McConnell and GOP frantic they're about to lose control of the Senate as more seats come into play:

[OhioChick]

Source: Raw Story

Published 9 hours ago
on April 20, 2020

According to a report from Politico, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), as well as other Republican higher-ups, are fearful of losing their Senate majority in the November election with the Democrats about to put forward a strong slate of candidates backed by cash-rich warchests.

As Politico’s James Arkin wrote, “Republicans started this election cycle as heavy favorites to keep their Senate majority, with a lineup of elections mostly in red-tinted states and GOP incumbents favored over a slate of relatively unknown and untested challengers. Now, nearly six months out from the election, Democrats are making them sweat.”

Noting that Republicans are likely to maintain their majority, which currently stands at 53-47 in their favor, the party has more seats to defend this election cycle which has been volatile due to the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump — who is proving to be a drag on some incumbents campaigns — and the coronavirus pandemic.

According to McConnell ally Steven Law, who is president of the super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, Republicans have their work cut out for them.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/mcconnell-and-gop-frantic-theyre-about-to-lose-control-of-the-senate-as-more-seats-come-into-play-report/

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Idiots. Have their f**king heads stuck in a hole in the ground while everything else around them...

is collapsing and they are worried about their tax cuts? IDIOTS. They, along w/ trump, have done enough. They all need to resign and go away.

The screw up by trump of the oil markets is going to hurt a lot oil states, many in the West, TX, and other states where republicans formerly held sway. Not anymore as the royalty checks dry up, and the markets all around them collapse.

Nice work!

[marble falls]

6. Trump thought he had the Russians and Saudi's were handing him a fortune. Unfortunately ...

he forgot what a colossal boatload of liars he got in bed with from the US oil industry.

He's one of the few who ever lost money on Casinos and he'll be be one of the few in the last thirty years to lose money swimming with the oil sharks.

[marble falls]

2. Next time they had better not double and triple down on a despicable ass like Donnie.

[getagrip_already]

3. Well, if they are looking for the reset button...

Its labeled impeach and convict.

But they have it securely hidden away under lock and key in a mayonnaise jar under funk and wagnells porch.

They would sooner have a b&d session with Pelosi as the dominatrix with a livestream on pornhub.

Actually, they might like that last bit quite a bit. Strike that.

[ffr]

4. All republicans should either be in jail or at home with their thumb up their asses

For what they're worth.

Criminals, one and all.

[elleng]

5. Means they'll cheat more than usual.

BEWARE!

[DENVERPOPS]

17. Agreed!

If Putin can fix the presidential election, what's a few senatorial elections?

[Botany]

29. Putin/GOP already fixed some senate races

In Wisconsin in 2016 Russ Feingold was @ a > 90% of winning back his seat.

[SergeStorms]

24. They'll probably decide that mail-in voting is a great thing.

Then Trump will do away with the Post Office right before the election. A lot of Democratic ballots would come up missing, would be my bet.

[DENVERPOPS]

33. In 2016

a whole big bunch of mail in's went missing down south.......

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Good. Let's make sure their fears are well-founded. nt

[scarletwoman]

8. Our job is to make their worst nightmares come true! (nt)

[Chakaconcarne]

9. A call to Putin...

[Auggie]

10. "Frantic?" I hate opinionated, sensational headlines like these ...

all they do is raise false hopes. Of course we all WANT IT TO BE TRUE, but I'm not counting chickens yet.

[AKing]

11. HaHaHa..I hear a certain Senator in Maine is quite "concerned" and also "troubled".

[Lonestarblue]

12. And let's start with a loss for McConnell.

The most detestable, destructive Senator in modern history.

[SergeStorms]

25. Amy McGrath is tied with him in recent polls.

This is the biggest challenge Moscow Mitch has ever faced. I know I'm going broke contributing to her, but I consider it an investment in America's future, and a dagger in the hearts of the GOP.

[Bayard]

31. I really believe McGrath can take him out

Most people here in KY hate him. He consistently polls in the 30's, but he has the moneymakers behind him.

I still want to know where the millions are that Bloomberg said he'd hand out.

[grumpyduck]

13. Thoughts and prayers.

NOT!

[PatrickforO]

14. The only real hope I see for us to save this republic is

to absolutely crush the Republican party at the polls in November, impose a massive redistribution of wealth through a revision of our entire tax code, and then systematically reverse every policy measure the Republicans have put forward in the last five decades.

AND...

Force changes to corporate charters that discard shareholder primacy in favor of a stakeholder approach, with the interests of workers, consumers, community and environment being held equal to those of shareholders.

AND...

Once again become a world leader in mitigating the climate crisis.

