“It’s almost a cruel joke on the electorate that the longest presidential election potentially ever might also be the one that they’re least excited about,” said one Democratic pollster, speaking anonymously to candidly discuss the race.

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    5 months ago

    The trick is to make up your mind on him before he gets sworn in, then it’s easy to dismiss any progress as “not far enough” or “just doing it to get re-elected”

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      5 months ago

      Got no horse in this race, but wouldn’t “doing it to get re-elected” be a good thing? Isn’t that how democracies are supposed to work?

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        In a way, but since you can only be US president for two terms, “doing it to get re-elected” means that you don’t believe they’ll continue doing whatever they’re doing during their second term if you re-elect them.