With No Red Wave, Trump Is Out at Sea

Wall Street Journal ^ | Nov. 9, 2022 6:30 pm ET | Karl Rove

[conservative98]

The red wave never came. What happened in Tuesday’s midterms was closer to a trickle.

As of this writing, we still don’t know definitively which party controls the House. It’s likely to be the Republicans but not by much. Before Tuesday, the House had 222 Democrats (that includes two vacant Democratic seats) and 213 Republicans (including one vacant Republican seat).

As of 4 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, the Associated Press had called 206 seats for the GOP and Republicans were poised to win 18 other contests. That would leave the GOP with 224 seats to the Democrats’ 211. It will take days—maybe a week—to finalize the results as mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day come in.

In the Senate, if Adam Laxalt hangs on in Nevada and Blake Masters

[conservative98]

1. I have nothing against Karl Rove. I met him once or twice in passing. But he's a predictable mouthpiece for the GOP establishment and, respectfully, is often wrong in his prognostications.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

2. His attack in the WSJ on Trump as the fall guy for Tuesday's disappointing outcome is more of the same. Many of the candidates for whom Rove raised funds and worked with McConnell to promote did quite poorly.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

3. And the funds McConnell, et al, spent in Republican primaries smearing MAGA or non-establishment candidates was very destructive. Too many in the establishment put their own lust for power ahead of the best interests of the GOP and, ultimately, the country.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

4. As for the quality of candidates, the Democrats nominated some truly horrific candidates who had records of trashing the country, support for releasing criminals, ties with radical leftists, etc. -- that is, their candidates were, in many cases, disasters.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

5. Rove, McConnell, the GOP establishment, etc., have a bad habit of attacking the GOP's base. They did the same after the red tsunami in 2010, when the Tea Party delivered over 60 GOP seats to the House.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

6. They blamed the Tea Party for choosing poor candidates in the GOP Senate primaries; otherwise, it was contended, the GOP would have picked more Senate seats. Truth be told, this crowd was also anti-Reagan decades ago, and supported Gerald Ford, another electoral disaster.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

7. It's time for McConnell and this gang to go. They take credit for raising and spending hundreds of millions of dollars and then blame conservatives (the base) when their efforts fall short. We don't need any lectures from them. https://t.co/XObjuavuSh— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2022

[Frank Drebin]

Trump’s fault...DRINK!

[dfwgator]

Guess what Karl, the Bushies aren’t coming back. Trump or no Trump.

[BrexitBen]

Karl Rove has always been tied at the hip to the Bushies.

Yet, he doesn’t seem to realize how transparent it is.

[AndyJackson]

Can we get Ryan to run again, Karl? Pretty please you fat ...

[central_va]

Trump is running in '24. Desantis will get crushed if he tries to go against Trump.

You will be voting for Trump in Nov. ‘24.

Get used to the idea.

Where else are you going to go?

[AndyJackson]

the Bushies aren’t coming back

Zombies of the apocalypse.

[Jeff Chandler]

I remember Karl Rove.

[Terry L Smith]

i have one message for Karl Rove:

STFU AND FOAD!!

[grey_whiskers]

Let’s look again at the races, and about recent history. We can look at the performances of the Establishment Republicans (say, in recent elections), and drill down a bit on this election.

In past elections, (say 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) we had the following:

2002 — a year after the 9-11 attacks, and Americans want security, dammit! The GOP gains 8 seats in the House and 2 in the Senate.

2004 — Presidential Election; the first one after the “Sore Loserman” debacle in Florida in 2000, and the first one after 9-11.

The GOP picks up 3 seats in the House, the Donks lose 2.

The GOP picks up 4 Senate seats, the Donks lose 4.

Bush wins 31 states, but a mere 286 electoral votes, with a bare 50.7% of the popular vote.

2006 — the Midterm elections for Bush’s second term.

The Dems pick up the House, gaining 31 seats, while the GOP loses 30.

The Dems get the Senate, too, winning 6 seats.

This despite the presence of “The Architect” Karl Rove who brags about his detailed knowledge of the ground game.

But (as we will see) he learned his lesson, after a fashion.

2008 — the annointing of Teh One.

Obama wins 365 electoral votes in 28 states + a single Congressional district in Nebraska. (Nebraska??!!)

The Donks extend their lead in the House, gaining 21 seats.

And in the Senate, they run the table, gaining 8 seats.

The election is marked by numerous unchallenged shenanigans, including voter fraud (voting by felons, votes found in car trunks) in Minnesota, and infamous re-counts in Washington State.

The only thing preventing a total rout is Sarah Palin, who is roundly condemned by the establishment, but targeted by the Dems, after being trashed by advisors lent by the Rockefeller wing of the GOP (as detailed later in Going Rogue).

So, let’s look at the record of the Establishment GOP since the first election of George W. Bush (where the victory was so narrow that the Dems complained he was “selected, not elected.” (And that, over Clinton’s hand-picked successor.)

House: +8 +3 -30 -21 net —> -40
Senate: +2 +4 -6 -8 net —> -8
Heckuva job, Karl.

Compare that to the Tea Parties:

House: +65
Senate: +6

[Jane Long]

Pound sand, Rove/Ryan, and, take your bots with you.

[oil_dude]

Rove is a POS

[Mr. Jeeves]

If everybody on the political spectrum believed what they are writing these past days they would be begging Trump to run again. Encouraging him to set himself up for disaster. Pleading with him to tee up another huge Democrat victory.

But they aren't - are they? :)

[Mr. Jeeves]

If everybody on the political spectrum believed what they are writing these past days they would be begging Trump to run again. Encouraging him to set himself up for disaster. Pleading with him to tee up another huge Democrat victory.

But they aren't - are they? :)

[FLT-bird]

This from the scumbag who actively campaigned against Republican Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania. Shrivel up and blow away RINO scum.

[fretzer]

FOAD WSJ

[McGavin999]

Poor little pig boy, he wants desperately to stop Trump.

[oneandfinished]

Like I posted in another thread, Karl Rove and the GOPe, the RINO’s want to kill of MAGA and that means getting rid of Trump any way they can.