US Democrats could be out of power for 12 years

The chances are America will be governed by a Republican president for the next 12 years. Donald Trump will do his four years and no more according to the constitution and then be succeeded by his vice president, James David Vance who will serve for eight years. Unless Trump and Vance screw up hugely. This means that the defeat of Kamala Harris and the poor legacy this will give Joe Biden who is being blamed for the election disaster, will scupper the Democrats' hopes of reviving their election hopes over the next few years. First of all, they will have to drop Kamala and find someone else to lead the party, but a new leader will face the impossible task of trying to undermine or control the radical aspirations of the man elected on November 5 by a huge majority. Trump will be reigning supreme and as soon as he takes over on January 20 he will launch into his programme of major changes that will have an impact not just in America but around the globe. For the Democrats there are going to be months of recriminations and inquests and since they have already lost majority control of the Senate and will probably fail to win back a majority in the House of Representatives, they will have no power to restrain Trump. The party will be in the wilderness for years and years.