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Don't Get Cocky about the Midterms
American Thinker ^ | 01/20/2022 | E. Jeffrey Ludwig

Posted on 01/19/2022 7:08:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind

We are hearing a lot of people expressing happiness at the low Biden poll numbers, and some are looking forward to a Democrat crash later this year. One conservative outlet stated, "The polling confirms voters are fed up with Mr. Biden's failures. After a year of Biden-driven decline, Americans are looking for a positive, forward-looking alternative." Perhaps they are counting their chickens before they are hatched?

This writer looked up some history about changes in control of the House and Senate and found the following:

* The Democrats gained the House and Senate back in 2006. President George Bush's approval ratings that year, according to Gallup, hovered in the high 30th percentile, with brief moments above 40. If Biden's approval ratings remain low throughout the year, predictions of a Republican sweep of House and Senate might materialize. However, we cannot forget that by 2006, it became clear than Pres. Bush and his secretary of state, the revered phony Gen. Colin Powell, had presented bald-faced lies to the public about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as an excuse to invade that terrible country. So far, a lie of that magnitude has not been forthcoming from the Biden tirades and drivel. Rather, we have been blessed with merely hearing a bunch of lesser lies and distortions.

* In 1994, both Houses went Republican, yet in January of that year, Pres. Clinton's approval rating was at 58%, but by the two months prior to November, it had fallen to about 40%.

The low presidential approval just prior to the November election suggests last-minute disaffection, but that year does show that the high level of popularity achieved by Clinton at the beginning of and for most of the year did not translate into victory at the time of the election

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: complacency; elections; midterms
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The X factor is the big C word -- CHEATING.

WE HAVE GOT TO ENSURE THAT A REPEAT OF NOVEMBER 2020 DOES NOT HAPPEN OR THIS COUNTRY IS SCREWED.

1 posted on 01/19/2022 7:08:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
The X factor is the big C word -- CHEATING.

Absolutely right, but don't tell the Cheer Leaders. They are already setting committee assignments.

2 posted on 01/19/2022 7:10:23 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes. The media is sometimes cocky about the Dims prospects (sometimes in error) but the Dims, organizationally, are never cocky about their prospects - they are always on a “war” footing. And so too it is past time that in that regard the GOP should always be on a war footing against the Dims, never relaxing, never better on popularity of the moment, always acting like defeat can come at any minute unless they stay engaged and vigilant.


3 posted on 01/19/2022 7:12:49 AM PST by Wuli
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To: SeekAndFind

“So far, a lie of that magnitude has not been forthcoming from the Biden tirades and drivel.”

Lying about vaccine efficacy doesn’t count?


4 posted on 01/19/2022 7:14:22 AM PST by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: SeekAndFind

At the state and county level we’re having a difficult time finding conservative candidates willing to run for office. (Colorado)


5 posted on 01/19/2022 7:14:57 AM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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To: JonPreston

While the rats are targeting specific races they need and mobilizing their fraud machines all the way down to the street level.

Who’s gonna stop them?


6 posted on 01/19/2022 7:15:03 AM PST by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

Pffffttttt! Not a chance in hell that brandon will beat Trump. He’s too busy hiding in his basement................. Cocky had nothing to do with it. In hindsight, his lack of campaigning and the lame turnouts in cars can be attributed to only one thing. THEY KNEW, no matter how many votes Trump would get, they would have more.


7 posted on 01/19/2022 7:20:03 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: SeekAndFind

Has anything been reversed from 2020?
Have the rigged machines been replaced?
Has the rigged software been tossed?
Have the PEOPLE who corrupted the machines and software been arrested, charged, and convicted?


8 posted on 01/19/2022 7:20:36 AM PST by Kalamata
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To: SeekAndFind

If they pass the two voting rights bills, it’s all over.


9 posted on 01/19/2022 7:22:03 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: SeekAndFind

Never forget the Republicans skill for screwing thing up


10 posted on 01/19/2022 7:29:54 AM PST by ps425dc
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To: G Larry

Mail in voting makes it a hapless cause.


11 posted on 01/19/2022 7:31:46 AM PST by lone star annie ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

I expect to win the battle, but the war is a long one...


12 posted on 01/19/2022 7:35:01 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: G Larry

Find someone who would make a good candidate, check his/her background if necessary, then find a proven political advisor. And stay involved with both.


13 posted on 01/19/2022 7:35:36 AM PST by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: SeekAndFind

Excessive Fraud will always be with us unless the only voting allowed is in person voting.
It should be a sacred requirement to vote.

Punishment for voter fraud should be extreme.

Lots of shoulds these days.

We should be..._____ fill the blank.


14 posted on 01/19/2022 7:38:07 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Rats like the sewer. There are a lot of rats.


15 posted on 01/19/2022 7:41:10 AM PST by stevio
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To: right way right

Sacred requirement to vote IN PERSON. I meant.


16 posted on 01/19/2022 7:44:12 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: SeekAndFind
Cocky?

I'm thinking full rigidity.

17 posted on 01/19/2022 7:45:29 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: SeekAndFind

Use polling data to see how short we are check. Find a judge to allow ballot harvesting even when it’s against state law check. Find a judge to allow drop off ballots with no verification check. Find a judge to allow unrestricted mail in voting with no verification check. File a lawsuit on election day to extend in person voting 4 hours after the election day deadline in big cities check. File a law suit to “count all the votes” 30 days after election check. Hold back the Blue city vote total until we can see how many votes we need to find check. Still not enough votes, keep demanding recounts so all “misplaced and lost votes” are discovered and counted check. WE Win! Conservatives cry foul about vote fraud, both we and our media allies start the “education” campaign “ Stolen election and fraudulent votes claims is a lie with no basis in fact and as Hillary Clinton always says has been thoroughly debunked. This is alleged by Trump supporters and others who are not only sore losers but are undermining our democracy with their lies.” We are now in power pass laws to secure our votes and criminalize conservatives who “threaten our democracy” check.


18 posted on 01/19/2022 7:48:42 AM PST by bonehead4freedom
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To: G Larry

“At the state and county level we’re having a difficult time finding conservative candidates willing to run for office. (Colorado)”

The last election for council here in Longmont there were NO conservatives. We have a SoyBoy/Catlady council.


19 posted on 01/19/2022 8:07:05 AM PST by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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“So far, a lie of that magnitude has not been forthcoming from the Biden tirades and drivel.”

No, Bidden tells us the even bigger lie that he won the 2020 election.

20 posted on 01/19/2022 8:10:24 AM PST by jpsb
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