The only other thing we got going is old age(thinking retirement) democrats. Would Sununu be interested if Shaheen(age 79)called it quits? Warner will be 72 and I think Younger thinks the senate is beneath him. Incumbency will scare them both off. Same with Kemp taking on Ossoff in Ga.
Cleaning up the voting rolls on a national level would do the most to get us off our dead behinds.
You can’t loot the US Treasury if you can’t get elected.
Bottomline, theaten ing reelection is the only power level that is respected.
Yep. There are “purple” republican representatives and there are purple democrat representatives.
If we can get some Democrats to think about their own self-interest it would be a plus. That party tends to vote as a block — their leadership tells them how it’s going to be. That, in the past, has been the way for them to look out for their own self-interest. In a new era, with GOP dominance, that Democrat block might fracture a little.
I can’t understand why the RATS are scared of every Trump nominee. Bidenskyyyyyyyy is going to pardon every RAT for all their crimes committed against Americans during the Soetoro and Biden administration anyway. This also includes Karmalita’s 104 days in office.
Excellent.
They’ll vote for the shoe-ins. They won’t give any leverage for the controversial nominees.
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., also up for reelection in 2026, said he would consider every candidate on their own merits.
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is this your fraternity bro
The only thing that gets their attention is a threat to their personal gravy train.
I'll take "Things Democrats only say when their power is threatened" for $100.00 Alex!
Fetterman may vote for Trump’s nominees too.
Assoff will lose peters no way
He may lose. But in that scenario, we will lose Tom Tillis in NC especially if Roy Cooper decides to run for the Senate.
Looking at 2026:
The Republicans could lose Maine and North Carolina. But the RINOs are vulnerable in Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
The Democrats are vulnerable in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Virginia.
It depends how successful the America First movement is through spring 2026.
They are only saying they are open minded etc. If the vote for confirmation is close they will vote against Trump’s nominees. If the vote is not close and their vote won’t make a difference they might support Trump’s nominees.
Once upon a time the magic bullet fantasist, Arlen Specter crossed party lines to become a “Republican” in the Jim Jeffords, Larry Craig, and Trent Lott wing of the Republican wing of the Uniparty.
Ever since folk have been thinking Ol’ Joe Manchin would do the same.
Manchin was just leveraging for more money into his campaign chest that would eventually end up in his bank account.
A Google search will find pictures of this “humble” West Virginian’s yacht.
Party lines have become so polarized that I don’t see any senator crossing over to change parties.
I really don’t see any senators crossing over to vote with the other party either, as this article suggests.
Even though there is only one party in American and Trump ain’t a member, the PRETENSION that we have two parties in mighty opposition is necessary for the two “opposing” brands to exist.
Ossoff won in 2020 because of vote fraud.