Nancy helps Omar squek out a win in the MN05 primary.
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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.
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.
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!
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I imagine Trump and other grifters have siphoned off millions that would have otherwise went to help republican candidates.
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?
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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.
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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.
Ding dong, the Wicked Witch of Wyoming is (politically) dead.
Praise be His name.
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".