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Trump Holds $300M War Chest as GOP Awaits Midterm Strategy-(Is it time for a new Contract?)
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Posted on 02/09/2026 11:50:05 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

With more than $300 million in political funds at his disposal, Donald Trump has become a central figure in Republicans' efforts to protect their thin congressional majorities, but party leaders, donors, and candidates say they are still waiting for clear guidance as November's midterm elections approach.

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To: dware

Correct, I think a lot of people don’t see just how angry people are


21 posted on 02/09/2026 1:32:59 PM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: HYPOCRACY

John Glenn? Florida-Nelson.

Deportation-I liked his first term idea. Stay but never vote. The contract could be confined to getting rid of every gang-banger with no mention of the law abiding illegals. Let the rats run with their earth-is-falling tactics.

Never vote-if that were to take effect I say import every Joo in the world outside of Israel where they could thrive here. Let the synagogs figure out how they assimilate.


22 posted on 02/09/2026 1:33:15 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It looks like the republicans will win the senate but they’re behind in the house by roughly 220-215. Most of the house seats are a lock by either the democrat or republican candidate with only very roughly 35 seats that are actually in play.

I’ve seen data which shows that in 92% of house races, the party that spends the most— wins.

Therefore, Republicans need to figure out the minimum they need to spend to ensure that they outspend democrats in uncontested districts. then spend the rest of their war chest on the contested districts.

My understanding is that the RNC has about 5 times the amount of money in their war chest as the DNC. That’s on top of the Trump war chest.
c


23 posted on 02/09/2026 1:37:36 PM PST by ckilmer (`61)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Winning will
Take serious work and investment.

We need a WORKING majority in Congress


24 posted on 02/09/2026 1:38:47 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: napscoordinator

Certainly, but the geriatric wing of incumbents are saying “we will lose if he doesn’t spend it on me. “

They want the funds now, At least a commitment, but they fail to codify his EOs.


25 posted on 02/09/2026 1:56:24 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
If we can poach a couple of governors offices in states with geezer senators ready to croak just think what a GOP appointee could do in the short term.

According to Grok, the states with 2026 gubernatorial elections and at least one U.S. Senator over age 70 are Iowa, Vermont, Maine, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

26 posted on 02/09/2026 2:15:14 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

End H1-B Visas,
Ban AIPAC
Ban Congress from trading stocks

Do this now and have the Democrats be filerbusting it during election season


27 posted on 02/09/2026 2:15:27 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Whatever happened to that much-ballyhooed "Midterm GOP Convention" that was bandied about some months ago?

That seems like a very good idea to mobilize the masses. Let's hope it actually happens.

28 posted on 02/09/2026 2:24:03 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/23/gop-moves-forward-with-midterm-convention-featuring-trump/


29 posted on 02/09/2026 2:27:27 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: qam1

that’s a sensible idea that would likely have a lot of support from swing voters as well


30 posted on 02/09/2026 2:42:08 PM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: DIRTYSECRET

No. The Contract was an utter failure.


31 posted on 02/09/2026 2:54:42 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It doesn’t matter how much money Trump has because the Republicans in Congress are bought off, lazy, & incompetent.

He could spend all of it, but he’d just be putting lipstick on a bunch of pigs.


32 posted on 02/09/2026 6:34:46 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: T Ruth

Good work.


33 posted on 02/10/2026 6:04:13 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: unclebankster

Folks here have been claiming this the entire administration.

It is wishful thinking.

**********************

I’ll continue to claim it, until somebody beside Epstein is accused of having improper relations with girls who were under 18.

So far everything I’ve read has been the same thing.

Epstein was a powerful guy, who was able to get 14-17 year girls to get into cars driven by Maxwell & Kellen. Then they took $200 to $ $300 payouts multiple times for whatever services they were providing Epstein.


34 posted on 02/10/2026 4:40:40 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: Spktyr

Explain


35 posted on 02/10/2026 4:41:56 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus

Congressional Accountability Act turned out to be mostly theater, Congress was still lefft immune to most laws that apply to other people.

Fiscal Responsibility Act failed to pass and was dropped without a second run.

Taking Back Our Streets Act didn’t have a statistically significant effect on crime rates.

Personal Responsibbility Act didn’t pass.

Citizen Legislature Act didn’t pass.

National Security Restoration Act, Common Sense Legal Reform Act, American Dream Restoration Act, didn’t pass.

Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act didn’t even make it into of the House.

And of the 95 major programs that the contract with America promised to eliminate, none were eliminated and their budgets had even increased by 13% by 2000.

They didn’t even seriously try to blunt or repeal the Assault Weapons Ban.


36 posted on 02/10/2026 11:04:57 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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