Posted on 09/25/2020 12:53:02 PM PDT by Qiviut
It’s hard to overemphasize this story yesterday from Axios, a reliable Democrat organ. For months, we’ve been hearing that Joe Biden has a “digital” campaign that is emphasizing vote by mail (VBM). The reason for the pivot? According to Axios, “threats of U.S. Postal Service delays, Team Trump litigation and higher ballot rejection rates become clearer, many are pivoting to promote more in-person voting as well.”
Nice reasons. All of them possibly contributory. But for the most part, this is a lie. Do you want to know what is really causing the panic? Two words: North Carolina.
As the VBM from early voting in North Carolina are coming in (according to joeisdone.githu.io), it is already clear that Democrats were “expecting” 60% VBM “turnout,” but so far are looking at a shocking 40% VBM—and this is before ballots are tossed out or disqualified. On the other hand, Republicans were expected to come in at an 18% rate—but are actually slightly over-performing at about a 20% rate. In other words, in their first test of VBM, the Democrats saw a disaster on the horizon.
It’s really worse than that. Joe Biden, by all public accounts, was way, way behind the curve in the ground game from the beginning. He didn’t have an office in Minnesota until August. Biden field workers are way understaffed and under-supplied. Then they have a candidate who has put a “lid” on his public appearances at 9:00 in the morning! Some speculate this is because he is being briefed relentlessly for the debate—yet talk show host Rush Limbaugh insists Biden will “suddenly” find one of his staffers tested positive with COVID and have to quarantine himself. If not before the first debate, certainly thereafter.
Another key sign that not only is the Democrat strategy of mail-in voting failing badly in the presidential race, but it is also affecting the House races, is the fact that Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly pulled the plug on further impeachment talk, saying Trump isn’t “worth the trouble”. Then, although I don’t do polls, there has clearly been a shift. Rasmussen, for the first time, has Trump leading nationally, and a slew of state polls had good news for Trump in Arizona, Texas, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, and even New Mexico.
The final factor about to weigh in on the Democrats’ chances are the upcoming Senate hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. While some have suggested the Republicans don’t need to hold hearings (true), they won’t break tradition so as to appease the “moderates” who will nevertheless be voting for Trump’s choice.
In a perverse way, however, the hearings will likely help the GOP in the general election. The Democrats, you see, “kain’t hep themselves” (to paraphrase former Texas governor Ann Richards when referring to George H. W. Bush). They will go dirty; they will be over the top. And, just like the Brett Kavanaugh hearings (that elected four Republicans to Democrats senate seats) and the 2002 “Wellstone Memorial” (where, while supposedly mourning Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, who died in an airplane crash, displayed their utter lack of humanity by booing Republicans who attended to pay their condolences). Episodes such as these are not lost on voters.
Taken together, the Senate and House races probably will be affected. If the Democrats’ strategy—after months of telling their voters to vote by mail—is to suddenly demand they show up in person, when they risk the China Virus; if it is to demean and tar an upstanding female Court nominee, and it if is to rely on completely unreliable polls while ignoring the sea change of registration at their feet . . . well, what happens next is entirely on them.
Larry Schweikart is the co-author, along with Michael Allen, of the New York Times #1 bestseller, A Patriot’s History of the United States, is the author of Reagan: The American President, and is the founder of Wild World of History, a history curriculum website with full US and World History courses for grades 9-12 that include teachers’ guide, student workbooks, tests, maps/graphs, and video lessons to accompany every unit (www.wildworldofhistory.com).
Ping!
If Trump wins in an electoral landslide, the media will immediately put the democrat push for VBM into the memory hole and commence with blaming 2020 corona voting problems with ruining and election, which at the VERY MINIMUM they will attempt to use to de-legitimize his power and call his next four years all to ‘lame duck’, but more likely call for house corruption probes (ironic, isn’t it?) and probably even.... a special prosecutor
I don’t care how or why they lose; we MUST make sure that they do!
Trump. 2020. Landslide. Let’s Make It So! :)
Good job, Larry. I can feel the excitement building. Things are solidifying toward the right.
Humblegunner, you are a very sad individual. Please seek the Lord. And get help for your psyche and thersitical tongue. LS is a blessing to all of us.
I'm pretty happy actually.
Please seek the Lord.
Is he online pretending to be smarter than everyone?
LS is a blessing to all of us.
I guess that depends upon how you define "blessing".
You may be one of those folks inclined to become a "follower".
Stay away from Guyana.
Another reason is all the investigations that have been launched into voter fraud. They figure if they back off, it will take the issue off the radar and there won’t be a clamor to investigate.
The situation in PA with the discarded mail-in votes didn’t help the Left’s cause at all. Sort of hard to say there’s no fraud with situations like that being discovered.
DOJ orders Pennsylvania county to change ballot practices after ‘troubling’ findings
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/military-ballots-trump-pennsylvania
Thanks for the ping!
Hey there, “Always Right” Larry... lol... love that column. Good analysis, very clear-headed. It’s bad for them that they are making a big strategy change this late in the election season. What do we have, 38 days? That’s one month and one week.
That’s a lifetime in politics, but it’s still not good for them. Our side is just trotting along, staying the course, racing the good race.
What's wrong with being an arrogant prick?
It reminds me of...... ME!
:)
DISGUSTING EVEN FOR LIBERALS.......
After Trump wins, the GOP might want to consider calling for the repeal of the 22nd Amendment so that PDJT can serve a 3rd & a 4th term. Hey, FDR won 4 terms after all, so "It's Only Fair" Trump gets the same chance.
The Dems would probably actually support the move to repeal, because they would be so cock-sure that either Obama or Clinton would run for a 3rd term against Trump and easily win.
It's a highly risky strategy, with either very big rewards or big disasters. Risk'averse people would hate the idea.
Too bad there’s no way to attach some “eye bleach” to post pics like this. I cannot even describe to you what I think about animals like these ... can’t bring myself to call them humans.
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