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Are we seeing signs of
a Democratic wave in the primaries?
Well, yes, but...
The Republicans know that Trump could be reduced to a big
awkward bird with a broken wing in the 2018 Midterm elections.
So, Mike Pence and other key Republicans are out doing all
the grandstanding they can to secure campaign contributions and favorable
high-end press coverage in time for the 2018 Midterm elections.
Pence is appearing at AIPAC making all the promises he can
think of, and that is the best-organized and most effective lobby in the
country.
Like it or not, American politics are based on money, and,
as some have said, America gets the best government money can buy.
Trump’s whole promise on moving the American embassy was
predicated on this, too. He has enjoyed in the past terrible press, but the
embassy move was intended to change that.
It is not a matter of prejudice, but simply a fact, that
Jewish Americans, sympathetic to Israel, own or control all the big, high-end American
press - both newspapers and broadcasters.
Now, the administration is even talking about an
earlier-than-expected opening for the new embassy.
Possibly, with Trump attending.
This pattern in American politics goes back to 1948, when
Harry Truman knew he was losing.
He did not feel inclined to recognize the self-declared
state of Israel.
But he was lobbied relentlessly to do so. His own memoirs
tell us that.
He relented on recognition, and the election literally
turned around for him after a good injection of funds and favorable press
treatment.
That set the example for American politicians ever since.
And Trump's current circumstances strikingly resemble those
of Truman.
So, all the monetary and press support that can be gathered
will be gathered.
And you cannot overestimate the importance of that in 2018.
Plus, the Democrats appear to have a rather low bank
balance.
