

Not so free when you disagree with it.

Cancel culture is alive and well across the entire political spectrum. Just depends on who is saying it and who is reacting to it.

What qualifications does she have for this job?

First, she's attractive so Trump is drawn to her.

Just like his legal counsel :)

Now he appoints a war hawk.

LOL - they should take bets on what hire gets fired first!

How do Muslims who voted for Trump equate Trump hiring Rubio?

Hasn't Rubio basically and completely backed Israel?

So the guy who had a Muslim ban and wants to make a parking lot of Gaza/Palastine get their vote.

It has to be an odd number because if the decision is a tie it only affects that case in that jurisdiction. It doesn't affect the whole country.

Tell that to Republicans. How long did they allow that to happen when they refused Garland and eventually got Cavanaugh in.

Trump's second term is completely due to merrick garland

In retrospect, yes. Slow walked it instead of being aggressive.

Democrats were soundly rebuked. Cope and introspect as to why.

They will and come back stronger. They have a ton of young talent waiting and will react accordingly.

Meanwhile, I'd expect Trump to eventually be Trump and pull the GOP down once again. Dems will be waiting to pounce.

You wouldn't be saying that if it were Obama that did the crimes. Face it you're a party over country kind of guy.

If Obama had done it - I can guarantee you he would not get a sniff of my vote.

Here's a sports analogy - voting for Trump is like rooting for the Cleveland Browns when DeShaun Watson becomes your QB. I would drop the Browns in a heartbeat until he was replaced. But guess what.......a ton of people do not. They just want their QB to be a QB.

PS - the sexual assualt comparisons are merely coincidental. I'm talking about just someone who is loathesome.

This crap may have contributed to his victory.

Certainly did. Go to any X/Twitter post that makes a reference to either legal case and read the comments.

Some people do not respect accountability. Many people don't understand the facts. Those people pulled the lever for Trump.

It was a binary choice, right?

People are more concerned about their own immediate bubble and their wallets than a lot of other things. A lot of people live in tough conditions and I get it - they think the altnerative to what has gone on the last four years is worth a shot.

Environment, women's rights, democracy even being a gentleman are all out the window. It's day to day survival.

Handling COVID probably cost Trump the first election. COVID actually wins him this election.

These cases were never about the law. They were about making Trump lose. They failed.

They did fail - Trump again avoids his comeuppance.

However, he brought it on himself.

He was involved in up to, including, and after J6. That' on him - while it can be argued the legality - it certainly qualifies as impeachable. WHen he wasn't impeached, the GOP Senate leader said the law will have a say.

And he was the one who refused multiple times to return government documents he was not supposed to possess. His actual answers to why he did this were incriminating.

You're right it failed but wrong on everything else.....sorry.

I'd have more respect for Trump if he turned down Biden's offer to come to the WH.

Trump loves when he wins and is the center of attention.

Not so much when he loses.

Just one of many bad character traits for POTUS.

With a Senate majority should Trump add seats to SCOTUS?

Why not? R's already "packed" the court with their poltical antics involving Garland and Coney Barrett.

I never knew the rule was when a sitting president has the Senate - you just push it right through regardless of an pending election.

But when you don't - you delay it until the next presidential election where the people can decide (eye roll)............

You believe we will see a reduction in that?

Who knows, but be damn sure Trump will be out there with graphs and mouthpieces telling us so, and many will believe it without the fact checking.

Don't worry, when Trump and company --- up the economy like Republican adminstrations are capable of doing - esp with a guy like Trump running the show - they'll blame they were "handed a mess" and Dems will again bail out the country.

But no worries, the top 1% will truly benefit. The R's are like an alien that sucks the life out of a economy then leaves it behind for cleanup.

In the end, I think immigration doomed this current administration. Those TV ads I am sure played a major role in the vote.

They waited way too long to address it (via the OK Senator's potential bill), and I know the right didn't exactly play fair along the way - but you needed to make it look like you wanted to help make it better. Not even solve it - but at least take away a huge talking point from the right.

An Open convention would have possibly prevented this.

The mistake was Biden not stepping down much earlier.

My theory. They didn't want this, first, because there wasn't simply enough time. Would have been very chaotic and made the party look bad right up against an election with in-fighting.

But secondly, I don't think they wanted to expose really good candidates in such a short period of time. That's why Newsome or Shapiro, etc. wanted no part of this. They rolled the dice with Harris and lost. Those guys will be formidable in 2028 esp if a Trump regime goes as I suspect.

Musk and Kennedy with prominent positions for good measure...

That should be the entertaining part.

It's on record that Musk will make cuts where needed, while admitting "people will have to suffer for a bit".

That's assuming he even gets this new postition they talk about.

I wonder if they know that's what they signed up for?

Trump wins and has both chambers.

Shocked that many people - a mandate for sure - voted for him. Shocking that J6 and just the way he conducts himself and rationalises gets him to this point. America loves a train wreck I suppose. He's Joe Biden on sugar.

I said this before on here, maybe people need to see it really collapse before they realize the damage that can be done having this man in charge.

Musk and Kennedy with prominent positions for good measure.....here we go. Fasten your safety belts..not sure where we are headed.

AG?

Tremendously inexperienced, no? Even for a Trump pick?

Musk is a real weirdo. Sure he's smart, but he's got issues, big time.

Lies and pushes known lies as the top dog on his own site.......that's just truly a bad person.

People such as himself and Trump leading the country will really set us back. I am almost starting to feel that has to happen for us to get out from under this layer of stupidity we are living in.

Trump has no clue what he's doing other than his beloved tax cut to his cronies.

He inherited a decent economy from Obama, proceeded to explode the deficit, and hurt job growth.

Now, if he were to win, he's poised again to get an economy on the uptick which he will, as a Republican, destroy it and Dems would take control in four years to AGAIN correct it.

A couple thoughts:

I bet Trump is upset at the how gentlemanly the two were last night, paticualrly Vance.

Trump also is going to be upset that people will look at Vance now as a much better debater than Trump. Expect that to cause friction because, well, we are talking about Trump.

The J6 non admittance was horrid, but what else could Vance do? He took that oath when he took the VP job. Saying Trump lost would have been political suicide for him and the ticket. Regardless, it will be the one sound byte that comes out this debate.

The BS about Trump saving the ACA was comical - but again, most people will be clueless about this.

I thought Walz probably gave more concrete example to backup what he was saying, but Vance obviously was much more polished and that goes a long way in these debates.

It's really not what you say (truth or lie), it's how you said it and how you look.

Overall, a push IMO.