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Blue wave my ***!
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All that is needed is for conservatives to vote early and often, jus like the Dems.
America had a serious infection known as the "Black Plague".
Nothing racist about that, after all:
Joe Louis was "The Brown Bomber"
Rocky was "The Italian Stallion"
Christian Okoye was "The "Nigerian Nightmare"
Kobe Bryant was "The Black Mamba"
and Obama was the "Black Plague"
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Manchin Falls Behind GOP Challenger
After Tuesday's West Virginia primary, red-state Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is now trailing Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey by two points in his re-election race, according to a new poll conducted by WPA intelligence.
Manchin is in an especially vulnerable position given that President Trump won West Virginia by 42 points 2016.
46% of West Virginia voters surveyed said they would vote for Morrisey in the November general election, while 44% said they would vote for Manchin. 11% were undecided.
51% said it was “time for a new person to be in the U.S. Senate," 37% said Manchin "deserves reelection," and 13% refused to answer.
Among undecided voters, 59% have an unfavorable view of Manchin, while 30% have a favorable view.
https://www.axios.com/midterm-watch...nia-9e93e82c-8a77-410a-baa6-3ddd8a136958.html
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RED WAVE!
After Tuesday's West Virginia primary, red-state Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is now trailing Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey by two points in his re-election race, according to a new poll conducted by WPA intelligence.
Manchin is in an especially vulnerable position given that President Trump won West Virginia by 42 points 2016.
46% of West Virginia voters surveyed said they would vote for Morrisey in the November general election, while 44% said they would vote for Manchin. 11% were undecided.
51% said it was “time for a new person to be in the U.S. Senate," 37% said Manchin "deserves reelection," and 13% refused to answer.
Among undecided voters, 59% have an unfavorable view of Manchin, while 30% have a favorable view.
https://www.axios.com/midterm-watch...nia-9e93e82c-8a77-410a-baa6-3ddd8a136958.html
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It all starts with California
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California Bill Wants To Drop Washington/Lincoln’s Birthday And Replace It With Communist Holiday
The California Assembly discussed Thursday a bill that would replace Abraham Lincoln or George Washington’s birthday with International Socialist Workers’ Day as a paid holiday.
California Democrat Assemblyman Miguel Santiago introduced Bill AB-3042, which would allow schools to replace Washington Day and Lincoln Day with Presidents’ Day and install an “International Workers’ Day” — conventionally known as “May Day” — as a second holiday.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/11/california-bill-washington-lincoln-holidays-communist/
Thing is, politically Manchin is essentially a Republican but it's his own damn fault for not changing parties. The GOP has tried to talk him into it several times.
The map the Dems are up against is virtually impossible.... they took two seats with pretty odd circumstances around them and singular focus on them.... they have several in fairly unfriendly situations they have to defend then steal a few back... I don't think 2018 goes how tgey are preaching.... the problem remains they are selling a pretty large agenda that could wee splinter the party for good if it fails... i mean we have two pretty fractured parties right now...
With reports like this, well....pop the champagne!!
Democrats' Economic Quandary in 2018 Messaging
Democratic campaign operatives have acknowledged that running against Donald Trump and the White House controversy du jour -- at the expense of more substantive policy issues -- could weaken their advantages heading into November’s midterms. And complicating their case further are signs of economic improvement, including recent labor statistics showing national unemployment at a near-20-year low of 3.9 percent.
Democrats point to polling and other data to argue that -- despite voters feeling better about the economy -- there is still anxiety about the future and that Democratic policies would provide more financial security in the long run. Party congressional campaigns are pushing, for example, the message that the GOP tax bill gave away more to corporations than to average Americans.
But efforts to explain the party’s plan to “revisit” the tax law if elected to the House majority underscore the difficult question Democrats are trying to answer: How do you talk about the economy when the economy is good?
“Every time [Democrats] deny the economy is starting to turn or get better for certain parts of the population, they also hurt themselves,” says party strategist Hank Sheinkopf. “They appear to be cheering on bad news.”
