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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 13:15 last edited by
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    I was going to comment a few days ago in the trends thread that it was troubling that the Republican trends had stalled, but figured I was overthinking it…

    One thing that hurt them was there wasn’t a closer… No last unifying message…

    The Brad

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      9 Nov 2022, 13:11

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      George K
      wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 13:41 last edited by
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      @jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

      I would have thought the Addams Family was another good admonition. I was, obviously, wrong.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Mik
        wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 14:43 last edited by
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        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 14:44 last edited by
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          Boebert in trouble?

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            9 Nov 2022, 14:44

            Boebert in trouble?

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            LuFins Dad
            wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 14:50 last edited by
            #40

            @jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

            Boebert in trouble?

            Yeah, I think she’s likely out..

            The Brad

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            • J jon-nyc
              9 Nov 2022, 14:44

              Boebert in trouble?

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 14:56 last edited by
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              @jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

              Boebert in trouble?

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              I was only joking

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 15:16 last edited by
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                Alaska will bring R up to 48. (The big question is whether it will be Murkowski)…

                Wisconsin: Johnson-R is up by 27K and with the location of the uncounted votes, NYT is leaning towards this going R. This makes 49-R

                AZ is going to be a complete clusterfuck. Between the voting machines problem and these particular candidates and just how tight it is looking… NYT is leaning D, so okay, but this will take a while.

                Nevada is still being listed as tossup even by NYT. This will be huge…

                GA - Runoff, I think. Advantage will go to Walker once the Libertarian is out, but it will be all about the ground game…

                The Brad

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 15:18 last edited by
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                  Trump will announce his candidacy next week, putting him front and center in the news again. Then that will make 2 consecutive elections that Trump delivers the Senate to democrats via GA.

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 15:36 last edited by
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                    Seen on Twitter:

                    Rs in October: “If they indict Trump there will be riots in the streets”

                    Rs in November: “What the hell’s taking Garland so long?”

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                    • J jon-nyc
                      9 Nov 2022, 15:36

                      Seen on Twitter:

                      Rs in October: “If they indict Trump there will be riots in the streets”

                      Rs in November: “What the hell’s taking Garland so long?”

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                      jodi
                      wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 15:39 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc 😄😄😄

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                        xenon
                        wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 16:31 last edited by
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                        Love the Trump shellacking. He is a comeback specialist though…

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 16:35 last edited by
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                          It’s kind of like January of 2021. Much of his party was ready to turn the corner but his control of the base made it untenable and they quickly got back in line, else face primary challenges.

                          What’s different now is there is at least one plausible alternative, and they now have three datapoints showing how bad Trump is for their electoral prospects.

                          But still, it will take courage and a degree of collective action. Not sure how much of that is present.

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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                          • J Jolly
                            9 Nov 2022, 11:56

                            I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

                            C'est la vie...

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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 17:14 last edited by
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                            @Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                            I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

                            C'est la vie...

                            Fetterman winning is really an indictment on Oz.

                            The Brad

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 17:19 last edited by
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                              Best post-mortem line that I’ve read yet?

                              a possible red wave hit like a toddler's bathtub splash.

                              The Brad

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                                Horace
                                wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 19:50 last edited by
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                                Check your 401k today for a line-item cost of our "keep our Democracy safe" referendum.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Copper
                                  wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 20:22 last edited by
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                                  It seems the market has never liked democrats very much.

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                                  • J jon-nyc
                                    9 Nov 2022, 12:15

                                    @Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                    I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

                                    So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 20:25 last edited by
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                                    @jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                    @Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                    I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

                                    So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

                                    Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. As such, he doesn't have to live in his parent's basement, unlike some other Senate candidates, who have never held a real job or owned a business.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      9 Nov 2022, 20:22

                                      It seems the market has never liked democrats very much.

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                                      Horace
                                      wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 20:25 last edited by
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                                      @Copper said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                      It seems the market has never liked democrats very much.

                                      Leftist messaging characterizes the market as "the rich people's piggy bank", and legislates against it accordingly. It is perfectly rational and predictable for the market to react this way to Democrat victories.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        Copper
                                        wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 20:35 last edited by
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                                        Yes, and by about next February they will figure out that this batch of democrats is just like the others.

                                        A few dollars in the right place and the market will be just fine.

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                                        • J Jolly
                                          9 Nov 2022, 20:25

                                          @jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                          @Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                          I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

                                          So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

                                          Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. As such, he doesn't have to live in his parent's basement, unlike some other Senate candidates, who have never held a real job or owned a business.

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                                          Axtremus
                                          wrote on 9 Nov 2022, 20:46 last edited by
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                                          @Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                          @jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                          @Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

                                          I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

                                          So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

                                          Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. …

                                          Yet he refuses to take care of his children or the mothers of his children.

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