Georgia Senate Runoff

Runnin said:
Biden is probably the least liberal member of his party in Washington. You have to give him props. He went against everyone in his party and still won.
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Manchin and Tester are to his right

So the center of gravity in a 50-50 senate is with those two
 
sturg33 said:
Bumping in case it gets lost on previous page
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I have no idea exactly how that works. Anyone playing that game is likely wading into waters that are over their head, considering how much power the party leaders have consolidated.
I've mentioned my admiration for Heath Shuler before. He was concerned about the hard left turn the Dem party was taking so he challenged Nancy for Speaker. He didn't run for reelection afterwards. Bart Stupak suffered the same date after trying and failing to stop the taxpayer funding of abortion in the ACA. Anyone who tries to thwart Chuck or Nancy better already be planning a career change. It's a reason for concern with Manchin. He may want to stand against the craziness that his party has embraced, but he also genuinely cares about his state. That gives leadership a lot of leverage.
 
Jaw said:
I have no idea exactly how that works. Anyone playing that game is likely wading into waters that are over their head, considering how much power the party leaders have consolidated.
I've mentioned my admiration for Heath Shuler before. He was concerned about the hard left turn the Dem party was taking so he challenged Nancy for Speaker. He didn't run for reelection afterwards. Bart Stupak suffered the same date after trying and failing to stop the taxpayer funding of abortion in the ACA. Anyone who tries to thwart Chuck or Nancy better already be planning a career change. It's a reason for concern with Manchin. He may want to stand against the craziness that his party has embraced, but he also genuinely cares about his state. That gives leadership a lot of leverage.
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Feels like a 1st year senator could try it. They still have 6 years in office after that.

Would be a bold power play but a rare opportunity to take control
 
cajunrevenge said:
Heath Shuler? The former QB?
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And former congressman representing my former home in the mountains of WNC. The last true Blue Dog, before the social progressives took over the party and made it unpalatable for anyone like me. That was why Trump was so appealing. Trump's policies were nearly a perfect fit for the Blue Dog caucus of the 80s and 90s.
 
I am going to laugh so hard when Loeffler who has never won an election and only has her position because she donated a lot of money to Republicans objecting to Bidens win tomorrow.
 
cajunrevenge said:
I am going to laugh so hard when Loeffler who has never won an election and only has her position because she donated a lot of money to Republicans objecting to Bidens win tomorrow.
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i still don't get how she's allowed at that

she is not part of that congress
 
striker42 said:
You shouldn't. Don't discount the idea that people feel it morally wrong to vote for someone who disagrees with them on moral issues.
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I think the rep voters in GA have been so thoroughly brainwashed that they equate the Dem party with straightup socialism. It's odd because I don't remember anything drastic happening during the Obama administration.
 
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“Loeffler was a near-billionaire cosplaying as a hillbilly,

and it felt insultingly uncomfortable to everyone watching.”

But the baseball cap! So folksy!
 
Runnin said:
I think the rep voters in GA have been so thoroughly brainwashed that they equate the Dem party with straightup socialism. It's odd because I don't remember anything drastic happening during the Obama administration.
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Trump's populism moved the base closer to being comfortable with some Euro socialism. The outrage over not getting the $2k while money went out internationally is an example of that. The problem for Dems now is more on the BLM/defund the police/crazy social stance side of things. In the Dems favor is that most propag...I mean, news outlets, don't cover the extent to which that stuff has permeated the party.
 
Trump's populism ?

proven to be on par with " Compassionate conservative"
and if I might,
" fiscal responsibility"
 
i'd also love to hear how OAN and newsmax and fox aren't propaganda, but CNN and MSNBC are.

anyways, can't thank donald trump enough for basically campaigning for dems the last couple of months. for being so wildly unpopular that dems successfully swept GA. tho apparently senate elections are now "local" lol.
 
funny thing to watch will be how fast they hop off the train and claim they were never on.
Saw with the Iraq and Viet Nam wars, MLK/Civil Rights
and expect to start seeing it with Reagan

MAGA is if nothing else, tone deaf
 
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