Pic Of The Moment: Super Tuesday Shaping Up To Be Not So Super For The Republican Party

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[lame54]

1. so good...

so so good

destroying themselves - I love it

[PNW_Dem]

6. Kasich’s Numbers up 600%

Holy crap, Kasich’s numbers have improved 600% in the last month. At this rate, he’s gonna be the nominee. Just kidding…

[bemildred]

2. Well at last it's safe, we can go full tilt liberal now. nt

[Grassy Knoll]

3. My Neighbor Who's A Staunch "R".....

Said He Won't Vote If It's tRump.

[stonecutter357]

4. K&R!

[Botany]

5. They made this monster

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Not one member of the GOP establishment said word one when Trump was sending "his men"
to Hawaii to see if President Obama was a "real American." Fox, Rush, the Tea Baggers, and
so on made this Trump Monster and now they know it will kill 'em. Oh well.

[ginnyinWI]

27. absolutely.

Creating fear and loathing of our President. Convincing the ignorant and fearful that our country was on the brink of ruin, despite thr real facts. Saying things like our military is weak.

Well now they've got their "savior".

[Botany]

28. Trump was in town (Columbus OH) saying that President Obama is stupid* ...

... and from the clip I heard on the radio the crowd went nuts on that lie.

Their "savior" will crush the GOP.. A GOP Rep. on Trump.

Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) emailed supporters Tuesday and said he refuses to back someone "so lacking in the judgement, temperament and character needed to be our nation's commander-in-chief.


* Columbia U, Harvard Law School where he was editor of the law review, professor
of constitutional law University of Chicago, author of 2 best sellers, community organizer
which allowed him to run 2 kick ass national campaigns, state senators, US senators,
and a two term very successful POTUS.

[hibbing]

7. Is this why I can't sleep at night for the last two months

It is certainly entertaining to watch, but I'm not sure how happy I am about it. I have lived through some horrid presidents who got elected. A lot of people tend to vote against their own self interest. No one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American people.


Peace

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8. ...

[ffr]

9. Those numbers scream opportunity

Whether we can encourage defections to liberal/progressive candidates

or

For voting en-mass for democratic candidates down the ballot to sweep these motherfking obstructionist repbulis and Tea Party turds out.

One or both of those futures are in our hands.

[JimDandy]

10. The same thing may be happening with Clinton, though.

Did CNN poll the Democrats also? And we have terrible turnout, but the Repub turnout is high so that 48% is going to beat us. Thanks DNC, DWS and the Dem party for doing almost no GOTV!!!

[NewJeffCT]

12. primary turnout is not always a good predictor

Democrats had great turnout for the primaries in 1988 when Dukakis won the nomination, but he lost in a landslide to the uninspiring George H.W. Bush.

[JimDandy]

14. It is when primary turnout is LOW

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Add to that:
1. Almost no GOTV is occuring, which has never happened in my 38 years as a Democrat;
2. A significant part of the turnout for 1 candidate is Independents, whose votes are tied to the candidate, so if their candidate doesn't make it to the GE, their vote is a toss up again, and
3. since FDR, no party has retained the presidency for more than 2 terms in a row. Turnout is already depressed as it is in those years. ETA: Regan/Bush is the 1 exception-has not happened with the Dems though, even if Gore came close.

Our down-ticket candidates will also be slaughtered due to low turnout.

[NewJeffCT]

17. You're wrong on #3

Reagan won in 1980 and 1984, Bush won in 1988. All Republicans.

Clinton won in 1992 and 1996, and Gore technically won in 2000. All Democrats.

Ike likely would have won in 1960 if he had run again (not sure when the 2 term limit was passed?) and Clinton would have won again in 2000 if he were eligible to run again.

[JimDandy]

18. Thanks for the correction.

[Callmecrazy]

20. And as far as GOTV goes...

I was at a rally last Sunday and got to see Bill Clinton speak. He was talking about getting the grass roots groups out knocking on doors and getting people registered.

Afterward, I got to shake his hand and thank him for coming out.
When he shook my hand he looked me in the eyes and said,"It's really my pleasure to be here." HAH! I got to speak to President Bill Clinton! It was so cool that he looked right at me and spoke to me. I know I sound like a teenage girl, but I was thrilled.

[NewJeffCT]

11. We can only hope

that he's poison downstream on the GOP tickets, too.

[Johnny2X2X]

13. WOW!

This is more than an opportunity, this is a wide open door for the Democratic Party to enact a revolution. With these numbers, the White House is for sure Blue as is the Senate, and the House is in play as are a number of governorships.

[JimDandy]

15. Not true. With their huge turnout, 48% is going to handily

beat us Dems, due to our low turnout. See #14.

[subterranean]

22. But their turnout may not be so huge in the GE.

If these polls are to be believed, a lot of their voters might just stay home on Election Day if Trump is the nominee.

[JimDandy]

23. Again, if just the 48% who want Trump, right now, in the primary, show up in the GE

that turnout will almost certainly be more than the Dem turnout in the GE, due to reasons I cited in post #14.

[Blue Owl]

16. Poop For Cruz Day

n/t

[NCjack]

19. Great news. I saw the clip where Newt Gingrich blamed Faux Newz for creating

Donald Trump. Actually, Newt is the father of Donald' candidacy, as a result of forcing out Minority House Leader Bod Michel and taking his place. He prevented the inclusion of automatic debt ceiling rise in the budget bills, which gave the Repugs the ability to fight to close the government every year. His nasty partisanship led to the continual increase in tension with the DEMs. Thanks, Newt -- you may have likely killed the GOP as you knew it.

[FSogol]

21. K & R. n/t

[yuiyoshida]

24. K&R

Tweeted.

[c588415]

25. Oprah W: I love bread;I really love bread, and I really truly love Hillary Clinton!

Way to go Hillary!

[awoke_in_2003]

26. Sadly, isn't shaping up for Bernie, either. nt

[ffr]

29. Bernie wins either way from this contest.

If he's the nominee, of course, that's the point, he wins.

If he's not the nominee, he's invigorated an enormous amount of people who he will probably ask to remain invigorated through to the G.E., where they can sway state elections, adding more democratic representation to the house and senate, and Bernie wins there too. Now he's a powerful voice in that establishment, with the votes to author and pass progressive bills, something Mitch McConnell is blocking at every step.