And Democrats could face a similar challenge on recent news about Trump’s plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, seen as entirely separate issue but nevertheless one that relates to overall feelings of security. While success on that front is hypothetical at this point, opponents of the president are already trying to balance skepticism and applauding signs of progress. A CNN poll released this week, for example, found that 77 percent of Americans approve of the meeting.
That same survey found that 52 percent of voters approve of Trump's handling of the economy, up from 48 percent in March. And 57 percent of voters said things overall are going well, up from 49 percent registered in the last poll on that question in February. Notably, 84 percent cited the economy an either extremely or very important factor in how they will vote in November, up from 74 percent in February. And the survey found the Democrats' advantage on the generic ballot to be just three percentage points, down from six in March and 16 in February. (The RealClearPolitics average shows Democrats with a generic ballot lead of six points.)
The fundamentals still favor Democrats. Midterms are typically a referendum on the party in power, and Democrats this cycle have the added benefit of a president who remains unpopular beyond his base even as voters view the state of the economy positively. Several special and off-year elections have demonstrated Democratic enthusiasm and over-performance. The same CNN survey found that 53 percent of voters who identify as very enthusiastic say they are voting for the Democrat in their district, while 41 percent say they are backing the Republican. However, enthusiasm among Republicans has also ticked up to 44 percent, compared to 36 percent in March.
Parties out of power typically face a dilemma in campaigning against the party controlling the levers of government when the economy is improving. Republicans encountered the same dynamic in 2016, and tried to thread the needle between welcoming good economic news while also arguing it wasn't good enough. Trump apparently made that case, but he often threatens to imperil the GOP’s economic messaging with unrelated, and self-generated, controversies.
While Trump's behavior has certainly fueled energy among the opposition party, Democrats at the strategic and candidate level have stressed the importance of policy issues.
"I wouldn’t be talking about Trump almost at all," says Florida-based Democratic strategist Bob Doyle. "I'd run against Washington generically, arguing that politicians in Washington in both parties have let us down."
Doyle asserts that economic data doesn't tell the whole story, as it can overlook under-employment and lagging wages, which creates room for Democrats to score points. "When you’re a middle-class or working-class family, you not only talk about the economy in terms of your job, but you’re also talking about the cost of health care, or the cost of higher education. ... There's a lot of anxiety out there still."
Data compiled from Democratic pollsters Global Strategy Group for the Navigator Research project bears that out. The group's survey found that 67 percent of voters agreed with the liberal argument that "the economy may be growing but wealthy people at the top are getting so much more of the benefit than middle class and working people" while 33 percent agreed with the conservative argument that "things are generally going well economically – the national economy is booming, the stock market is hitting record highs, and businesses are creating new jobs all the time." The survey also found that 51 percent of voters say they worry about their financial future, while 25 percent say they worry about their current situation, like making ends meet.
"Just because people talk about the current moment being OK, there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the future," says GSG’s Nick Gourevitch. "The [economic] collapse isn’t too far in the rear view, and they don’t feel like they have retirement figured out or would be able to handle a big medical event."
Still, whether that longer-term concern compels voters to want to change course now remains an open question.
"The struggle is Democrats are not in power, we’re not in a position to be laying out this huge economic agenda" in the midterm the way they can in 2020, says Gourevitch.
In reacting to last week's jobs report, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi incorporated the sentiments reflected in the GSG polling into her messaging. "Corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent continue to hoard the benefits of the U.S. economy," she said in a statement. "Corporations are cheering their huge new tax breaks by enriching their executives and investors, while hard-working men and women see little help and rising health costs."
Republicans have tried to use those comments to their benefit. Last week they released a digital ad claiming Pelosi wants to raise taxes, referencing an interview in which she said Democrats would roll back the tax bill.
But the GOP also has its own messaging challenges on the economy. Last week, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio came under fire for saying, in an interview with the Economist, that "there's no evidence whatsoever” that money from the corporate tax cut has been “massively poured back into the American worker." (He later walked the statement back.) And Republicans are still working on selling the benefits of the new tax law to voters, and plan to spend millions on the effort.
Republican pollster David Winston has argued that while the tax changes will benefit GOP candidates, how each party addresses specifics related to the economy, particularly cost-of-living issues, will have a more significant impact on the outcome of November's elections.
