Posted on 09/26/2017 9:06:52 PM PDT by EliRoom8
The stunning defeat of President Trumps chosen Senate candidate in Alabama on Tuesday amounted to a political lightning strike setting the stage for a worsening Republican civil war that could have profound effects on next years midterm elections and undermine Trumps clout with his core voters.
It marked yet another humiliation for the Washington-based Republican establishment, particularly Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose allies pumped millions of dollars into the race to prop up Strange and reassure his colleagues that they could survive the Trump era.
If youre an incumbent, you have to assume the wind is against you, said consultant Tom Ingram, a longtime Corker adviser. If you do run, you take nothing for granted and leave nothing on the table. You start out with one big strike against you: Youre an incumbent Republican senator.
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I hope people will put the popcorn and their feet down and do whatever they can to support MAGA candidates run and win. They will need all the help they can get from us.
what were the actual issue differences between strange and moore?
think about it trump supported Mitch’s boy verbally but did he try very hard....I think you are right a deal was struck for trumps support but trump really gave away nothing because matches boy was enough of a looser that trumps support did not really help much.
Hope we are right...!!
Strange was more liberal about DACA legislation and more willing to be accommodating to some of McDonnell’s strategies in the Senate. Of course, the big “thing” was that the GOP establishment and Chamber of Commerce put millions into the campaign for Strange.
Liberals tend to worship the man over the message, just as they did with Obama, who could do no wrong in their eyes. Conservatives are more level headed and loyal to a powerful cause: Make America Great Again!
Trumpism defeated Trump
If Trump wont take down the GOPe then Trumpism will have to do it without him
It was predicted here that the media establishment would try to make this out as some huge loss for Trump, when the opposite is true. Trump now has a huge owe-me on McConnell, and a Senator, assuming a win in the general election, much more in line with his program. Looks like a win-win to me.
Strange was “chosen” by the AL governor and bankrolled by Bitch McConnell.
Another win in Sarah Palin’s column.
I want her back as Alaska governor.
I understand Trump needed to show Senators if they support him, he will support them. He couldn’t go scorched earth on a new Senator who had not opposed his agenda. But his rhetoric was unnecessary. He could and should have stuck to positive things about Strange, and said nothing negative about Moore. His comments will be used against Moore in the election.
It looks like the WaPoo is trying to spin this as a positive thing for liberals.
“Republican civil war” Ha!
What I see is conservatives taking back the Republican party. It’s a war by conservatives against the Uniparty and we are winning. We are Draining the Swamp! One seat at a time.
We need term limits. I favor longer rather than shorter terms, perhaps twelve years (two Senate terms and the equivalent period in the House). Experience does matter and Members do improve after they’ve been through the budget cycle a few times and logged serious time on their subcommittees. People sometimes suggest a six year term, but that would toss Members out just as they’ve learned the job. Twelve years strikes me as an appropriate period. The main thing is to get rid of the lifers. We would lose some good ones, but we would also lose those who have built an unassailable political machine, have become members for life, and who forget who they’re working for.
I can hardly wait to see the exploding heads on CNN, NBC,and ABC. when in November 2018, the populist GOP march continues to avalanche Washington fartmeister GOP silver spoon RINOs and racial & ethnic nationalist Dems: They are ALL farting , bleating sheep, being led to the slaughter by President Trump!
WABOOM!
Yeah, and they don’t even realize how Trump is laughing is ass off right now about this... he he he
As I said on another thread, kabuki theater at its best.
Wonder how long it’ll take for the media to figure it out?
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