re: #21 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

That’s just the beginning.

Every pundit will strive for fame and fortune, and the need to drive ratings will keep TV a hopping with faux Democrat scandals, some nefarious object in Harris’ past, etc.

The big kicker will not be to pardon Trump but that Biden must compromise with the Trumpers and GOP minority (hopefully) in the Senate.

Let’s face it, Trump is old, not that healthy, and will face state (NY) legal charges beyond a Presidential pardon.

The real problem for Biden is that the GOP and Trump have set up the US for a great economic crash. If we have one worse than 2008 (possible), then the Trumpers will come back strong for the next demagogue that comes by in 2024.

Trump’s gonna be a bigger millstone for the party to carry than any in recent memory. He’ll be only the second president in the past 30 years to fail to win a second term. If the polls hold true between now and November, he won’t even have a thin-margin loss that he can spin as due to “fraud,” his loss will be a resounding one that will likely cause the party several Senate seats and perhaps the majority of the chamber. The worst part of it all? Barring a last-minute resignation in exchange for a pardon by “President” Pence,” they’re gonna have to carry this failed presidency to term.

And as much as they’ll want to, they can’t direct the angry mob towards him while screaming “HE’S THE ONE YOU WANT!” as they duck out the back. They took so much pride in keeping him from being removed from office so they can’t treat him like they did Nixon, and there’s no one policy that he enacted against their wishes like Bush Sr’s tax increases that they can pin the blame squarely on him. Every step of the way, they were willing accomplices and fought with all their might to keep him from facing the consequences of his actions.

My personal belief? They’re gonna try and make the promise of a pardon part of any negotiations for CV-19 relief/debt ceiling increase. They’ll float a trial balloon sometime in the weeks immediately after the election, acknowledging what everybody knows: Donny’s biggest fear about losing is facing federal charges for his acts both in and out of office. They’ll say it’s a way to ensure a peaceful transition: Trump gets a pardon, Biden looks magnanimous, and the country “moves forward.” Unspoken will be how it also allows them to push public anger onto Biden for Trump skipping out on the consequences of his actions.