Trump loses some leverage the second the polls close in Georgia

[Tom Rinaldo]

The only question is how much. While control of the Senate remains up in the air there are a number of Republican officials, elected and otherwise, who have been walking around on eggshells trying to keep Trump sedated enough that he doesn't throw an even larger grenade into Tuesday's Georgia election campaign than he already has, which might increase the chances that Republican candidates there could lose. That means them avoiding saying anything that might set Trump off, like acknowledging that Biden won the presidency without benefit of fraud, and at least seemingly going along with his radical schemes to steal the presidency for another term. As soon as the polls close Tuesday night, Trump's erratic explosive tantrums no will no longer have any effect on which party controls the Senate in 2021. Even if the winners of the two Senate contests are not known for days, the minute the polls close the consequences of Trump continuing to claim that the elections were rigged, will finally stop effecting the behavior of actual 2020 election voters.

I will be curious to see if any Republicans will then be willing to stop completely grovelling at Trump's feat. I don't have high hopes, but it might lead to some minor shifts in some of their behavior.

[bdamomma]

1. Just asking would a

donation to Ossof and Warnock help at this late stage?

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. My guess is that they would say yes

Though with hundreds of millions already spent and only days to go there's only so much dollars can do at this point. Still, if funds are still flowing in, they might feel more free to incur some campaign related debts on the theory that the money will be there to pay for that additional ad or whatever by the time the bill comes through.

[Blue Owl]

3. Wow, we're down to less than a week!

C'mon Georgia, be the first heroes of 2021!!!