How to Debate Your Republican Relatives Repudiating Trump in the 2016 Election: Pay Attention to Campaign Promises

Surprise - Presidents are usually successful in fulfilling their campaign promises. Voters should take campaign promises seriously. Carl Widell examines what Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are promising in the 2016 campaign and what that could mean for our lives in the next four years. how they might affect our lives.

Carl Widell was a Republican for 30 years. When he saw Republican administrations run up huge deficits he concluded the Democrats were more responsible and changed parties. He has served as chair of the Talbot County (MD) Democratic Party, ran the 2012 Obama campaign in nine counties, was an alternate to the 2012 Democratic Convention, and has served on the Talbot County School Board. After having started and run several software companies, Carl has become involved in public/private development projects in West Africa concentrating on power generation and water treatment facilities. Carl lives in St. Michaels with his architect wife, Pamela Heyne, and his two daughters Svetlana and Katya.