I've never seen so much excitement over senate races

I'm from South Florida, born and raised. However, my mother and her family is from Richmond County and rural Burke County, Georgia. My father's family is from Savannah, Georgia.

With the election of Barack Obama in 2008, politics sort of slid into pop culture. Its seems to me that trend really took off in 2016 with Donald Trump, and not for the better. With Trump, politics went everywhere. It was difficult to escape. It was talked about even more than usual on morning pop culture radio shows, daytime talk shows, sports, in sitcoms, etc.

I'm more thrilled than ever that more people are paying attention to politics, paying attention to the people that represent them, and are getting more active... even though 72 million have looked at that dumpster fire of a White House and Donald Trump and said "I want that guy."

I have spoken to my family and they are more fired up than ever about these Georgia races, which shocks me beyond belief. I've spoken with them about politics and I know they don't really pay attention that much. They are reliable Democratic voters but outside of election times, they tune out. At least that was true up to this election cycle. They are excited and ready to cast their vote for Reverend Warnock. One of my little cousins in Atlanta has friends that attend Reverend Warnock's church and have encouraged my cousin to get out and vote for Reverend Warnock. I've had to educate them a little about Jon Ossoff.

My family's focus is usually on the presidency so their excitement over senate races amazes me. Ultimately, I take their unusual engagement and enthusiasm over senate races as a good sign that Democrats are fired up and ready to bring these senate seats home.

It's all about Georgia

This "coup" that's being enabled by Republican members of congress... it's about Georgia. It's about control of the Senate, which they are trying to cling onto by a pinky toe.

It's about keeping the Trump supporting base riled up and feeling cheated so they can motivate these people to come out for the runoffs.

These people know Joe Biden won and are probably happy that they won't be dealing with Trump's impulsiveness. They don't have to pretend they didn't see Trump's crazy tweets. They don't have to act like Trump didn't mean what he said.

Senate Republicans and Republican House members know full well that Joe Biden has won this election but they need to keep their base on edge and feeling cheated until January 5th.

Martha McSally refuses to concede Arizona Senate race even as math shows she can't win

Do Democrats ever go to court to get conservative legislation struck down?

If so, I don’t hear about it.

Conservative activists have this “solution in search of a problem” approach when it comes to taking legal action to strike down legislation favored by Democrats.

Does that exist for Democrats?

Rant: I'm listening to an interview getting reactions on Joe And Kamala's win

I’ve listened to conservatives who voted for Biden and I’ve listened to conservatives that stuck with Trump.

Throughout the interviews of people that decided to stick with Trump, they’ve said (1) Biden is a Trojan horse for the rise of socialism, and (2) how liberals have resisted Trump and haven’t given him a chance.

This rant is about number 2:

I consider myself a reasonable person. If someone wins the presidency, I recognize that win. I don’t argue the results if someone that I did not support wins the presidency. I WILL ABSOLUTELY ADMIT THAT I DID NOT GIVE DONALD TRUMP A CHANCE. I WILL ADMIT THAT LOUD AND PROUD! NEVER! EVER! WORST PRESIDENT OF MY SHORT LIFE AND SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED!

...and let me tell you exactly the reason why. He’s never given us a chance. NOT ONCE did Trump ever try to reach across the aisle. Trump tried to do everything on a partisan party line.

Centrist judges? None!
Centrist legislation? Nope!
Centrist message? Nonexistent!
Compromise? No thanks!

Presidents usually reach across the aisle at some point.

Bill Clinton worked with Republicans, and even signed legislation that Republicans liked. Bill Clinton throughout his presidency moved more to the right as his presidency went along.

Bush 43 reached across the aisle and worked with Democrats. You could even make the argument that Bush 43 moved a little left on certain issues.

Obama started in the center and considered Republican ideas. Obama worked with Republicans where he could. He tried to work with Republican leader John Boehner on legislation that Republicans can get behind.

The Republican leader on the hill couldn’t get his own party to stop resisting. They didn’t give Barack Obama a chance!

Barack Obama thought about Republicans when he nominated a centrist judge that Republicans claimed they could get behind.

Trump ran on a message of ‘FUCK DEMOCRATS!’ in 2016.
Trump governed with a ‘FUCK DEMOCRATS!’ attitude the entire four years.
Trump ran on a “FUCK DEMOCRATS!’ message in 2020.

How exactly am I supposed to give him a chance when he’s never given me one?

CNN: It's legal for them to count votes in Pennsylvania two days after the election on November 3rd?

I’m not a “watch news in the morning” kind of person. CNN gave me a morning chuckle.

My TV has been on CNN for a week straight (I’m sure like many of us). I turn my TV on and it’s on CNN and they’re covering a protest of people claiming the election has been stolen.

A woman asks with the straightest face: It’s legal for them to count votes in Pennsylvania two days after the election on November 3rd????

Reporter: Yes!

Woman: You’re wrong! Go! I don’t even wanna talk to you.

As sad as this is... this is hilarious! Seeing their whiny little snowflake feelings.

GERRYMANDERING: I want to put down the idea that Democrats didn't try to win state legislature races

I posted this is another thread, but I feel this deserves its own, front and center.

We tried to win these state legislative races. We REALLY did. We were playing on rigged maps.

I’m in Florida. We focused our efforts on flippable districts ONLY to gain seats in ONE chamber of the Florida legislature because the mapped is so rigged against us. We were only aiming for a gain of 3 seats in one chamber and that would only put us at half of one chamber but that’s enough to where have some say in the next map.

Democrats increased their turnout in Florida by A LOT compared to 2016. The GOP turned out their base BY EVEN MORE. Their expansion was far greater than the Democrats’ expansion and much bigger than anyone expected. Because of that, we didn’t pick up anything. All of their judges got re-elected. They didn’t lose any seats in the legislature.

In addition to Florida, we focused our efforts in Texas, NC and a host of states just to flip only a few seats because we have no path to a majority in anything. The only and absolute best thing we could possibly accomplish was an EVEN SPLIT in ONE CHAMBER of each state legislature. There was no possibility of a majority anywhere because of their rigged maps.

I'm curious: If Joe Biden can improve relations with China, and get an actual beneficial trade deal

with China buying our farmers crops again, would that improve our standing with rural voters?

In my mind, I don’t see why we can also be a party that includes rural voters. I don’t understand the deep loyalty rural voters have to the GOP. I really don’t get it.

I think Trump has left an opening for Democrats to improve its standing with rural voters because he has fucked up so royally.

I bring this up because the patches of dirt in Wyoming, the Dakotas, and the other flyover states send more people to the Senate than the Democratic Party does.

Melania leaving the voting booth knowing she voted for Biden

'This f---ing virus': Inside Donald Trump's 2020 undoing (How Donald Trump went down, according to

75 insiders)

Interesting read.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/this-f-ing-virus-inside-donald-trumps-2020-undoing-434716