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  • 46XiJCAB
    46XiJCAB Member Posts: 20,967
    Swaye said:

    I'm really just hoping for Oz and Walker at this point so all the investigations into Biden family corruption can be carried out in both chambers. And the matter of a SCOTUS Judge kicking off unexpectedly. House investigations alone will still be fun though. Hunter Biden 24X7 baby. /popcorn

    A lot of focus on these two seats but it looks like Laxalt is going to knock Cortez out of the box in NV.

    It will be the Hispanic vote that decides it as it’s a toss-up right now. Her 18 point lead is now 7 among this group.
  • 46XiJCAB
    46XiJCAB Member Posts: 20,967
    I think I heard, "we're fucked Joey." But I could be wrong.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,234

    pawz said:

    And if the shitty candidate Walker survives the smears and attacks and beats the wife beater then the case is fucking closed

    Other than wanting a GOP seat in the Senate idgaf who wins. That said, the video Walker's kid put out regarding his parental skills was brutal. Fucking brutal.

    That's why you never invest personally in any candidate
    We definitely agree on this
  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,962 Standard Supporter
    Tequilla said:

    pawz said:

    And if the shitty candidate Walker survives the smears and attacks and beats the wife beater then the case is fucking closed

    Other than wanting a GOP seat in the Senate idgaf who wins. That said, the video Walker's kid put out regarding his parental skills was brutal. Fucking brutal.

    That's why you never invest personally in any candidate
    We definitely agree on this
    Should vote based on policy issues and competence. That excludes every dem politician.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,234

    Tequilla said:

    pawz said:

    And if the shitty candidate Walker survives the smears and attacks and beats the wife beater then the case is fucking closed

    Other than wanting a GOP seat in the Senate idgaf who wins. That said, the video Walker's kid put out regarding his parental skills was brutal. Fucking brutal.

    That's why you never invest personally in any candidate
    We definitely agree on this
    Should vote based on policy issues and competence. That excludes every dem politician.
    I agree that directionally one should always evaluate candidates based on their policy and some level of baseline competence. What candidate that falls under for a given person is up to their value system.

    A good example to me with Dems is tied to their view for energy ...

    I'm all for the idea of evaluating cleaner energy sources and whatnot ... but what I am against is putting an artificial timeline on those ideas that could lead to an outcome where it's "ready or not" with the technology, application, etc.

    Solutions to most things aren't linear and require more of a comprehensive solution than most care to admit
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,234
    pawz said:

    Tequilla said:

    46XiJCAB said:

    Tequilla said:

    46XiJCAB said:

    Look no further that two races in WA where Trump is the focus of negative ads. You have a war vet in Kent and the wife of a wounded vet in Smiley and both are getting hammered daily as Trump supporting election deniers that are dangers to our DeMoCrAcY!

    And both may very well win. So what does it say about the narrative that Trump can't win in 2024 because 2020?

    You do realize that the Dems try to link to Trump because it’s one of the few messaging ideas they have that resonates?

    Smiley even being competitive is a huge positive sign that people are pulling their heads out of their asses in Washington

    Don’t confuse their performance as a sign that Trump wouldn’t face his own unique backlash here

    I have no illusions about Trump ever winning WA. But the Trump is toxic narrative isn't playing out like DIMS planned thus far. When things are really shitting two years from now, people are not going to give a fuck about J6th or any of the other BS the DIMS throw out there. The housewives will be voting with their pocketbooks. They didn't in 2020 and it cost them. Fat and Happy Trump made them didn't he?
    There’s a difference between Trump himself and others trying to link candidates to Trump

    The states where the links are the closest is where it appears that Republicans are struggling the most
    As of mid September, Trump endorsed candidates are 159-17 in primaries according to https://ballotpedia.org/Endorsements_by_Donald_Trump

    217-19 by this count: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/comprehensive-look-trumps-endorsement-record


    Kari Lake is going to roll. Joe Kent is going to roll. Oz now appears to be a winner. Anecdotal.

    I agree an argument can be made for RDS being a better candidate. Race is also spot on that the media isn't letting up on any candidate from the right, irregardless.



    #winnerswinpotd
    I can't tell you how many people I've spoken to between 2016 and 2020 ...

    If you take Trump's name out of the equation, many of the policies and approaches to tackling problems are way more mainstream than people want to admit. Put in the Trump name and it's a full recoil.

    What I think you're seeing with the "Trump endorsed" candidates is that their policy ideas are ones that resonate and most people are not necessarily swayed by casual links. Like you mentioned, it's where the links are the strongest (and honestly tied to the weakest of the candidates) in states that are more of a toss up election to election where things are most competitive.

    The mistake that the Democrats made in 2020 was thinking that their election win was an overwhelming rubber stamping of everybody behind their agenda. The mistake that the Republicans can make in 2022 would be thinking that their very likely overwhelming win (with a number of Trump endorsed candidates) is a sign that the nation is endorsing Trump.
  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,322 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    pawz said:

    And if the shitty candidate Walker survives the smears and attacks and beats the wife beater then the case is fucking closed

    Other than wanting a GOP seat in the Senate idgaf who wins. That said, the video Walker's kid put out regarding his parental skills was brutal. Fucking brutal.

    That's why you never invest personally in any candidate
    We definitely agree on this
    Should vote based on policy issues and competence. That excludes every dem politician.
    I agree that directionally one should always evaluate candidates based on their policy and some level of baseline competence. What candidate that falls under for a given person is up to their value system.

    A good example to me with Dems is tied to their view for energy ...

    I'm all for the idea of evaluating cleaner energy sources and whatnot ... but what I am against is putting an artificial timeline on those ideas that could lead to an outcome where it's "ready or not" with the technology, application, etc.

    Solutions to most things aren't linear and require more of a comprehensive solution than most care to admit
    The obvious unintended consequence of the insistence of government investing in certain types of clean energy is that a better technology that actually works and is cost effective will get suppressed because of the artificial power of people that got rich off of those inefficient investments.