“I know it’s hypothetical right now, but if you’re allowed for some reason to run for a third term, is there a thought that Democrats could try to run Barack Obama against you?” Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump in the Oval Office on Monday…

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    Obama broke like half or more of his promises, like ending the war on terror, closing Guatanamo Bay and universal healthcare. Maybe you liked that, but “conservatives with ethics”—if we accept their existence, which I don’t—don’t exist in nearly enough numbers to matter, and the people who do matter in this equation absolutely hated it.

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        Obama exceeds the realm of purism or not; the man is barely any better than Hillary these days. If you think someone like that—who, again, is now known to be a liar by his would be most ardent supporters—can beat Trump, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past three general elections have proven decisively that motivated and politically active voters who support the party platform are crucial to securing victory, and as a matter of strategy Obama doesn’t have any of those.