Posted on 11/03/2014 5:02:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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If Republicans regain control of the Senate on Tuesday night, they will have good reason to gloat. They recruited much stronger, more sensible nominees this year -- no more candidates riding broomsticks or hurling insults at women. They also smartly accepted President Barack Obama's implicit challenge to make his record their centerpiece.
But when they wake up from their celebrations, top GOP strategists such as Karl Rove will surely warn them: "Don't over-read this election. Yes, it opens up great opportunities for the next two years, but it does not open a clear path to seizing the White House and Congress in 2016. Beware the 'blue wall!' "
Nobody has talked much about the blue wall in this year's election cycle. No reason to. Looking ahead, however, it looms increasingly as one of the most important features of America's new political terrain. It is certainly a huge boulder standing in the way of a full Republican resurgence in 2016 and giving protection to Democrats.
The blue wall is a powerful phalanx of 18 states and the District of Columbia that have voted for the Democrats in every single presidential election for 20 years -- six straight. Some states have been in the Democratic column even longer.
It's not just the number of blue states but how huge an advantage they provide for the Democratic presidential nominee. Altogether, these 18 states plus the District of Columbia account for 242 electoral votes -- just 28 shy of the 270 magic total required to win the White House....
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Plus another McCain will be a disaster. ( 3 strikes and YER OUT!)
David Gerkin repeats the new endless theme.
[waves hand] This is not the mandate your looking for.
We need a candidate so inspirational that thousands of normally non-voters will be drawn to the polls. One that will draw an additional 10 million Evangelicals in Florida, Ohio, and Virginia.
*Paging Ted Cruz*
Given the way the GOP's been acting we can almost count on them pushing Romney, Bush, or Christie and a solid campaign of the other guy's worse
as they recycle bad ideas and bad candidates.
Freakin' moron.
It’s heart-warming that all these leftists care so much that we take care of our victory.
What would we do without their advice.
I getting tired of the commie ‘RATS telling us “don’t read anything into this election” every time the GOP kicks their asses. If we take back the Senate, the GOP needs to cowboy up and stomp on the ‘RATS every chance they get. Maybe rustle some of Hopalong Harry’s cattle.
However, conservatives have ways of making those18 stupid states pay for their ignorance. Don’t spend a dime in those states for business or pleasure. Take your money to friendly states instead.
“Altogether, these 18 states plus the District of Columbia account for 242 electoral votes — just 28 shy of the 270 magic total required to win the White House”
I just don’t see how this is winnable. You would have to deny them virtually every swing state.
Perhaps efforts are better made, monetary and otherwise, in electing governors and legislatures that will either secede or just blank Clintoon
The blue “wall” has a lot of cracks. The author is not impressing me with this idiocy. Everyone of these voted for Ronald Reagan’s second term except Minnesota.
The 18 states of the “wall”:
California -
Connecticut - Likely to elect a GOP governor
Delaware -
Hawaii -
Illinois - Has a GOP governor
Maine - will elect a GOP senator
Maryland -
Massachusetts - will elect a GOP governor
Michigan - has a GOP senator and Congress
Minnesota -
New Jersey - has a GOP governor
New York - GOP controls the state senate
Oregon -
Pennsylvania - a GOP governor
Rhode Island -
Vermont - minimal gun control, best in the country
Washington -
Wisconsin - has a conservative GOP governor
That will never, ever happen with the GOP.
Conservatives, on the other hand...
The disappointing part is that all three of those states seem to be frequently mentioned with vote fraud even though they have R governor and R sec of state.
(I realize Virginia no longer has an R gov but the did when McAwful was being elected)
David Gergen and Karl Rove.
Yeah, these guys will lead us to a new golden era of prosperity, smaller government, and domestic tranquility.
But shouldn’t David Brooks and his sound advice been woven into the story, too?
You forgot Jennifer Rubin, Meghan McCain, Nicolle Wallace, David Frum, Mary Cheney and Steve Schmidt.
It’s always fun to Democrat party shills give Republicans advice, you just know it’s from their heart.
Not to mention Joe Scarborough, Abby Huntsman, Mark McKinnon, Mike Murphy and Harry Barbour.
A pox on them all.
CNN meltdown starting....
And you can bet your retirement nest egg, that half of the posters on FR will be yelling at you to "vote RINO because they don't suck as much as the Dems".
It's becoming a vicious circle of insanity.
LOL — True.
>It's becoming a vicious circle of insanity.
Insanity seems like a step up from whatever this is.
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