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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂ SILVER
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Subject: Re: The Border ,jeh johnson , why can’t
Date: 12/26/23 2:43 PM
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he idea is to run a person who can get 55% of the vote and unite 70 % of the country. No one can be expected to do more than that.

That cannot happen in modern politics.

No presidential candidate has captured 55% of the vote since Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984.

No new presidential candidate has captured 55% of the vote since LBJ in 1964.

If Jeh Johnson were to run for President and obtain the Democratic nomination, whatever respect you currently have for him based on his iconoclastic positions as a Democratic border hawk would dissipate immediately. It would be overwhelmed by GOP/conservative positioning of all of his more standard Democratic positions as being more important than being half right on a single issue.

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