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Steve Israel: A bump in Biden approval rating ‘probably saves the Senate for Democrats’
The hill ^ | 04/11/2022 | The hill

Posted on 04/11/2022 9:58:07 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) predicted on Monday that just a slight uptick in President Biden’s approval numbers could spare Democrats a thrashing in the Senate in this year’s midterm elections.

But whether Democrats can retain their paper-thin Senate majority may come down to a few factors, Israel said, warning that if Biden’s approval rating stays where it is now and the party’s voter base heads into Election Day unmotivated, it could cost Democrats at the polls.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; approval; biden; election2022; election2024; israel; newyork; senate; steveisrael; thehill; theshill
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Amnesty Senators Hoeven and Rubio have no opposition, which means Florida and North Dakota voters want amnesty and a permanent Democrat majority in the future.

It more likely means they have no idea what their Senators stand for - just that they have an (R) after their names so they must be better than the other guys.

21 posted on 04/11/2022 10:43:32 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Alas Babylon!

Murkowski is reportedly in serious trouble this time.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/07/11/could-lisa-murkowski-be-in-trouble-after-primary-challenger-receives-latest-major-endorsement-n2592353


22 posted on 04/11/2022 10:44:40 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Yep, even if the GOP takes the Senate, they will keep being Assistant Democrats because people will not stop voting for Bush League Republicans. Amnesty Senators Hoeven and Rubio have no opposition, which means Florida and North Dakota voters want amnesty and a permanent Democrat majority in the future.

Yes, amnesty came up for votes so often when the GOP took control of the Senate in January 2015, didn't it? You'd hardly know things had changed. The GOP rushed to get Scalia's Senate seat filled with the Obama appointee just as the Democrats would have, used the nuclear option to get Trump's SCOTUS appointees through just as the Democrats would have, confirmed record numbers of Trump's judicial appointments just as the Democrats would have, passed numerous CRA resolutions to reverse Obama regulations just as the Democrats would have, passed tax reform just as the Democrats would have, repealed the individual mandate, etc. Not a dimes worth of difference with them in charge vs. what the Democrats would have done!

23 posted on 04/11/2022 10:45:31 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dream on you but hole.


24 posted on 04/11/2022 10:46:12 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If by “bump” he actually means “mail-in votes”, he could be right.


25 posted on 04/11/2022 10:46:16 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: ChicagoConservative27

whistle past that graveyard, fella.....


26 posted on 04/11/2022 10:46:52 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Republican Wildcat

Warnock is going down in Georgia to Herschel Walker.....


27 posted on 04/11/2022 10:47:31 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Republican Wildcat

They’re floating amnesty again right now.


28 posted on 04/11/2022 10:48:14 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Wiser now

Not so confidant in that given ranked choice voting. She is clearly now campaigning for the Democrat vote with her support of Biden’s ultra-left SCOTUS pick.


29 posted on 04/11/2022 10:48:31 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Are you that clueless? The GOP is not presently in charge of the Senate. Schumer is the majority leader!

You are seriously not aware of that?


30 posted on 04/11/2022 10:49:25 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Gaffer

Specifically I should have said “net gain” not merely winning some seats.


31 posted on 04/11/2022 10:50:28 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: All

Maybe the 300 Republicans could hold Press Conferences and talk about Hunter and say Joe has to answer for his brother and son in his foreign family business.

Just an idea.


32 posted on 04/11/2022 10:52:33 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Cornpop was a bad dude)
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To: Republican Wildcat

It was REPUBLICAN House members that are floating it.

When we lose our country, you’ll be happy that it happened when the GOP wasn’t in the majority even though they provided the votes to make it happen.


33 posted on 04/11/2022 10:53:07 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Understood....I just think that regular America isn’t predisposed to believe Democrat lies from their prospective Senatorial candidates. They offer nothing but more of the same last two years and worse, frankly.


34 posted on 04/11/2022 10:53:21 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

R’s are defending 20 seats to 14 for Dems, so they have to win 21 of 34 races to win the majority, plus you actually need about 55 to neuter (more than they already are) Romney, Murkowski, Collins, etc. Probably better odds of retaking the House, especially since House races are more difficult to cheat.


35 posted on 04/11/2022 10:54:45 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This former Dem congressman can always fantasize.
The problem Democrats have is over the last decade they built their house on the frivolous hill of identity and class warfare politics which might work in good times when the populace is feeling secure. But, that one trick pony can only take you so far. For any political strategy that has demonizing as its core has its limits when an insecure populace comes to realize demonizing is not a solution. It’s a nonresponsive tactic. Indeed, when the ground is moving while Dems are in control and the public is being battered by the reality of forces that directly affect their sense of security like inflation, crime, covid school closings, uncontrolled borders, energy prices, etc, suddenly the glitzy, media friendly social justice melodrama, virtue signaling, race baiting, xenophobia accusations and class warfare, which may have worked in the past to get the vote out, has few takers and left Democrats with little to fall back on. Even the media, which has taken the clue that there is currently no market for identity politics narratives and have put them on hold, will not be able to bail them out of this one. Enjoy the purge. Mr Israel.


36 posted on 04/11/2022 11:05:14 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s great too see that Rep. Steve Israel is still sniffing glue.

I hope that the voters show their love for the Rat Party come November 8th by kicking their butts out of the government and into the history’s trash can.


37 posted on 04/11/2022 11:11:17 AM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What is he smoking?


38 posted on 04/11/2022 11:14:58 AM PDT by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nation of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: Alas Babylon!

Word is Trump cut a deal with Dr. Oz that he would endorse him with Oz’s promise not to vote for Mitch.


39 posted on 04/11/2022 11:15:25 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The media have 6 months to create an “uptick” — all the time in the world.


40 posted on 04/11/2022 11:21:48 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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