Mid-Term Elections 2018
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Originally posted by JO753:
Herez sumthing to think about:
How likely iz it that Putin shut down hiz wildly seksesful election interferens operation for the mid-termz? Or at least scaled it down to nearly nothing?
Wut if it wuz just much sneekyer? In the interest uv getting away with it, he didnt do anything to call attention to the rezults - just tweeked them in sum key rasez, just enuf to keep hiz puppet in the Oval Ofis.
In other wordz, he coud hav had the GoPs win every rase, completely taken over Congress and all the other offisez that were voted on, but that woud be so obvious that it woud fors action.
Insted, let the Demz take the house, but just enuf to keep from razing suspicion. Sum uv the Guvernorz rasez that were close, tweek them to put the GoP ahed by a small amount.
A solid stratejy.
Its wut I woud do.
Same here. Too much trouble for too little return - don't want to over extend, doesn't need to. 2020? With Trump suppressing voter security? Much better play.
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Originally posted by captaincrunch:Quote:
Originally posted by JO753:
Herez sumthing to think about:
How likely iz it that Putin shut down hiz wildly seksesful election interferens operation for the mid-termz? Or at least scaled it down to nearly nothing?
Wut if it wuz just much sneekyer? In the interest uv getting away with it, he didnt do anything to call attention to the rezults - just tweeked them in sum key rasez, just enuf to keep hiz puppet in the Oval Ofis.
In other wordz, he coud hav had the GoPs win every rase, completely taken over Congress and all the other offisez that were voted on, but that woud be so obvious that it woud fors action.
Insted, let the Demz take the house, but just enuf to keep from razing suspicion. Sum uv the Guvernorz rasez that were close, tweek them to put the GoP ahed by a small amount.
A solid stratejy.
Its wut I woud do.
Same here. Too much trouble for too little return - don't want to over extend, doesn't need to. 2020? With Trump suppressing voter security? Much better play.
Not as bad as you think. Our cyber security guys were tapping their cyber security guys on the shoulders in real time asking, hey guys what ya doing, as they were doing it, scaring the shit out of them causing them shut down.
I think it was the head of homeland security I was watching who said that. Maybe it was the head of the CIA? At any rate, it appears to have worked while showing the Russians that two can play at that game.
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Quote:Nothing predicts presidential popularity like a strong economy. And yet in November 2018, Trump is less popular at 3.7 percent unemployment than Obama was in November 2010, when unemployment was 9.8 percent. That’s a tremendous political failure, and it should be seen as such.
Originally posted by JO753:
Herez sumthing to think about:
Trump’s continued political survival is so unlikely that he’s often graded on a steep curve. It’s like watching a dog make pancakes: Who cares if the pancakes are good? When his stratagems work, or simply seem to work, he’s heralded as a genius. When they don’t, he rarely absorbs the blame another politician would face.
Imagine the election had gone another way. Imagine Trump’s hyping of the migrant caravan had succeeded, and Republicans had outperformed expectations. Trump would be heralded as a mastermind, and fearmongering on immigration would be the path forward for Republicans.
The opposite judgment should land with just as much force. Trump’s decision to use immigrants to scare Americans rather than touting the economy to unite them lost the House. His effort to keep the country in a constant state of agitation and his critics in a constant state of mobilization has lost the House. Republicans, rather than reaping the rewards of a booming economy, are facing a blistering electoral repudiation. The only reasons their losses are contained is that gerrymandering and geography have tilted the map in their favor.
Republicans are paying the Trump tax — the penalty Republicans appear to be paying for nominating Donald Trump. Republicans lost the House, and if Democrats hadn’t been defending 26 Senate seats to Republicans’ nine, it’s likely they would’ve seen a rout in the Senate too.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Trump only campaigned in very red districts. That's where the Republicans won. He's toast in two. So's the republican led Senate when you look at the 2020 map and how many republicans have to run.
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Quote:Had Trump been a different man – less self-consumed, less needy – he might have hedged his bets as the midterms neared and not have made the election about himself. He got the attention he craved and will pay the political price. His life is about to get more difficult.
Originally posted by THG:
Trump only campaigned in very red districts. That's where the Republicans won. He's toast in two. So's the republican led Senate when you look at the 2020 map and how many republicans have to run.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Had Trump been a different man – less self-consumed, less needy – he might have hedged his bets as the midterms neared and not have made the election about himself. He got the attention he craved and will pay the political price. His life is about to get more difficult.
Originally posted by THG:
Trump only campaigned in very red districts. That's where the Republicans won. He's toast in two. So's the republican led Senate when you look at the 2020 map and how many republicans have to run.
Agreed
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Russia is unhappy the Democrats won the House. The 2018 US midterm election results are in — and Russia feels like it lost.
The Kremlin is unhappy that Democrats won the House. That makes sense, as Democrats have promised greater oversight of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, and especially his warmth toward Moscow. That, Russia fears, could imperil efforts to improve ties.
“It’s fair to suggest with a high degree of confidence there are no glowing prospects in terms of normalization of US-Russian relations on the horizon,” Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, said on Wednesday about the election results. However, he added, both countries will continue to talk, and discuss security issues like arms control.
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/18071702/midterm-election-results-russia
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Quote:What's that got to do with anything?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Guam:
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Dems flipped 27 House seats and 7 governorships. They'll run the committees now.
Democracy still has a fighting chance.
Donnelly's unsurprising loss can be attributed to several things. Massive dark money spent against him in the last few days, and an organized, statewide anti-abortion evangelical campaign that was huge but didn't get much attention, complete with politics preached from the pulpit.
He was his worst enemy, though. His shit campaign ads had him calling for the wall, and ridiculing the far left. If you didn't know he was a Democrat, you'd think he was a Republican, both by his campaign and his voting record.
Hey, Joe, here's a little newsflash for ya: Republicans always vote straight red. You could be more Republican than the Republican, and they still won't vote for you.
There is no middle, Joe.
Who got the biggest wins? Real progressives who proudly campaigned as real progressives.
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Originally posted by reaverfan:Quote:What's that got to do with anything?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Guam:
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Exactly.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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