Posted on 11/09/2022 8:19:17 AM PST by karpov
There’s a lot of noise as these midterm results flow in, and a few unsettled races at the moment, but this much is clear: Republicans would control the Senate next year had they stuck to nominating good candidates. Instead, typical of the Tea Party-to-Trump Era, Republicans in many key states nominated people who were patently unfit for office.
It goes back to the Massie Theorem. Rep. Thomas Massie explained the Tea Party after the 2016 election.
"All this time," Massie said, "I thought they were voting for libertarian Republicans. But after some soul-searching, I realized when they voted for Rand and Ron and me in these primaries, they weren't voting for libertarian ideas. They were voting for the craziest son of a b**** in the race. And Donald Trump won best in class.”
Nominating the craziest son of a b**** in the race is not a formula for winning governing majorities.
Here’s the raw math:
Republicans, as of 5 a.m. Wednesday, control 48 seats in the Senate, with four states outstanding. (Technically, Alaska is still outstanding, but it is undecided between two Republican candidates.) Republican Ron Johnson will probably win reelection in Wisconsin. That means the GOP would need to win two of the final three races — outstanding contests in Nevada and Arizona, and a likely runoff in Georgia — to control the Senate. So, the odds are decent that Republicans end up with 49 or 50 seats, which is 1 or 2 seats short of Senate control.
Republicans should have won the Georgia Senate race easily this year. They also should have won Pennsylvania.
In Georgia, former NFL running back Herschel Walker will get about 48% or 49% as Gov. Brian Kemp gets about 54%.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
.....”Republicans in many key states nominated people who were patently unfit for office.”.......
Always the case in PA. We never get good representatives to select from. Certainly the Governors an Senate race showed it this year.
Being mentally-challenged appears to be a big advantage in Pennsylvania. The electorate can relate to it.
No, actually it was McConnell who pushed Masters down by not supporting him.
GOP ESTABLISHMENT talking points to discredit PRESIDENT TRUMP. Enablers to the Democrat Party or are they actually Democrats?
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Those who lose always have all the excuses in the world why they lost.
Time to deal with it. The Republican party is a failure.
“He has good judgment but he can only pick from among the choices available.”
He does NOT have a “stellar” record, and in many places, it is TRUMP who is toxic! People closely tied to Trump took a beating last night. Because of Trump. Those with some distance but still conservative won, and won big.
They are still looking for the next politician to save them. LOL
Bingo. While Republicans vote for their principles, Dems vote for their party every time. I know many PA Dems. They back the (D) candidate no matter what. They just want as many Dems in those seats as possible.
Crying ‘fraud’ before the voting even begins is not, and *never* will be a winning strategy. It’s what crybabies in 5th grade do.
Yup. Shouldn't even need to mention all that here on FR. But the McConnell, Christie and Ryan folks are posting now.
If a candidate can’t win with 100 percent turnout, then we probably shouldn’t nominate them.
Everything in this country is turning towards having a higher and higher percentage of people voting. I could easily see it being *requiured* in another 15-20 years.
If we don’t have a message, and a candidate who can win if *everybody* comes to the polls, we are doomed.
Don’t know about GA - but McCormick would have won handily in PA.
Ok, here is the blame.
This is a mob war. The warring factions are in the same titular family. They are brutalizing each other in their own way. And they each have something the other needs.
So, we have the MAGA movement. It has a popular agenda, new voters for the GOP and energy.
They have, the traditional funding and election apparatus.
Sooner or later, and I hate to say this because I HATE that Don McConell, the two sides are going to have to do a sit down and make a peace deal.
“No, actually it was McConnell who pushed Masters down by not supporting him.”
Not in my opinion from here in southern Arizona. Masters GOT THE $$$ - not from McConnell, but from people with big pockets (and from my little pockets). I think a significant number of “Willing to Vote Republican Suburban Women” will vote against a Trump candidate. And even more so if Trump becomes the nominee!
I think that is stupid but I’ve regretted women getting the right to vote for decades. We would have a vastly different USA if it wasn’t for single women voting for Mr Government as their substitute husband.
Note: Married women vote fine.
Yep, that was an unforced error. The kind that add up to lose matches.
Well, it works every time. Today is who we can blame it on who did all the work.
It is never on us or the RATS, just the bad candidates and Trump. Even Ron’s endorsement in CO lost but that is okay.
There is always one of us wonders that could have become a candidate. You know, go to all the work, campaign, take the abuse that goes along with it.
You're very naive.
The voting machines use proprietary software that the voting public doesn't get to see.
The public also isn't allowed to do forensic audits on the ballots.
We are told to trust the machines, trust the ballots and trust it all without verification.
And Biden gives us a final warning and tells us to shut up.
And you see nothing wrong with all that.
...unless democrats are in charge, or(in 2022)abortion is on the ballot.
(the timing of Roe is analogous to the timing of Covid...who's responsible for that?)
It's a war people...our enemies are evil(no scruples)...and they are winning.
...2018, 2020, 2022...see a trend?
It's obvious at this point...politics(like everything else)has become corrupted by a ruling-class/oligarchy...and therefore, no longer a solution.
Either think/act outside the box...or end up in one.
Walker also had the most difficult race. So you pull him over the line with help instead of kicking dirt on him.
People needed that. And they will ignore you.
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