Obama’s team isn’t laughing at Trump anymore

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 Obama’s team isn’t laughing at Trump anymore

The president’s aides worry the Republican represents more of America than a fringe.

By Edward-Isaac Dovere

09/26/16 05:01 AM EDT

Obamaworld laughed as it watched Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of the GOP. After eight years of Republican opposition, inconsistent policy demands and racialized hate against the first black president, President Barack Obama’s aides, past and present, thought Republicans had gotten what they deserved--and more, all but forfeiting the 2016 race to the woman they defeated eight years ago.

They’re not laughing anymore.

Going into Monday night’s debate, Obama’s team is feeling that same anxiety expressed by some top Hillary Clinton aides: maybe the country isn’t what they thought, maybe the resistance to Obamacare and gay marriage and the progress they’re so proud of is broader than the vocal fringe they’ve always dismissed. Maybe, the president’s aides – current and former – now concede, they’re going to have to live with the fact that Trump could end up in the Oval Office in part due to a backlash against Obama.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/barack-obama-donald-trump-228649

[sinkspur]

Or maybe half the country just wants to see how the Reality show plays out.

There are no commercials, and it only comes to an end in four years.

[Night Hides Not]

Or maybe half the country just wants to see how the Reality show plays out.

There are no commercials, and it only comes to an end in four years.

And the other half is comprised of "bitter clingers"?   

[austingirl]

Obamacare is a disaster, the real unemployment is much higher than stated, the labor participation rate is as bad as it was under Carter, the national debt has doubled with no tangible improvements except for the oligarchs, there is an increasing number of attacks by muslims whom Obama/Clinton want to import in droves, and the corruption of Obama/Lynch/Comey/Clinton has been exposed for all to see. Obama should not be laughing at the people who want to stop this.