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08-05-2022 , 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by farklesnotsky
Will you PLEASE stop annoying Republicans with facts? They get so testy when you do that.
It’s a fun game you can play at home anytime conservatives say “The media isn’t reporting on this!” I mean literally 100% of the time you can find an MSM story on it within 15 seconds.
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08-05-2022 , 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
It’s a fun game you can play at home anytime conservatives say “The media isn’t reporting on this!” I mean literally 100% of the time you can find an MSM story on it within 15 seconds.
It's only a fun game if someone denies 'the media isn't reporting on this'.

In this case no one said or suggested that. So once again the game is on you and your inability to comprehend what you read. Something that happens every 10 seconds or so.
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08-05-2022 , 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Cuepee
It's only a fun game if someone denies 'the media isn't reporting on this'.

In this case no one said or suggested that.
lol, that’s exactly what was said:

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Tried to fins a MSNBC or CNN clip I guess its not news to them
Try again, QP.
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08-05-2022 , 02:09 PM
I stand corrected as you had replied to my post which I thought your comments were directed at.
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08-06-2022 , 06:38 PM
Generic ballot [URL="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/generic-ballot/"]polling petty even right now[/URL. To contrast, Dems were polling ahead by 7+ at this time in 2018. Still time but definitely concerning for republicans that he band s this weak.
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08-08-2022 , 06:30 PM
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08-09-2022 , 06:59 PM
As I have been out on a limb predicting, i continue to believe that there is no way McCarthy will end up Speaker if the GOP wins the House in the MT's.

A growing chorus against McCarthy for Speaker is getting more vocal while pushing Jim Jordan (no not MTG yet).


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In a growing schism in the GOP, Matt Gaetz slammed Kevin McCarthy at CPAC: 'He should not be the leader of the Republican conference'

- Trump allies Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon slammed Kevin McCarthy during an appearance at CPAC.

- Gaetz said he did not think McCarthy should lead the GOP if he stood for "the establishment."

- Bannon said Jim Jordan should be fill the role, to raucous cheers from the crowd.


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Jim Jordan for House Speaker? Trump Allies Rip McCarthy, Tout Ohio Lawmaker

A number of staunch Trump supporters—some of whom were already less than impressed with McCarthy's leadership—quickly began suggesting Jordan as an alternative. The Ohio Republican was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and has long been viewed as a key Trump ally in Congress.


"Jim Jordan would make a fantastic Speaker of the House!" Nick Adams, a conservative commentator and author, tweeted.

"If elected, I can guarantee I won't be voting for @GOPLeader [McCarthy]. Unlike others, I won't backslide on that position. My vote would be for @Jim_Jordan as speaker if he ran," GOP congressional candidate Julian Acciard wrote ...

"Attention @Jim_Jordan and @mattgaetz. Please takeover leadership from RINO Kevin McCarthy!" Fox News contributor and podcast host Leo Terrell wrote...

...Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and key Trump ally in Congress, retweeted Terrell's post and spoke favorably of his colleague, Jordan.

".@jim_Jordan is the hardest working and most talented member of the Republican House Conference. And every member knows it,"...


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08-14-2022 , 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Cuepee
As I have been out on a limb predicting, i continue to believe that there is no way McCarthy will end up Speaker if the GOP wins the House in the MT's.

A growing chorus against McCarthy for Speaker is getting more vocal while pushing Jim Jordan (no not MTG yet).
If Gaetz likes him, that's seven strikes right there.

McCarthy has been a subservient tool ever since he acquired office. But he hasn't really put on the wackadoodle full-throated conspiracy theory-flogging Maga Moron hat and done the Crazy People For Trump dance. Jordan has been much more willing to assume that role.

The Republican party has decided that nothing but full-blown crazy will do. Any "moderate" Republicans are being tossed aside like the apostates they are. And Jordan, with some of his most extreme and bozo-esque recent statements and tweets, is signaling that he's turned his brain to scrambled eggs and is thus ready to assume a Republican leadership role.
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08-14-2022 , 11:13 AM
McCarthy has done the one thing I think Trump will never forgive fully.

He turned against Trump at a vital time of need and called for consequences against Trump.


It was only when McCarthy stuck his finger up in to the wind and determined public sentiment remained with Trump in the base, that he then turned back to Trump, bent the knee and Trump accepted him back.


But Trump knows, if he is POTUS again he will do more offenses where calls for impeachment and charges will ring out. Where societies initial reaction will be one of shock and disdain. So will he want a McCarthy as Speaker of the House calling for Impeachment or punishment up front and only changing if he feels the winds have changed but following thru if they do not?? Or would he prefer a Jim Jordan type more likely to go down with the Trump ship regardless, if it is going down, and never siding with those who said Trump did anything wrong.


I think Trump is smart enough to go with the guy who never wavers and not the guy 'who might' until he tests the winds.
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08-14-2022 , 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by steamraise
As much as I want Fl Sen Rubio to be defeated, he will win easily by 7+ points.
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08-15-2022 , 09:21 AM
If Rubio just stays in the background he wins pretty easily.
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08-19-2022 , 09:04 PM
Republican's position has fallen pretty badly since the OP. The generic ballot has been a dead heat for about a month. Fairly unusual this close to a midterm in which 1 party controls everything. Republicans definitely expected to be in a better spot here, but their cooky radical agenda actually seems to b hurting them.

