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The lack of awareness of the quality of your candidate. 2016 all over again. Same result. Trump winning and brainwashed 20 somethings crying on national tv. With the occasional crazy leftist screaming at the sky thrown in for humor.
Yeah - I was thinking a split decision there is the best hope for the Dems.
I think Kelly wins that AZ Senate seat. Very strong bio, and outraised McSally the past three months. Would this be a first for AZ if both senates seats were blue?
You have repeated this a couple of times. Why does it matter what country it was in?
Die on?
A lot of independents voted for Trump because they didn't like Hillary. He's doing his best to chase every single one of them away from making the same mistake in 2020.
How does this address anything I just posted?
Confession...I can’t hear the name or read the name McSally without thinking of Boaty McBoatface
The GOP can survive it if the line holds in the swing states. They are going to spend a ton of money on messaging there. And, as SF has pointed out, the Dems are taking a risk by pulling the trigger without compelling the big guns to testify. Those in the middle who are happy with their own lives because of the strong economy may wiggle of the moral hook by saying there is no direct evidence from someone saying they heard Trump demand the QPQ.Die on?
Sorry to burst your bubble. The public hearings are going to be absolutely disastrous for Trump. I mean it's going to be awful. So let me lay it out for you. The Democrats aren't in any trouble at all. The Republicans, on the other hand, are going to be left with two very unfortunate choices:
1. They can vote to convict Trump, in which case their base will revolt (doubt this will happen) OR
2. They can vote to acquit Trump, in which case the public is going to punish them severely at the ballot box. They're going to get smoked; so will Trump. It won't be pretty.
A lot of senators know this already. McConnell knows it. This is the moment the GOP has been dreading ever since Trump won the nomination (actually long before that, ever since the Tea Party emerged)- where they would have to choose between their base and the public at large. They're going to choose their base, and they're going to lose their shirts.
Great news that the unemployment rate has dropped for any group of people.
The swing states are a problem for Democrats right now. They won't be after the public hearings.
Do you think there's any analogous relationship between the Kavanaugh hearings and these potential impeachment hearings?
I know polling has suggested Trump is unpopular in most of these swing states. That must mean that there is a sizable group of people who don't like Trump but don't support impeachment. I would agree with you that public hearings could move those people. (I still don't think they'll move Trump supporters in any sizable way.)
The problem is no one will listen directly to the hearings. They’ll be told what to believe (with selective sound bites chosen) by their favorite media outlet/propagandist.
They'll watch. Millions of people are going to watch this. The ratings will be through the roof.
It's entirely possible the blue wall states that voted for Trump could just as easily swing back to blue. It's not like he dominated in those states.
If he actually decides to read something on air, I would imagine that even his biggest fans will tune out in a few minutes.
Depends who would read the Zelensky parts. Best ratings would be if it were Adam Schiff and we allowed both actors to go off script.
I believe that hill is represented less by what/where Ukraine is and more by the anti-democratic (as in democracy not party) and at best unethical and quite likely illegal actions of our President in withholding money that would only be released if a foreign nation assisted Trump in besmirching a political candidate who may be his opponent in the next election.
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No they won't. You know why? Because it's not 1974 and people no longer rely on sporadic TV coverage for their news.
No argument there and clearly not what I'm suggesting. There's nothing stopping the initiation of impeachment. That doesn't make it a winning play for the Party that initiates it.
Yeah, wut indeed. Sprinkle a few words of the day with "very very", "ever", "nobody ever heard of", etc. I don't think he would win an elementary school debate unless the teacher was a registered R.
I’m sure if you gave folks a map during that time 70% could point out where Washington DC was. The Benghazi comp that the poster came up with was a good one, expect Americans actually died in Benghazi of course.
To be fair, it’s a significantly greater percentage drop. The raw numbers don’t really provide the right context.
The only causality here is our democracy. Much like Watergate, it’s death is occurring in DC as well.
Didn’t Obama buy a place in the Hamptons? A 14.85 million dollar home in the Hampton’s. Not bad for a community organizer.
Why would it matter who can point out Ukraine on a map? Most Americans can’t correctly find Syria, either. Or North Korea. Or Ohio.
Seriously, how many times have you guys said this? I would say it’s laughable at this point, but it’s just boring now honestly. In “potential disaster Trump public hearings” this ranks in the bottom tier for me. It isn’t even a flex play actually.Die on?
Sorry to burst your bubble. The public hearings are going to be absolutely disastrous for Trump. I mean it's going to be awful. So let me lay it out for you. The Democrats aren't in any trouble at all. The Republicans, on the other hand, are going to be left with two very unfortunate choices:
1. They can vote to convict Trump, in which case their base will revolt (doubt this will happen) OR
2. They can vote to acquit Trump, in which case the public is going to punish them severely at the ballot box. They're going to get smoked; so will Trump. It won't be pretty.
A lot of senators know this already. McConnell knows it. This is the moment the GOP has been dreading ever since Trump won the nomination (actually long before that, ever since the Tea Party emerged)- where they would have to choose between their base and the public at large. They're going to choose their base, and they're going to lose their shirts.
Hypocrisy and double standards hold no bounds in politics.
Is your name on any hotels? Is Obama’s? I think it’s a safe bet he has a few bucks.
"Trump has often given much higher values for his wealth than organizations estimating it. Trump has testified that "my net worth fluctuates, and it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings—even my own feelings".[40] On the same day, Trump's own stated estimates of his net worth have varied by as much as $3.3 billion.[5] Trump has also acknowledged that past exaggerated estimates of his wealth have been "good for financing".[41] Forbes has said that although Trump "shares a lot of information with us that helps us get to the figures we publish", he "consistently pushes for a higher net worth—especially when it comes to the value of his personal brand".
A 2016 analysis of Trump's business career in The Economist concluded that his performance since 1985 had been "mediocre compared with the stock market and property in New York."[42] A subsequent analysis in The Washington Post similarly noted that Trump's estimated net worth of $100 million in 1978 would have increased to $6 billion by 2016 if he had invested it in a typical retirement fund.
When I travel for work a shocking number of people confuse Minnesota (where I’m from) with Michigan.
You realize that he doesn't own most (iirc, almost none) of those hotels, yes?
