I’m FROM North Dakota. With the exception of the white supremacist in Antler, Cramer is the biggest asshole within the borders of the Peace Garden State, which makes him PERFECT for the Republicants
The story makes no mention of a primary. Is there something funny about the North Dakota electoral process that I’m unaware of?
Not sure what you mean. A GOP primary? He will run in the primary, but it’s highly likely that any ND republican that has already filed to run will either get little support or will be convinced to bow out. They would have no chance against him. He’s uber rich, has tons of fund raising from the NRA and oil and gas industry, and he’s been all in on the Trump Train from the start. You can’t get further right, and moderate Republicans aren’t a think in ND anymore.
Heitkamp barely won an upset victory in 2012. She could do it again, but it will be a knock down, drag out fight. She’s bucked the Democratic line a bunch of times, but it’s still ND.
Honestly, Dems keep talking about his blue wave, but Trump’s approvals went from (-21) to (-8) on average over the last 2 months, and the generic dem/gop lead has been cut to almost nothing. I don’t see how this happens when every week there is a scandal, but people are stupid. Also polling could be off. Dems barely eked out a recent victory.
However, Kramer is also a stupid asshole that puts his foot in his mouth whenever he speaks. So we’ll see.
This illustrates the serious consequences of any substantial uptick in Trump’s popularity. When Trump’s polls were at truly historic, mind-boggling lows, it made strategic sense for Cramer to sit this one out, so he did. Now that Trump’s polls have ticked up a bit, that’s enough to change the calculus.
Just shows it’s very dangerous for this President to even temporarily eke out polling numbers in the mid-40s, which is about where he is now. It is bad news for the country and world.
Slightly better generic poll numbers for Republicans are enticing some of these creeps back.
He sure looks excited about it, doesn’t he?
He actually looks like dead scumbag House member Henry Hyde.
Guys like this make Bob McCarney look like a senior statesman. Hehheh.
“Not sure what you mean.” Only that all the wording in the piece said he was running for senate, as if any earlier process was a foregone conclusion (like in your reply).
"A GOP primary? He will run in the primary, but it’s highly likely that any ND republican that has already filed to run will either get little support or will be convinced to bow out. They would have no chance against him. He’s uber rich, has tons of fund raising from the NRA and oil and gas industry, and he’s been all in on the Trump Train from the start. You can’t get further right, and moderate Republicans aren’t a think in ND anymore. "
One can hope that there are some crazy right wingers who would compete from the right. Cramer has (working from assumptions here - I don’t know him from a hole in the ground) a history that someone could spin up a grievance against. Primaries are wonderful opportunities to jam ones foot in ones mouth.
“Honestly, Dems keep talking about his blue wave, but Trump’s approvals went from (-21) to (-8) on average over the last 2 months, and the generic dem/gop lead has been cut to almost nothing. I don’t see how this happens when every week there is a scandal, but people are stupid.”
I think people have heard and seen so much that they are used to it. It’s the new normal.
Heitkamp’s spirit animal:
I wouldn’t shed a tear over Heitkamp if she did lose. She’s been the next best thing to useless in the Senate. Just days after taking office for the first time (and six years before having to face her state again) she voted against a sensible gun responsibility act. She showed no courage then and I haven’t seen any since.
Which still makes her a shade better than our Useless Senator Baldwin. (Who also needs to be turned out of government forever). I’ve traveled all over the state of Wisconsin in the last five years and I’m here to inform you that NO ONE knows what the hell this woman has ever done or is doing now in D.C.
But try to tell her office that and you’re met with “They can look it up on the Internet.” I’m sorry, but there’s a shit-load of people in Wisconsin who still don’t have the Internet. (Another failure of government, if you ask me).
Mostly, however, Baldwin is profoundly Anti-Democratic and un-American. She displayed this best when she participated in the political lynching of Al Franken. Only the people of Minnesota have the right to decide who represents them and none of those people need protecting by the likes of Baldwin.
My father used to say “I’ll never vote for someone who wants to go to Washington to be a leader. Our constitution mandates a government of followers.” I think about that every time they talk about leading the country.
On the rare occasions we hear from Baldwin we unfortunately hear a lot about leading.
Wow, you sound like a complete idiot. It sounds like you probably got it from your father.
Thanks for the polite response to my post Obviously my personal insults against you triggered you and it’s all my fault.