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Honeycombe8

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14. I would hope that you're right. But the polls don't show that. Support for them ticked UP a bit...

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 01:01 PM

Oct 2018

after the Kavanaugh hearing. That's why they're emboldened. They see it as Trump's extreme aggression method worked. They got the Kavanaugh confirmation AND their numbers went up AND the Republican voter base enthusiasm level went up. How much is debatable, but up is up.

I looked at the data on fivethirtyeight.com that tracked voters before, during, and after the Kavanaugh hearing. I've seen one article somewhere that said that Lindsey Graham's tirade has been credited for turning the Kavanaugh hearing around and ensuring confirmation. That's a very different view from how WE viewed his tirade.

To think that they are in more trouble because of Kavanaugh is a mistake. The data doesn't show it.

We still have a month, though. If our enthusiasm holds or picks up, and theirs wanes, that would be very good for the Blue Wave.

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The Republicans have all turned into mini-me Trumps. [View all] Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 OP

It is 1930s Germany manor321 Oct 2018 #1

You got it absolutely right. pangaia Oct 2018 #6

South Park's Mr. Garrison becomes Trump and strap-on fucks everyone in opposition into submission. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #16

Yes, and I would like to think that these people aren't pulling it off like rump did. He did his... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #2

They are emboldened by it because that's what won the Kavanaugh confirmation. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #3

They already had the numbers and won already before the tirades...they were just simply... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #5

Exactly right. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2018 #11

I would hope that you're right. But the polls don't show that. Support for them ticked UP a bit... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #14

I disagree ... w/ the people I talked to (and I know it's not a qualified poll or scientific, ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #17

Good point about polls. Maybe they are no longer valid, at least for small changes. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #19

Another update... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #18

As Jed Clampett would say, "Heeedoggie!" That does look good. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #20

Absolutely. I'm so fired up that I'm catching all of the papers around on fire! ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #22

Good catch! They were discussing this on one of the MSNBC shows recently Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #4

They made us their enemy. Our fellow Americans have been taught to hate liberals gtar100 Oct 2018 #7

Because they see how effective it is in controlling the narrative, and because... Garrett78 Oct 2018 #8

He enabled them to drop their masks. SunSeeker Oct 2018 #9

They've started thinking, "It worked for Don"... czarjak Oct 2018 #10

Exactly. In fact, I'm sure they had a pow-wow with Trump... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #15

Kavanaugh totally channeled Trump in his performance last Thursday wishstar Oct 2018 #12

We always knew they had it in them. They were Sleaze Cha Oct 2018 #13

Yep. They were always Trump. He just allowed them to openly embrace their true selves. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #21