The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: libertybele on August 18, 2022, 07:55:44 pm
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Ok, so I'm seeing this as Mitch has already sold the GOP Senate down the toilet.
McConnell offers dour midterm forecast, cites 'candidate quality' as GOP Senate hopefuls struggle
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday offered a meager forecast of his party's chances of flipping the Senate this November as Republican nominees in key races struggle to catch up to their opponents.
"I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate," McConnell said in Kentucky, per NBC News's Frank Thorp V. "Senate races are just different, they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome."
McConnell's outlook comes as GOP nominees in the nation's most closely contested states struggle to keep up.
According to FiveThirtyEight, polls show Dr. Mehmet Oz trailing Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a seat the GOP is looking to hold. In another race to replace a retiring Republican, Rep. Tim Ryan is performing better than expected against author JD Vance in much more Republican Ohio. While in Georgia, incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.
The party's current struggles are why multiple prognosticators now see Democrats as having some serious momentum. FiveThirtyEight currently has the party as slightly favored to hold on to their thin-as-can-be majority in a 50-50 Senate where Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote is the decisive factor.
This shift comes as President Joe Biden's approval ratings remain underwater. A president's party typically struggles in a midterm election year, which had Republicans giddy about their chances of retaking both houses. The worst inflation in over 40 years also signaled that November could be a GOP wave. But a series of recent policy wins has Democrats hoping that they can defy history.
A split in the House and Senate is rare but not unprecedented. Democrats rode a historic anti-Trump wave to the House majority in 2018 while actually losing ground in the Senate.................
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-offers-dour-midterm-forecast-180948547.html
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Not 'candidate quality' there Mitch, but a lack of any leadership, platform, or agenda from you whatsoever.
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So mitch would rather have socialists in the senate than republicans.... Wonder why???? :tongue2:
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Not 'candidate quality' there Mitch, but a lack of any leadership, platform, or agenda from you whatsoever.
:thumbsup:
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Here's an idea for a bumper sticker ---
""Annoy the hell out of Mitch --- Give him the majority!'
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Mitch McConnell Sounds The Alarm On Republicans’ Senate Chances
Michael Ginsberg
Congressional Reporter
August 18, 2022 2:16 PM ET
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed concern Thursday about Republicans’ ability to take back the Senate during the upcoming November midterms, as polls show GOP candidates trailing Democrats in key races.
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different, they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” McConnell told reporters, according to Frank Thorp V of NBC News.
more
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/18/mitch-mcconnell-sounds-alarm-gop-senate-chances/
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I haven't been to hopeful....for a while.
You would think AZ could do better.
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:thumbsup:
Any thoughts on why it is so hard to produce a platform ?
Seems like the GOP has struggled for a long long time in that regard.
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I haven't been to hopeful....for a while.
You would think AZ could do better.
Yes, because McCainiac Lamon was SO MUCH BETTER.
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Any thoughts on why it is so hard to produce a platform ?
IMO @HikerGuy83 the majority of establishment GOP leadership are assistant socialists ---- and they prefer not to admit it.
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Turtle's leadership is 90% of why the chances of a flip are "dour" or "lukewarm"
Hard to get any enthusiasm or GOTV efforts when your actions and policies are complicit with our enemies.
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Turtle's leadership is 90% of why the chances of a flip are "dour" or "lukewarm"
Hard to get any enthusiasm or GOTV efforts when your actions and policies are complicit with our enemies.
Turtle's leadership also means that he has a great influence over who is allowed into the Senate; either you're a RINO and willing to play his game or you don't get into the country club.
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Is someone sandbagging on the campaign funding??
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https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1560362827872980996
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https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1560362827872980996
Yes, the Murder Turtle really IS that stoopit.
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Mitch will, once again, do everything possible to torpedo Republican candidates that failed to kiss his ring.
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McConnell needs to be removed as GOP Senate Leader.
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Mitch will, once again, do everything possible to torpedo Republican candidates that failed to kiss his ring.
I am thinking someone has pictures on him.
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McConnell needs to be removed as GOP Senate Leader.
That SOB would have been gone long ago if it were up to me!