In a Roll Call editorial this week, Winston cited polling from earlier this year that found half of voters named the cost of health care as either a first or second concern, while 29 percent named taxes.
Democrats' Economic Quandary in 2018 Messaging
Democratic campaign operatives have acknowledged that running against Donald Trump and the White House controversy du jour -- at the expense of more substantive policy issues -- could weaken their advantages heading into November’s midterms. And complicating their case further are signs of economic improvement, including recent labor statistics showing national unemployment at a near-20-year low of 3.9 percent.
Democrats point to polling and other data to argue that -- despite voters feeling better about the economy -- there is still anxiety about the future and that Democratic policies would provide more financial security in the long run. Party congressional campaigns are pushing, for example, the message that the GOP tax bill gave away more to corporations than to average Americans.
But efforts to explain the party’s plan to “revisit” the tax law if elected to the House majority underscore the difficult question Democrats are trying to answer: How do you talk about the economy when the economy is good?
“Every time [Democrats] deny the economy is starting to turn or get better for certain parts of the population, they also hurt themselves,” says party strategist Hank Sheinkopf. “They appear to be cheering on bad news.”
And Democrats could face a similar challenge on recent news about Trump’s plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, seen as entirely separate issue but nevertheless one that relates to overall feelings of security. While success on that front is hypothetical at this point, opponents of the president are already trying to balance skepticism and applauding signs of progress. A CNN poll released this week, for example, found that 77 percent of Americans approve of the meeting.
That same survey found that 52 percent of voters approve of Trump's handling of the economy, up from 48 percent in March. And 57 percent of voters said things overall are going well, up from 49 percent registered in the last poll on that question in February. Notably, 84 percent cited the economy an either extremely or very important factor in how they will vote in November, up from 74 percent in February. And the survey found the Democrats' advantage on the generic ballot to be just three percentage points, down from six in March and 16 in February. (The RealClearPolitics average shows Democrats with a generic ballot lead of six points.)
The fundamentals still favor Democrats. Midterms are typically a referendum on the party in power, and Democrats this cycle have the added benefit of a president who remains unpopular beyond his base even as voters view the state of the economy positively. Several special and off-year elections have demonstrated Democratic enthusiasm and over-performance. The same CNN survey found that 53 percent of voters who identify as very enthusiastic say they are voting for the Democrat in their district, while 41 percent say they are backing the Republican. However, enthusiasm among Republicans has also ticked up to 44 percent, compared to 36 percent in March.
Parties out of power typically face a dilemma in campaigning against the party controlling the levers of government when the economy is improving. Republicans encountered the same dynamic in 2016, and tried to thread the needle between welcoming good economic news while also arguing it wasn't good enough. Trump apparently made that case, but he often threatens to imperil the GOP’s economic messaging with unrelated, and self-generated, controversies.
While Trump's behavior has certainly fueled energy among the opposition party, Democrats at the strategic and candidate level have stressed the importance of policy issues.
"I wouldn’t be talking about Trump almost at all," says Florida-based Democratic strategist Bob Doyle. "I'd run against Washington generically, arguing that politicians in Washington in both parties have let us down."
Doyle asserts that economic data doesn't tell the whole story, as it can overlook under-employment and lagging wages, which creates room for Democrats to score points. "When you’re a middle-class or working-class family, you not only talk about the economy in terms of your job, but you’re also talking about the cost of health care, or the cost of higher education. ... There's a lot of anxiety out there still."
Data compiled from Democratic pollsters Global Strategy Group for the Navigator Research project bears that out. The group's survey found that 67 percent of voters agreed with the liberal argument that "the economy may be growing but wealthy people at the top are getting so much more of the benefit than middle class and working people" while 33 percent agreed with the conservative argument that "things are generally going well economically – the national economy is booming, the stock market is hitting record highs, and businesses are creating new jobs all the time." The survey also found that 51 percent of voters say they worry about their financial future, while 25 percent say they worry about their current situation, like making ends meet.
