Posted on 09/09/2019 4:28:58 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Republicans are scrambling to avoid what would be a devastating loss in the special House election in North Carolina’s 9th District.
Internal polls from both sides show Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready running neck and neck in a traditional GOP stronghold that was unexpectedly competitive in 2018. But privately, several Republican officials and strategists have conceded that Democrats may have an edge in voter enthusiasm in a district that President Trump won by nearly 12 points in 2016.
Republicans have sought to nationalize the race by honing in on issues like Trump’s proposed border wall and labeling McCready a “socialist.” They’re hoping that an eleventh-hour visit to the district by Trump on Monday will lend them the momentum they need to push Bishop across the finish line on Tuesday.
In an interview with The Hill on Saturday, Bishop insisted that Trump’s planned rally in the district, as well as an appearance by Vice President Pence on Monday, would give his candidacy a final jolt heading into Election Day.
“The sense that we have is that we’re surging,” Bishop said. “Early voting sort of started out a little soft and has firmed up. It looked really good the last couple days. And I think with the president coming in and the vice president on Monday, that’s going to put us over the top.”
Democrats, meanwhile, have deployed a divergent strategy in the district, which stretches from the Charlotte suburbs to Fayetteville in the east. McCready has sought to keep his distance from partisan rancor in Washington and cast himself as a compromise-minded moderate.
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polls have always showed the Dem leading. nonsense from The Hill. This isnt a Trump loss.
Here is the Dem weakness
CIA hires McKinsey; $10M for a reorganization project
Consultant’s Mind Consultant’s Mind
4 years ago
If there is any question that management consultants are hired to do difficult projects, look at this – McKinsey & Company will help the CIA reorganize and restructure.
Apparently, this was based off of the internal best practice of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center (CTC) which gained influence and power after the September 11 attacks.
Follow the money. He is a Harvard Grad CIA representative. He is DEEP STATE...
https://www.consultantsmind.com/2015/08/17/cia/
Dan McCready worked for a CIA contractor.
He is part of the DEEP STATE.
Early votes was 30,000 D to 23,000 R. Previous 2018 election was 139,000 vs 138,000.
It all depends on how many Rs come out on election, but it seems like a very doable election for Rs. It doesn’t seem like the Ds are out in force if they’re only 7,000 ahead after early voting. You’re probably going to see Union county come out in force and put Bishop over the line.
Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence
Insiders say a multimillion dollar McKinsey-fueled overhaul of the country’s intelligence community has left it less effective.
By NATASHA BERTRAND and DANIEL LIPPMAN
07/02/2019 05:01 AM EDT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/spies-intelligence-community-mckinsey-1390863
Instead, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials who either witnessed the restructuring firsthand or are familiar with the project, the multimillion dollar overhaul has left many within the country’s intelligence agencies demoralized and less effective.
These insiders said the efforts have hindered decision-making at key agencies — including the CIA, National Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
They said McKinsey helped complicate a well-established linear chain of command, slowing down projects and turnaround time, and applied cookie-cutter solutions to agencies with unique cultures. In the process, numerous employees have become dismayed, saying the efforts have at best been a waste of money and, at worst, made their jobs more difficult. It’s unclear how much McKinsey was paid in that stretch, but according to news reports and people familiar with the effort, the total exceeded $10 million.
McCready’s firm did this.
Additionally, some of McKinsey’s multimillion dollar contracts were awarded without a competitive bidding process, a move meant to speed up timelines but one that critics said enabled the consulting firm to offer formulaic fixes without fear of losing any business.
The result, analysts and agents said, is that some officials are being frustrated in their attempts to battle increasingly swift and complex threats — Russia is launching disinformation campaigns that reach thousands of people in seconds on social media, Iran is hammering oil and gas companies in cyberspace, Chinese hackers are pilfering government records, terrorist networks have fractured and retreated to encrypted networks, and North Korea is furtively building out its nuclear program.
In each case, bureaucratic changes that slow response time or hamper intelligence collection capabilities could cause the loss of company secrets, private government data, the democratic process and even American lives. Already, some projects at the NSA have been cut or delayed as a result of disgruntled employees leaving the agency.
“At CIA, they shattered longstanding structural constructs that people had invested their whole careers in,” said Larry Pfeiffer, a 32-year intelligence veteran who now serves as the director of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy and International Security at George Mason University. It resulted in “a coordination nightmare” widely considered to be “very heavy-handed,” added Pfeiffer, who left government before the restructuring but remains in close contact with current officials.
Pfeiffer said he doesn’t know “a soul at CIA or NSA who would tell you that the reorganizations have made things better.”
In all, the firm has secured close to $1 billion in government contracts in just the past 10 years. Its work with the intelligence community goes back at least a decade — the firm played a central role in helping the FBI transform its intelligence mission in 2005 in response to pressure from the White House to restructure the bureau’s budget.
“They were receiving a generous consulting fee, but did not appear from my vantage to bring any particular expertise to the task,” said Stephen Slick, a veteran intelligence official who served as the National Security Council’s senior director for intelligence programs and reform in 2005.
With the more recent intelligence community restructuring, officials have also been vexed by what appears to be a lack of a competitive bidding process — McKinsey seemed to seamlessly transition from working with CIA, to NSA, to ODNI via no-bid contracts, these people said, despite lingering skepticism over the firm’s effectiveness.
Please, somebody research this further.
McCready worked for this firm. He is a “DEEP STATE”plant.
Please take a look at the linked article on McCready’s employer work with CIA, FBI and NSA.
I would agree except the President has inserted himself into the race with his scheduled campaign event for Bishop. That and of course the fake news media is spinning the election as a referendum on Trump.
It’s a “should win” race. I don’t see it in the “must win” category.
The original election was thrown out due to Election Fraud (GOP). The Dems fielded a likable Veteran who claims he will be bipartisan. The GOP fielded a poor candidate.
If the GOP wins it will be an Upset win.
It’s all about union county. I liked Stony Rushing but he’s showed class in supporting Bishop
The original election was thrown out due to Election Fraud (GOP). The Dems fielded a likable Veteran who claims he will be bipartisan. The GOP fielded a poor candidate.
If the GOP wins it will be an Upset win.
You mean Little New York?
More spew from the hill of trash that you so worship.
This is a very competitive seat. The Republican only won this by a couple of hundred votes in 2018 and there were shenanigans going on.
I’m sure this is close.
And, as I pointed out the other day, I no longer think the House even matters. It has committed suicide as a body, and no has no power to stop Trump in any meaningful way.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/the_suicide_of_the_house_is_complete.html
I will nc back in NC with plenty of time to vote. Guess they should have thought about this before banning bumpstocks, preposing red flag rules and prepping a “gun control package for congress. This shows the clear and present danger of an administration trending toward enabling the the demise of 2A.
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