I dunno what's going to happen in the next few years but Trump going away quietly isn't real high on my list of things likely to occur.
The enthusiasm was "Anything but Trump" even if the person we are electing literally said "Nothing fundamentally will change" Oh thank goodness (holds huge wad of cash against my chest).
That enthusiasm will obviously not exist in 2 years for the midterm, and it wont exist in 4 years.
Dont don’t count your 2022 chickens before they hatch. Dems are likely to net 2 Senate seats in 2022(PA and Wisconsin). Plus you are going to have a GOP intraparty civil war. The Trumpers have already threatened to primary everyone that doesn’t supposed their coup. If moderate gop members get primaried and they lose to radical Trumper those seats will likely flip Dem.
All Fox has to do is not cover him. Putting Trump on ignore will shut him down faster than anything they could possibly say about him.I'm not so sure. Trump is going to be screeching for the next two years about how much of a failure the Republicans are, and how the <insert new party> is the way forward for Trumpers. I'm expecting Democrat reign for the next 12 years, minimum, unless Fox news can really get in front of this and absolutely carpet bomb Trump into oblivion.
You mean the guy who was a senator while the largest expansion of the welfare state in 50 years was passed?Ask Joe Lieberman.
The thing is, FOX is not the only game in town anymore, there is OANN and Newsmax and a host of other batshit networks that will be more than happy to cover Trump.All Fox has to do is not cover him. Putting Trump on ignore will shut him down faster than anything they could possibly say about him.
GOP will not go to war with eachother. They will fall in line like they always do.
Generally speaking the party out of power wins seats in the midterms but to me the biggest wild cards are:Dont don’t count your 2022 chickens before they hatch. Dems are likely to net 2 Senate seats in 2022(PA and Wisconsin). Plus you are going to have a GOP intraparty civil war. The Trumpers have already threatened to primary everyone that doesn’t support their coup. If moderate gop members get primaried and they lose to a radical Trumper those seats will likely flip Dem.
The GOP is going to be feasting on and attacking itself for the next two years. I expect to see some vicious GOP on GOP fighting today on the House and Senate floors during debate over objections to EC votes..
They gotta do better than that, they have to convince the rubes watching his Next Big Thing that he's actually a traitor, and they should look at the newly refreshed Republican party instead. R's have been squeaking by as it is, they can't afford to lose 20% of the crazies to Trump and those in his orbit, they NEED those crazies.All Fox has to do is not cover him. Putting Trump on ignore will shut him down faster than anything they could possibly say about him.
Well that had occurred to me, but it also appears to me that the GA runoff belies that “anybody but Trump”. Trump wasn’t on the ticket and these senators don’t have any affect on him. Dems managed to pull this one out though and turnout while down from November was still higher than normal.The enthusiasm was "Anything but Trump" even if the person we are electing literally said "Nothing fundamentally will change" Oh thank goodness (holds huge wad of cash against my chest).
That enthusiasm will obviously not exist in 2 years for the midterm, and it wont exist in 4 years.
Republicans have dedication in their ranks. They don't care what puppet is up on stage unlike Democrats who entirely depend on it being a young and enthusiastic person.
Better get those pizza delivery guy credentials ASAP!
Turnout was actually *higher* than it was in the 2016 general election. That's *nuts* for a runoff.Well that had occurred to me, but it also appears to me that the GA runoff belies that “anybody but Trump”. Trump wasn’t on the ticket and these senators don’t have any affect on him. Dems managed to pull this one out though and turnout while down from November was still higher than normal.
The thing is, FOX is not the only game in town anymore, there is OANN and Newsmax and a host of other batshit networks that will be more than happy to cover Trump.
Lol the DOW is up 400 pts. Apparently bulls hate turtles?
Well that had occurred to me, but it also appears to me that the GA runoff belies that “anybody but Trump”. Trump wasn’t on the ticket and these senators don’t have any affect on him. Dems managed to pull this one out though and turnout while down from November was still higher than normal.
I think it’s too soon to tell if 2022 will be back to business as usual (majority party losing support) or if we’ll see a longer term change.
I wish it cost them everything. More like it cost them two years (at most) of a weak minority in all parts of government...except the Supreme Court where they got a majority for potentially decades.
So now Democrats have to get to work quickly, before any Democratic senator has to resign (or worse), and hope the Supremes don't overrule them in the end.
I think the key for Dems to never lose again is to motivate its base to get out and vote, and show what can happen (Trump) if you get lax on pushing the importance of voting and the consequences of. I expect to see higher turnout going forward. Well i hope so anyways. People can be dumb, so have to factor that in.