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Scrivener7
(59,513 posts)was the candidate, I went into a cold sweat.
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)That the fear is not necessarily losing to a Republican but losing to a freedom hating lunatic. His number one goal is to stay out of jail. All Hail the gop.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)Younger, cokier, and still Donald Trump!
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)Their party has absolutely nothing worthwhile to offer for the good of America. They have no useful purpose. And yet they keep marching somewhere and if someone gets hurt during their March then so be it.
NonPC
(405 posts)The resources pulled from New Hampshire will now be used to buy cocaine for Don Jr.
yonder
(10,293 posts)I'd be quitting and sitting this one out too. That bench can't be too deep.
Lonestarblue
(13,474 posts)Once Trump is off the stage, which I hope happens in November, I can’t think of many who could be described as future stars of the Republican Party. I suppose Speaker Johnson could be one, but so many others are just plain unlikable—Cruz, Hawley, Greene, Tuberville, Gaetz, Scott, and horrible DeSantis. Unless the party changes drastically back into a somewhat normal party, I can’t see Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger having much success.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)Unless the "Who deserves the MAGA vote after Don?" chooses Don, Jr., of course! 
Cha
(319,060 posts)
Omnipresent
(7,450 posts)Even better if Georgia or North Carolina turns blue from the polls.
Too bad it’s neck and neck.
ancianita
(43,307 posts)But "neck and neck' polls are corporate poll numbers out -- of touch with who's out there to poll.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,161 posts)be engulfed in a tsunami of tshit, I fear. Since JD has proven he's no help at all, the only thing left for Rump to do is to throw lots and lots of money into negative ads.
MLF1981
(211 posts)Trump nominating a guy from Ohio was probably the worst move he could have made vis-a-vis Pennsylvania. There's no love lost between the two states, mostly because of football. I've met a lot of people over the years from both places that have an almost irrational dislike of one another because of that.
Skittles
(171,697 posts)there are plenty of legitimate reasons to despise both Trump and Vance, they are both vile
MLF1981
(211 posts)Just relating what I've seen over the years. Not everyone makes decisions on a rational basis, sometimes emotion comes into play too.
Skittles
(171,697 posts)yup
MLF1981
(211 posts)Just because you don't like an idea doesn't make it untrue. And there are a lot more of those "idiotic sports fans" than you think.
Skittles
(171,697 posts)over and out
rubbersole
(11,222 posts)As important to some as anything else. As rational as family, religion, politics or job security in some cases. Didn't say it made sense.
magicarpet
(18,508 posts)That WWF crowd is a big chunk of
his MAGA cult voting base.
Not a lot of MENSA folks camped out over there for sure.
BattleRow
(2,449 posts)
mucholderthandirt
(1,783 posts)You don't want to be around when the fans get going at each other. Personally, Duke doesn't enter my house, NC is tolerated (Daddy's team, go Heels!), NC State is THE TEAM. Win or lose, my heart bleeds red and white. {insert wolf howl}
NOTE: don't need to argue about the other teams, let's just stick to these three. 
Skittles
(171,697 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 2, 2024, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)
yes indeed
BaronChocula
(4,549 posts)with her tsunami of tsmiles. 
Leghorn21
(14,090 posts)
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)Showing we are in trouble there.
Guess not so much.
WarGamer
(18,613 posts)
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,847 posts)
Attilatheblond
(8,876 posts)Go figure. Maybe there's been a disruption in the traditional body politic? Maybe more DEMs than I know have moved there?
My Vermonter husband warned against going to NH or Maine. Said there were a lot of weird people there. But then, he left that part of the nation while still a young man, and spent most of his life out west.
magicarpet
(18,508 posts)... residence moving across the border to New Hamshire. Less hectic, way less traffic, no income tax, no sales tax, and substantially cheaper homes. Nashua, Manchester, Portsmouth, and smaller cities and towns near the Massachusetts border are all becoming bedroom communities of Boston and the North Shore area.
The old GOP political power structures of New Hampshire are being diluted with the influx of Libs moving up from Massachusetts.
pat_k
(13,366 posts)So, we just got more solid in states we should have been winning more easily in the first place.
