Lincoln Project cofounder: Some very serious political miscalculations have been made this week. Things have changed.

[highplainsdem]

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Mike Madrid, one of the cofounders of TLP:

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Mike Madrid
@madrid_mike

Some very serious political miscalculations have been made this week.

Things have changed.

Tim
@trouble_man90

The base has rallied behind Joe and now the Black church has given him its blessing. The media and pundit class need to seriously move on to something else.

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Mike Madrid
@madrid_mike

I’m ready to start running offense.

Who’s with me?

Those tweets were in the last couple of hours.

And I want you to see this tweet from yesterday, too:

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Mike Madrid
@madrid_mike

The media and pundits kicked over a hornets nest. You’re going to see a transformation of the media on the Left after this - a lot of people did irreparable damage to themselves this week - regardless of who the nominee is.

Democrats Deliver
@truthjusticehph
Replying to @madrid_mike

Mike - Have you ever seen such a fury at the media? I'm seeing it on every platform & across gender/age/race. Clearly, these are the most engaged Dems, but they are also regular folks who don't work in politics & have lives outside the Beltway. That has to count for something

[roscoeroscoe]

1. Not irreparable I hope

Everyone back on the bus!

[highplainsdem]

3. Those supporting Biden aren't the ones who miscalculated. The others need to get back on the bus,

and fast, and hope their public statements calling on Biden to step aside won't be used for too many Trump campaign ads.

[Bluethroughu]

29. It's either back on the bus or a train going off the rails.

Biden/Harris 2024!

[Peacetrain]

2. Amen to this!!!

[peggysue2]

4. Mike Madrid is a very smart, shrewd data and strategy guy

He's a Never-Trumper conservative but tells it like it is. The focus groups with undecided Hispanics after the debate were a complete wipe out for Trump with all the ugly, insane comments. Madrid has said, Trump shot himself in the foot with the blatant racism and actually gifted Joe Biden a strong position for reelection.

The exposure and play that Project 2025 is now being given is another gift.

Hold tight. The base is in rally mode and Dark Brandon is returning.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I was thinking of sending a fruit basket

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to the CEOs of the MSM as a "thank you" but I can't afford that. I want to thank them for pissing people off so much that they are even more determined to stay with Biden. The MSM thinks we fell off a turnip truck and wouldn't notice their BS media blitz. They wasted all that money and now they have egg on their faces. What a moronic decision on their part and they literally are paying for it since people ARE turning them off and canceling subscriptions.

[LiberalArkie]

27. The Democrats figured out what was happening along with the Brits and French. Almost at the same time

[sheshe2]

28. They shot themselves in the foot.

When that wasn’t enough, they reloaded and shot that foot again. lol, Ooopsie, that is gonna hurt and rightfully so

[BigmanPigman]

31. Do you think they learned a lesson...

"You reap what you sow"? I doubt it.

[spanone]

6. K&R

[choie]

7. Unfortunately it's not only the media and pundit class

it's out own Democratic representatives and their operatives.

[diane in sf]

10. Some of them and a big f u to them.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. In the grand scheme of the TOTAL NUMBERS of Democratic elected officials in states and federally

It's a relatively small number of loudmouths who are being amplified by the Yellow Journalists to make it seem like there many more when there are NOT.

Don't fall for the okie-doke.

[BComplex]

8. He perfectly hit the mark!

[liberalla]

9. This all sounds great to me! So pleased to read this.

Thank you Mike Madrid and highplainsdem!!!
Good news!

[kimbutgar]

11. I was working with an elderly man last week and the day after the debate he was so depressed

I told him not give up and keep going on.

Everyone else I know still say it’s didn’t change their mind about voting for President Biden !

[ecstatic]

12. Loved the bumper sticker story.

That was a real and clear-eyed endorsement.

[niyad]

22. I had that bumper sticker on my Pinto.

[et tu]

40. and you survived your pinto!

full steam ahead to roevember- sidin and ridin with joe

[niyad]

43. It was actually a good little car, and I had a lot of fun with it.

On to ROEvember/JOEvember!!!

[et tu]

45. love that! ty nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Glad to know somebody noticed the fury. Also glad to know it's not just DU and me. ;)

[Cha]

14. This is Golden!

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[Turbineguy]

15. Let's hope we hit the bottom this weekend.

[proud patriot]

16. Convicted Felons should not be running for president

Trump should drop out

[markodochartaigh]

20. Actually I'm ok with some felons running for president.

95% of people in prison didn't get a trial, they just signed a plea bargain. In some states relatively minor traffic or drug offenses are felonies.

But I'm absolutely not in favor of anyone who refuses to accept the results of an election running for any office, much less someone whose cronies tried to stage a coup while they looked on, for plausible deniability, and waited to see which way things would go.

[proud patriot]

23. I am not

[Mr.Bill]

21. In 2016, Trump said that anyone being investigated

for a a felony had no business running for President. ( He was talking about Hillary.)

[33taw]

24. Yep, and too many people turned on Hillary. Never again.

[LisaL]

36. Using his own logic, he has no business running for president, considering

he is a convicted felon.

[PortTack]

17. Thx for sharing!

[not fooled]

25. Excellent!

He has made several strong appearances after a bad day. Glad to see sanity prevailing now.

This has been an MSNBC-free weekend for me because every time I tuned in it seemed as though EVERY SHOW started right off the bat with this topic.

[GoreWon2000]

38. So far Joy Reid and Lawrence O'Donnell haven't

gone down this rabbit hole. Both are very politically savy and see this attack on Biden for what it is. I saw part of Ali Velshi on Saturday and he didn't cover it either.

[wryter2000]

42. Rev. Al caved yesterday

[Blue Owl]

26. LET'S FUCKING KICK SOME NAZI ASS

[elleng]

30. Excellent.

"Hornets nest' = We the People!

Thanks.

[live love laugh]

32. STEPHANOPOLOUS needs to step down!

[niyad]

44. Or into something, or on something.

[liberalmuse]

33. It's a long overdue backlash.

I wasn’t mad at President Biden for his debate performance. I was dreading the avalanche of crap the media was sure to push about it. I know others who feel the exact same way. Not upset with Biden, just dreading the shitstorm that was sure to follow for a seemingly endless span from a media that we knew was already teetering on the edge of being an outright danger to democracy.They way overshot and fell off the cliff. It will take them a long time to regain the trust of the citizenry, and they may never get the chance with so many better options on YouTube and investigative “print” news sources .

[2naSalit]

34. Text please?

This seems important.

[highplainsdem]

37. I've edited the OP to add text. No way to add the video Tim posted in that first

quote-tweet where Mike Madrid responded to him.

It's always best if you can just click on the tweet. If it's a fairly slow day, I can copy in plain text, but this was a really crazy day on Twitter as far as tweets of interest to DU went.

[wryter2000]

35. Someone finally noticed

That real Dem voters are not behind getting rid of Biden

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. Call for the convicted felon to step aside. . . . . nt

[wryter2000]

41. About damned time they noticed

[sop]

46. "You come at the King, you best not miss." - Omar (Michael K. Williams), 'The Wire'

[NoMoreRepugs]

47. To me the fight for the future of Democracy requires the USMC mindset - we run TOWARDS the

smoke and gunfire.

[CrispyQ]

48. I've sent a few donations.

They're small amounts, but big doners look at how many people donate not just how much. If you have a few bucks, now's the time to show Joe & Kamala some love.

https://joebiden.com

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

53. Same.

Obviously, if we all gave a little, that would add up to a lot.

[DFW]

55. I would if I could

I've already sent the legal maximum!

[Linda ladeewolf]

49. A little bit

I sent a small donation, I can’t afford a lot. So a little love is all I can give.

[Akakoji]

50. Maureen Dowd at The New York Times

She not happy unless she is torturing someone. It should really be herself. She's the one that brought up Donald Trump in the first place, through her intense hatred of Hillary Clinton. Ever since the first man trashed her publicly she's never been anything. other than bitter. The res of the ambitious drama queens there are so desperate for a story they are making things up. The story about the Parkinson's disease doctor at The White House today is beyond the pale. The times wants to run the country like SCOTUS wants to run the country. I'm sure Peter Baker is somewhere in the mix.

[Progressive dog]

51. Instead of getting rid of Biden

the media made Democrats take a second look at their nominee and like everyone with a brain that works, Democrats continue to stand with their nominee.

[Ligyron]

52. Time to saddle up...

...and ride to the sound of gunfire.

[flying_wahini]

54. I'm just hoping that people are sick enough of Trump shit to actually SHOW UP and VOTE.

Still a long ride across the desert at this point. But the RNC should give the media new shit to bury.

[republianmushroom]

56. Yup, it is time.

In fact it is pass time for the base, Biden's base, to tell the media, some wealthy donors and some wannabes politicians to fu#k off, we support Joe.