Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Republican Retirements Raise Talk of Democratic Wave in November
The New York Times ^ | JAN. 9, 2018 | MICHAEL TACKETT

Posted on 01/09/2018 7:47:34 PM PST by mdittmar

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress, including several powerful committee chairmen, are rushing to retire rather than face re-election in the fall, a clear recognition that President Trump’s low approval rating will be a heavy weight on the party even with an improving economy.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2018elections; 2018midterms; change; clickbait; fakenews; maga; midterms; newyorkslimes; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last
Well,here's an old song I like;)

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion - Official Music Video - 1975

1 posted on 01/09/2018 7:47:34 PM PST by mdittmar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Please note:

1. Virginia - Charlottesville and the party in power almost always loses
2. Alabama - 14 year old girl (child molester)

1. and 2. are the only things you can read from those elections in 2017.


2 posted on 01/09/2018 7:53:01 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

I say, let them get over confident

It will be 2016 repeat

I am happy with that


3 posted on 01/09/2018 7:55:25 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar
...a clear recognition that President Trump’s low approval rating will be a heavy weight on the party...

Really? It could mean that part of the Swamp is retiring, or it could mean they don't want to slug it out with Trump any more, or it could mean...whatever you twits want it to mean.

4 posted on 01/09/2018 7:57:33 PM PST by econjack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar
I have two words: Orrin Hatch.

Is anyone going to tell me that he feared getting defeated this November?

Back when Gingrich Khan took over the House in the 1990's, a bunch of Vichy Republicans quit.

5 posted on 01/09/2018 7:59:34 PM PST by Lysandru
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Nyt wishful thinking....


6 posted on 01/09/2018 8:00:57 PM PST by Professional
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

What will result in a Democrat takeover is if the GOP collapses on immigration, and on rebuilding US manufacturing.

That will I think, mean the end of the GOP.

The end. Trump won because of both of those issues.

If they are not both DONE the GOP is toast.


7 posted on 01/09/2018 8:01:55 PM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Sign an amnesty bill and it’s guaranteed.


8 posted on 01/09/2018 8:04:26 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents-Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: advance_copy
STEALING ELECTIONS WITH COMPUTERS and Technology Cybercrimes, watch Bloomberg's Digital Defense November 3, 2016 (19:40).

To better understand "THE MASTER KEY" to stealing elections with computers, watch:
I'LL NEVER TRUST ANOTHER COMPUTER COUNTED ELECTION AGAIN !

Things have changed!

Bennie Smith, a Memphis computer programmer, discovered HOW this is done through aDiebold Election Systems changed its name in 2006 to Premier Election Solutions.
Bloomberg's article titled How to Protect Against Election Day Hacking gives more proof of this by Memphis computer programmer Bennie Smith.
9 posted on 01/09/2018 8:05:40 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

The only democrat wave we’ll see this November will be at WNBA games.


10 posted on 01/09/2018 8:09:33 PM PST by AU72
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Or congressmen are starting to realize that they can make more money elsewhere.


11 posted on 01/09/2018 8:25:34 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Yeah, and they also predicted that:
-Mrs. Bill Clinton had an 85% chance of winning overall;
-Trump had a 33% chance of winning Florida;
-Trump had a 36% chance of winning North Carolina;
-Trump had an 11% chance of winning Pennsylvania;
-Trump had a 6% chance of winning Michigan;
-Democrats had a 52% chance of winning the Senate.


12 posted on 01/09/2018 8:48:06 PM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar
Maybe Republicans on the lists of sexual harassment settlements, or corruption or pedophilia investigations are being shown the door before the primaries, while the Democrats will be outed after the primaries.


13 posted on 01/09/2018 8:59:25 PM PST by BeauBo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

sure, the next time the times is right about anything will be the first time...


14 posted on 01/09/2018 9:09:44 PM PST by SteveinSATX (Anti-liberalism 24/7)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yosemitest
They introduced electronic voting machines here in VA in 2008 and now our state has been completely hijacked by the Marxist Mob. Just this last November 2017 election, one candidate, Shelly Simonds, won by ONE vote changing the balance of power in the legislature.

Reuters:

Democrat Wins By One Vote in Virginia Legislative Election Recount

"(Reuters) - Virginia Democrat Shelly Simonds won a seat in the House of Delegates by one vote, changing the power balance in the state legislature and extending a tide of Democratic victories beginning with November’s capture of the governorship and several legislative seats."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-virginia/democrat-wins-by-one-vote-in-virginia-legislative-election-recount-idUSKBN1ED2XQ

_____________________________________________

NO one wins by one vote. Not only did they steal all the seats up for grabs, they want us to KNOW that they stole it. They are enraged that Trump overcame their fraud apparatus in 2016 and they want us to KNOW that they stole the election and they want us to get used to the outrage of having us under their thumb. They are gonna go all out on a massive scale in upcoming elections to take this country back after Trump defeated their fraud in 2016. If electronic voting machines are not banned and a return made to paper ballots that have to be counted by actual people on site, the entire nation is gonna be hijacked by the Marxist scourge. And honestly, I think many establishment repubs are their partners.

15 posted on 01/09/2018 9:25:09 PM PST by User901
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Trump.Deplorable

House holds and Senate picks up 6-8 seats.....MAGA!


16 posted on 01/09/2018 9:27:51 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocke)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Trump.Deplorable

Democrat is a stock, symbol DM.

Let us pump it, then dump it!


17 posted on 01/09/2018 9:45:52 PM PST by TheNext
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

It’s best not to assume anything but for each of us to start spreading the word in each of our locales about the importance of keeping Republicans in Congress in the 2018 elections. Do our neighbors want to legally keep their firearms and other freedoms? Would they like to give President Trump a full deck in Congress for a little ol’ four years to see what he can do? He’s the first to really and honestly try to keep his promises.


18 posted on 01/09/2018 10:12:45 PM PST by familyop ("...you're the son of a thousand fathers..." -Tuco, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rrrod

Not if they Make America North Mexico with an amnesty.
2006 will look like a picnic.


19 posted on 01/09/2018 10:40:34 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents-Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: User901

Ah, she won by one after a recount and then she lost the tiebreaker drawing.


20 posted on 01/09/2018 10:48:04 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson