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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSAD and UNFAIR! GOP "deciding which lawmakers are worth trying to rescue" ahead of Midterms
With a massive field of vulnerable House incumbents to defend and limited resources to go around, Republicans are readying for a painful round of political triage deciding which lawmakers are worth trying to rescue, and which ones need to be cut loose to fend for themselves in November.
GOP officials say as many as 45 Republican-held seats are at serious risk, making it impossible to salvage each one in the costly scramble to protect the partys 23-seat majority especially those members who have waged sluggish campaigns and posted lackluster fundraising totals.
This is the time of year when tough decisions have to be made, said Ken Spain, a longtime former top National Republican Congressional Committee staffer. There are likely going to be a number of unhappy Republican members of Congress in the coming weeks.
Behind the scenes, senior party strategists have begun polling to determine which incumbents may be beyond saving. Among those most in jeopardy of getting cut off, they say, are Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, Pennsylvania Rep. Keith Rothfus, and Iowa Rep. Rod Blum, all of whom are precariously positioned in their districts.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/31/republicans-midterms-congress-vulnerable-lawmakers-gop-805496
GOP officials say as many as 45 Republican-held seats are at serious risk, making it impossible to salvage each one in the costly scramble to protect the partys 23-seat majority especially those members who have waged sluggish campaigns and posted lackluster fundraising totals.
This is the time of year when tough decisions have to be made, said Ken Spain, a longtime former top National Republican Congressional Committee staffer. There are likely going to be a number of unhappy Republican members of Congress in the coming weeks.
Behind the scenes, senior party strategists have begun polling to determine which incumbents may be beyond saving. Among those most in jeopardy of getting cut off, they say, are Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, Pennsylvania Rep. Keith Rothfus, and Iowa Rep. Rod Blum, all of whom are precariously positioned in their districts.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/31/republicans-midterms-congress-vulnerable-lawmakers-gop-805496
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SAD and UNFAIR! GOP "deciding which lawmakers are worth trying to rescue" ahead of Midterms (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Aug 2018
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45 GOP held seats seriously at risk with another 50 or so at risk ontop of that, throw in some
beachbum bob
Aug 2018
#1
not true, under the trump administration polluters are getting a way with it, same with
beachbum bob
Aug 2018
#4
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. 45 GOP held seats seriously at risk with another 50 or so at risk ontop of that, throw in some
Governorships, state legislatures and local candidates. A blue typhoon can send the GOP reeling out of power for years as 2020 will be a repeat
and why we need to keep trump around, have 50 investigations and start throwing people in prison
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)3. Throwing people in prison is about restoring the rule of law.
In this country as it used to be, that would happen regardless of the party in power because crimes are crimes.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)4. not true, under the trump administration polluters are getting a way with it, same with
white collar crimes. enforcement is shrinking for a reason
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)5. I said "as it used to be." There is no consistent rule of law now. n/t
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. Oh, darn the luck
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)6. Fuck them. Fuck them all.