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Mitch McConnell: Republicans May Lose Senate Majority
newsmax.com ^ | 8/12/16 | Theodore Bunker

Posted on 08/13/2016 6:13:06 AM PDT by cotton1706

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Thursday that Republicans may lose their hold on the upper chamber of Congress in November, Politico reports.

Speaking to a civic group in Louisville, Kentucky, McConnell told his home state listeners "I may or may not be calling the shots next year," according to the Associated Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 114th; 2016issues; elections; mcconnell; trump2016
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To: LaRueLaDue

As long as Mitch and Ryan go I’m okay with it.


61 posted on 08/13/2016 6:56:01 AM PDT by stockpirate (BEST F'ING ELECTION EVER)
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To: LaRueLaDue

One thing I will have to give them credit for, there was no SCOTUS appointment to replace Scalia.

WE MUST WIN THIS ELECTION!


62 posted on 08/13/2016 6:56:14 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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To: Democrats hate too much
I’m not donating to the RNC this year because I’m afraid some money may end up going to Mitch McConnell or Paul Ryan.

That's exactly why you don't donate to the RNC. Donate directly to candidates.

63 posted on 08/13/2016 7:02:30 AM PDT by wastedyears (#brexit - Make Britain Great Again)
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To: Paine in the Neck
Because of the feckless and pusilanimous "leadership" of the bought-and-paid-for lickspittle GOPe quislings.

If they had held koskinen in contempt or impeached him, the GOPe would be in a better position.

And by held, I mean ordered his arrest.
64 posted on 08/13/2016 7:02:58 AM PDT by ronnietherocket3 (Mary is understood by the heart, not study of scripture.)
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To: Democrats hate too much

I haven’t donated to the RNC in years. Recently, I got a letter from them urging me to consider donating again so they can keep up their fight to support Republican values.

Really, are they kidding???


65 posted on 08/13/2016 7:04:29 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: robert14

http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-successor-will-likely-fill-dozens-of-judicial-vacancies-1458340351


66 posted on 08/13/2016 7:05:12 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: cotton1706

He has only his dictatorial self to blame, fighting the conservatives in the GOP instead of Obama. But he and the rest of the GOPe will blame conservative voters, as they always do when they lose.


67 posted on 08/13/2016 7:05:15 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: LaRueLaDue

Look in the mirror Turkey neck.


68 posted on 08/13/2016 7:05:49 AM PDT by cp124 (Trade, Immigration, Intervention)
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To: cotton1706

Pay back is you know what Mitch... Remember Thad Cochran? Well, you have earned everything you got coming. You old worthless bulls and cows can go graze on grass. You and your bulls and cows have played US worse than the progressives... The progressives do not hide who they are. Go bellyache to them over your squandered fortunes.


69 posted on 08/13/2016 7:06:48 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: cotton1706

So what Mitch. You guys haven’t done squat with your majority.


70 posted on 08/13/2016 7:08:41 AM PDT by A message
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To: cotton1706

Things might be different if you fools rallied around your candidate who made history in the primaries. Good grief, if the democrats can rally around their criminal......


71 posted on 08/13/2016 7:09:17 AM PDT by jersey117 (ut)
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To: jch10

“Too bad other Georgians don’t see that”

In Georgia, the ratio of gimmidats to productive citizens is narrowing, with the gimmidats seeming to have an advantage.


72 posted on 08/13/2016 7:09:33 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: cotton1706

Blame #nevertrump.


73 posted on 08/13/2016 7:09:44 AM PDT by Fhios (Progressives just don't know when to stop digging.)
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To: cotton1706

Yesterday Toomey had the opportunity to stand in front of 25k PA voters at two Trump events and pitch his cause. He #NeverTrumped instead. So why would I bother to vote for him?


74 posted on 08/13/2016 7:10:27 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: LaRueLaDue

And YOU and the republican party are the reason your party is in jeopardy... we have had enough of your joining with obama against the people... and letting him live as a dictator... giving him freedom to do impeachable acts and facing no consequences... you do not have the brains nor the will to impeach the president who has taken laws into his own hands and ruled by decree.

YOU are the reason the voters are angry .. and I use that word loosely.. it does not fully describe what I think of you and ryan and the ruling party that refused to listen to the people of these United States.


75 posted on 08/13/2016 7:11:21 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Donglalinger

I’m never voting for a republican senator of congressman again. They are all liars just like the Dems.I am voting for Trump and hoping with the backing of the American people, he’ll be able to fix the country. That scum in Washington will never help him.


76 posted on 08/13/2016 7:11:36 AM PDT by abbastanza
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To: Gaffer

No doubt about it. How many times have we been told a President has an inherent right to have his nominees approved. (’Scuse me while I barf).

Just preparing for all possibilities. A President Trump needs a Senate majority, although how much support he will get from a Senate majority remains to be seen. My hunch is the forementioned right will go down the memory hole.


77 posted on 08/13/2016 7:12:43 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: DNME
If we put in Mike Lee as Senate Majority Leader (only because Samuel Adams is unavailable) then maybe keeping the Senate would make a difference.

"We" don't get to put in the Senate Majority Leader. The members of the Senate get to do that. If the GOP is in the Majority again, they'll probably hand it back to turtle neck.

78 posted on 08/13/2016 7:13:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: Gaffer

You are 100% correct on your analysis of Isakson. I did not vote for him in the primary. But, his competitors were weak. So weak that I never heard of them. I will VERY RELUCTANTLY vote for him because I want the wall built. There is no guarantee that he would vote for the wall, but it is absolutely guaranteed that the rat will not vote for it.


79 posted on 08/13/2016 7:13:18 AM PDT by stratboy
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To: LaRueLaDue

All he has to do is look in the mirror for answers. His capitulation to the half breed’s agenda and his betrayal of “conservative principles” are the reason you can lose the Senate and why Donald Trump is the GOP candidate.

Want to turn it around and keep your fancy office and bloated paycheck? Then stop fighting Trump and the people.


80 posted on 08/13/2016 7:13:36 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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