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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe First GOP Senate Primaries Happen Tomorrow. They've Been A Disaster For Republicans
American Bridge:IN BRIEF: Start your engines. The first Senate primaries of the year happen tomorrow, and theyve been a disaster for Republicans. No matter who wins the primaries in West Virginia, Indiana, and Ohio tomorrow night, the winner has absorbed lasting damage that voters wont forget.
In West Virginia, the contest labeled Americas wildest Senate primary hit a fever pitch with the candidates pulling no punches in their desperation to tear each other down:
Jenkins and Morrisey spent the final stretch of the race savaging each otherin debates and TV commercials, a dynamic that has senior Republicans scared, Politico reported.
Meanwhile, in another episode of Don Blankenship said What?!: Blankenships latest racist ad that prompted headlines like, The Worst Senate Candidate in America, and Im All for Ragging on Mitch McConnell, But This Is Nuts.
On Sunday, Morrisey tattled to Blankenships probation officer about his failure to file a financial disclosure. And just this morning, President Trump begged West Virginians to vote for anyone but Blankenship.
In Indiana, the most expensive primary in the nation comes to a close, with Congressmen Luke Messer and Todd Rokita desperate to stay afloat while former State Rep. Mike Braun spends millions to overcome news stories of his unethical business practices.
Both Reps. Messer and Rokita did their darndest to overcome their anti-Trump past: Rokita authored a Congressional resolution to end the Mueller probe, and Messer formally nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, you read that right.
Former State Rep. Braun wants Hoosiers to believe hes a Trump-style outsider businessman but Brauns deep conflicts of interest and unethical business practices, mistreating employees and taking advantage of outsourcing, came under fire last week.
And in Ohio, Mike Gibbons threw a last-minute Hail Mary in the form a $1 million defamation suit against Congressman Jim Renacci for repeatedly advertised lies and falsehoods about Gibbons. In the unusually apt words of the Renacci campaign, its a predictably sad and desperate end to Gibbons shot at the U.S. Senate nomination.
In West Virginia, the contest labeled Americas wildest Senate primary hit a fever pitch with the candidates pulling no punches in their desperation to tear each other down:
Jenkins and Morrisey spent the final stretch of the race savaging each otherin debates and TV commercials, a dynamic that has senior Republicans scared, Politico reported.
Meanwhile, in another episode of Don Blankenship said What?!: Blankenships latest racist ad that prompted headlines like, The Worst Senate Candidate in America, and Im All for Ragging on Mitch McConnell, But This Is Nuts.
On Sunday, Morrisey tattled to Blankenships probation officer about his failure to file a financial disclosure. And just this morning, President Trump begged West Virginians to vote for anyone but Blankenship.
In Indiana, the most expensive primary in the nation comes to a close, with Congressmen Luke Messer and Todd Rokita desperate to stay afloat while former State Rep. Mike Braun spends millions to overcome news stories of his unethical business practices.
Both Reps. Messer and Rokita did their darndest to overcome their anti-Trump past: Rokita authored a Congressional resolution to end the Mueller probe, and Messer formally nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, you read that right.
Former State Rep. Braun wants Hoosiers to believe hes a Trump-style outsider businessman but Brauns deep conflicts of interest and unethical business practices, mistreating employees and taking advantage of outsourcing, came under fire last week.
And in Ohio, Mike Gibbons threw a last-minute Hail Mary in the form a $1 million defamation suit against Congressman Jim Renacci for repeatedly advertised lies and falsehoods about Gibbons. In the unusually apt words of the Renacci campaign, its a predictably sad and desperate end to Gibbons shot at the U.S. Senate nomination.
THREE TO WATCH:
Kevin Nicholson: With the Wisconsin GOP convention fast approaching and under fire from his primary opponent for his record of political opportunism, Nicholson is lashing out at anyone even attacking fellow veterans for being Democrats.
Dean Heller: Nevadas laziest politician brags about protecting Nevadans from nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, but his close political ally and gym buddy Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has scheduled a vote for Thursday to allow the Department of Energy to resume its license application process to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
Jim Renacci: Career politician Jim Renacci just cant hide his record of fighting against Ohio workers. As the New York Times reported this weekend, Asked about trade, Mr. Renacci struggled. He suggested that Mr. Brown was focused on protecting steelworkers at the expense of other industries, like farming and manufacturing precisely the criticism leveled at Mr. Trump.
Kevin Nicholson: With the Wisconsin GOP convention fast approaching and under fire from his primary opponent for his record of political opportunism, Nicholson is lashing out at anyone even attacking fellow veterans for being Democrats.
Dean Heller: Nevadas laziest politician brags about protecting Nevadans from nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, but his close political ally and gym buddy Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has scheduled a vote for Thursday to allow the Department of Energy to resume its license application process to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
Jim Renacci: Career politician Jim Renacci just cant hide his record of fighting against Ohio workers. As the New York Times reported this weekend, Asked about trade, Mr. Renacci struggled. He suggested that Mr. Brown was focused on protecting steelworkers at the expense of other industries, like farming and manufacturing precisely the criticism leveled at Mr. Trump.
THREE NUMBERS:
4: Millions of Americans who lost health insurance in the last two years due to the Trump Administrations sabotage, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
56: Percent the uninsured rate rose among Republicans adults, rising from 7.9 percent in 2016 to 13.9 percent in early 2018, due to Trump Administration sabotage, in the same study.
18: Percent by which people trust Democrats over Republicans on handling health care, according to an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll last month.
4: Millions of Americans who lost health insurance in the last two years due to the Trump Administrations sabotage, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
56: Percent the uninsured rate rose among Republicans adults, rising from 7.9 percent in 2016 to 13.9 percent in early 2018, due to Trump Administration sabotage, in the same study.
18: Percent by which people trust Democrats over Republicans on handling health care, according to an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll last month.
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The First GOP Senate Primaries Happen Tomorrow. They've Been A Disaster For Republicans (Original Post)
brooklynite
May 2018
OP
genxlib
(5,524 posts)1. The crazy builds on itself
Moderate Republicans are driven out to be Independents. Those remaining are more conservative and vote for more extreme candidates that push more moderates out.
As the pool of GOP voters shrinks, the primary results gets worse and worse.
Don't get me wrong, I don't trust those newly "independent" moderates in the least. But their temporary self-imposed exile simply leaves the asylum to be run by the inmates.