US PoliEra 2019 |OT3| YOU WERE AT MY WEDDING, DENISE
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Have y'all not heard the bit about Dems intentionally defusing #resistance after the midterm because Dems expected an organized backlash to the Mueller report summary and didn't want to have to say no to trying impeachment? There's a thinker right there.
we should be trying to get the full report to the american public asap, but if trump wants to remind people just how fucking awful he is on a normal level, then i mean
It's more than a reminder if he succeeds and he just might.
Lol, I thought he would at least get a pity bounce for a week or two. With the recent stuff his admin is trying to pull with healthcare it will probably fall a couple points over the next week too.
Trump miiiiiiiiiight get a bounce of, like, 2-3 points if they released the full report. Assuming it had nothing incriminating. Maybe.
Okay probably not. Which is actually quite fine! At current approvals and swing state (WI/MI/PA/NC/AZ) trends dems would be set to hold the house comfortably and have an entirely reasonable shot at the senate. Actually, my current horror scenario that's not entirely impossible is dems taking the senate with 51 but still losing the presidency via electoral college again. This hinges a lot on ME where Trump could win the state but a dem still beat Collins via ranked choice.
Okay probably not. Which is actually quite fine! At current approvals and swing state (WI/MI/PA/NC/AZ) trends dems would be set to hold the house comfortably and have an entirely reasonable shot at the senate. Actually, my current horror scenario that's not entirely impossible is dems taking the senate with 51 but still losing the presidency via electoral college again. This hinges a lot on ME where Trump could win the state but a dem still beat Collins via ranked choice.
I was looking at the Senate maps for the next 2 elections, and the odds of Dems getting 60 seats in the next 4 years are astronomically low. Will the Dems ever get back to 60+ pending an implosion of the Republican Party? They would need to start winning in places like Mississippi, Alabama, Nebraska, Iowa, and elsewhere to hit that mark. I'm sure it can be done, but with a lot of these elections falling on non-Presidential election years it's pretty rough.
Even 2024 looks rough for Dems considering best case scenario is pick ups in Florida and optimistically Indiana and/or Missouri.
Even 2024 looks rough for Dems considering best case scenario is pick ups in Florida and optimistically Indiana and/or Missouri.
I get the hand wringing but it's smart politics. I spent 24hrs being furious about the summary and now I'm kind of jazzed for the GOP to continue eating their own tail
Also I just wanted to say it's crazy to me I've been reading your posts for a couple of years and somehow missed that you were a screenwriter (although now it makes sense you being in LA talking to tumor la bamba 😏). Big fan of American Gods. Hope you keep doing well 👍🏻
There's more pick up opportunities, but it's also a non-Presidential year which means diminished turn out. In my mind 2022 is going to be about trying to snag MI, NC, FL, and PA.
Indeed, that's why the filibuster has to go.
This is fire, damn she's good.
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thanks man, also yeah, it is smart politics, I'm not complaining lmao
also can we cool it now
Colbert did an exceptional job, and also spent more time than usual on his monologue Monday regarding this whole mess. Put into words well probably why Trump won't see a huge spike.
Dems are never getting 60 votes in the senate again unless you count the gains from potential new states. The red states that allowed that to happen in 2008 are not coming back and the fact that the 2018 midterms had the senate results that it did shows that even in a good year we couldn't hold in those deep red states.
From the threads in Etcetera
And all this, after Omar being the punching bag of AIPAC which Schumer and Pelosi both attended to.
It's so sad that Omar has been targeted, even on this website but I'm glad she continues fighting.
Links: https://www.resetera.com/threads/u-...essed-to-rep-ilhan-omar-read-mod-post.107859/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/u-...-who-quoted-hitler-on-u-s-house-floor.107850/
And all this, after Omar being the punching bag of AIPAC which Schumer and Pelosi both attended to.
It's so sad that Omar has been targeted, even on this website but I'm glad she continues fighting.
Links: https://www.resetera.com/threads/u-...essed-to-rep-ilhan-omar-read-mod-post.107859/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/u-...-who-quoted-hitler-on-u-s-house-floor.107850/
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Tlaib and Omar need to start calling these people what they are: Racists who hate dark brown and black people.
i see it as an inverse of 2018 if there's a dem president. losses in the house (although not a loss of the house) and gains in the senate.
Our boy Ronan totally set it up for her
Yeah. Senate-wise it's better to lose the presidency in 2020 but Dems can't afford that - odds of RBG dying up every year.
Some early-morning funnies for you Americans
USA TODAY Politics @usatodayDC
USA TODAY Exclusive: In "The Matriarch," Barbara Bush blames Donald Trump for her heart attack and for driving her from the Republican Party. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/600038286/0/usatodaycomwashington-topstories~Barbara-Bush-Did-she-still-consider-herself-a-Republican-aposIaposd-probably-say-no-todayapos/ …
4:23 AM - Mar 27, 2019
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
Details from new Barbara Bush book:
*Bush blamed Trump for her heart attack.
