Posted on 10/25/2017 1:33:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
Not turning anything into anything. Just pointing to reality: none of this means ANYTHING until the election. Heck we aren’t even 100% sure he’s gone until May 30 goes by without him registering as a candidate (assuming incumbents even have to follow that rule).
And I’m not actually call a 1 term Senator entrenched.
It’s not pessimism to recognize reality. You can admit the sun rises in the East or not, sun don’t care. You can admit this at most changes the odds (at least we probably don’t have to defeat him in the primaries) or not, swamp don’t care.
Shut up.
No. I’m speaking truth, if that bothers you TOO BAD.
Well of course, it’s the election that finally matters. Whoever said it didn’t?
If you think Flake will try to run as a Rat or independent, you really don’t understand how much Arizona hates Jeff Flake. The Rats hate him and most Republicans hate him even more.
He has an 18% percent approval rating right now, maybe even lower. Republican Kelli Ward keeps consistently beating him in the polls by 25%. Nobody is buying his books. 19,000 Republicans booed his name at 130 decibles at the August Trump rally. Do not underestimate how much hatred this McCain clone has brought upon himself.
Jeffy is FINISHED as a senator in Arizona. Not even the Mormon mafia can or wants to save him.
I think a lot can happen in a year. Remember in 1966 we weren’t gonna have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore, see how that turned out.
Congress has an approval rate in the teens to 20s, and a re-election rate of over 90%. Polls a year out mean nothing. Nobody was buying Hillary’s books either. And we have open primaries.
Hopefully he is finished, hopefully he’s replaced by somebody worth a damn. But all we know right now is he probably isn’t running. Which is a good thing, now we gotta see how it plays.
I consider myself to be Tea Party...I supported Trump from the beginning...The Tea Party isn't dead...We're all alive and kicking, and voting...
But all we know right now is he (Flake) probably isn’t running. Which is a good thing.
If he’s smart, he’ll move his family to DC and become a scumbag lobbyist, and have his second home in Snowflake AZ.
Smowflake is a teeny little town named after Flake’s family, it’s probably one of the only places in Arizona that doesn’t hate Jeff Flake.
“In Flake’s case, it’s flushing the t*rd.”
And McCain is circling the bowl that drains into Hell!
And not passing legislation. Tea Party came in with a lot of sound and fury, and wound up junior members on unimportant committees. The two parties know how to set up a defensive perimeter. We’ll see how it plays, midterms are going to be very interesting, especially midterm primaries. Another Tea Party-esque wave could actually get the numbers to do something.
I think there’s less than a 1% chance he’ll run. I’m simply pointing out that a lot can happen in a year and that he hasn’t outright resigned so he could run. If McCain drops he’d be able to be Sr Senator, way better job, better committees. Political promises ain’t worth much, including promises to not run again.
Just d@mn.
You’re so negative!! Even your tagline about the world exploding in your face is negative.
Hey, even if the glass is half empty it can still be refilled. Remember that. :0)
It’s not negative. It’s learning from history. The two parties have 150+ years of practice keeping the reigns of power to themselves. Not only do they know the rules of the game, they WRITE them. Don’t assume the swamp is draining until you start seeing more dry land. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
I tried to warn Arizonans,about Flake way back in 2012. But the arroyo was dry. This summer the arroyo ran and flushed that sand covered Rino out.
I am so happy too. Now win against Sinenema.sp? Ha.
14 months will be gone before you know it. McCain didn’t even have the decency to announce he wouldn’t run for re-election. This doesn’t make Flake a hero, it just shows he has marginally more class than McCain.
The Rats are already grooming openly bisexual (slut) Kirsten Sinema to run.
However it wouldn’t surprise me if one of our despicable Rat Hispanic congressmen decides to run, and he will make race an issue. I’m hoping for a really good food fight, LOL.
Think the Dems will.bow to Sin enema. Does not matter which Dem wins, they hang together. Anyway Grijalva is a Dem Flake IMO.
He has no broad appeal ouside of Sant Cruz county.
So the Arizona Rats are clearly racist, LMAO!
I’m ecstatic and all I did was move to Arizona, I haven’t even registered to vote yet! But I was going to vote against Flake next year for sure, so I guess he blinked, heheheh!
Flake’s voting record wasn’t bad, though it’s been moving in the wrong direction.
What’s worse is the whiny snowflake attitude. Losers who like to join the media and enemy democrats in whining about irrelevant garbage and undermining the President need to take a hike.
Sasse is another one. Up to his eyeballs in principles about “decorum” and crap. My #1 principle is winning, period, win elections, win legislative victories, everything else is noise that doesn’t effect your life or mine. He can go play Mr. Smith goes to Washington in his basement.
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