2022 Midterms

[The Stormbringer]

62 is an even nicer number. It ain't happening but a mother fucker can dream.

How about "whatever number is high enough to override Manchin and Sinema's obstructionist bullshit"?

[Edge-]

52 is a nice number.

I'm greedy, gimme 53+ so we can completely, safely ignore Manchin and Sinema without having to rely on Harris to break a tie.

[Milchshake]

Nancy helps Omar squek out a win in the MN05 primary.

[cubby]

GOP tempers expectations for Senate majority

Republicans are looking to manage expectations when it comes to winning back the Senate majority in November as Democrats rack up key legislative wins and some GOP candidates stumble.

The comments come as Democratic hopes of gaining seats in the upper chamber are growing. Democrats just passed their climate, tax and health care bill, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, a major piece of President Biden’s agenda. That followed bipartisan passage of a measure to increase semiconductor manufacturing and competitiveness with China, as well as a bill to expand health care for veterans.

Additionally, the overwhelming rejection of an anti-abortion ballot measure in Kansas points to an electorate energized by the fall of Roe v. Wade.

And Republicans are grappling with a handful of controversial Senate candidates struggling in the polls in key swing states.
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52 is a nice number.

That would be so nice. Holding onto the Senate and actually gaining seats would be a yuge win.

[Xyonai]

That would be so nice. Holding onto the Senate and actually gaining seats would be a yuge win.

IIRC it was also be fairly unprecedented for an Incumbent President's party to maintain or even gain more of a lead in the chambers of Congress during the midterms, to further drive home how much Republicans have managed to fuck up their messaging on a national scale, despite how successful they've been on galvanizing their base against CRT and LGBTQ issues (again), and their 'win' on getting Roe v Wade struck down.

Though maybe it's going too hard too fast into crazy town that's hurting their chances with moderates. You know, the thing Centrists say the Dems are doing all the time by being 'woke' or whatever.

[cubby]

IIRC it was also be fairly unprecedented for an Incumbent President's party to maintain or even gain more of a lead in the chambers of Congress during the midterms, to further drive home how much Republicans have managed to fuck up their messaging on a national scale, despite how successful they've been on galvanizing their base against CRT and LGBTQ issues (again), and their 'win' on getting Roe v Wade struck down.

Though maybe it's going too hard too fast into crazy town that's hurting their chances with moderates. You know, the thing Centrists say the Dems are doing all the time by being 'woke' or whatever.

It is almost a certainty that the sitting President's political party will lose seats in the mid-terms - so this isn't unexpected. Except that the GQP is no longer Bob Dole's Republican Party, but a group of violent and racist shit birds who literally have no clue what's going and revel in their willful ignorance. Which makes their takeover of the House frightening.

The GQP will start Impeachment proceedings on Biden the day after they elect a Speaker. And they will Impeach him no less than three times, probably Harris as well, so their Golden Calf won't be the most Impeached Resident in the History of the United States.

Then the Hunter Biden Committee will start up. After that it will get petty and nasty.

I will be very curious if the Democrats gain seats in the Senate. If we don't have to kowtow to Manchin and Sienna, well, it won't matter because we won't be able to pass any legislation with the House sitting in control of the toddlers of politics.

[Xyonai]

It is almost a certainty that the sitting President's political party will lose seats in the mid-terms - so this isn't unexpected. Except that the GQP is no longer Bob Dole's Republican Party, but a group of violent and racist shit birds who literally have no clue what's going and revel in their willful ignorance. Which makes their takeover of the House frightening.

The GQP will start Impeachment proceedings on Biden the day after they elect a Speaker. And they will Impeach him no less than three times, probably Harris as well, so their Golden Calf won't be the most Impeached Resident in the History of the United States.

Then the Hunter Biden Committee will start up.

After that it will get petty and nasty.

Yeah when/if Republicans can maintain a healthy marjority in either chamber they'll gladly just start wasting everyone's time with bullshit like that.

