The GOP internal polls must be devastating if this is leaking out. Wonder what the Nov. 7 Repub backstabbing will look like. Paulie better watch his back.
You know once we win, everything will be the fault of the āDemocratā Congress. That will be his attempt at being Harry Truman as he seeks re-election (and that is the first and last time I will use Trump and Truman in the same sentence). But it really doesnāt matter, because he tries to do it now, especially in the Senate where the Democrats are all but impotent. And the rubes believe him. So letās win and win big!
Trump: āIāve gotten the majority of Americans to think I should be impeached and that Republicans are incapable of governing, but itās totally not my fault if they take that knowledge into the voting booth with them.ā
Since Trumpās name is not on every ballot, the election is not real. Righto.
For his entire life, Donald Trump seems to have operated under the belief that nothing bad that happens is ever his fault.
Heās really going to regret that, āA vote for (candidate X) is a vote for me!ā mash up.
If he were consciously trying to be a contemptible fake and obvious weakling and coward, I ask you, what would he do differently?
Heās told confidantes that he thinks his 2020 bid will be the āreal election.ā
Which is actually a fake election.
Just ask Al Gore or Hillary Clinton.
No democracy, no justice.
Great to see the long lines for Day 1 of early voting in DeKalb County, GA. Reports are that the heavy turnout continues. Everyone has to vote. Everyone. No excuses.
Some years back I did an informal study of the literature on con men. The one trait they all seem to share is total contempt for their intended marks.
I have no doubt. But this particular con man really seems to embrace every opportunity to look small himself. I suppose thatās because most con persons arenāt also mentally ill.
And then he met the Russian mob. They donāt care about being held in contempt.
Another lie from trump
Heās saying this midterm election isnāt a real election
Well, Iām gonna vote anyway
That would seem to bode well for Stacey Abrams. I think the real untold story that Beltway pundits are missing is just how organized African American women are, and how they are starting to flex their political muscles ā including getting EVERYONE they can to the polls. @pluckyinky your thoughts on this?
What Josh Marshall sez:
"There is a general consensus among election observers that the Democrats will need to win the aggregate vote for the House by 6 or 7 percentage points just to win a bare majority of seats. If youāre watching closely, you know this. But after a while it starts to seem like a given, just part of the landscape. But it shows the challenge Democrats are up against. They have to win by a massive margin, maybe as much as 10 percentage points to win a healthy majority. "
This in one of the ways our wealthy white male rulers stay in-power. It isnāt enough to win 51% of the aggregate vote. Democrats have to āwin the aggregate vote for the House by 6 or 7 percentage points just to win a bare majority of seats.ā
Like a casino, the rules have been designed heavily in favor of the Republican House.
There has been a cold civil war going on in this country against Democrats and liberals for decades, and we are losing badly, but the Democratic Party leaders refuse to recognize this. They still think playing nice is the right strategy.
Donāt be surprised if the Republicans still hold the House after the election.
No democracy, no justice.
The āreal electionā is two weeks away. Trump will never see 2020 if OSC Mueller does his job. The possibility of Trump being around and in the WH in 2020 is absurd. If he survives the Mueller investigation, we will have bigger problems than controlling Congress.
From what Iāve been reading, the issue of healthcare is killing Republican candidates out in the field. Hence the Kavanaugh & Caravan strategy, which if you listen to Morning Joe is helping to quell the Blue Wave, turning it into a ripple. In fact, I was astonished to hear Mika give the Trumpster version of 2016, specifically that Clintonās popular vote advantage was all about California voters and therefore the November 6th congressional contest was looking like a bust.
But then, how to explain the massive turnout in early voting or the disparity in the generic voting numbers or the massive donations to Democratic candidates??
I find it very strange that the Trumpster has suddenly had a bump in popularity and/or Republicans are now reportedly awash in donations, particularly after reading that even in the financial sector (traditionally GOP leaning) donation support has decidedly pitched towards the Dems this cycle. Nate Silver noted this donation imbalance last week.
So, lots of contradicting stories out there as if the Republicans are working overtime to counter anything that points to a Democratic surge. Then you have the Trumpster himself crowing about a āred waveā where thereās no indication of that whatsoever. The strategy appears to be aimed at delegitimizing a Democratic win. In fact, itās been suggested that if the Dems are successful, the Trumpsters will shriek about voting fraud, even taking the matter to court.
Itās the Wild West out there.
On a happier though anecdotal note: my husband and I voted last week, 3rd day of early voting in TN. The polling station was mobbed, line out the door. I mentioned it to a poll worker and she said it had been consistently mobbed from Day 1. The local paper has indicated the participation numbersāthus farāare the highest recorded in the last 10 years.
Which is what we need: a win so large that the numbers are indisputable.
Yup, draft dodgers donāt take responsibility! His comments are āso, so Donnie!ā
His comments are āso, so Donnie!ā
And after the election, all youāll hear is āno collusionā (the old standby) and ānot my faultā will be the lead response to every new piece of news,