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6 I OPINION I November 14, 2018 WEST NEWSMAGAZINE @WESTNEWSMAG WESTNEWSMAGAZINE.COM EDITORIAL 2018 Midterm Elections: What’s next? President Donald Trump might not have been on the Nov. 6 midterm ballot, but he was far and away the most important candidate. Has a single individual ever so completely dominated a political agenda as President Trump right now? Trump has remade the Republican party wielding little more than a Twitter account, a brash oratorical style and an unmatched will. Consider immigration policy. Pre- Trump [and remember that “pre-Trump” extends back to Lincoln] the Republican party was pro-immigration. In 1960, the party platform stated: “Republican conscience and Republican policy require that the annual number of immigrants we accept be at least doubled.” In 1980, Ronald Reagan accepted his party’s nomination in part with these words: “Can we doubt that only a Divine Providence placed this land, this island of freedom, here as a refuge for all those people in the world who yearn to breathe free?” In 2012, the Republican National Committee funded a study that concluded the party must “embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform.” Just four short years later, the force of nature that is Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to build a “magnificent wall.” Two years after that, a midterm election was dominated by a caravan of refugees hundreds of miles from our borders. This singular ability to bend the national conversation at his will begs the question: What’s next? What happens to the Republican Party when Donald Trump is no longer its leader? It’s hard to say. Currently, the Democrats have no candidate or issue that poses a serious threat to Trump’s 2020 re-election. The predicted “blue wave” of 2018 turned out to be more of a purplish puddle. The progressive’s favored son, Beto O’Rourke, had to spend an astonishing $15 per vote received just to come in a close second to Lyin’ Ted Cruz in Texas. It was an impressive losing campaign, but a losing campaign nonetheless. It is difficult to imagine the Trump agenda being viable without Trump but, as we sit here today, that is a problem Republicans will not have to worry about for another six years. A few notes on the local elections: • Kudos to Missouri voters are called for on two fronts. We showed up in record numbers and traversed some fairly complicated ballot initiatives with few problems. The three competing medical marijuana initiatives, for example, combined to transform a simple issue into one that was remarkably complex. Despite that complexity, our informed voters were able to clearly state their preference without the issue ending up in the courts. • St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger was re-elected and rebuked in equal measure. While his re-election was preordained, the voters showed a clear desire to add some checks and balances to his authority by passing Proposition 2 and Proposition B. • The so-called Clean Missouri initiative passed resoundingly. Several of its provisions will do some good for our state, but the redistricting portion still made the juice not worth the squeeze, in our opinion. We will come to regret this vote. • In general terms, Josh Hawley did not win so much as Claire McCaskill lost. Any enthusiasm for Hawley was eclipsed by the voters’ belief that McCaskill’s time representing our state was simply over. IN QUOTES “I think you should let me run the country and you run CNN. And if you did it well, your ratings would be much better.” – President Donald Trump “We lose two [people] in St. Louis every single day.” – Kathie Thomas, speaking about opioid deaths FOLLOW US ON Students at Bonhomme Preschool and Kids Day Out celebrated Fire Safety Month in October by visiting with Creve Coeur Deputy Fire Chief Andy Seers.“Fireman Andy,” as he is known at Bonhomme, wore his entire uniform, including his oxygen tank, in order to show the kids what firefighters wear when they leave for an emergency. He talked through his mask and asked the children to listen to his voice. This important lesson teaches children to not fear a firefighter and to always go to a firefighter in any emergency.
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