Our country is in a lot of trouble.
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Regardless of whether you’re Dem or GOP, There is no check on Trump with this GOP Congress. Time to take the house.
Many conservative talkers quickly labeled the bombs found today as Democratic false flags, another indication that we're way beyond politically divided...we've got two different realities going.
Remember Grover Nordquist's tax pledge for GOP candidates? Democrats running for office should take that idea but pledge "truth, facts, and no hyperbole."
(Candidates who are attorneys might consider the almost obsolete equity court process. Instead of accusations, the judge goes with the best possible interpretation that the facts allow. )
Remember what happened with Bush/Gore? Republicans have much more power now. There is no way that they will let go of a majority in the House or Senate unless the win on the Democrat side is clear. There will be recounts and the now Republican Supreme Court will declare as many Republicans as it takes winners in order to keep the majority, all other close races will be given to Democrats just to make it seem fair. I really hope I am wrong!
I watched the Stacey Abrams-Brian Kemp debate with great anticipation and am now convinced that debates are a waste of my time. All fire and no light. What we need is for the mainstream news media to do their First Amendment jobs to inform voters about where the candidates stand on important issues, what their legislative priorities are and what new ideas they have for improving the lives of their constituents, without all the political "analysis" and horse race polling. Since the majority of voters are too busy to follow the news beyond the headlines, which are mostly scandal-focused, responsible state and regional news media would produce special election round-ups a week before early voting starts and repeat a week before election day, focused exclusively on the qualifications and platforms of the candidates. Is that asking too much to preserve our democracy?
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Recently moved to Jersey and get to choose between a guy whose blatant corruption took him all the way to a hung jury, and a pharma exec who got rich jacking prices on cancer patients. Got it.
Great choices, thanks.
And we wonder why people are disillusioned with the political process. Yard signs in this Senate race are just dopey tribal banners, obviously not the result of critical thought. Neither is a candidate to be proud of.
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It is time to reconsider whether primaries or a reform. I think we got better qualified candidate, and fewer extremists One political bosses made the final decisions who to run.
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I am a woman who lives in Minnesota. I strongly support and will be voting for Keith Ellison. It is my observation that Keith has served the people he has represented in Minnesota responsibly and ethically. He has courageously represented, supported and advocated for the civil rights of many underserved communities in Minnesota. I believe that he effectively and responsibly represent all Minnesotans as our next Attorney General. The allegations made against him by a former girlfriend have been investigated and were not substantiated. I am hoping that many Minnesotans will not alter their voting choices because of what has been proclaimed on Twitter and Facebook. Neither of these social media tools represents responsible journalism. Also, If his former girlfriend feels the need to make these assertions, she must back them up with evidence. To not do so... is unethical and irresponsible. Mr. Ellison has effectively served the people of Minnesota. Again, I strongly support Mr. Ellison... his record speaks for itself.
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That lady wearing the "I'm a deplorable" t-shirt doesn't understand at whom the term was aimed. It was not aimed at the majority of Trump voters, to my understanding, not at all. It was aimed at a certain criminal element who did very bad things. Not that lady!! (Only a fraction of a per cent, so calm down.)
I'm sad that these people are proud to be deplorable. But they are, and they need to go. They don't even know what's good for them. They are brainwashed by fear & hate.
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On the Abrams/Kemp race...watched DemocracyNow today and listened to Kemp's statement to the party members he was speaking to and heard nothing to indicate he was stopping voters from voting, but stating that if more democrats were absentee voting than we need to get our voters out to vote to counter act...a normal political stance; also stated they had the right to vote.
Am not a proponent of any political body taking away voting rights and privileges of any citizen to vote, through any concocted legislation by courts, democrats or republicans.
This story just seems to have been seriously twisted and spun...
Hope Abrams win's the Governorship race in her state...and all do get to vote in this election.
@Jon W
To be blunt, it's difficult to reconcile your defense of Kemp's indefensible machinations and abuse of his authority with your claim of support for Ms. Abrams.
If Democrats get the house, they can release Trump's tax returns to the public through section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Kemp is the slime king of this political election season. His utter contempt for the system, the people, the process is McConnell-worthy. And even more blatant.
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If both parties end up having a high turnout, then it's simple. The Democrats must outnumber the Republicans to win. Get the millennials to the polls.
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I have absolutely no problem about voting for Bob Menendez. And the people I know who don't really care for him, say they will hold their noses and vote for him anyway.
Believe me, everyone is well aware of the stakes in this election.
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Some things make you wonder, really wonder, why people vote straight ticket without looking at the cndidates.
Mr. Gillum gets caught by the FBI on a corruption charge, he called the matter a “sideshow”
Mr Menendez. Well, where to start. I can start by telling you that people I know in Union city, West New York and Hoboken, they do not like him. I know he is up in the polls, but you have a hard time finding a fan of his right now. Should have run Brian Stack the Union City, NJ Mayor, that guy would have won in a landlide.
Mrs Abrams gets caught burning a flag that is admired by a lot of folk in SC, her reply, ‘I said that that was wrong’. Cool. That seems to be enough for the Democrats. Bret the Bro should have said the same thing, but I doubt the Democrats would have given him a pass.
Since polls are either ‘they are even’, or ‘omg, it’s a Democrat landslide!’, I will go with The UpShot here in the NYT, Nate Cohn is doing a much better polling job. If he tells Democrats to start getting nervous, they should trust him.
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The people running against Gillum and Menendez are worse, blatantly so. I appreciate your point, but don't think these are good examples.
The Georgia State flag is admired by a lot of folks in South Carolina? Or while composing this snappy answer did you as a savvy political observer forget which state governorship Abrams is running for?
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Face it, Trump is very effective at manipulating people, especially the ~35% who wouldn't care if he shot someone on 5th Avenue. Couple that with a juiced (albeit fragile)economy and a favorable map for Republicans and Emmanuel's comment makes total sense. As I posted yesterday, but bears repeating today: FOCUS. The best hope for Democrats is the House and governor's elections. Get out to vote, and bring your friends and neighbors, too.
For my brothers and sisters in NJ, early voting in person is now open. Check https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/eoddomestic.htm
for details.
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Is DeSantis serious? A ticket to Hamilton may be a violation of the ethics rules; it is certainly minor. I know tickets for Hamilton are hard to get. I don't believe any elected official can be unduly influenced by a ticket to a Broadway show.
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I am so dreading November 7 2018. It doesn't matter who wins--we've had it as a country.
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You are so very wrong: it does matter who wins November 6th. Don’t surrender, vote!
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The New York Times and its reporters seems to take a perverse satisfaction writing negative articles about Democrats. You can almost see the reporters salivating over the Emanuel's quote, licking their chops on such a delicious lede.
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Dear New York Times,
You didn't post any photos of Beto O'Rourke's 55,000 people rally but often you have photos of Trump rallies!
Give the Democrats equal treatment.
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@Mari
Sure, post photos of his 1700 people rally this weekend, side by side Cruz's 18000 people rally the same weekend.
Make it fair.
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@Mari our personal preferences aside, it seems reasonable to expect a lower level of coverage for Senate candidates than for presidential ones, even in midterm years like this one.
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At least in Georgia we have a choice between a brilliant former House leader with a published list of policies and goals and how to fund them versus an Attorney General who continues to keep as many nonwhite voters as possible from voting. Vote Stacey Abrams Governor of Georgia. Straight ticket Democrats.
As an 81 yo white female born and raised in GA, retired Chairman and Professor Emerita of a major University, I fear for our state and nation. If we do not rid our nation of President Trump and his followers (nation and
State) our Democracy will die.
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Ann Anderson GA
This is Democracy in action. Sometimes you just have to accept that a majority of people think differently than you.
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@John Murray
How is 35% of the nation that voted Trump a majority?
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@Corbin
Your question makes no sense. I assume you mean that only 35% of the nation voted for President Trump?
Under the rules in place at the time, President Trump was legitimately elected. You should remember that the joint and several states elect the president not the people of the United States. Also it’s not the fault of the Republicans if half of the population of the US does not vote.
Please take away the huge number of articles that have Trump in the headline and seek Democrat stories. They are all around us. When the Senate and House are in session and I watch C-SPAN, I see much that is worth seeing the light of day. When I see what's happening in my state, with the possibility of a Democrat beating the 4th most powerful Republican in the House, I see a story. When I wonder what happened to the efforts by Perez and Ellison to listen to Dems and forge a message, I keep on wondering. When I dig deep and hear Dems talking about civility, standing up for the bottom 95%, funding education, fixing infrastructure, combating climate change, tolerance, I don't read much about that in the media. As my retirement funds show me I would be better off investing in long term treasury bonds than in stocks and mutual funds and I hear, occasionally, that the Republicans may come after entitlements, I see a vacuum in the media news coverage. As I see deficits soar, I see little coverage of that. Where is the coverage of the bipartisan opiate bill?
Please - less "we carry Trump's messages to you", more "what are Dems saying" and "what is going on in the US two weeks from the election.
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Polls don’t always matter.
I am not hopeful of accurate results given the recent reports of votes changed by automated voter terminals. Everyone voting by computer screen, PLEASE look at the printout to confirm its accuracy before putting it in the ballot box - even if there is a long line slowed by your extra attention. Use your voice to audibly complain if your votes were changed. It will benefit those waiting in line behind you.
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@Dee
If only the electronic voting machines here in Georgia HAD a printout for us to check. We're supposed to just trust Brian Kemp when he assures us the votes will be counted accurately.
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The point of an election is that people through their vote have an opportunity to make life better for themselves and others. The point of the press in an election is to help them do this.
Horse-race reportage (what do the polls say, who's winning who's losing, which demographic will vote which way), of which this article is a prime example, is, though entertaining and suspenseful, largely worthless to that end.
Even worse, it draws our focus away from what people need and toward the toxic divisiveness that now poisons our lives.
I know the Times does issue reporting. I want to encourage it to do a lot more and to rise above the horse-race trap. We need this now more than ever.
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We Democrats cannot wish an end to the nightmare that is the Trump era. We are burdened with doing the grunt work.
This means when establishment moderates misread the political tea leaves, anoint and nominate a moderate presidential candidate over a progressive who has captured the imagination of the electorate, and then lose the general election to a political novice running as a populist while underperforming at every level thereby tightening the Republicans’ grip on our government, they change.
Changing means persuading congressional leaders who have had decades in the leadership it is time to move on and making that happen.
Changing means embracing the populist mood of the country and electing progressives to lead the Democratic National Committee.
Changing means hiring new talent at the DNC, the progressive think tanks, and state committees, to cure our biggest problems: terrible political analysis, issue selection, and messaging.
Changing means rising to the challenge of the moment by choosing the correct issues with which to build a national campaign and confidently nationalizing the campaign.
Changing means fielding congressional and state office candidates who can simply articulate a populist message for millions of Americans who do not understand politics.
Changing means refraining from whining about the opposition party’s success in persuading these Americans to vote against their interests.
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No surprise that Republicans are doing this well despite the dismal performance of Trump and the Republican Congress over the past two years. The anti-majoritarian design of the Senate, partisan gerrymandering, and voter suppression make it virtually impossible for the will of the majority to prevail.
Which is why it is so discouraging that Republicans have completed their takeover of the Supreme Court. The same court that gutted the Voting Rights Act and permitted all of the abuses that are now taking place in states like Georgia. The same court that has refused to find partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional. With the oldest of the five Republican justices being 70, GOP control of the Court will only increase in the years to come. One undemocratic party now has complete control over our politics, and we are well on our way to becoming the next Poland or Hungary.
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The Con Don and his Robber Baron brethren who are trying to destroy OUR United States of America are BIG LIARS - again.
Rachel Maddow (MSNBC weeknights 9 pm ET) reported last night that 15 red meat states, including Texas, Florida, Idaho and Wisconsin are suing OUR government to destroy America's Affordable Health Care Act - aka Obamacare - and get rid of the requirement that health insurers cover pre-existing conditions without rate hikes.
Yet Ted Cruz, Ric Scott, Scott Walker and other red meat candidates are saying they will protect pre-existing conditions.
LIARS all.
Are you stupid enough to vote for any republican? If so, you are voting for further erosion of OUR social safety net and WW3.
Either vote only for Socially Conscious democrat/independent Women and men or do not vote. Do NOT destroy MY life with your stupidity.
