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WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« on: August 09, 2018, 02:14:34 pm »
The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
Evidence builds of major GOP losses in November.

 By The Editorial Board
Aug. 8, 2018 6:29 p.m. ET

Republicans on present trend are poised in November to lose their majority in the House of Representatives and a slew of governorships. That’s the clear message from Tuesday’s election contests and a growing body of evidence. The President’s persona is trumping positive policy results among voters, and without some intervening news or a change in strategy the result is likely to be a national left turn.

Republicans appear to have won a narrow victory in the special House election in Ohio, with provisional and absentee ballots still to be counted. But a win of less than 1% in a heavily Republican district is hardly a show of strength. The Democratic share of the two-party vote surged as it has in every special election this year, while GOP State Senator Troy Balderson was crushed in Franklin County around Columbus by 2 to 1.

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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2018, 02:24:00 pm »
Not gonna subscribe, but I think I can guess what the WSJ editorial board's recommendation to the GOP is in order to stave off the coming blue wave. Something about codifying DACA, stopping ICE inland enforcement & increasing the H1b ceiling.
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2018, 02:45:37 pm »
But a win of less than 1% in a heavily Republican district is hardly a show of strength.

Considering that the candidate openly insulted a whole county in his district and called for the elimination of Medicare in a interview, this is a strong win by a stupid candidate. The anti Trump WSJ is wishful thinking here.
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2018, 04:40:59 pm »
You know, psyops can work the other way, Republicans are usually the bigger gainers in Mid-Terms, maybe this info is being put out to just emphasize, "get out there and vote"!
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2018, 04:42:49 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on August 09, 2018, 02:24:00 pm
Not gonna subscribe, but I think I can guess what the WSJ editorial board's recommendation to the GOP is in order to stave off the coming blue wave. Something about codifying DACA, stopping ICE inland enforcement & increasing the H1b ceiling.

Rather than guess (and you'd be dead wrong), why not subscribe?    I can't see why anyone who considers himself a conservative wouldn't.   
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2018, 04:44:46 pm »
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Our sense is that Republican voters haven’t recognized how much jeopardy the party is in. Many are content to listen only to their safe media spaces that repeat illusions about a “red wave” and invoke 2016 when the media said Mr. Trump couldn’t win. Nearly all of the media does want Democrats to win again, and humility was one of the lessons we learned from the surprises of 2016.

But that’s not an excuse for ignoring the evidence of GOP trouble. Mr. Trump barely won in 2016 against the weakest Democratic candidate since Michael Dukakis, and Hillary isn’t on the ballot this year. Mr. Calley, who lost his Michigan primary for Governor, said Wednesday by way of explanation that “this is President Trump’s Republican Party.” The question to be answered in November is whether it remains a majority governing party.

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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2018, 04:47:51 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on August 09, 2018, 04:40:59 pm
You know, psyops can work the other way, Republicans are usually the bigger gainers in Mid-Terms, maybe this info is being put out to just emphasize, "get out there and vote"!

Well, that would be a good idea.  Too many folks on this board won't vote Republican because their egos that demand ideological obedience won't let them.   Politics is a team game, folks.  If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.     
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2018, 05:24:11 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on August 09, 2018, 04:42:49 pm
Rather than guess (and you'd be dead wrong), why not subscribe?    I can't see why anyone who considers himself a conservative wouldn't.

I subscribed when Vermont Royster was editor emeritus. Back when the WSJ was conservative.

Today, the editorial board are shills for the Chamber of Commerce.
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2018, 05:30:51 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on August 09, 2018, 05:24:11 pm
I subscribed when Vermont Royster was editor emeritus. Back when the WSJ was conservative.

Today, the editorial board are shills for the Chamber of Commerce.

That's ridiculous.   There is no more important or influential paper in America today.   
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2018, 05:32:32 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on August 09, 2018, 05:30:51 pm
That's ridiculous.   There is no more important or influential paper in America today.   

I certainly understand why you would feel that way.
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Re: WSJ: The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2018, 05:56:49 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on August 09, 2018, 05:30:51 pm
That's ridiculous.   There is no more important or influential paper in America today.   

Which is really a function of the "newspaper" business, losing influence and credibility.


The entire industry which the WSJ belongs to, has and continues to change fast.

That industry holds less, and less credibility. Managements in that industry, have increasingly moved a progressive direction.

Like higher "education' aka Indoctrination, "Journalism," has become propoganda.


Eve4ybody involved is 90 percent plus-minus progressive.

We are beyond the crossover point whereby such entities "influence." They attempt to manipulate, and readers are wising up.
 
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