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McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« on: February 17, 2018, 10:45:53 pm »
McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
By John Bowden - 02/17/18 04:39 PM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says in a new interview that he expects to see Republicans lose seats in the House and Senate this year as the party pushes to retain its majorities in Congress ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

The top Republican in the Senate told The New York Times for a story published Saturday that "the odds are" his party will face losses in both chambers of Congress this year.

“The odds are that we will lose seats in the House and the Senate,” McConnell said.

“History tells you that, the fired-up nature of the political left tells you that. We go into this cleareyed that this is going to be quite a challenging election," he added.

McConnell also acknowledged a fundraising deficit faced by some GOP Senate candidates in key states, a figure he attributed to those challenging incumbent Democratic senators.

“I concede the fund-raising problem,” McConnell said.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2018, 11:01:57 pm »
THE GOP deserves to lose.

There is no reason whatsoever to vote for their party or anyone in it.

They have fully illustrated that there is no difference in results of you vote for a Democrat or a Republican - because the end result will be the Democrat agenda being funded, strengthened and permanently entrenched.

This is why the GOP will lose in November.

People now recognize there is no reason to vote for them, and they are not excited or willing to crawl over broken glass to elect them.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2018, 11:10:15 pm »
With a leader like Mitch how can they not lose?
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2018, 11:11:03 pm »
Building a wall? Nope...

Repealed Obamacare? Nope...

Cut spending? Nope...

Deported the known illegals? Nope...


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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2018, 11:14:40 pm »
I think the party wants to lose.  Used to be they had the excuse of being in the minority to cover up their incompetence and lying.  But then they got the majority and still couldn't or wouldn't keep their promises. No more excuses.  If the party goes back to being in the minority again, they will have that as their excuse again. 

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2018, 11:19:00 pm »
With leaders like MS Lindsey Graham and Michelle McConnell it is a forgone conclusion that the party is fubar'd in 18
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2018, 11:26:26 pm »
McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms

I have always found that I usually find what I expect to find.  I very rarely find what I don't expect to find.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2018, 11:29:33 pm »
I have always found that I usually find what I expect to find.  I very rarely find what I don't expect to find.

I have always found that you can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes, well you just might find, you get what you need.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2018, 11:32:49 pm »
I have always found that you can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes, well you just might find, you get what you need.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2018, 11:42:21 pm »
I don't believe I have seen your posts before.  Please allow me to introduce myself.

Pleased to meet you

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2018, 11:46:35 pm »
Pleased to meet you

Are you a man of wealth and taste?
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2018, 12:56:40 am »
With a leader like Mitch how can they not lose?

Honestly I think it's what he wants to happen.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2018, 01:10:05 am »
Actually, I am the eggman coo coo kachoo.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2018, 01:15:01 am »
Honestly I think it's what he wants to happen.

Honestly, I think you're right.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2018, 01:28:57 am »
Honestly, I think you're right.

Reminds me of the little kid on my son's grade school basketball team. More than anything he was terrified someone would pass him the ball.

On the rare occasions someone did he treated it like a volleyball and wacked it to the nearest like colored jersey. More often the other team picked it up.

Thats Mitch.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2018, 03:07:38 am »
There are vulnerable seats in the Senate on both sides. That will likely be a wash. The House, on the other hand, is a different matter. It’s difficult to see if the GOP will remain in control.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2018, 03:29:15 am »
This guy running the Senate is the worst cheerleader for the party I can imagine.

Step aside, Mitch, and let some with some spirit take control.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2018, 03:49:51 am »
Well, well, McConnell will more than likely get his wish.  Once the DEMS retake the Senate and possibly the House, impeachment proceedings will certainly be on 'their' agenda.  I look for full-blown amnesty, shredding of the 2nd amendment and a massive immigration/refugee influx.  The GOP will be finished and this country will be transformed. 
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2018, 06:26:08 am »
Well, well, McConnell will more than likely get his wish.  Once the DEMS retake the Senate and possibly the House, impeachment proceedings will certainly be on 'their' agenda.  I look for full-blown amnesty, shredding of the 2nd amendment and a massive immigration/refugee influx.  The GOP will be finished and this country will be transformed.

It was already fundamentally transformed - Obama simply weaponized the Alphabets and all agencies to be political praetorians of the Oligarchy's new order.  Elected officials come and go - appointed judges, czars, FBI-CIA-ATF and political officers remain.   They are there to ensure we march to Full blown Socialism, regardless of who is elected office - and make no mistake - both parties have told us and shown us that BOTH of them intend to take us down that road, regardless of what we the People want.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2018, 09:54:00 am »
Building a wall? Nope...

Repealed Obamacare? Nope...

Cut spending? Nope...

Deported the known illegals? Nope...

Only way to do any of those things would be to do away with the filibuster. Just saying. Otherwise without a 60 vote majority, mcconnell is pretty impotent.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2018, 11:36:49 am »
What a douche. Numbers wise, the Senate GOP is in the best position to retain the majority in a long time, because there are so few seats to defend. Yet, McConnell expects to lose.

Again, what a weak spined douche.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2018, 12:45:48 pm »
What a douche. Numbers wise, the Senate GOP is in the best position to retain the majority in a long time, because there are so few seats to defend. Yet, McConnell expects to lose.

Again, what a weak spined douche.

The party is essentially throwing it all away.  Since there is no real difference between the two parties anymore, liberals like McConnell really don't care which liberals from which party are in charge.  It is to their advantage to be in the minority because if they are in the minority, they no longer have to find excuses for not doing what they promised the voters.

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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2018, 03:00:13 pm »
The party is essentially throwing it all away.  Since there is no real difference between the two parties anymore, liberals like McConnell really don't care which liberals from which party are in charge.  It is to their advantage to be in the minority because if they are in the minority, they no longer have to find excuses for not doing what they promised the voters.

As I stated in the beginning of last year; the leadership in both Houses didn't change.  Unless that leadership changes, don't expect change. A strong conservative is needed to lead the Senate and the House; instead we have mamby pamby liberals leading (?) the charge.  IF (and IMHO we will) we lose our majority you can kiss any chance of future conservative candidates being seated and certainly we won't see a conservative seated in the oval office.  Thay has been the goal of McConnell and cronies for a very long time.
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Re: McConnell: GOP expects to lose Senate, House seats in midterms
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2018, 03:35:22 pm »
Well, well, McConnell will more than likely get his wish.  Once the DEMS retake the Senate and possibly the House, impeachment proceedings will certainly be on 'their' agenda.  I look for full-blown amnesty, shredding of the 2nd amendment and a massive immigration/refugee influx.  The GOP will be finished and this country will be transformed.
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I expect Dems will have the majority of senate and perhaps, the house.  They will do as you say, and Trump will have to veto everything they send to him.  So, no law they pass will take effect unless the Dems have 2/3 majority to override his veto.

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« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2018, 03:38:38 pm »
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I expect Dems will have the majority of senate and perhaps, the house.  They will do as you say, and Trump will have to veto everything they send to him.  So, no law they pass will take effect unless the Dems have 2/3 majority to override his veto.

If the Dems take over... they'll do everything we have wanted GOP leadership to do. Change the rules. Do away with the filibuster and turn passage of all legislation and judges into simple majority.
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