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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,637
    AZ called for Hobbs. Dems dodge a big bullet with Lake losing
    Dodged a bullet?  The governorship in AZ has been red for a decade.  This was another big win.
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,307
    Yep a big win indeed! So glad another election denier has been swatted down! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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    Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,122
    Sure big win, very glad Lake lost, but not recognizing the failure in FL into solid deep red territory is huge. It’s going to take a lot of states to offset that one state AND TX is also solidly slipping away as well into untouchable for Dems. Don’t think of PA or MI as an answer as they were part of some supposed blue wall eons ago and do not account for the FL TX failures. NC? lost senate again there. Gov is nice, but won’t do a thing about the LT SCOTUS problem among other many issues failing to get congressional majorities

    the offset to FL is AZ NV WI…but…all those states are barely 50.1% dem. The electoral mathematics and 2024 senate speak for itself..well…except for Dems dancing around on tv and here of course
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    mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,826
    goddamn you must be fun at parties
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,976
    Yep a big win indeed! So glad another election denier has been swatted down! 
    Same...she didn't deserve to win


    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

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    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,976
    edited November 2022
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    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    Sure big win, very glad Lake lost, but not recognizing the failure in FL into solid deep red territory is huge. It’s going to take a lot of states to offset that one state AND TX is also solidly slipping away as well into untouchable for Dems. Don’t think of PA or MI as an answer as they were part of some supposed blue wall eons ago and do not account for the FL TX failures. NC? lost senate again there. Gov is nice, but won’t do a thing about the LT SCOTUS problem among other many issues failing to get congressional majorities

    the offset to FL is AZ NV WI…but…all those states are barely 50.1% dem. The electoral mathematics and 2024 senate speak for itself..well…except for Dems dancing around on tv and here of course
    It's November 15th, 2022. You have 24 whole months before the next election. 

    Take a breath. 
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,976
    edited November 2022
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,637
    Sure big win, very glad Lake lost, but not recognizing the failure in FL into solid deep red territory is huge. It’s going to take a lot of states to offset that one state AND TX is also solidly slipping away as well into untouchable for Dems. Don’t think of PA or MI as an answer as they were part of some supposed blue wall eons ago and do not account for the FL TX failures. NC? lost senate again there. Gov is nice, but won’t do a thing about the LT SCOTUS problem among other many issues failing to get congressional majorities

    the offset to FL is AZ NV WI…but…all those states are barely 50.1% dem. The electoral mathematics and 2024 senate speak for itself..well…except for Dems dancing around on tv and here of course
    It's November 15th, 2022. You have 24 whole months before the next election. 

    Take a breath. 
    Seriously.  Every election is different.  This one was a success.  24s outcome will be based in large part on the top of the ticket.  The president selection has the longest coattails. 
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    mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,826
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,976
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,122
    I'll take a breath, and parties aren't fun when your region just transformed in gop country after all these years and people believing gop lies like bail reform.  It ain't just looking at election results, people are actually talking about and believing this trash

    It was an ok election for dems, but to ignore clear warning signs and celebrate and believe trump is done is a bit absurd 
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,976
    I'll take a breath, and parties aren't fun when your region just transformed in gop country after all these years and people believing gop lies like bail reform.  It ain't just looking at election results, people are actually talking about and believing this trash

    It was an ok election for dems, but to ignore clear warning signs and celebrate and believe trump is done is a bit absurd 
    I get what your saying....but I do feel much better after this election. Things did go the Dems way overall. Losing the House sucks but it was expected and the GOP majority is so small they won't get anything done except fight internally. McCarthy has already tried to bribe a Dem to switch to GOP.

    I'm excited because a lot of what I hoped would happen (GenZ vote) did come through. I really do believe we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Magat movement.
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

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    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,637
    I'll take a breath, and parties aren't fun when your region just transformed in gop country after all these years and people believing gop lies like bail reform.  It ain't just looking at election results, people are actually talking about and believing this trash

    It was an ok election for dems, but to ignore clear warning signs and celebrate and believe trump is done is a bit absurd 
    I hope that Trump doesn't think he's done.  

    He's toxic. 
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    The JugglerThe Juggler Behind that bush over there. Posts: 47,302
    edited November 2022
    I'll take a breath, and parties aren't fun when your region just transformed in gop country after all these years and people believing gop lies like bail reform.  It ain't just looking at election results, people are actually talking about and believing this trash

    It was an ok election for dems, but to ignore clear warning signs and celebrate and believe trump is done is a bit absurd 
    We had the same garbage shoveled down our throats outside of Philadelphia nonstop for months....dems ending up winning gov by a landslide, flipped a red senate seat, won all contested congressional seats, and won the state house for the first time in over a decade. 