"Just because people talk about the current moment being OK, there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the future," says GSG’s Nick Gourevitch. "The [economic] collapse isn’t too far in the rear view, and they don’t feel like they have retirement figured out or would be able to handle a big medical event."
Still, whether that longer-term concern compels voters to want to change course now remains an open question.
"The struggle is Democrats are not in power, we’re not in a position to be laying out this huge economic agenda" in the midterm the way they can in 2020, says Gourevitch.
In reacting to last week's jobs report, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi incorporated the sentiments reflected in the GSG polling into her messaging. "Corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent continue to hoard the benefits of the U.S. economy," she said in a statement. "Corporations are cheering their huge new tax breaks by enriching their executives and investors, while hard-working men and women see little help and rising health costs."
Republicans have tried to use those comments to their benefit. Last week they released a digital ad claiming Pelosi wants to raise taxes, referencing an interview in which she said Democrats would roll back the tax bill.
But the GOP also has its own messaging challenges on the economy. Last week, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio came under fire for saying, in an interview with the Economist, that "there's no evidence whatsoever” that money from the corporate tax cut has been “massively poured back into the American worker." (He later walked the statement back.) And Republicans are still working on selling the benefits of the new tax law to voters, and plan to spend millions on the effort.
Republican pollster David Winston has argued that while the tax changes will benefit GOP candidates, how each party addresses specifics related to the economy, particularly cost-of-living issues, will have a more significant impact on the outcome of November's elections.
In a Roll Call editorial this week, Winston cited polling from earlier this year that found half of voters named the cost of health care as either a first or second concern, while 29 percent named taxes.
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Bernie is gonna drag them all down again! ha ha
Bernie's army in disarray
The Sanders-inspired grass-roots group ‘Our Revolution’ is flailing, an extensive review by POLITICO shows, fueling cocerns about a potential 2020 bid.
Bernie Sanders’ top operatives formed “Our Revolution” after he lost the 2016 primaries to keep his army organized and motivated — and potentially prepare for another presidential run in 2020.
But an extensive review of the Sanders-inspired group depicts an organization in disarray — operating primarily as a promotional vehicle for its leader and sometimes even snubbing candidates aligned with Sanders.
Our Revolution has shown no ability to tip a major Democratic election in its favor — despite possessing Sanders’ email list, the envy of the Democratic Party — and can claim no major wins in 2018 as its own.
Monthly online fundraising totals have plummeted to just one-third of the group's take a year ago. A founding board member resigned last month, saying Our Revolution wasn’t paying adequate attention to Latino candidates and issues of importance to Latinos
Board members and Sanders presidential delegates from 2016 have raised questions about whether the group’s president, Nina Turner, is using her position to prepare for a presidential run of her own, and to settle scores with the Democratic National Committee from 2016.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/bernie-sanders-democrats-2018-599331
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The next Jill Stein!
Come on down!
hahahaha
Bernie's army in disarray
The Sanders-inspired grass-roots group ‘Our Revolution’ is flailing, an extensive review by POLITICO shows, fueling cocerns about a potential 2020 bid.
Bernie Sanders’ top operatives formed “Our Revolution” after he lost the 2016 primaries to keep his army organized and motivated — and potentially prepare for another presidential run in 2020.
But an extensive review of the Sanders-inspired group depicts an organization in disarray — operating primarily as a promotional vehicle for its leader and sometimes even snubbing candidates aligned with Sanders.
Our Revolution has shown no ability to tip a major Democratic election in its favor — despite possessing Sanders’ email list, the envy of the Democratic Party — and can claim no major wins in 2018 as its own.
Monthly online fundraising totals have plummeted to just one-third of the group's take a year ago. A founding board member resigned last month, saying Our Revolution wasn’t paying adequate attention to Latino candidates and issues of importance to Latinos
Board members and Sanders presidential delegates from 2016 have raised questions about whether the group’s president, Nina Turner, is using her position to prepare for a presidential run of her own, and to settle scores with the Democratic National Committee from 2016.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/bernie-sanders-democrats-2018-599331
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The next Jill Stein!
Come on down!
