Midterm Elections: Countdown to Tuesday, November 8, 2022

[UnionStrong]

If they win again they will quickly revert to their far left realities.

There are no moderate Democrats anymore. If they want money from Nancy and don’t want to be primaried they tow the party line. All about money. Even the Senate is a cesspool.

 

[oldngray]

There are no moderate Democrats anymore. If they want money from Nancy and don’t want to be primaried they tow the party line. All about money. Even the Senate is a cesspool.

Manchin may be the only moderate Dem

 

[UnionStrong]

Manchin may be the only moderate Dem

Barely

 

[Wally]

Many Dems are suddenly pretending to be moderates because they are scared of losing.

Good luck with that. The Dems partly brought a decade of headaches on themselves as a huge number left Dem states for greener pastures. Soft on crime and high taxes will do that.

Redistricting really helped Republicans.

 

[Jkloc420]

Good luck with that. The Dems partly brought a decade of headaches on themselves as a huge number left Dem states for greener pastures. Soft on crime and high taxes will do that.

Redistricting really helped Republicans.

599900

 

[Swanson]

Barely

They put this dude on a pedestal when he votes in lockstep with biden on about everything

 

[TearsInRain]

Dems are toast in the midterms and everyone knows it but what are the Republicans going to do instead?
Absolutely all, maybe another tax cut or big defense kickback to the MIC

What do we get in 2024 anyways? Zion Don and Kushner again? Or maybe the Israeli ambassador, Desantis?

 

[Wally]

Dems are toast in the midterms and everyone knows it but what are the Republicans going to do instead?
Absolutely all, maybe another tax cut or big defense kickback to the MIC

What do we get in 2024 anyways? Zion Don and Kushner again? Or maybe the Israeli ambassador, Desantis?

They will be called racist, panic, then fold like a cheap suitcase.

 

[BrownFlush]

Many Dems are suddenly pretending to be moderates

Happens every election.

 

[BrownFlush]

Dems are toast in the midterms and everyone knows it but what are the Republicans going to do instead?
Absolutely all, maybe another tax cut or big defense kickback to the MIC

What do we get in 2024 anyways? Zion Don and Kushner again? Or maybe the Israeli ambassador, Desantis?

The Repubs never fail on missing opportunities to step up to the plate.

 

[UnionStrong]

The Repubs never fail on missing opportunities to step up to the plate.

Who do you suggest? Seriously. Since no Republican can be trusted to do the right thing.

 

[Swanson]

Who do you suggest? Seriously. Since no Republican can be trusted to do the right thing.

Exactly,I don't know why everybody acts like the republican party are much better , aside from the handful of Patriots in the party.

 

[UnionStrong]

Exactly,I don't know why everybody acts like the republican party are much better , aside from the handful of Patriots in the party.

Everyone wants to be re-elected, and that takes money. Lobbyists and party leadership control the purse strings.

 

[quad decade guy]

So far, 19 Democrats in the house are retiring. Do they sense what is about to happen? In the Senate, Patrick Leahy of Vermont is leaving also.

Peter DeFazio will retire from Congress in latest blow to Democrats

His move also comes as Democrats are widely expected to lose the majority in the House in 2022, which is likely to have factored into his decision.

www.politico.com

Leaky Leahy.

 

[quad decade guy]

Filibuster is their next priority.

Omicron will secure open voting....just again handing them enough votes....you'll see.

 

[quad decade guy]

Manchin may be the only moderate Dem

Moderate? No.

He'll go left once re-elected.

 

[oldngray]

Moderate? No.

He'll go left once re-elected.

He is always left but pretends to be otherwise to placate his more conservative voter base.

He just isn't as far out into left field as many other Democrats.

 

[UnionStrong]

He is always left but pretends to be otherwise to placate his more conservative voter base.

He just isn't as far out into left field as many other Democrats.

I don’t think he expected his party to go so far left so soon. He’s always survived in W VA but even he knows his days could be numbered if he doesn’t move more to the right. It’s not his fathers party anymore.

 

[BMWMC]

Republicans haven't won a popular president election since G. Bush Sr. They continue to lose ground when it comes to popular vote. The only way they can stay in power is to rig election laws, gain partisan control of local election boards, and gerrymander districts.
The simple facts is this. Republicans are minority party. They don't lead by ideas but through legislative thuggery.

Imagine for a moment that Trump and allies in the House of Representative had been successful with their objecting to electoral delegates and sending the vote to the full house. It would have meant that the decision to elect a president would come down to 1 vote. 24 states Democrats and 26 states Republican. Over 80 million voters would have been nullified by 1 vote.
Now, there is no legal means to object to electoral delegates and that's why Pence balk at it.

But, what Republicans have been doing on the state level is akin to what they tried to do in Congress. They want to be able to manipulate what party gets the most votes through gerrymandering, suppress people (see people of color) from voting, and if that fails, nullify results and declare themselves the winner. They are making a mocker of elections. Putin did the same thing when he destroyed democracy in Russia. The Republican have literally ripped a page from Putin's authoritarian playbook.

State Voting Bills Tracker 2021

State lawmakers continue to introduce voting and elections bills at a furious pace.

www.brennancenter.org

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

The only way they can stay in power is to rig election laws

Good lord, Democrats' complete lack of self awareness is just fascinating.