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Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
« on: October 04, 2018, 11:00:01 pm »
Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked

Though he’s typically spoiling for a fight, President Trump pulled his punches early in the fight over the Supreme Court nomination.
David A. Graham
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The White House’s expected victory in getting Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court is in part a product of an unusual approach by President Trump: restraint.

While the president has a tendency to lash out when he doesn’t get what he wants immediately, he approached allegations of sexual misconduct against his nominee with unusual calmness. Rather than go on the offensive, the White House allowed the allegations to play out within tightly circumscribed grounds. For example, the president publicly greenlit an FBI probe but secretly set limits that made sure it would be fast and shallow. Only as Kavanaugh’s confirmation seemed imminent did Trump resort to his typical offensive speech. By avoiding inserting himself in an incendiary way at first, the president likely helped get the outcome he wanted.

Trump is usually eager to get into any fight, and the Kavanaugh nomination was already an ugly one. Yet in the early days after Christine Blasey Ford made public her allegation that Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in 1982, the president didn’t say much. “Aides quietly stunned by Trump's respectful handling of Kavanaugh accuser,” CNN reported. The president said he wanted to “see a complete process,” and other administration officials said Ford deserved a chance to be heard.


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Re: Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2018, 11:04:05 pm »
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Re: Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2018, 02:31:28 am »
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"Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked"

It hasn't "worked".

Not yet.

After Judge Kavanaugh finishes taking the oath of office for Justice of the Supreme Court -- THEN it can be said that the "strategy worked".

Don't count yer chickens...
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Re: Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2018, 02:40:32 am »
Quote from: mystery-ak on October 04, 2018, 11:00:01 pm
The White House’s expected victory in getting Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court is in part a product of an unusual approach by President Trump: restraint.



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Re: Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2018, 02:43:40 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on October 05, 2018, 02:31:28 am
Title:
"Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked"

It hasn't "worked".

Not yet.

After Judge Kavanaugh finishes taking the oath of office for Justice of the Supreme Court -- THEN it can be said that the "strategy worked".

Don't count yer chickens...

No kidding. We could be under Martial Law by Monday, at the rate of violent democrat subversive behavior.
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Re: Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2018, 07:05:23 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on October 05, 2018, 02:31:28 am
Title:
"Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked"

It hasn't "worked".

Not yet.

After Judge Kavanaugh finishes taking the oath of office for Justice of the Supreme Court -- THEN it can be said that the "strategy worked".

Don't count yer chickens...

Exactly.  So far the only strategy that is working is on the side of the DEMS.  They have been successful in delaying the nomination, dragging Kavanaugh's reputation through the mud, getting Trump to order an FBI investigation and convincing some of the public that his choice for the next justice is a sexual deviant.
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