Posted on 02/10/2017 11:39:55 AM PST by LS
Warnings — or, in some cases, celebrations — that the Democrats are on the verge of a disastrous collapse have been growing more frequent recently. Since the election, Rush Limbaugh has been hammering the point that the campaign has only continued — and extended the trend set in 2010, when Democrats lost the House. Since then, Democrats have lost 1200 national and statewide seats. And earlier this week, Stewart Lawrence, writing in the Daily Caller, and picking up on a study by the centrist “Third Way” think tank, noted that the Democrats are now almost exclusively a coastal party, with a couple of lone interior outposts such as Chicago and Minneapolis. According to the study, while Hillary Clinton beat Trump in California, New York and Massachusetts by 30%, Trump won the rest of the states by 52-48%. Some 32 state legislatures are in Republican hands, but in only five states do Democrats control both houses of the legislature and the governor’s mansion. And, as many (including Lawrence) note, in 2018 the Democrats must defend 10 U.S. Senate seats in states that Trump won. Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, once thought dead in the water, won re-election in 2016, as did John McCain in Arizona, despite the fact that many conservatives, sick of his antics, voted for the Democrat. If the left can’t win these seats — the most low-hanging of fruit — where can they win? The fact is, although we now know the polls were horribly wrong, Trump’s victory was quite small compared to what it might have been.
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I definitely see it as a positive that dems have lost so much, but I reserve outright celebration for two unfortunate reasons:
1) Many do not pay attention. It is quite often the house/sen gains seats for the party opposing the prez.
This means it would not be terribly surprising if dems start gaining seats since the prez is an R. Folks simply voting for “balance” and no strong beliefs.
2) It seems to me that more and more people accept increasing socialism. What good are repub seats if they are filled w/RINOs? We’ve had multiple generations living with a progressive income tax and programs like social security.
Even conservatives proposing a flat tax would support exempting the lower incomes from that tax. Phase out SS and eliminate Medicare/Medicaid? Forget about it.
The bitterness and hate just oozes out of her and are like a cancer to her soul. What a miserable way to live your life.
I thought it was Steve Bannon at first glance.
“According to the study, while Hillary Clinton beat Trump in California, New York and Massachusetts by 30%, Trump won the rest of the states by 52-48%.”
“Some 32 state legislatures are in Republican hands, but in only five states do Democrats control both houses of the legislature and the governor’s mansion.”
Awesome! Can’t WAIT for 2018, LOL!
Betty Rubble is becoming Barney.
...
She’s looking at Barney in the rear view mirror.
Hate, not had
“Yeah, Libs, you haven’t seen anything yet...”
These “Libs” will do, say, or write anything that furthers their revolution; the problem is that they get away with it.
If there’s no accountability for blatant violations of law
these feral swine are going to gain inroads by way of their intimidation and coercion.
IMHO
“...and when President Trump runs for his Second Term, and all of America is solid red, tell us about what you’re going to do?”
Boy, you sure wouldn’t know it by the Enemy Media though, would ya? They’re acting as if President Trump is acting ALONE in everything he’s doing, versus having The Deplorable ARMY standing behind him, LOL!
I know. That’s why I haven’t a clue about what she was talking about. They are comparing these Soros funded “protests” (riots) to the Tea Party now. They have these groups of liberal ‘RATS going around crashing any Town Hall meetings the Republicans dare to have. The Republicans really need to knock it off with these “Town Hall meetings”. They are all being hijacked by the Marxist snowflakes making these meetings totally worthless.
I think it switched between 76-80 to show the communism of Reagan.
The left never sleeps. They may get wiped out, but they never sleep.
I see Bannon finally got a clean shave.
??WA always been Dem
Only liberal wymyn (dawgs) can pull off looking like a man. Conservative babes wouldn’t even try this because they know they couldn’t get away with it.
Good time to note . . . again . . . the dangers of overreach.
The majority of PEOPLE in the US do not approve of strong conservative policies.
I’m going to just let that hang in your minds for a moment, because it IS true.
The 2008/9 Democrats avalanched stories of New Permanent Majority. They had MORE cause to do so than we do. They had ENORMOUS majorities in both houses. THEY HAD THE POPULAR VOTE.
They over-reached. And even with those superior majorities that they had, they saw them evaporate almost instantly.
You want to lose? Over-reach. That’s what they did. They rammed liberal policies down the throats of people and lost their control of government. Do not think for one microsecond that the GOP and right wing in general are immune to exactly the same thing happening.
Trump won because he convinced white people in key states that their loss of income can be addressed. Not by conservative principles. No. By simply devoting business attention to them — EVEN IF IT COSTS BUSINESS PROFIT. That is not a conservative principle. It’s a populist principle.
So keep yourselves on an even keel. We have far less mandate than Obama did in 2008/9 and he still lost it all by 2010.
They have absolutely no power, respect or anything else, they are truly the “PARTY OF STUPID” and are getting worse everyday!!!
Obama “lost it all” because he is a filthy liar.
Then, we wil see real change. How about 2 SCOTUS appointees to the right of Clarence Thomas...
Laaaaary. How can we read and enjoy your good writing if u don’t link
it properly?
Good read BTW.
Stay on them. Beat them up in the political arena. Be merciless. Take nothing for granted.
Is it true that Hillary has filed for divorce?
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