    I don't think it was just an ok election. It was literally historic in context.
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    OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 4,827
    mrussel1 said:
    AZ called for Hobbs. Dems dodge a big bullet with Lake losing
    Dodged a bullet?  The governorship in AZ has been red for a decade.  This was another big win.
    I'd call it both a dodged bullet and a big win.  Big when for the Dems in a traditionally red state but a dodged bullet because of just how willing Lake is to burn it all down because "MAGA."  (Whereas if it were some sort of John Kasich type character, it would be just as big of a win but not as much of a bullet dodged)

    Either way, it's awesome to see her lose. Along with even scarier Mastriano in PA.

    I feel better this year than I did in 2020. Not only did the Dems out-perform expectations/history, but a lot of the worst of the worst lost. Election deniers and Trump devotees performed particularly poorly and I am hopeful that middle-of-the-road types (and people less obsessed than most of us, LOL) grew tired of election deniers, J6 excusers, and culture warriors.

    That said, I would not be me if I didn't agree with Lerxst that optimism should be cautious. I really do think there's still some strange fascination with autocracy. I'm disappointed that Texas was still just as Texas as always, nervous that Florida looks way far gone, and also nervous about places like NY state and Iowa. 
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    POOTWH has assembled a formidable team and is announcing this evening from Mar-I-Lieo. The dark money in politics is horrendous. The late Adelson gave $100 million to POOTWH super PACs. Couple that cash with Elongitaint’s twatter mis/disinformation and POOTWH ain’t going away. Neither is his “movement.”
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,637
    POOTWH has assembled a formidable team and is announcing this evening from Mar-I-Lieo. The dark money in politics is horrendous. The late Adelson gave $100 million to POOTWH super PACs. Couple that cash with Elongitaint’s twatter mis/disinformation and POOTWH ain’t going away. Neither is his “movement.”
    He's going to fracture the party.  It will be beautiful. 
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    mrussel1 said:
    POOTWH has assembled a formidable team and is announcing this evening from Mar-I-Lieo. The dark money in politics is horrendous. The late Adelson gave $100 million to POOTWH super PACs. Couple that cash with Elongitaint’s twatter mis/disinformation and POOTWH ain’t going away. Neither is his “movement.”
    He's going to fracture the party.  It will be beautiful. 
    I tend to agree that it will be entertaining to watch POOTWH versus Deathsantis but the danger lies in them forming a pact, a La Hitler/Stalin, keeping the focus of their campaigns on the common enemy of the “other” and Deathsantis wins the nomination as the “sane” alternative. Ideologically they are the same and Deathsantis will have favors to return to the POOTWH wing. How much of this slugfest appeals to Reagan dems and indys remains to be seen.
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    Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

    Heading into this midterm election cycle, most forecasters expected House Republicans to gain 20 or 30 seats, giving them a comfortable majority. Instead, they find themselves scrapping for every last seat in hopes of getting a bare majority of 218, with a cushion of a few seats beyond that if they are lucky. This disappointing performance can be attributed — at least in part — to Donald Trump’s influence on candidate selection. But just how much?

    We can put a number on it by seeing how Trump-supported candidates did relative to those Republicans he did not endorse. If we look at all 401 contests in which a single Democrat faced a single Republican, there is not much difference. Relative to baseline expectations derived from their districts’ recent voting patterns (as calculated by the Cook Partisan Voting Index), 144 Trump-endorsed candidates exceeded their baselines by an average of 1.52 points. In 257 races where Trump did not endorse a general-election candidate, Republicans exceeded their baseline by 1.46 points.

    But that similarity is driven mainly by Trump’s endorsements of many Republicans cruising to easy reelection in uncompetitive districts. If we focus exclusively on districts where the margin of victory was less than 15 points, such that the seat was conceivably in the balance, the picture that emerges is quite different.

    In these 114 districts, candidates bearing Trump endorsements underperformed their baseline by a whopping five points, while Republicans who were without Trump’s blessing overperformed their baseline by 2.2 points — a remarkable difference of more than seven points.

    To give a clearer sense of what this cost House Republicans, we can examine the election returns visually. In the chart below, the lower-right-hand quadrant shows races in which Republicans lost (the Republican margin was negative) even though the district had favored Republicans in recent elections (the expected Republican margin was positive):

    Considering only competitive

    races, with margin of victory

    or loss below 15 points,

    most Trump-endorsed

    candidates underperformed


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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,833
    I think the chance of them forming a pact is nil. Trump would only do that if it benefits him in some way. He truly believes he is the face of the party, so his view will be Desantis has nothing to offer him by doing so (that we know about). 
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,637
    I think the chance of them forming a pact is nil. Trump would only do that if it benefits him in some way. He truly believes he is the face of the party, so his view will be Desantis has nothing to offer him by doing so (that we know about). 
    Zero chance.  Who’s going to play second?  Even if Ron was inclined to be VP, he saw what happened to Pence.
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    I think the chance of them forming a pact is nil. Trump would only do that if it benefits him in some way. He truly believes he is the face of the party, so his view will be Desantis has nothing to offer him by doing so (that we know about). 
    How far right will Deathsantis have to turn to placate the POOTWH’ers?
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    OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 4,827
    mrussel1 said:
    POOTWH has assembled a formidable team and is announcing this evening from Mar-I-Lieo. The dark money in politics is horrendous. The late Adelson gave $100 million to POOTWH super PACs. Couple that cash with Elongitaint’s twatter mis/disinformation and POOTWH ain’t going away. Neither is his “movement.”
    He's going to fracture the party.  It will be beautiful. 
    I hope so. In a strange way, I'm cheering for Trump right now. I want him to remain relevant after wishing for so long he'd just go away.
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    Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 8,644
    mrussel1 said:
    POOTWH has assembled a formidable team and is announcing this evening from Mar-I-Lieo. The dark money in politics is horrendous. The late Adelson gave $100 million to POOTWH super PACs. Couple that cash with Elongitaint’s twatter mis/disinformation and POOTWH ain’t going away. Neither is his “movement.”
    He's going to fracture the party.  It will be beautiful. 
    I tend to agree that it will be entertaining to watch POOTWH versus Deathsantis but the danger lies in them forming a pact, a La Hitler/Stalin, keeping the focus of their campaigns on the common enemy of the “other” and Deathsantis wins the nomination as the “sane” alternative. Ideologically they are the same and Deathsantis will have favors to return to the POOTWH wing. How much of this slugfest appeals to Reagan dems and indys remains to be seen.
    They’re both giant asshole narcissists and one isn’t going to take a back seat to the other in a pact. DeSantis will either defer out to 2028 or decide he’s going all out against Trump for 2024. Before deciding he’ll probably wait and gauge Trump’s popularity via polling and his own nationwide appeal. He’ll also measure this against who else is running. If the field is 8-10 repubs, it’ll repeat 2016 and Trump will likely get the nomination. 
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    The JugglerThe Juggler Behind that bush over there. Posts: 47,302
    I think the chance of them forming a pact is nil. Trump would only do that if it benefits him in some way. He truly believes he is the face of the party, so his view will be Desantis has nothing to offer him by doing so (that we know about). 
    How far right will Deathsantis have to turn to placate the POOTWH’ers?
    Is it possible for Florida to turn further to the right as it is now?
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    MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,612
    I agree with the past number of posts.

    Trump will not allow in a million years to take a backseat to Desantis, someone who in Trump's mind he created and therefore is better-than.  Trump wont take a back seat to anybody.

    So that leaves the question... will Desantis fold his tent and be a VP to Trump?  Maybe.  It sounds like they are about to get personal though and I don't see Trump extending the opportunity to someone who took shots at him in the primary.  Trump has the mental makeup of a 4th grader.  Desantis doesnt need trump right now, and is likely the preference of most Rs whether they admit it publicly or not.

    Also, the problem (In R's eyes) with a Trump ticket is not the lack of Desantis.  Its the presence of Trump.  Trump will say and do ridiculous shit for the next 2 years and severely piss off about 55% of the country if not more.  He will energize the D voters and anti-trump indys and Rs like no other, which results in a lost election, and it will likely cost them down-ballot as well.

    So if Trump loses in a traditional sense to Desantis or Trump.  Do we expect him to take a bow, throw his support behind that person, and gracefully exit?  I wouldnt say that is impossible, but based on past actions and the mental makeup of this man, he is going to throw grenades all over the place and turn his followers on the party.  

    Republicans have created this Frankenstein monster through their extreme partisan gaming the system, allowing all sorts of crazy attacks on Obama like Birther and Muslim shit, nominated Palin, this created this Trump movement and this monster.  Now he is going to turn on his masters and smash the lab.  
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,976
    Desantis won't be a VP for tRump. No way.

    I think the GOP will encourage him to run even though he probably isn't the best choice. They just want to make a break from tRump. My opinion but I think the GOP higher ups know that they need to break now. tRump is too old, stupid and corrupt to make their brand better.
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,307
    It’s hilarious that the GOP stood by Frankentrump for two elections and now they realize they can’t get him to move out of the way without creating a shit show for themselves! 
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    The JugglerThe Juggler Behind that bush over there. Posts: 47,302
    It’s hilarious that the GOP stood by Frankentrump for two elections and now they realize they can’t get him to move out of the way without creating a shit show for themselves! 
    Think of all they put up with over the last 7 years...and it's finally the fact that they are coming to the realization, after 3 straight election losses, that they cannot win with him that is a bridge too far for many of them. Fucking hypocrites. All of them. 


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