Last edited by ecriture d'adulte; 08-19-2022 at 09:22 PM.
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08-19-2022 , 09:21 PM
lol Dems are gonna get curbstomped.....everyone hates them

Last edited by natediggity; 08-19-2022 at 09:22 PM. Reason: by them i mean you
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08-19-2022 , 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by farklesnotsky
The Republican party has decided that nothing but full-blown crazy will do. Any "moderate" Republicans are being tossed aside like the apostates they are. And Jordan, with some of his most extreme and bozo-esque recent statements and tweets, is signaling that he's turned his brain to scrambled eggs and is thus ready to assume a Republican leadership role.
Even Mitch is sort of tacitly agreeing with this by saying the senate is going to be tough to take because of the quality of their candidates. The house is still probably close to a slam dunk, dems need to win the generic ballot by 4 or so to keep it.....unlikely but also maybe not impossible like it seemed in the winter. This cycle seems like it could be a really a wasted opportunity for Republican unlike democrats in 2018 that really took advantage of a low rated POTUS.
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08-20-2022 , 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by farklesnotsky
The Republican party has decided that nothing but full-blown crazy will do.
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Originally Posted by ecriture d'adulte
Mitch saying the senate is going to be tough to take.
The house is probably close to a slam dunk ...
Full blown crazy easily works for a house republican candidate, it's a little tougher for a senate candidate, depending on the state of course.
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08-20-2022 , 09:41 AM
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-...e-her-n1298097

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How Liz Cheney helped create her own downfall

Cheney is far from a hero.
Yes, her work as vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee has been honorable
But what’s being overlooked is that she was part of the very problem that she decries.

It’s that she was an enthusiastic participant in the radical political style
that helped bring about Trump’s authoritarian break from liberal democracy.
she helped start the fire and only tried putting it out after the whole house was aflame
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08-20-2022 , 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ecriture d'adulte
Even Mitch is sort of tacitly agreeing with this by saying the senate is going to be tough to take because of the quality of their candidates. The house is still probably close to a slam dunk, dems need to win the generic ballot by 4 or so to keep it.....unlikely but also maybe not impossible like it seemed in the winter. This cycle seems like it could be a really a wasted opportunity for Republican unlike democrats in 2018 that really took advantage of a low rated POTUS.
3 months ago I thought the GOP was a lock but than Roe vs Wade was overturned and states started banning abortions period even for Rape and Incest. Than the Trump crazies got elected . 85 % of the candidates he supported won.

If Mitch had selected the candidates they would be in a better position.

Damn if Trump runs in 2024 we could have Mister Orange screaming about another stolen election
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08-20-2022 , 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by lozen
3 months ago I thought the GOP was a lock but than Roe vs Wade was overturned and states started banning abortions period even for Rape and Incest. Than the Trump crazies got elected . 85 % of the candidates he supported won.

If Mitch had selected the candidates they would be in a better position.

Damn if Trump runs in 2024 we could have Mister Orange screaming about another stolen election

It's kidda funny how Foxnews has said for months that a Red Wave is coming to OMG, We don't really have a chance in the Senate. We might be able to take over the house. GOP Dude in PA complaining that he's paying too much for crudités.
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08-20-2022 , 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by iwasbanned
Full blown crazy easily works for a house republican candidate, it's a little tougher for a senate candidate, depending on the state of course.
Definitely. Repeblicans got really excited after Youngkin won in a blue state but ironically it might be harder for them to win in swing states because only crazy morons can win the primary.
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08-21-2022 , 03:12 PM
I think we're at the point now that some of these polls are so good for Dems that I don't really believe they are sustainable and this is a temporary bump that will go away. Like 5 out of the last polls showing Dems picking up a senate seat in Ohio.
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08-21-2022 , 11:28 PM
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Is Gaetz the informant?”

There’s been no evidence to support that allegation.
But, like Gaetz, Lombardo isn’t letting facts impede his political talking points.
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08-22-2022 , 11:18 AM
it's significantly easier to run whackjobs in house elections than it is in senate elections, and the republicans ****ed up by letting a bunch of their whackjobs win senate primaries in places like pa, ga, az, and oh.
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08-22-2022 , 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Slighted
it's significantly easier to run whackjobs in house elections than it is in senate elections, and the republicans ****ed up by letting a bunch of their whackjobs win senate primaries in places like pa, ga, az, and oh.


I'm trying to find out a path that the GOP takes the Senate and I can't figure one out at this point. It's almost like Todd Akin and Christine O'donnell hand picked a bunch of these Senate candidates. Personally I'm not convinced that Dr. OZ isn't a witch of some sort. haha
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08-22-2022 , 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ecriture d'adulte
Definitely. Repeblicans got really excited after Youngkin won in a blue state but ironically it might be harder for them to win in swing states because only crazy morons can win the primary.
Problem is they never elected candidates like Youngkin they picked Gaetz style


Each party seems to be their worst enemy
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