Then, as they do, hammer all the made up shit they complained about to justify complaining about it even more. "See all these investigations (we baselessly started) into the sitting president? That clearly means he's unfit for office!" etc.

[cubby]

Yeah when/if Republicans can maintain a healthy marjority in either chamber they'll gladly just start wasting everyone's time with bullshit like that.

Then, as they do, hammer all the made up shit they complained about to justify complaining about it even more. "See all these investigations (we baselessly started) into the sitting president? That clearly means he's unfit for office!" etc.

I think they will start their bullshit the moment they have any kind of House Majority. The bloodletting of the Speaker election might cull a few of them, but after that, it will be Impeachments and Investigations for 2 years.

[NED funded]

Nancy helps Omar squek out a win in the MN05 primary.

Omar's victory has got to be one of the worst performances Ive seen. Only three point difference for an incumbent

[Milchshake]

Will Liz Cheney lose her house seat tomorrow?!

Here's Liz in happier times in 2017. When the GOP was 1 vote away from stripping millions of health care.



Does the NRSC have:

• An enthusiasm problem?
• A Candidate problem?
• A money problem?

NEWS: The NRSC is canceling some fall ad reservations in PA, AZ and WI — total so far north of $10 million — in a sign of financial troubles.
Cuts include more than $5 million just from the Philly market.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/u...a-arizona.html

$5 million, Dr Oz could finally afford all of that crudités for dinner!

[Blur4stuff]

I imagine Trump and other grifters have siphoned off millions that would have otherwise went to help republican candidates.

[fwc577]

NEWS: The NRSC is canceling some fall ad reservations in PA, AZ and WI — total so far north of $10 million — in a sign of financial troubles.
Cuts include more than $5 million just from the Philly market.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/u...a-arizona.html

$5 million, Dr Oz could finally afford all of that crudités for dinner!

Absolutely fucking huge.

This is a BAD sign for Republican midterms. Wisconsin was 100% a tossup but if they're not worried about cash and need to pull out funding, it tells me their polling is NOT looking good for Ron Dick.

[Milchshake]

Where the RCV fans at? Did Yang and the cool kids ghost RCV?

Sarah Palin is a fan. Palin looks to Alaska's RCV primary vote to make her comeback ...


What a sentence from an Alaska voter about Sarah Palin: “She is a quitter,” he added, “but at least she stands for something.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/u...ka-voters.html


Uhh, I guess the silver lining is that Dems and Leftists can support Sen. Murkowski in her re-election bid?

[fwc577]

Where the RCV fans at? Did Yang and the cool kids ghost RCV?

Sarah Palin is a fan. Palin looks to Alaska's RCV primary vote to make her comeback ...


What a sentence from an Alaska voter about Sarah Palin: “She is a quitter,” he added, “but at least she stands for something.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/u...ka-voters.html


Uhh, I guess the silver lining is that Dems and Leftists can support Sen. Murkowski in her re-election bid?

The last decade really has Palin looking rough. I will always remember her best from her glory hole days.

[Milchshake]

GOP voters telling everyone out loud who they are. They want more MAGA.

With about 22 percent percent of the vote tallied, Hageman had more than 60 percent to Cheney’s 35 percent, according to the Associated Press, which projected Hageman’s win.

[Blur4stuff]

The republican party is a rotting cesspool. They somehow manage to keep voting for worse people, which is quite impressive given how terrible previous candidates were.

If dems manage to keep control of congress they absolutely have to address representation imbalance.

[Hammerfest]

Ding dong, the Wicked Witch of Wyoming is (politically) dead.


















Praise be His name.

[noidentity]

Ding dong, the Wicked Witch of Wyoming is (politically) dead.


















Praise be His name.

Don't worry, she isn't done trolling your boy.

[Mekh]

Praise be His name.

Whose name?

[CastletonSnob]

I watched PBS News Hour, and there was a segment on the Wyoming election, and how many people there think Trump won the 2020 election. There's no reaching these people. As the saying goes, "You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into".