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I am thinking someone has pictures on him.
He, and his wife, are charter members of the swamp preservation committee!
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Migosh, folks.
Three, four months' back everyone was toasting the coming "red wave".
Now the Pubbies are gonna be lucky to keep 48 seats in the Senate, if that many.
Wha' happened...????????
At the rate things are going, Republicans may emerge with a bare majority in the House for 2023...
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McConnell needs to be removed as GOP Senate Leader.
A long time ago. But they keep voting him for SML.
Which is why though I will not vote for Dems, I'm not naïve enough to think it will help the problem.
Until the GOP gets rid of the trash, we go nowhere.
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A long time ago. But they keep voting him for SML.
Which is why though I will not vote for Dems, I'm not naïve enough to think it will help the problem.
Until the GOP gets rid of the trash, we go nowhere.
That's right... Throw the Bastards Out.
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After midterms, Trump may turn his attention to the turtle.
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https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1560607083745222656
My response: "Don't hold your breath waiting for that!"
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My response: "Don't hold your breath waiting for that!"
Turtle's a worthless POS!!!!!!
He's worse than our enemies. He is a freakin' traitor.
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The GOP Losership strikes again. Always seeking to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Turtle's a worthless POS!!!!!!
He's worse than our enemies. He is a freakin' traitor.
I'm sure he and Schumer have enjoyed many a good time in the senate cloakroom after putting on a show for us.
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I'm sure he and Schumer have enjoyed many a good time in the senate cloakroom after putting on a show for us.
Yep... he's Schumer's Mitch......
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Greg Price
@greg_price11
The GOP needs a new leader in the Senate. McConnell would rather donate money to Liz Cheney than fight to elect America First Republicans who won't sell out the voters that elect them.
He is actively rooting for us to lose.
1:10 PM · Aug 18, 2022 Twitter Web App
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1560616353312243712
With friends like Mitch who needs enemies?
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https://twitter.com/SteveDeaceShow/status/1560635287549665280
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If Turtle remains leader of the GOP, getting the majority is pointless anyway. SOB capitulates to the dims when the chips are down.
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If Turtle remains leader of the GOP, getting the majority is pointless anyway. SOB capitulates to the dims when the chips are down.
:yowsa: Except for court appointments. And that is NOT unimportant.
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:yowsa: Except for court appointments. And that is NOT unimportant.
:thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:
I thought Linzy was givng Pedo Joe pretty much what he needed.
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Tucker Carlson. Immigration and crime are issues Republicans should run on (Video)
Fox News, Aug 18, 2022, Tucker Carlson
https://rumble.com/embed/v1dwsor/?pub=4
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I thought Linzy was givng Pedo Joe pretty much what he needed.
Mitch is not the only senate weeding that needs doing in the senate! Not by a long shot!
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#JFRant: #McConnell has given up because he doesn't want #Trump candidates to winhttps://t.co/jwBg1lIiK8— John Fredericks (@jfradioshow) August 19, 2022
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McConnell is telling you now what people like me have been telling you for years — the GOP would rather lose to Democrats than lose control of the party to its base. That’s what “electable” means — someone they approve of. Ditch would rather have Kelly than Masters, for example.— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) August 19, 2022
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#JFRant: #McConnell has given up because he doesn't want #Trump candidates to winhttps://t.co/jwBg1lIiK8— John Fredericks (@jfradioshow) August 19, 2022
Yep, enough pro-DJT senators, and there will be enough groundswell to ditch mitch.
This is by design to preserve power.
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:yowsa: Except for court appointments. And that is NOT unimportant.
No, and I give him full props for that.
But, in the end our govt is supposed to be driven by Congress, not the Executive or Judicial.
All this guy is going to do is tread water and capitulate till his time's up.
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No, and I give him full props for that.
But, in the end our govt is supposed to be driven by Congress, not the Executive or Judicial.
All this guy is going to do is tread water and capitulate till his time's up.
:yowsa: No argument! But the point I was attempting to make is that taking the senate is STILL worthwhile.
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:yowsa: No argument! But the point I was attempting to make is that taking the senate is STILL worthwhile.
Totally agree.