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Sad state of affairs when we have a political system where politicians skate the issues and conspire against one another and there is little to no bi-partisanship; a political system where there is no moral ground….all is fair regardless of how immoral it may be; a political system where a politician’s self preservation outweighs the will and benefit of the people; a political system that feeds on the fears of ill-informed voters; a political system where ill-informed voters do not bother to understand, research or weigh the ramifications of voting for a candidate; a political system where a candidate can buy an election through super PACs unlimited funds; a political system full of gerrymandering; a political system with the us against them mentality; a political system having an obsolete/unfair Electoral College in addition to voter suppression; the list goes on. The political system in America is broken and so is our democracy.
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@A.A.F. And you can thank the Supreme Court for so many of these outcomes.
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The Senate races in Florida and Indiana, where Democrats were ahead, are now tossups for Democratic incumbents. Rohrabacher’s re-election race in California has gone from him losing to Democrat Rouda, to a tossup. Keith Ellison, Democrat for Attorney General in Minnesota has lost 12 points in just one month. Instead of being comfortably ahead, he's now substantially behind the Republican. Andrew Gillum is losing ground after being attacked for accepting a ticket to the Broadway show "Hamilton" from men he thought were businessmen, but who were actually undercover F.B.I. agents.
In isolation any of these things might be insignificant, confined to problems those like Ellison or Gillum face individually. However, looking at the national races, where it was once considered a realistic chance, if not a great chance, that Democrats would retake the Senate, and now Democrats are desperately trying not to lose substantially more seats, and gains many House Republicans have made in many "competitive" districts, it alarmingly seems like there isn't "a blue wave with a red undertow," but no blue wave at all. To put it in starker terms, it appears Trump has galvanized his rabid base to turn out in high numbers once again, which means election night may look nothing like it was supposed to look like. There's plenty reason to fear that Democrats will lose more seats in the Senate and Republicans will hold the House, which means Trump will never be stopped and American democracy will end.
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Who listens to Rahm Emanuel? Isn’t it his mayorship that has made a complete mess of Chicago? I believe murder rates in Chicago are the same as in Guatemala.
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Murder rates are not a good metric. There is a lot of horrendous violence in certain parts of Chicago, certain parts of Guatemala and certain parts of Mexico and they are all directly related to the catastrophe of the execrable War On Drugs which by its impossible suppression efforts against some arbitrarily chosen substances makes them obscenely profitable to deal in. I can assure you that most parts of Mexico are safer and have less violent crime than many parts of the US. Where I live half of the year one can walk around 24/7 without concern.
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@John Murray
'Who listens to Rahm Emanuel? '
Obama did.
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@Chuck Burton
That’s interesting about Mexico. I did not know that. Thanks for the information.
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There is a lot of wide=eyed naivite about voter registration. The DNC Political Machine, not to be confused with your dem registered neighbor......has effectively conditioned the public to view the issue thru the lens of 1968...with police dogs ripping apart black men who dared to register to vote. This simply is not reality any more. To think that DNC dominated CHicago has clean elections simply because they dont update the voter registration lists...is ridiculous! vote Early Vote Often. Anybody remember that comment about crooked Chicago elections.
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Chicago is crooked? No surprise. And Richard Daley may well have stolen the 1960 election for JFK. All a false equivalency. A few examples of Democratic chicanery do not match up to a concerted, national campaign of voter suppression by the Republicans.
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@Chuck Burton You may as well go back to the 1948 Texas Senate race. "How many votes does Johnson need?"
Papa Kennedy to Jack re Chicago: I paid for a victory, not a landslide.
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To quote my wife " I'm sick of living my life from calamity to calamity. We need to vote." Thus, the Democratic wave.
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@Logic
"To quote my wife 'I'm sick of living my life from calamity to calamity. We need to vote.' "
If I read this correctly, it implies you HAVEN'T been voting? Sorry, not very impressive.
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In order for our Democracy to work, we need "checks and balances." Right now, with the current Senate and House, there are none. We have Putin crowing about how the U.S. is no longer the world power. We have an administration which is out of control where ethics and morality are concerned, and in which corruption seems to abound. We have "experimental" economics being implemented which will eventually kill the middle and lower class. This is not what our Forefathers/Founders had in mind when they wrote the Constitution. Get out there and vote.
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The live polls will make voters more lazy then they already are now.
The same assumptions got Trump elected...
