Politics Thread

[boozehound]

This in and of itself would be a tremendous accomplishment!!!

They need someone from a swing state as Speaker. Her Schtick obviously plays well in CA, but most of the country doesn't think like CA.

[xubrew]

I think the odds have flipped overnight, but I'm not sure I believe it.

I also don't know if I really see a 80 year old Donald Trump running for reelection in 2024, although I agree that I don't think he will go away. I could see Don Jr or Ivanka trying to run in 2024, but I don't think either of them will capture the energy that Trump did. I think it's more likely we see more Nationalist/Populist Republican candidates though, which I was hoping to avoid.

The worst case scenario in my mind would be if we move any closer to a system of government in which we have Populist Nationalist right wingers running against Socialist / Communist left wingers.

Yes he will. He will do it just to annoy me.

[X-band '01]

Wisconsin - it looks like Milwaukee and Madison are all in minus absentee/mail-in ballots. Biden leads by about 20-30K votes right now; that state could go either way.

Michigan - there's plenty of votes in Detroit/Wayne County left for Biden, and the only real chance Trump has would be if neighboring Monroe County goes big for him. They just started counting that area.

Nevada - this is a slight lead to Biden, but if Trump flips this state and holds on in PA, NC and GA - he wins even if Wisconsin and Michigan flip. Let that sink in.

[X-band '01]

Oh, and John James is slightly ahead in his Senate seat in Michigan. This would be a major flip for the GOP.

It's looking like the only other flips we'll see are Alabama (GOP) and Colorado/Arizona (Democrats). At the very least, things look good for Mitch McConnell to run the Senate for two more years.

[xubrew]

Oh, and John James is slightly ahead in his Senate seat in Michigan. This would be a major flip for the GOP.

It's looking like the only other flips we'll see are Alabama (GOP) and Colorado/Arizona (Democrats). At the very least, things look good for Mitch McConnell to run the Senate for two more years.

Can the Dems and Reps make a deal?? Pelosi will no longer be speaker and McConnell will no longer be the majority leader.

[X-band '01]

The way I look at it - while Pelosi would be bad, having someone like an AOC or other left-wing socialist would be even worse. Better the devil you know.

If you want to get rid of Mitch, keep in mind that the next in line would be 80+ year-old Chuck Grassley. No bueno.

[paulxu]

This is fascinating. After a 2 AM announcement that he might be cheated out of victory if states kept counting ballots after Tuesday, with thousands of mail in ballots left to be counted...he's now going to Wisconsin to get a re-count.
The Dems ought to pull a Bush, and ask the Supreme Court to stop the recount.
It worked before.

[GoMuskies]

This is fascinating. After a 2 AM announcement that he might be cheated out of victory if states kept counting ballots after Tuesday, with thousands of mail in ballots left to be counted...he's now going to Wisconsin to get a re-count.
The Dems ought to pull a Bush, and ask the Supreme Court to stop the recount.
It worked before.

I heard that Trump nominated ACB to the Supreme Court just for this situation.

[X-man]

This is fascinating. After a 2 AM announcement that he might be cheated out of victory if states kept counting ballots after Tuesday, with thousands of mail in ballots left to be counted...he's now going to Wisconsin to get a re-count.
The Dems ought to pull a Bush, and ask the Supreme Court to stop the recount.
It worked before.

Especially bizarre given the fact that the Republican legislatures in most of these states, including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, forbid any action with absentee ballots until after polls close on election day. Ohio, was able to finish up quickly because our legislature allows absentee ballots to be certified, but not counted, before election day as they come in. So Trump is suing because of what Republicans mandated in those states. What an f***ing tool!

[paulxu]

Especially bizarre given the fact that the Republican legislatures in most of these states, including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, forbid any action with absentee ballots until after polls close on election day.

Combine those rules with millions of ballots being mailed this time around because of the virus...and you get a situation where you have to wait for a while for them all to be counted. Someone should point this out to the president. I'm just hoping they actually get counted, and that the effort by the postal inspector to screw things up didn't work.