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It's over
Hillary and Bill Clinton Go Separate Ways for 2018 Midterm Elections
For years they dominated the party, brandishing their powerful financial network and global fame to pick favorites for primary elections and lift Democrats even in deep-red states. They were viewed as a joint entity, with a shared name that was the most powerful brand in Democratic politics: the Clintons.
But in the 2018 election campaign, Hillary and Bill Clinton have veered in sharply different directions. Mrs. Clinton appears determined to play at least a limited role in the midterms, bolstering longtime allies and raising money for Democrats in safely liberal areas. Her husband has been all but invisible.
And both have been far less conspicuous than in past election cycles, but for different reasons: Mrs. Clinton faces distrust on the left, where she is seen as an avatar of the Democratic establishment, and raw enmity on the right. Mr. Clinton has been largely sidelined amid new scrutiny of his past misconduct with women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/us/politics/hillary-clinton-bill-midterms.html
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The reality is that until you get to Sept/Oct nobody really knows which way the political winds are blowing. Way too early to tell.
For all we know the market could crash in October.
For all we know the market could crash in October.
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+1 and Florida Governor Rick Scott will unseat Democratic Senator Bill Nelson.
http://www.tampabay.com/florida-pol...rick-scott-edges-out-bill-nelson-in-new-poll/
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Run Bernie Run!
hahahahahahahahahaha
Sanders to run as a Democrat -- but not accept nomination
Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic nomination in Vermont — but he won’t accept it if he wins. The famously independent senator, who briefly joined the Democratic Party to run in the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary only to un-enroll later, officially announced Monday that he would seek a third term in the Senate this fall.
He also said that he’ll pull the same maneuver that he did in his 2006 and 2012 Senate races: Running as a Democrat, declining the nomination when he wins and then running as an independent
The move makes it virtually impossible for another Democrat to seek the party’s nod
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/bernie-sanders-democrat-independent-vermont-601844
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Ratfucking the rats!
LOL
hahahahahahahahahaha
Sanders to run as a Democrat -- but not accept nomination
Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic nomination in Vermont — but he won’t accept it if he wins. The famously independent senator, who briefly joined the Democratic Party to run in the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary only to un-enroll later, officially announced Monday that he would seek a third term in the Senate this fall.
He also said that he’ll pull the same maneuver that he did in his 2006 and 2012 Senate races: Running as a Democrat, declining the nomination when he wins and then running as an independent
The move makes it virtually impossible for another Democrat to seek the party’s nod
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/bernie-sanders-democrat-independent-vermont-601844
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Ratfucking the rats!
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Kalifornia Dems are pushing for full healthcare benefits for illegal aliens!
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/05/21/report-ca-dems-pushing-full-healthcare-benefits-for-illegal-adults/
That will give Republicans even more ammo going leading up to the elections.
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/05/21/report-ca-dems-pushing-full-healthcare-benefits-for-illegal-adults/
That will give Republicans even more ammo going leading up to the elections.
lol same thing here in OHIO,, the candidates couldn't put on their MAGA hats fast enough.. All beating the drum that they are a bigger Trump supporter
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It's all cracking open!
SHOCK POLL: GOP Takes Lead in 2018 Generic Poll By 6 Points
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...-by-6-points-nine-point-reversal-in-one-week/
SHOCK POLL: GOP Takes Lead in 2018 Generic Poll By 6 Points
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...-by-6-points-nine-point-reversal-in-one-week/
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The Rev bashing Dems for being too weak and spineless to beat Trump!
It doesn't get any better than this!
Rev Al Sharpton: Democrats 'too tame to deal with Trump'
Civil rights leader says waiting for US president to self-destruct is ‘not a political strategy’
Donald Trump is on course to be re-elected in 2020 because those in the current crop of potential Democratic presidential candidates are “too tame to deal with an untamed opponent,” one of the party’s key power-brokers has said.
Speaking to a group of Guardian journalists following a visit to 10 Downing Street and a session with black MPs, the Rev Al Sharpton warned that the likely challengers to Trump are failing to galvanise opposition to the president. “They’ve lost the ability to dramatise. He [Trump] understands spectacle and drama and they don’t.”