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What I find most disturbing is how this wave of ignorance that seems to swarm to Donald Trump rallies just accept the lies and the racist diatribes like it's a big time World Wide Wrestling Federation Event and not the reality of the future of our country.
It's turned into a sleazy sideshow with Trump spewing out racism and lies at will, and you have many willing accomplices, who try to support Trump's lies on the fly.
Kevin Brady is a sleazy phony, that is worse than any lying used car salesman, he's like the Bernie Madoff of the budget committee, who tries to alibi the non-tax cut.
Mike Pence and Sarah Huckabee Sanders have proven themselves to be shameless liars and hypocrites.
What does it say about the people who claim to be Christians and Evangelical's when they support and stand by a pathological liar, someone who traffics in daily race baiting and has been the most racist President that I have ever seen in my lifetime.
Donald Trump isn't only the most racist, bar none, he doesn't even hide it, he makes George Wallace in the 60's or Strom Thurmond in the 50's look like choirboys; I have no doubt that Donald Trump would gladly support the return of segregation if it would get him votes.
I just find it amazing that all these people who hold their Christianity on their sleeves like a badge of honor, are willing to support and turn their moral conscience away from decency, and be in full acceptance of the racism and daily lying of this sleazy Donald Trump.
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The only thing trump uses to energize his base, is by condemning and blaming the democrats for anything and everything that has gone wrong since he started his time in office. The swarms of people trying to through our borders, the problems in the Middle East, problems with N. Korea, problems with Russia, the EPA, climate control, and how many other issues that I haven’t thought of that he condemns them for. Everything is Obama’s fault, or Hillary’s fault, or schumer’s fault. That’s what gets his base going. They can’t see past his lies about cutting taxes for the middle class. First it was before November. Well, it’s the end of Oct., that’s before November. No tax cut. Then it was “before the mid terms.” It’s 13 days before the midterms, no tax cut. Now it’s “right after the midterms.” You know it’s not gonna happen. He’ll come up with another diversion after the mid terms. Then when 2019 comes around, he’ll start using that “broken promise” to entice his base to vote for him in 2020. Still, it won’t happen. They only hear ½ of what he says. The other half is obscured by more lies and distraction and blame. He can do nothing but pat himself on the back for claiming “his election” if the republicans win the midterms. He said it during one of his “rallies.” I believe this is on the lines of what he said, “If the republicans win the midterms, it’s because you’re voting for me!” “If the democrats win the midterms, it’s because of you, blame yourselves!”
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@MagsThe truth is that Americans, at least the ones who vote, want a far-right wing government. They are willing to give up liberty, common sense, " a shiny, beacon on a hill", for tax cuts and debt and an immigration policy that effectively ends the American dream. The USA is becoming a banana republic because they want it that way.
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@mag yep, it's called politics American style.
President Trump currently is just the best at it. The media loves it.
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@Ohio The actual truth is the number ONE issue for American voters is: HEALTHCARE. We want healthcare for all, poll shows 71% want the Affordable Healthcare Act expanded!
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Tell young people the Country needs them to vote for their future.
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@Stephan there doesn’t seem to be much of a future, only the past repeating itself.
Nothing solidifies a nation like a president dealing with a major crisis. Trump is about to create one, on the southern border. Also, taking a hard line with Saudi Arabia and Russia. Trump wants to create a true national emergency, so his popularity increases, and keeps the GOP in power.
Did I forget the middle class tax cut he wants passed in the coming days? I am living on retirement income, and just figured out my "huge tax cut". Even though I had taxes withheld, I owe $77, fro 1018, and $38 for 2019. Now large sums of money, but I would be owed money, if the tax law was not changed.
So, if Democrats need a weapon, they should start talking to the undecided voters, or should have, and had them project how much they would have saved on so called "huge" tax cut. Chances are very good they would discover they owe taxes, a lot of taxes. You would not have a blue wave, but a blue tsunami. Too bad the Democrats were still out to lunch dealing with a power struggle on who will control the party, the Kavanaugh nomination, and still playing the Clinton loss blame game.
By the way, the most conservative estimate, in 538, Democrats fall two seats short in the House, and lose two seats in the Senate. The only good news, they will control at least 24 governorships.
Talk about blowing a chance.
