"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Moderates and the undecided....cant win without them.
Still, aside from gaining another four years his popularity only equates to political capital and I don't think you can measure that in the same way with Trump. Alienating most of Washington seems to be his default position.
Yes - you're right I am thinking in terms of Republican/Democrats - and agree with what you are saying in terms of his supporter base. But he needs more than that supporter base, I would say, to strengthen his grip on power, which was Monty's assertion. He has undoubtedly given a bloody nose to the establishment but he hasn't knocked it out. I was thinking in terms of a potentially increasingly fractious relationship with Congress and the damage that will eventually do to him. His base will stay with him whatever.
Mind you, he's proved me utterly wrong about most things over the past two years (and a fair few others), so we'll see