US PoliEra 2019 |OT9| I'm really glad I'm not on Twitter nearly enough to understand all the references
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More signs on the "Mitch is concerned, and not Susan Collins concerned" front:
Strengthening it needs to be a priority, it getting run over in the Dubya/Trump admins is a huge issue.
They know that they can't stop the dominoes from falling, so of course that's the pizza they order. Smart.
Are they going to storm Elijah Cummings lying in state tomorrow too? Trump is probably going to try and steal the news cycle from Cummings somehow.
Are they going to storm Elijah Cummings lying in state tomorrow too? Trump is probably going to try and steal the news cycle from Cummings somehow.
This would be one line I don't think even the dumbest republicans will cross. I suspect tomorrow they will be respectful, but i don't believe there is going to be any testimony tomorrow either.
Brooks Brothers Riot
Old Navy Assault
Operation Tommy Bahama
Nordstrom und Drang
I saw this report on what Steve Bannon is up to and it's basically some kind of impeachment podcast.
What it sounds like is that he views impeachment in the House as an inevitibility and he's trying to give whatever hope he can that Trump can get through the Senate with an acquittal.
Which is basically telling Trump to not be Trump
It sounds like in general Bannon and his cohosts are frustrated with Republican messaging too.
But there is one person they think is doing an excellent job here!
What it sounds like is that he views impeachment in the House as an inevitibility and he's trying to give whatever hope he can that Trump can get through the Senate with an acquittal.
Which is basically telling Trump to not be Trump
It sounds like in general Bannon and his cohosts are frustrated with Republican messaging too.
But there is one person they think is doing an excellent job here!
Oh look I was right and it isn't "being weak" to not give the GOP what they want.
Yeah, figured that's what those schmucks wanted when I saw this happen in the news earlier, and I'm glad they didn't get it. Not that they didn't deserve it mind you...
I missed the reporting that Trump got Z to promise to read the thing on CNN. I remember the early whistleblower scuttlebutt was concern about a "promise" the president (assumingly) made. I could never square that with the extortion, why would trump promise anything. This makes much more sense now, the promise was Z capitulating to the extortion.
If this pans out (and consequently the word for word transcript that got hidden differs from the released "readout") I think that's game over IMO
If this pans out (and consequently the word for word transcript that got hidden differs from the released "readout") I think that's game over IMO
this is why I'm wary of democrats using inherent contempt to arrest witnesses who won't comply with subpoenas. Nothing like seeing the opposing party unilaterally arresting members of the administration to further a bogus "coup" narrative.
Yeah. I think in general cooler heads are the better answer when the GOP is losing theirs. As I said earlier, we aren't the pros in this arena, and the Dems showed that today because they made the right move when we would have made the wrong move.
I will say, Sherrod is like the Ohio Senate whisperer. I think in a better climate the GOP would have gotten a better recruit, probably Kasich, and then we'd have been more than not fucked. But Sherrod is STRANGELY popular with blue collar/working class white men. It's very weird.
FOX also has to explain how they kept having the grifter "lawyer" couple on and not divulge that they where also in on the conspiracy to dig up dirt.
In 2012, a D+1 environment, he won by 6. In 2018, a D+8.6 environment, he won by... 6. In a midterm under President Hillary, he would've been screwed.
I will say, Sherrod is like the Ohio Senate whisperer. I think in a better climate the GOP would have gotten a better recruit, probably Kasich, and then we'd have been more than not fucked. But Sherrod is STRANGELY popular with blue collar/working class white men. It's very weird.
Possibly. He's still insanely popular in the areas where we are not popular, and does so without catering to their worse impulses. It's VERY weird. I think it's the voice. Or the hair.
The only thing that saved him was Trump in the White House. He would have certainly loss last year under a Hillary midterm. Manchin would have been in a similar dire position and I think he certainly would have called it quits and retired.
I mean, I just live here, but genuinely I think y'all aren't giving him a slight benefit of the doubt here. He's very popular in the union areas. He's not toxic to the mouth breathers. He manages to do well with our stronger areas/voters. My husband's union voted overwhelmingly to endorse him (to where Fuck Face Ren got less than a handful of votes.) Guy's pretty well liked. I think "certainly lost" is a stretch, considering he managed to actually increase his vote share from 2012. Trump being in the White House definitely made it easier, as did having a shitty opponent. But, I do not think it would be a slam dunk to unseat him.
Manchin...totally.
I'm fairly confident that a Hillary presidency would've shown the door to all the people who lost, Manchin, Tester, Sherrod... McSally and Heller would've won and we would've been up all night worrying about Stabenow, Tina Smith, the new Tim Kaine, and Heinrich. And probably would've lost one or two of those too.
EDIT: Forgot Casey, he might be fucked too.
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I imagine Barr has Sondland strapped to a chair A Clockwork Orange-style watching tape of the Iran Contra hearings. This doofus is going to end up 'refining' his testimony until he's essentially endorsed everything Taylor said, while blaming Trump for the orders.
Dude's gonna be paying for his attorney's second yacht
I think Heinrich would've been okay because of the state's demographics and Hillary's winning it. I know it still gives people some vestigial ~~~swing state~~~ jitters, but I don't buy it.
All three of the 2016 Rust Belt Disaster State Trio - Stabenow, Casey, and Baldwin - would've been in danger, but I think by law of averages one would've survived. I'm just not sure who. For some reason my gut just said Casey. I have no clue why.
As for VA, Comstock (ugh) probably would've tried for it.
This is a really good resource for primary polling.
I actually think that a Hillary presidency with like -10 approvals would've screwed them all over and we absolutely would have to be worried about New Mexico. It's not vestigial swing state jitters.
I mean, there's no way to prove this, but it would've been a fucking disaster.
He walked ALL THE WAY into the SCIF. He's from West Virginia. That constitutes all years worth of exercise.
Over the course of 3 midterms we would have potentially had a net loss of 23 seats. (6+9+9)
To be clear, McCarthy is describing extortion, the holding up of funds to combat Russia, for personal political gain.
I'm embarrassed for these clowns, so shamelessly defending obvious anti-Constitutional and perhaps illegal behavior, the very things they signed an oath to defend against, for the favor of the Clown in Chief who will throw them under the bus in a second. How do they look at themselves in the mirror at night?
If they don't find any ethical issues in the investigation, probably doesn't hurt her. If they do, she should resign.
It's absolutely insane the best questioner on the ethics committee was a bartender last year. AOC is already Kamala level without absolutely zero courtroom experience.
Embarrassing.
I had a thought today, that we in Illinois have an ex-Governor in jail for essentially what Trump did.
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