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Red tsunami in the Midwest?
hotair.com ^ | 10/21/22 | DAVID STROM

Posted on 10/21/2022 11:34:57 AM PDT by cotton1706

Just as a rising tide can lift all boats, a roaring tsunami can sink even the largest ships. In this case 3 huge blue-painted ships named Governor Walz, Governor Whitmer, and Governor Evers.

The coming Red tsunami is putting races that in normal times would be out of reach for Republicans in play. That sure seems to be the case here in Middle America.

MINNESOTA

What caught my eye this morning was the buzz around the governor’s race in my own state, Minnesota. Here in Minnesota, Republicans have gotten extremely good at losing statewide offices–It has been 18 years since a Republican won a statewide office, and longer than that since a gubernatorial candidate succeeded in winning without significant assistance from a left-leaning third party candidate taking votes away from the Democrat.

Our Republican political establishment is so used to losing that sometimes it seems they don’t even try to win. They whinge, they complain about candidate quality, they believe everybody to the right of John McCain is too conservative.

Minnesota is a terrible place to be a conservative. The only reason I stay here is for the weather. The deadly winters, the sticky summer heat, the muddy springs. They call to me.

Republicans are competitive in legislative races, so the money tends to flow there. As long as the Republicans can slow down the Democrat destruction of our state with legislative majorities in at least one house of the legislature our Republican establishment is happy. So they tend to abandon our statewide candidates immediately, blaming them for being losers.

Yet Scott Jensen, who was neither the favorite of the Establishment nor of many conservatives, has managed to steadily rise in the polls despite being ridiculously outspent and being the subject of an endless number of attack ads

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections
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1 posted on 10/21/2022 11:34:57 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Please please MI retire the lying control freak with the dead eyes.


2 posted on 10/21/2022 11:37:17 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: cotton1706

All fingers and toes crossed (and I’ve donated to Republicans in GA, PA, NV and AZ).

Election night 2016 was one of the greatest nights of my life. Watching those smug commie announcers choke as Trump carried state after state was priceless. Hoping that we’ll see similar type results roll in this election.


3 posted on 10/21/2022 11:39:58 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: cotton1706

Maybe. Who’s doing the countin’?


4 posted on 10/21/2022 11:43:37 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: FLNittany
Maybe. Who’s doing the countin’?

The DEMs control the big cities across the country. You guess.

5 posted on 10/21/2022 11:46:41 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Best advice I saw was to show up on election day. If everyone does it, then it’s much harder to calculate the steal.


7 posted on 10/21/2022 11:47:17 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: cotton1706; All

“I know next to nothing about Tim Michels, so I can’t say whether he is an amazing candidate, but in 2022 do you really have to? A vulnerable Democrat in a tough political environment has a lot to worry about even running against a generic opponent, and a competent campaign should put Michels over the top. It would genuinely surprise me if Michels didn’t win, in a way a Walz victory in Minnesota would not. RCP rates the race a toss up but predicts a Republican pick up.”

Tim Michels is a good, solid candidate. Self-made man, won’t be bought off by special interests. Endorsed by President in Exile Trump, beat RNC favored Rebecca Kleefisch, who, while also a good candidate, doesn’t have the cross-over that Michels will with economically suffering Wisconsin Independents.

Tim Michels KNOWS jobs. And the economy, jobs and inflation are top issues, here.


8 posted on 10/21/2022 11:48:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Kaiser8408a

I’m sure Trump welcomes your observations...


9 posted on 10/21/2022 11:55:30 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: Kaiser8408a
"Ryan, aka Lyin’ Ryan, is leading Vance in Ohio. " Not according to the latest Trafalgar poll.
10 posted on 10/21/2022 12:00:52 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I don’t know about all these polls suddenly shifting to the Republicans. I am very, very leery.


11 posted on 10/21/2022 12:03:58 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: cotton1706

There was a red tsunami in 2020, but it was stolen.


12 posted on 10/21/2022 12:06:04 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: Kaiser8408a

Who are you really?


13 posted on 10/21/2022 12:07:34 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: cotton1706

If the counting is still done by Dem operators, and vote watchers get kicked out of the building again, it’s 2020 again.


14 posted on 10/21/2022 12:09:02 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: HandBasketHell

The presidential race was stolen. Otherwise Republicans did amazingly well.


15 posted on 10/21/2022 12:09:08 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: cotton1706

The Dems have over two weeks to launch a mega-October Surprise... count on it.


16 posted on 10/21/2022 12:17:38 PM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: Roadrunner383
Election night 2016 was one of the greatest nights of my life. Watching those smug commie announcers choke as Trump carried state after state was priceless. Hoping that we’ll see similar type results roll in this election.

Me too, but I'll believe the red wave when I see it.

17 posted on 10/21/2022 12:19:09 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: Demiurge2

“The Dems have over two weeks to launch a mega-October Surprise... count on it.”

Yes I’ve been waiting for that.


18 posted on 10/21/2022 12:19:58 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: Roadrunner383

Yep. I’m planning to stay up and watch that night....mostly because I’m convinced their beloved Democrats are going to get drubbed and I want to see their propagandists have to eat it.


19 posted on 10/21/2022 12:21:17 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Kaiser8408a

LOL! Vance is going to crush Ryan. It won’t be close.


20 posted on 10/21/2022 12:21:57 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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