November 18, 2022

So if Kari Lake thinks there was election fraud in

Arizona, particularly Maricopa County, then Biggs and Schweikart shouldn't have won, huh?

November 16, 2022

Waiting on Trump indictments

Election is over. If Trump had been indicted, it would have given Dems an even bigger boost. Do they want Senator Warnock back? This would help him.

There's been enough time. Get it done.

November 16, 2022

Why is this insurrectionist, anti-American, Fascist being allowed to announce a candidacy for

President?

How does that happen in a constitutional democracy? He's running to be president of something he intended to destroy, and that's bad enough.

But we're letting him do it.

November 14, 2022

This is what Democracy looks like...to me

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/politics-morality-faith-and-individual.html

If the far right will not hold a lawmaker responsible for mass killings in schools and churches because they've failed to pass reasonable gun control legislation then lawmakers cannot be held accountable for abortions performed under laws that they've passed.

November 13, 2022

Ruins left behind by Trumpism

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/trumpism-will-leave-evangelical.html

So how is it that a group with those beliefs and those characteristics are willing to accept, and adore, a political leader whose lifestyle contradicts every principle and virtue they teach, who is not, by any stretching of any definition they have of the term "Christian," and who has made open attempts to get Christians to change core doctrines established by Jesus because they don't support his way of doing things? As the prophet Hosea wrote in his book, "For they sew the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 8

There's no argument for abandoning the practices and values that are identified with the gospel message of Jesus Christ for the sake of gaining political influence and power. The Christian gospel turns into something completely different when it is imposed by power and influence. Most often, as the examples of the history of Western Civilization have shown us, people use Christianity to gain power and then, when they get there, they abandon it altogether because they have no convictions. And that's exactly what we are seeing in many conservative Christian churches in America right now. Their influence is being used to gain power for people who are very worldly and corrupt. And once they achieve their goal, they will throw everything they don't think they need anymore, including those Christians and churches they have used, under the bus.

November 11, 2022

This is a question that must be asked.

We have Desantis, a far right extremist hardliner, as governor of Florida who won his first election by a sliver of a margin. His people have the vote counting apparatus locked up tight in their hands. Florida suddenly transitions from having been carried by Obama twice to going for Trump suddenly by GOP margins not seen there, well, since before the 2000 disaster. On election night, several reporters who do this often, including Kornacki, made comments that the Democratic vote totals in traditionally strong areas seemed low, especially Miami-Dade. Now, after four years of Desantis control, suddenly Republicans win landslides? And they flip Miami-Dade in two election cycles from 65% Democrat to 55% Republican?

Obviously, we don't want to look like Trumpies with election fraud claims in hand but zero evidence to back it up. But surely, there's someone in the state Democratic party who sees this and ask questions where they need to be asked? Anyone else here think there might be something to see in Florida other than Disney and the beach?

November 10, 2022

Just a question about Senator Warnock

They've called a "runoff" in Georgia, where candidates must get 50% + 1 vote to avoid it. As of this moment, Warnock has 49.6% of the vote to Walker's 48.3. There are a little over 44,000 votes left to count. If those votes went 50-50, which is not that likely considering where the media says most of them are coming from, adding 22,000 votes to his total would put him over the 50% mark, closer to 50.1%.

And the addition of about 19,000 votes moved him from 49.2 to 49.6. He won several of the counties where there are still outstanding ballots by double digit margins. It seems possible for him to get over the threshold and still win.

November 10, 2022

A Tribute to one of the best Speakers of the House ever

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-tribute-to-speaker-of-house-nancy.html

In honor of Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul, I made a contribution today to Senator Rafael Warnock's re-election campaign.

It is possible that the end of the current session of Congress might turn out to be Nancy Pelosi's last days as Speaker of the House. If Democrats wind up not holding the house, which, in spite of some good news over the past few days still looks like a possibility, then this last session prior to the holidays might be the last days of her service.

There is no question in my mind that she is one of the best Speakers I've seen in my lifetime. She has had to endure serving during a time when the other side has become increasingly hostile, ramping up hateful rhetoric, personal attacks that have nothing to do with politics, and behaving in a way that discredits their integrity. Speaker Pelosi has always been gracious in her responses. maintaining a professional demeanor in the face of some ridiculous behavior. She distinguished herself with her leadership during the Trump Insurrection, with her personnel choices for two impeachments and the January 6th investigation committee, and in the way she has handled the legislative agenda, party factions and all that goes with it. She will go down in history as one of the best Speakers of the House ever to serve.

November 10, 2022

Senator-Elect Fetterman may be on to something here...

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/i-think-senator-elect-fetterman-is-on.html

Democratic voter turnout, even in statewide elections, can be suppressed by the fact that no one is running on their side of the ballot in state legislative races, or even in some of the congressional elections. In almost a decade, only two candidates for statewide office ever held an event in the county to rally support among Democratic voters. Josh Shapiro did in 2016, running for Attorney General, and again this time around while running for Governor. And John Fetterman did this year, running for the Senate.

Fetterman improved on Biden's 2020 margins in 56 of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania. He did not flip a single Trump county, but picking up from 3-5% more of the Democratic vote equals a lot of votes, perhaps the actual margin of his win.

It might be a good strategy for Democrats to go pay visits to supporters in Rural counties and small towns. They're there, and it obviously works to improve vote totals.

November 10, 2022

It's no longer "The Apprentice." Now, it's "The Biggest Loser."

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/instead-of-apprentice-its-now-biggest.html

This was a referendum on the sitting President. And regardless of which party winds up controlling either house, the Biden Administration was affirmed by the outcome of this midterm. Biden got a solid 45% job approval rating out of the exit polling, not great, but better than his predecessor's mid-term rating by 8 points and quite an improvement over the low numbers some polls indicated during the early part of this year. Against some of the toughest political issues for Americans, inflation in particular and gasoline prices, and a non-stop barrage of fear mongering based on a crime rate that has actually been dropping, the results of this midterm election affirm the direction and progress made by the Biden administration.

This was a referendum on election denying, conspiracy theories and insurrection. The former President inserted himself onto the ballot of this midterm election and he lost, big time. Endorsees that he appeared to help the most were the biggest losers, making me wonder if "The Biggest Loser" is now a Trump media production instead of "The Apprentice." His election deniers lost to a group of savvy women in Michigan, in a wipe-out of Republican challengers who were involved in some of the more despicable attempts to overturn the election. Pennsylvania, where it appears Democrats may control the state legislature for the first time in decades, was also a smack-down.

Christian nationalism lost. Fascism lost. Racism lost. And while it remains to be seen how long it takes some Republicans to realize what happened and separate themselves and the reputation of their party from extremists, it's clear that almost everything the MAGA movement stands for is a minority position, even among Republicans. Now someone has to have the integrity and presence of mind to call this stuff out and send its supporters packing.