2022 Midterms

[postman1782]

If he goes to prison, DeSantis takes his place. Some think he's the better option anyway.

And I can guarantee he loses too. He has a strong tie to Matt Gaetz's sex trafficking plan.

[Lynarii]

And I can guarantee he loses too. He has a strong tie to Matt Gaetz's sex trafficking plan.

Only seen as a benefit to a GQP nominee.

[Poopymonster]

And I can guarantee he loses too. He has a strong tie to Matt Gaetz's sex trafficking plan.

You mean "Gaetz attracts the young audience, the voters of tomorrow."?

[Milchshake]

Spending $28 million to bail out Peter Thiel's hand-picked little fascist in a state Trump won by 8 points. Things are going great.


A political action committee with close ties to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching a massive new ad campaign in Ohio, a clear sign that national Republicans are shifting more toward playing defense in the Buckeye State.

The Senate Leadership Fund is reserving $28 million worth of TV and radio ads that will air statewide, the group announced Thursday.

[Edge-]

McConnell is already laying the groundwork for continued (or greater) Democratic control of the Senate - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...date-rcna43777

He's a terrible human being, but he's not an idiot.

[cubby]

McConnell is already laying the groundwork for continued (or greater) Democratic control of the Senate - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...date-rcna43777

He's a terrible human being, but he's not an idiot.

Indeed not an idiot. Love this quote:

Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.

Meaning the GQP can put up any asshat racist fuck for the Congressional roles and they will probably win. But when it comes to the Senate, they need non-Deplorable people.

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No chance she might just run as an independent candidate to spite Trump and split the vote?

Depending on how fundamentally pissed and terrified she is of what a second Trump term would mean to the United States and the world (and, keep in mind, she's seen the classified stuff the Jan 6 has received), because the best case scenario of a 2024 Trump Presidential win is "we're totally fucking fucked", she might start an independent campaign specifically designed to prevent the GQP from winning the White House.

She is very bright. And has finally come around to fighting the Dark Side.

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She wouldn't get far as a candidate. She's anathema to the MAGA folk and way more conservative than even the most milquetoast "moderate" Democrat.

Nevertheless, BBC has a piece about how it may not be over and how she may have a crucial role in prying suburban women from Trump's voters. She may not get elected to anything herself, but she may get even.

She got 38% of Wyoming's GQP vote. She has national name recognition. And Dark Money could work in the United States' favor here, and allow Liz to run a nationwide campaign with just a few major contributors.

[Flarelaine]

Meaning the GQP can put up any asshat racist fuck for the Congressional roles and they will probably win. But when it comes to the Senate, they need non-Deplorable people.

By and large correct, but we still have Ted Cruz.

[Ghost of Cow]

No chance she might just run as an independent candidate to spite Trump and split the vote?

Pretty much what I'm hoping for at this point.

She wouldn't get far as a candidate. She's anathema to the MAGA folk and way more conservative than even the most milquetoast "moderate" Democrat.

The thing is, it doesn't take much. Just steering one state a wee bit away from one party can shift the entire election. Thanks, Electoral College.

It's basically what the GOP banks their entire presidential strategy on, so it'd be nice to flip it around.

[Kaleredar]

Pretty much what I'm hoping for at this point.



The thing is, it doesn't take much. Just steering one state a wee bit away from one party can shift the entire election. Thanks, Electoral College.

It's basically what the GOP banks their entire presidential strategy on, so it'd be nice to flip it around.

Unfortunately, the members of the GOP smart enough to vote for Cheney because they realize how dangerous trump is are those same people who also realize that voting for an independent means wasting your vote, and will congeal around the GOP nominee.

Meanwhile, the “die on trump hill” morons actually would vote for trump if he ran as an independent, if not because they think he’d win as an independent (which some definitely still might think) then purely out of spite, because that’s the ultimate wavelength they operate on.

I suppose the number of GOP voters morally offended by trump who were offered the “dignified choice of voting for Cheney instead, rather than sitting out the election or voting for a democrat” might be non-zero, but I don’t ultimately know the effectiveness here.

[Paranoid Android]

People both parties are the same. Also the Democrats have moved too far left and too radical.

Twitter suspends Florida Republican state house candidate Luis Miguel after he advocates shooting federal agents

https://floridapolitics.com/archives...-miguel-tweet/

[Edge-]

Is...he quoting himself? >.>

That's just like...sad. Not even addressing the whole "political candidate endorses political violence against federal officials" bit which is uh...yeah.

[postman1782]

People both parties are the same. Also the Democrats have moved too far left and too radical.

Twitter suspends Florida Republican state house candidate Luis Miguel after he advocates shooting federal agents

https://floridapolitics.com/archives...-miguel-tweet/

And I hope that the fucking FBI is going to fucking arrest him. That is a fucking FEDERAL FELONY right there.

[DarkTZeratul]

And I hope that the fucking FBI is going to fucking arrest him. That is a fucking FEDERAL FELONY right there.

Eh... He's not directly calling for people to shoot federal agents, just saying that he wants to make it legal to do so. Though if people DO shoot them on sight, there's certainly an argument to be made for stochastic terrorism.

[postman1782]

Eh... He's not directly calling for people to shoot federal agents, just saying that he wants to make it legal to do so. Though if people DO shoot them on sight, there's certainly an argument to be made for stochastic terrorism.

If anyone does, he can be charged with inciting it, just like Charles Manson. He never killed anyone, but he still was convicted of killing people.

[CastletonSnob]

Republicans are low on funds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...scue-midterms/

[Xyonai]

Republicans are low on funds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...scue-midterms/

Seems like a mix of Trump leeching funds from the GOP and the GOP, for some fucking reason, entrusting Rick fucking Scott with their money even after he'd been caught embezzeling hundreds of millions of dollars from Florida's Medicaid funds.

[Kaleredar]

Republicans are low on funds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...scue-midterms/

It's nice to hear, but the seemingly-inevitable "current president's party loses seats in the midterm after they're elected" may unfortunately win out despite the GOP's utter mismanagement of funds and apparent failing ability to fundraise.

So I'm going to save my celebrations for if the democrats are able to retain/add to their majority.

The potential mitigating factors of that convention, including the aforementioned lack of GOP funds, are that the overturn of Roe v. Wade could very easily serve to galvanize democrat voters, Biden recently pushed through a great deal of legislation, and the GOP lacks an effective message to campaign against Biden with. Gas Prices have already fallen, and if inflation levels out by November they will, quite literally, have nothing of substance to hold against Biden. Meanwhile, the GOP is dealing with an enormous image problem as various criminal and civil proceedings are brought against GOP members, all revolving around Trump and their politicians struggle to distance themselves from it.

But again, we'll have to see.

[DarkTZeratul]

Seems like a mix of Trump leeching funds from the GOP and the GOP, for some fucking reason, entrusting Rick fucking Scott with their money even after he'd been caught embezzeling hundreds of millions of dollars from Florida's Medicaid funds.

But he was embezzling from Medicaid, surely that means he would do right by Republican money!

[Zaydin]

Republicans are low on funds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...scue-midterms/

Wonder how much they are paying Trump to keep him from announcing a 2024 run before the midterms.

[Ivanstone]

But he was embezzling from Medicaid, surely that means he would do right by Republican money!

It wasn't Medicaid. It was Medicare. Its ok to overcharge Medicare. Its the filthy feds. They have plenty of money.