Citing the current controversy over migrant parents being separated from their children, the veteran civil rights leader said Democratic would-be candidates “should be right there, getting themselves arrested” by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“What was the civil rights movement if not drama? Martin Luther King was the master of street theatre. No one would have listened if he just gave speeches.”
In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Rev Sharpton expressed his fear that this lack of leadership could lead to disappointment in the midterm elections in November. Landslide wins for Democrats would take a mobilisation that he had not yet seen, he said. “You can’t just announce a wave, you have to organise a wave.”
As to who might take on Trump in 2020, he said that Oprah Winfrey “could beat Trump in a heartbeat”, speaking especially to poorer voters: “She’s been broke longer than she’s been rich,” he said. But he suspected the TV star and entrepreneur was not keen to run. Former vice president Joe Biden would enjoy strong black support, Sharpton said, not least because “he covered [Barack] Obama’s back for eight years”.
He noted that Bernie Sanders struggled to win African-American backing in 2016 because he “could only see class, not race and class.” He said Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, tipped as the possible standard bearer of the Democratic left, might fare better as she was more readily attuned to “the racial dimension.” But overall, he believed the current Democratic field was lacklustre and too easily distracted by Trump’s “bizarre and theatrical shenanigans”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...rats-midterm-election-2018-political-strategy
The Rev bashing Dems for being too weak and spineless to beat Trump!
It doesn't get any better than this!
Rev Al Sharpton: Democrats 'too tame to deal with Trump'
Civil rights leader says waiting for US president to self-destruct is ‘not a political strategy’
Donald Trump is on course to be re-elected in 2020 because those in the current crop of potential Democratic presidential candidates are “too tame to deal with an untamed opponent,” one of the party’s key power-brokers has said.
Speaking to a group of Guardian journalists following a visit to 10 Downing Street and a session with black MPs, the Rev Al Sharpton warned that the likely challengers to Trump are failing to galvanise opposition to the president. “They’ve lost the ability to dramatise. He [Trump] understands spectacle and drama and they don’t.”
Citing the current controversy over migrant parents being separated from their children, the veteran civil rights leader said Democratic would-be candidates “should be right there, getting themselves arrested” by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“What was the civil rights movement if not drama? Martin Luther King was the master of street theatre. No one would have listened if he just gave speeches.”
In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Rev Sharpton expressed his fear that this lack of leadership could lead to disappointment in the midterm elections in November. Landslide wins for Democrats would take a mobilisation that he had not yet seen, he said. “You can’t just announce a wave, you have to organise a wave.”
As to who might take on Trump in 2020, he said that Oprah Winfrey “could beat Trump in a heartbeat”, speaking especially to poorer voters: “She’s been broke longer than she’s been rich,” he said. But he suspected the TV star and entrepreneur was not keen to run. Former vice president Joe Biden would enjoy strong black support, Sharpton said, not least because “he covered [Barack] Obama’s back for eight years”.
He noted that Bernie Sanders struggled to win African-American backing in 2016 because he “could only see class, not race and class.” He said Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, tipped as the possible standard bearer of the Democratic left, might fare better as she was more readily attuned to “the racial dimension.” But overall, he believed the current Democratic field was lacklustre and too easily distracted by Trump’s “bizarre and theatrical shenanigans”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...rats-midterm-election-2018-political-strategy
Yep....Going...going
Dems think their Trump & Russia hysteria is going to provide the red wave, lmao! Meanwhile they can't argue against the facts of all the winning, such as this:
https://www.atr.org/thanks-tax-reform-utilities-are-lowering-rates?amp
Thanks to GOP Tax Cuts, Utilities Are Lowering Rates
Submitted by jkartch on Thursday, June 7th, 2018, 12,01 AM
101 utilities have lowered electric, gas, or water rates due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Thanks to the tax cuts passed by the Republican House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump, at least 101 utilities across the country are lowering rates for customers, according to a report from Americans for Tax Reform. This means lower electric bills, lower gas bills, and lower water bills for Americans.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut the corporate rate from 35% to 21%. Utility companies are passing on the tax savings in the form of lower rates for customers.
https://www.atr.org/thanks-tax-reform-utilities-are-lowering-rates?amp
Thanks to GOP Tax Cuts, Utilities Are Lowering Rates
Submitted by jkartch on Thursday, June 7th, 2018, 12,01 AM
101 utilities have lowered electric, gas, or water rates due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Thanks to the tax cuts passed by the Republican House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump, at least 101 utilities across the country are lowering rates for customers, according to a report from Americans for Tax Reform. This means lower electric bills, lower gas bills, and lower water bills for Americans.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut the corporate rate from 35% to 21%. Utility companies are passing on the tax savings in the form of lower rates for customers.
