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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I think we just won the Senate... [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)64. I love this info, but end-times ISIS favors an incompetent Trump
Last edited Thu Aug 4, 2016, 11:47 AM - Edit history (1)
and religiously and militarily unbalanced right wingers in office, not another cool-eyed Democrat.
Of course, this is a worst case of the kind of "bombs" that will drop during the next 3 months, even if things get amazing normal, but we need to be prepared for whatever happens.
Btw, Republican Pat Toomey could lose his house seat (!!!!), though Michael Bloomberg is supporting him. Toomey is an extreme social conservative corporatist on Right Wing Watch's list. Like Mike Pence, he also embodies the very useful fusion of religious morality and Dark-Money interests.
Back in 2006, Toomey described his pro-corporate advocacy as all about protecting our Christian heritage and a culture that is under assault. For Toomey, protecting our Christian heritage also includes preventing oversight on Wall Streets reckless derivatives trading. Not only is Toomey a staunch opponent of Wall Street Reform, but worked as a derivatives trader.
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It could be & maybe the odds are that it actually might happen with someone like Trump in the
EV_Ares
Aug 2016
#16
koch brothers tend to fund horrible attack adds at the very end of the campaigns
mucifer
Aug 2016
#7
They're known for their rope-a-dope strategy. Wait until the last week; hell, even the last weekend.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2016
#33
Off the top of everyone's head, any other races that we're knocking on the door of?
piechartking
Aug 2016
#8
Bayh is up that much in Indiana? WOW!! We still need to work like hell as if we are behind.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2016
#29
I'm shocked about NH. I thought Kelly Ayotte was their golden girl in the Granite State.
Fla Dem
Aug 2016
#43
Yea I looked myself didn't find anything recent then had to get back to work . I may edit later
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#66