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The Midwest’s broken blue wall
The New Criterion ^ | 5-5-2019 | Julie Kelly

Posted on 05/10/2019 6:39:18 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

Trump’s success story in the Midwest will be hard for Democrats to top.

Regardless of who wins the Democratic nomination for president one year from now, the party’s deep pockets already are prepping the groundwork to make sure that history—or herstory, if you will—does not repeat itself in 2020. The Democratic presidential candidate’s path to the White House doesn’t run along the Acela Corridor or the Pacific Coast Highway, but rather across Interstate 94 in the upper midsection of the country. Democrats learned this the hard way in 2016.

For all her excuses—Russian social media bots, former FBI Director James Comey, traitorous married white women—Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election for one reason: She failed to carry the Midwest, including the crucial states of Michigan and Wisconsin.

(Excerpt) Read more at newcriterion.com ...


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No excerpt, only the beginning of the article. Lengthy but worth your while.
1 posted on 05/10/2019 6:39:18 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

the gest of the article, says Trump is stronger now in the Midwest than ever.

However, I see an opening for another democrat candidate to step in. Don’t know who that might be.

I think Bernie, is going to get the nomination.

It comes down to, if the GOP will give Trump another luke warm backing like they did in 2018.


2 posted on 05/10/2019 6:51:01 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Sir Napsalot

Creepy Sleepy gonna show ‘em the error of their ways :-)


3 posted on 05/10/2019 7:07:03 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: nikos1121

My prediction for D is either Biden/Harris or Bernie/Klobuchar.

Again, all Democrats have to do is not be crazy, but the majority of the clown car occupants are just that crazy clowns.


4 posted on 05/10/2019 7:07:18 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: Sir Napsalot

With the economy booming and Trump steadily marching down the list of campaign promises......tariffs, the Wall, etc I think he’s got an excellent chance in the Midwest again. He actually keeps his promises - or at least makes every effort to like no previous president I’ve ever seen with the possible exception of Ronald Reagan.


5 posted on 05/10/2019 7:08:05 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Although I've seen national unemployment stats that are truly historic I haven't seen any from the traditionally "blue" states that DJT carried.

Has anyone seen any such stats? Can one assume that these states are benefiting,employment-wise,from the Trump economy as the nation as a whole is?

6 posted on 05/10/2019 7:09:00 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I know unemployment in Pennsylvania is the lowest it has been in decades going back to the 1960s.


7 posted on 05/10/2019 7:13:41 AM PDT by mrs9x
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I know unemployment in Pennsylvania is the lowest it has been in decades going back to the 1960s.

That's great news.And Ohio wasn't even close in '16 so it's hard to imagine it flipping.If things are going well in MI and IN then it seems highly likely that DJT is a shoe-in next year.

8 posted on 05/10/2019 7:18:17 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
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To: FLT-bird
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Finding enough workers “is a problem playing out in many parts of the Midwest, a region with lower unemployment and higher job-opening rates than the rest of the country,” according to an April 2018 Wall Street Journal report, citing hiring challenges by employers in Iowa, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Southwestern Ohio, solid Trump country, is in the midst of a warehousing boom.

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The figures are linked in the WSJ, behind a paywall or a log-in. I didn't check on it, but have no reason to doubt the author of this article.

9 posted on 05/10/2019 7:19:51 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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It is not lost on the Rats that the GOP did NOTHING about the cheating in 18. This was just the trail run, they are going to cheat to a degree we cannot imagine. Trump won by a lot of electoral votes but a number of those sates were razor thin wins.


10 posted on 05/10/2019 7:21:16 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Sir Napsalot

As my home state of Kansas turns bluer and bluer....


11 posted on 05/10/2019 7:34:18 AM PDT by peggybac (Government is about force. It always has been about force.)
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To: nikos1121

How can it be Bernie when the MSM is beating him in the head with ole pervy Joe fake polls?


12 posted on 05/10/2019 8:12:27 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Harpotoo

He has a very loyal following. Just don’t see anyone else coming in, but it’s still early.


13 posted on 05/10/2019 8:26:28 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Sir Napsalot

“time, money and psychic energy tailoring their message to”: otherwise known as pandering, the quintessential campaigning strategy of Dems and something that Trump as never done ...

Trump has exactly ONE message, a message for ALL Americans, and Trump never deviates from his singular message regardless of who, where, or when he gives a speech ... and this genuineness and complete lack of phoniness is just one of many reasons so many of us love this man so much ...


14 posted on 05/10/2019 11:08:25 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

current unemployment numbers by state:

https://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm

past unemployment numbers by state:

https://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt_moave.xlsx


15 posted on 05/10/2019 11:12:41 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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