*She said by today's terms, with Trump's rise, she would not classify herself as a Republican.
*Bush kept Trump Countdown clock. It sat next to her bed until the day she died.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/27/barbara-bush-blamed-trump-heart-attack-leaving-gop-the-matriarch/3270187002/ …
7:00 AM - Mar 27, 2019
USA TODAY Exclusive: In "The Matriarch," Barbara Bush blames Donald Trump for her heart attack and for driving her from the Republican Party. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/600038286/0/usatodaycomwashington-topstories~Barbara-Bush-Did-she-still-consider-herself-a-Republican-aposIaposd-probably-say-no-todayapos/ …
4:23 AM - Mar 27, 2019
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
Details from new Barbara Bush book:
*Bush blamed Trump for her heart attack.
*She said by today's terms, with Trump's rise, she would not classify herself as a Republican.
*Bush kept Trump Countdown clock. It sat next to her bed until the day she died.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/27/barbara-bush-blamed-trump-heart-attack-leaving-gop-the-matriarch/3270187002/ …
7:00 AM - Mar 27, 2019
Wow white people get really heated over Smollett...
Not saying he isn't potentially scumbag (I have absolutely no idea what's going on after yesterday), but all the old baby boomers on Morning Joe basically said the prosecutors should have demanded an eternal gag order on Smollett, so he could never ever discuss the case. Clearly the prosecution f*cked up their case somewhere, so why as a free man should Smollett have his first amendments rights forfeited?
Not saying he isn't potentially scumbag (I have absolutely no idea what's going on after yesterday), but all the old baby boomers on Morning Joe basically said the prosecutors should have demanded an eternal gag order on Smollett, so he could never ever discuss the case. Clearly the prosecution f*cked up their case somewhere, so why as a free man should Smollett have his first amendments rights forfeited?
Fucking pathetic. Expecting nothing more from Schumer. Dude is all up inside Israel's ass. And a horrible minority leader to boot.
But not a word of complaint of her husband and son's corrupt presidencies.
WTF Chuck. I can think it's wrong that we are so heavily invested in Israel and vice versa. I don't hate Jews though. I don't want to wipe them off the map or blow up Israel. I think it's a bit of a stretch then to declare that I'm just as crazy as a hardcore white supremacist.
Did you literally just quote stuff from another thread and try to start the conversation here?
I would honestly not be surprised if Trump harbors a specific and special hatred for Puerto Rico because he sees it as a shithole mexican island America has to pay for instead of Mexico.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...Terrible-Official-Title?utm_campaign=trending
Handy write-up of the Dems' new healthcare bill. It's basically an ACA fix bill, although it's worth noting it doesn't restore the mandate (likely for several reasons Charles goes into in his write-up).
Handy write-up of the Dems' new healthcare bill. It's basically an ACA fix bill, although it's worth noting it doesn't restore the mandate (likely for several reasons Charles goes into in his write-up).
He's still a huge racist who doesn't consider Puerto Rico a "real" part of the USA?
They're brown people.
Who speak Spanish.
Who are critical of Trump and won't bend the knee and kiss the ring.
Why Democrats are wasting so much time on documents regarding Russia and not hammering this fucker about his treatment of US Citizens is baffling.
Drag Mulvaney's ass in front of Congress and rip him a new one.
With the amount of metacommentary in the tlaib thread about PoliEra, quoting people directly may be perceived as you wanting to stir things up. Quote a link to the thread itself if you think the topic is interesting enough. Thanks.
Schumer is a fucking clown.
Remove him from leadership.
AOC could primary his ass in a second.
I wonder if there has been any polling to see what percent of Americans are aware anyone from PR can move to the US at any time for any reason since they are US Citizens.
No offense but this kinda stuff really gets at me. If you think this is so important than do something about it other than post on a forum about it.
No way in hell Trump wins Maine. You should be worrying about other states.
How is anyone surprised by Schumer's bullshit? He's said stuff like this for YEARS.
These are actually quite good.
Clinton only won it by about three points in 2016. I'd say it's worth worrying about, but I don't think any Clinton state flips red.
I'd rather win every vote we can, though it would be kind of funny if we won NE-2 while Trump won ME-2. Crazy how those states splitting their EVs by district only came into play recently (with Nebraska in 08 and Maine in 16), and we may very well have an election where both states split their EVs.
Okay, other people couldn't fight this, let me snap my fingers and make it all better... gimmie a break!
We post here to vent, and it does help.
Shit like this, condescendingly being told to do something about it, makes me feel Charlie being told to get a job.
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