Trump is the drag on the Republican Party's chances to win the Midterms
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-reality-for-republican-candidates.htmlIn short, they're very likely not going to get control of either house of Congress, and everything that's happened to cause it, including Dobbs, can be laid at Trump's feet.
It's become apparent, with all of Trump's screaming, raging, ranting and raving about the election that he clearly lost, and the blatant ignorance he has demonstrated in what he points to as evidence that he didn't, that he doesn't understand that getting elected is a matter of getting the most votes. He leans much more to the side of those who believe that manipulating the right people will get you what you want. Why not? That's worked for him in business all his life. And this isn't a sarcastic statement, either. It's a conclusion that can be made by listening to him, if you can keep from throwing up during his rants. He doesn't think ballots matter, what matters is having enough influence or putting enough pressure on the right people to change outcomes.
So his campaign rallies and speeches and the support and publicity he puts out tends to run to the extremes he supports, mainly those whose politics are the same as his. He's all about exchanging favors, a process he calls "making deals" to gain an advantage. He doesn't follow any pattern that is aimed at expanding his voter base. He only wants a cheering crowd in increasingly smaller venues, as a backdrop for his proclamations, which now feature background music that sounds eerily like Q-Anon themes, which he buys into like a kid with an unlimited allowance in a candy store.
The more he holds rallies and campaigns for those candidates he's endorsed, the more percentage points in the polls they lose, especially among independent voters. At the beginning of this election season, the Republicans held an advantage that, combined with the gerrymandering they've done, put them in a position to take control of Congress. The Democrats faced an uphill battle. But as Trump continues to insert himself into the campaigns, in places where his endorsees won nominations, though those who won did so by very slim margins among Republicans, the Democratic party advantage grows.
Walleye
(31,045 posts)The will of the people. Remember us. The ones they want to keep from voting at all costs. If we do not determine the will of the people we are not self-governing. We are Russia.
brush
(53,853 posts)is to install policies that help make the people of the nation better off...all the people, not just the wealthy.
Walleye
(31,045 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)There may be some on the other side of the isle who get it that without Democracy this is no longer an America in truth.
Not many are as tough as Liz Cheney, but those few that came through and the others that resist as they can will hopefully drag the party back over the line.
BUT WE DEMS will have to do the hard work as usual.
Exposing the lies.
Putting the liars out of business.
Repairing the damage.
Making new laws to keep this from happening again.
SO 2022 and 2024 HAVE TO BE HUGE BLUE WAVES.
Nothing less will save US.
Walleye
(31,045 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)As**les jump you 20 at a time, if you survive, they tell you, "You're in our gang now."
"Riiiight. So if I can take enough pieces out of 20 of you that you backed down, what do I need your gang for?"
I don't know if most DEMs have had to deal with that level of BS, but if we had a verbal smack down, we'd at least have ammo to fight back. Brains, words, science, history, facts - kind of our thing.
Poor Cruz just doesn't get it that you can't come to a battle of wits unarmed.
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)America does need this Orange Fascist's minions in either houses of congress. Or in or near the White House in 2024.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)What they ACTUALLY DO or keep US from doing by their obstruction needs to be out there and talked about and prosecuted.
You were probably being sarcastic but WHATEVER WORKS.
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)... AkA the Tangerine Fuhrer.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)Didn't declassify the documents.
Didn't win him the election.
Didn't keep him from filling his diaper.
AND it don't make him god either.
But thanks for playing.
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)He swears he was not watching or glued to the television screen on J-6.
DJT now claims no TV that day he was too busy presidentin' and doing important stuff for AmeriKKKa.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)magicarpet
(14,167 posts)See, there is no incriminating evidence now.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)White leather with the sleeves that wrap around the back so he can hug himself all night long!!
And that nice room with the padded walls so he doesn't hurt himself when he throws a tantrum!!
Yeah, that is the kind of private room her really needs.
BTW early day tomorrow, but thanks for the laughs.
wryter2000
(46,081 posts)And hope and pray. The combination worked for the Georgia Senate elections last time.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)Only those counting the votes.
That's why Raffensperger and Pence were being leaned on so heavily.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)Hire others to pose as him for other appearances.