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If that happens, you can bet on it!
Justice Ruth Ginsburg is 85 years old. Trump will have an excellent chance to replace her before the 2020 election. Ginsburg was one of the two justices for vote in favor of the same-sex Colorado couple over the Baker.
If Ginsburg is replaced by a more conservative justice, the left will have a tough time dealing with reality.
Although mainstream press isn’t focusing on it, many democratic senators are up in states that Trump won. WV and FL, I think will go red.
If the Republicans hold the house and senate, I think Trump will cut a few deals to get border security in exchange for say some infrastructure spending.
Meanwhile this Russia business is dying, and Democrats spent their political capital and election hopes on a lie. What exactly can the Democrats run on?
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Bwahahaha...the Dems are just beside themselves. I love this. Evidently this author, David Faris is a real Trump hater.
Democrats are totally blowing it
http://theweek.com/articles/777349/democrats-are-totally-blowing
Likewise, for most working people, the president's unprecedented abuses of power inside the executive branch are a distant concern, whose true consequences may not be felt for years. Few people understand or care about the norms governing FBI investigations or the hiring and firing of attorneys general. As long as the economy keeps humming, many voters might be content to give these Republicans another two years even if they sense that something is amiss inside the Swamp.
This is why it is so critically important that Democrats in Congress recapture their gung-ho crisis attitude from 2017.
No more victories for the president on policy issues that can wait until Democrats are back in charge. No more offhand comments from Chuck Schumer about how great Mitch McConnell is. The president seems to be spoiling for an election-eve immigration fight — give it to him. Raise the stakes. Remind your partisans that we are in the midst of a potentially democracy-ending crisis. Schumer and Nancy Pelosi should be on TV every day warning voters about the president's corruption and abuse of power. Come up with an actual immigration policy that's bigger than the DREAMers. Pick someone to counter the president's daily barrage of paranoid propaganda on Twitter.
More Jeff Merkley highlighting America's horrific treatment of immigrants. Less Joe Manchin talking embarrassingly about his "man-bumps" with our nightmare troll of a president.
Democrats, you had this. If you blow it with an inability to sustain a brawl for more than six months, rest assured: You will be replaced with other lawmakers who can.
Democrats are totally blowing it
http://theweek.com/articles/777349/democrats-are-totally-blowing
Likewise, for most working people, the president's unprecedented abuses of power inside the executive branch are a distant concern, whose true consequences may not be felt for years. Few people understand or care about the norms governing FBI investigations or the hiring and firing of attorneys general. As long as the economy keeps humming, many voters might be content to give these Republicans another two years even if they sense that something is amiss inside the Swamp.
This is why it is so critically important that Democrats in Congress recapture their gung-ho crisis attitude from 2017.
No more victories for the president on policy issues that can wait until Democrats are back in charge. No more offhand comments from Chuck Schumer about how great Mitch McConnell is. The president seems to be spoiling for an election-eve immigration fight — give it to him. Raise the stakes. Remind your partisans that we are in the midst of a potentially democracy-ending crisis. Schumer and Nancy Pelosi should be on TV every day warning voters about the president's corruption and abuse of power. Come up with an actual immigration policy that's bigger than the DREAMers. Pick someone to counter the president's daily barrage of paranoid propaganda on Twitter.
More Jeff Merkley highlighting America's horrific treatment of immigrants. Less Joe Manchin talking embarrassingly about his "man-bumps" with our nightmare troll of a president.
Democrats, you had this. If you blow it with an inability to sustain a brawl for more than six months, rest assured: You will be replaced with other lawmakers who can.
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