[klook]

18. And what about Year Two of Biden's first term?

Yep, those are tall orders, but I agree with you about what should happen.

[Dopers_Greed]

19. We'd have 2 weeks to accomplish this

Before Dems would start to take the blame for the ruins that the Repugs have left

[PatrickforO]

22. Happens every time because we tend to be so

wishy-washy about public messaging. Dems have seldom been good at that, and we need to get BETTER in a big way with talking points. Hate to say it, but we do.

[Massacure]

15. I've said this before, and I'll say it again

Mitch's better strategy would have been to throw Trump under the bus during the impeachment and ran his senators on the coattails of a President Pence. Fortunately for us, he didn't. Now we just need to work hard to reap the reward.

[DENVERPOPS]

20. They could still do that.

They could get all the mileage out of him they can, throw him under the Bus, tell everyone "they" saw the problem and corrected it, Run Pence and some choice asshole as VP and keep all the votes that were abandoning ship and going to vote for the Dem candidate.....

[Cosmocat]

27. That is based on the presumption that this country is not stupid as shit

The reality is that over the course of more than a quarter century the GOP and their conservative media counterparts have brainwashed their "base" to the point where they have been completely removed from reality and reason, and are addicted like crack addicts to outrage, and that while he is a bumbling dipshit, the one master skill that 45 has is channeling the worst nature of human beings.

He now owns that base, like when Daenerys Targaryen took the whip from the slavers (Game of Thrones reference).

The fact is, their best play as the political scumbags they are, is to do what they have done and ride 45 for better or for worse, because if they would have voted to convict him he would have turned their base on them, the party would have been ripped apart and with their base turned against them they would have definitely had much bigger loses in November.

As sad as it is, they have a much better chance to hold on to power to do the base play, have their lunatic base turnout in full support, try to gin up enough bullshit to stink Joe Biden and our senate and house candidates and let their voter suppression and gerrymandering work.

[jgmiller]

35. I've always said that too but I've come to realize Mitch is playing a simpler game

The Pence idea assumes that Mitch feels he's up against a wall with nothing to lose but he really doesn't care about the WH, he cares about the senate. He feels that even if Trump loses he can destroy any democrat president if he needs to, maybe he's right maybe he's wrong but it's a simple principle, keep the senate at all costs. In his mind the worst that could happen with Trump is that he gets re-elected and gets crazier and crazier. At that point Mitch just replaces him with Pence with the help of the dems. In other words Trump is a very useful idiot just like Pence would be so he has his backup idiot in place.

[abqtommy]

16. A good headline for this would be: Ratfuckers lose focus, ratfuck selves...

[beachbumbob]

21. a perfect storm could easily see a democratic senate gain of 10 seats, and more is possible

the voter outrage will be felt by trump and GOP, no doubt about that. this will 2x 2018 results

[Cosmocat]

28. Keep the pressure on

there is an opportunity for this kind of big win now.

Dems have to aggressively get out in front of and counter the bullshit that 45 and the Rs are going to start throwing out once they can get past the C-19 lockdown, and we have to somehow find a way to have EVERY LAST PERSON of reason and decency cast votes in November.

THEN, get behind Joe Biden and support him, cause no matter how big we might win, they WILL NOT just go home and give up. They will come back around like they did on BHO with the media eagerly giving whatever bullshit they are spewing a platform.

This country has to accept that they are completely dishonest and wild eyed crazies, and that we have a civic duty to come out at every election and fend them off.

[beachbumbob]

30. all we need are all those who sit out voting to get off their asses to help save our country, Trump/

GOP are NOT expanding THERE voting base at all and we can argue they will be killing off 10's pf thousands of them between now and then.

The blow out would be huge at ever level of elected office. Something NEVER seen before in american politics

[Duppers]

23. I would bet their nightmares

Happen.

[Blue Owl]

26. To hell with the GOP senate majority

[CRK7376]

32. Such sad news for the GOP

BWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! They reap what the sow...

[titaniumsalute]

34. There is a definite path forward for Dems but hard work and $$ needed

Assume Doug Jones will lose in AL. That puts Dems at 46.

Likely upshots are
1. Maine - Collins loses
2. Colorado - Gardner loses
3. Arizona - McSally loses
4. NC - Tillis loses

That puts Dems at 50. That would require Biden to win for the Dems to have the Senate control.

Even if the Dems win those 4 seats and we have a 50-50 tie (better than 53-47) but it still means the republicans and Mitch control.

So either the Dems need one more Dem to win the Senate then the four mentioned and Trump wins to control the Senate or we need to make sure we win these four seats and Biden Wins.

I see no way that the Dems lose the House this year.