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@Nick Metrowsky...yeah, right. AM i supposed to believe that TRUMP organized a cararvan of people to march 1500 miles across Mexico??
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@Wherever Hugo
If Trump would have aided the Mexican Army, and blocked their southern, much easier defenable southern border, there would not be a caravan snaking its way to the US. Also, if Trump would have helped the El Salvador government, which they asked for, there would not be a caravan in the first place.
Trump is using this for political gains and to stoke fear, before an election. So, indirectly, yes, Trump is responsible for the caravan.
@Wherever Hugo The caravans that have been happening every year since 2010 and have never resulted in an "invasion", only drawn international attention to the situation in Honduras and resulted in people *legally* lining up to apply for asylum status?
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Even if the charges against Gillum turn out to be true, they pale in comparison to what Scott has done. Let's never forget just how big a crook he is.
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@Bill- Huh? Gillum isn't even running against Scott!
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I live in the Atlanta area and have a young friend who was purged from the voting roles (she hadn't voted in a few years). Thankfully, she checked and re-registered. As a matter of protocol, Kemp should have stepped down from Secretary of State; significant conflict of interest. Many different converging factors have revealed deep flaws in our system that need to be addressed, among them Kemp's choice, Trump refusing to share taxes, flagrant gerrymandering (like my House district), and the present imbalance between rural vs urban population and representation.
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@KR Meacham In other words. She registerd and now has the opportunity to vote. Welcome to America....land of the free, and individual responsibility.
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@Wherever Hugo, what about personal responsibility of the state government? If said friend received NO letter informing her about her purged status from the voter roles, then that was a sneaky letdown by the Secretary of State of Georgia.
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@Wherever Hugo
Several states have already implemented automatic registration, and it puzzles me how it isn’t nationwide yet.
Worst possible outcome would be for one party to win the house by a handful of seats giving rise to the "kingmaker" syndrome, whereby an otherwise unknown Representative or two tries to be swing vote on every important matter.
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@R. Vasquez Gary Johnson for US Senate, NM
A red under toe current is an interesting metaphor. Some of the races are completely neck and neck like Mc Sally vs. Sinema in Arizona. Mc Sally is currently up in the polling by .7% according to Real Clear Politics polling averaging. The Democratic strategy is to closely examine the results of the early mail in voting results and then with fine precision targeting, get the vote out to those groups who haven't voted yet. Things to remember, the Democratic get out the vote volunteers are younger, more fired up and are bi-lingual which will help the Dems. reach those voters who are harder to reach. Also, younger voters don't watch TV so won't be watching all of the GOP negative media ads designed to stoke fear & resentment. Finally, if history is a template, the reigning President in power at mid-terms especially with approval ratings under 50% will naturally cause a "changing of the guards" effect for those individuals who feel that nothing has really changed since the President was elected. Not to forget that suburban college educated white women will be voting in droves in every state against the misogynistic rhetoric that President Trump has been spouting for the last couple of years. As the old saying goes, "hell has no fury as that of a woman who has been scorned". Instead of a blue wave, expect a blue swarm of angry female bees who are dead set on stinging Trump and the rest of his pathetic sycophantic puppets who are running on his platform.
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I recently read that early votes, mail-ins, often favor Republicans--the elderly, conservatives--and are the first to be reported. The in-person early votes tend to be the more liberal votes. As for polls, all those robocalls and caller unknown pop-ups on my phone never get answered in my house. Polls are really a guessing game. When a voter steps behind a curtain, it's a secret ballot--and he doesn't need to feel obligated to respond to the exit polls.
I can only say that I live in a heretofore very conservative retirement community, but for the first time I am seeing numerous lawn signs supporting our congressional districts's Democratic candidate for congress. The local Democratic party is also very energized. If the adage that all politics are local, I can sense a very positive change for the Democrat party and ultimately our country.
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@Logic So?...you'll go out and re-elect the democrat, Bob Menendez.....a very corrupt man who has done nothing for the state of NJ....simply because you have been conditioned to FEAR, with wild-eyed panic, two more years of Trump.
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HUGO, Menéndez is not as corrupt as Trump!
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@Logic - You sound very sincere, but I'm sure even you would admit that a sample size of "numerous lawn signs" is not really very scientific.
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