One thing you can bet. I doubt the DT people are giving up on that one elector in NE still "Lean D." If the only toss ups we win are PA, MI, and WI, we need that one elector to get to 270.
https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/presidential-race-ratings
WarGamer
(18,613 posts)pat_k
(13,366 posts)ME's four electors:
1 Solid D
2 Likely D
1 Likely R
NE's three
1 Lean D
2 Solid R
So it's really only Nebraska's one Lean D elector that's potentially at risk. It's a small market and I'd bank that Trump's campaign will be hitting those poor people hard.
https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/presidential-race-ratings
GoodRaisin
(10,920 posts) 
Tanuki
(16,446 posts)"The vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee is in the middle of a battle with COVID-19 after attending a holiday gathering in Washington, D.C.
Tom Mountain admits he was not a fan of wearing a mask, even months into the pandemic. "I was one of the naysayers,” he said. “I am no longer a naysayer."
Mountain shared photos with NBC 10 News from a Hanukkah party held at the White House on Dec. 9, which showed some attendees – including Mountain - not wearing a mask.“My family tried to dissuade me,” he said. “I didn't listen."
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According to Mountain, the three-hour party in the nation’s capital, which took place as coronavirus cases were surging nationwide, was attended by more than 100 people from all over the country.
....
"Well, lets put it this way: when I went down to Washington, D.C. for the White House Hanukkah event, I was perfectly fine,” he said. “And three days later after that event, I was in the hospital at Brigham and Women's ready to be put on a lifesaving ventilator."
Along with another trip back to the hospital last week, at least four of Mountain’s immediate family members have also now tested positive for Covid-19.
Skittles
(171,697 posts)are the reason why Covid spread so far and wide
Tanuki
(16,446 posts)to show up at the White House Hanukkah party.
sheshe2
(97,620 posts)I just watched Ari interview Woodward on MSNBC about that COVID interview ( TSF is now suing Woodward for it.) They played a tape of them where BW was yelling over TSF on what he should do to stop the spread. Yikes!
You have to see it when you can.
Self Esteem
(2,248 posts)It's why she's going there next week. But they may also have more resources than Trump's campaign and can get away with shoring the state up, while Trump can't financially invest in flipping it (it's much cheaper to shore up support in a state you have a marginal lead in than it is to shift support in a state you're down). That's my guess. Harris isn't going to risk NH drifting but Trump probably realizes the payoff is not worth the money/energy with so few electoral votes (Harris can't afford to lose NH but Trump can).
OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)Personally, I can't imagine doing a Presidential campaign schedule, 7 years from now. When you know the majority of Americans do not like you and he has to also focus on his legal felony crime problems.
But I can imagine Mike Johnson, soon, taking the floor in the House, to excoriate the Democrats for destroying a "good man" in Donald Trump. Suppression of laughter will be in evidence.
pat_k
(13,366 posts)It had drifted from Likely D to Lean D. As of 8/27 CPR shifted back to Likely D, but it wouldn't take much to see it start slipping again.
And, it looks like her campaign is still trying to run up the numbers in FL and TX. I'd love to see those at least go from Likely R to Lean R... force DT to spend money defending in states that are very expensive to defend.
https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/presidential-race-ratings
ancianita
(43,307 posts)No amount of Thiel donors can do anything about the popular vote, just actually BUY the votes in battlegrounds that would eek out an electoral win. No one should put it past them.
Ford_Prefect
(8,610 posts)to 'greener pastures'. NH isn't going to put them over in the EC.
Blue Owl
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Warpy
(114,614 posts)In NH, there were tax whiners from Mass in the southern part of the state who traded paying taxes and getting services for not paying taxes and getting few services, but even they weren't fertile ground for the MAGAts.
In the northern part, they know all about people like that family, new money who don't think they have to pay for anything. Deadbeats.
Bedock New Emg;and Re[ib;ocams pften said to me they'd rather cut off their arms than vote for a Democrat. Either there are going to be a lot of armless people up there or Mickey Mouse will sweep a lot of states.