Three thoughts:
- A 3-4 point “slim” lead is absurd as we watch Trump light the country, our savings, and future generations’ financial stability on fire.
- I don’t pretend to know what will happen this fall but “disappointed” seems like the correct left-leaning calibration since 2016.
- I am so sick of right-biased political minority rule in this country. Since 2000 have we at any time had a presidency, senate, and House that were all controlled by the party that got the most votes in a given election?
- Dems swept in, riding Obama’s coattails and the Great Financial Collapse.
Cue McConnell obstruction bullshit with lazy filibuster. Mere 3 month period over Obamas 8 years where he had a supermajority, and even then Lieberman fucked him.
Even if they have enough Dems in theory then the conservative Democrats have doubts or reservations about voting for something so Manchin or Sinema get in the way. If somehow they get past those ratfuckers then the Parliamentarian can step in to rain on the progressive parade.
The Dems always have something up their sleeve to keep them from doing things they don’t really want to do. I wouldn’t put it past them to get in power and just yell Squirrel as an excuse to not bring in policies that have 80-90% approval across all parties.
Ah, thank you.
If I understand correctly, the republicans won a majority in the last senate, house and presidential elections.
On June 15, CNN’s Harry Enten warned that several high-quality polls show Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by only about 3 points, short of the benchmark set in past wave years.
This matters because Republican-led redistricting has tilted the House map, so Democrats need a clear 3- to 4-point national edge just to win back the chamber.
Considering most of the high-quality polls taken a few weeks ago all showed a drubbing for Rs in November, down nearly 8 points, I wonder what caused the huge shift in such a short time.
Edit: Just checked a HQ poll from almost literally a month ago. It had Dems up +11. WTF happened to cause an 8 point swing? These smaller lead polls would’ve had to have been done during the war, so I can’t imagine that any temporary buff at the war’s “ending” factors into it.
Ellison bought CNN, and even if it isn’t a full-fledged member of the Conservative Propaganda Machine YET, it should now be considered unreliable and untrustworthy.
Wait for how bad it’ll be when Vance pivots to antizionism. Schumer needs to go after the midterms either way
Oh, we know the Dems will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They’ll move heaven and earth to make that happen.
O no polls
Slim margins are what they want. They’re fine with this. Democratic party is just controlled opposition and nothing will change if they come into power.
