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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On October 27 2020 01:54 GreenHorizons wrote: Obama/Democrats didn't lose the senate until the second half of his second term. I was waiting for him to say Harry Reid managed to eliminate the judicial filibuster in 2013, while being minority leader of the Senate. Ricochet shot at Senate Dems I suppose. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24391 Posts
On October 27 2020 01:47 plasmidghost wrote: They don't? I thought I read something by Schumer saying that they would if they get a majority. Nope. You probably did read that. He doesn't have the votes though and if you're talking about the press conference I think you are, he admitted as much. On October 27 2020 02:07 Danglars wrote: I was waiting for him to say Harry Reid managed to eliminate the judicial filibuster in 2013, while being minority leader of the Senate. Ricochet shot at Senate Dems I suppose. Just want to clarify that Democrats removed the filibuster for federal judges (and executive appointments) in 2013 Republicans removed the filibuster for SCOUTS nominees in 2017. | ||
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On October 27 2020 02:29 plasmidghost wrote: Couple of polls from YouGov and the NYT have Trump with a 4-5pt lead in Texas, which is dampening my expectations of us to go blue but it is interesting to look at them and see that Biden holds a significant lead (59-39) in early votes cast with Trump holding roughly the same lead for people planning on voting election day. Curious to see if the final effort of Biden ad buys in the traditionally more conservative DFW metroplex does anything. I wonder if the covid outbreaks in Texas will affect voting. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14211 Posts
On October 27 2020 00:01 Mohdoo wrote: I really don’t like Biden spending time in Georgia. He needs to get his ass back to the Midwest and firm that up. Or spend that entire week in Pennsylvania. But not Georgia. He doesn’t need Georgia this just feels so dumb It does reek of the same overconfidence of 2016 but I really wouldn't put it past democrats to just not give a shit about the midwest. They've lurched so far away from the Farmer-Labor Blocs that made it such a stronghold that I doubt they even think of doing anything for unions if they win. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
Obviously, it's 32/68 instead of 38/62 due to the new polls. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France8202 Posts
On October 27 2020 01:50 Simberto wrote: I am not certain about that. The republican controlled senate has been horrific for the last decade or so. It is basically what enabled McConnell to do all the bullshit obstructionism in the first place. I think the senate might be more important than the presidency. A democrat president with a McConnell majority republican senate will not do anything. We have seen how bad that situation is during six out of 8 of the years of Obamas presidency. I mean, consider for example the 2 trillion dollars plan Biden is laying for the environment; that's going to require A LOT of political capital and extremely hard fights to pass. Think ACA level of effort. I don't see that even starting to happen with a republican senate. Obama managed to pass two huge pieces of legislations, the ACA and the economic recovery bill when he got elected and before the 2010 elections. Biden has no chance to pass reforms of this magnitude without a maximal support from the congress at the beginning of his mandate. So again, campaigning in Georgia is certainly calculated. He need those senators or he will just be remembered as the guy who got us rid of Trump (already an achievement but that's really not enough). | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32755 Posts
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/swing-states-2020-senate-races-to-watch-polls-map-and-list/ I think they can afford one visit to a close swing state to shore up some last minute support and then make a return to the Midwest for the final stretch. Not like they're angling hard for Texas or South Carolina with the overconfidence of Hillary, who got complacent over the Midwest despite some very unsteady numbers. | ||
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Luolis
Finland7196 Posts
asdasdasd User was warned for this post | ||
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On October 27 2020 01:50 Simberto wrote: I am not certain about that. The republican controlled senate has been horrific for the last decade or so. It is basically what enabled McConnell to do all the bullshit obstructionism in the first place. I think the senate might be more important than the presidency. A democrat president with a McConnell majority republican senate will not do anything. We have seen how bad that situation is during six out of 8 of the years of Obamas presidency. Controlling the house, senate, and presidency is key. Democrats are able to obstruct legislation with just the house. Then you get into big tent issues like 2017 where even controlling all three doesn't end Obamacare. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France8202 Posts
On October 27 2020 04:20 Luolis wrote: I wonder how this is meant to convince americans to vote for him. asdasdasd Hey look!! Sauron, Darth Vador, Voldemort and Skynet all cheer for me! Isn't it wonderful? | ||
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JimmiC
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4456 Posts
On October 27 2020 02:29 plasmidghost wrote: Couple of polls from YouGov and the NYT have Trump with a 4-5pt lead in Texas, which is dampening my expectations of us to go blue but it is interesting to look at them and see that Biden holds a significant lead (59-39) in early votes cast with Trump holding roughly the same lead for people planning on voting election day. Curious to see if the final effort of Biden ad buys in the traditionally more conservative DFW metroplex does anything. https://twitter.com/TXElects/status/1320774300123672577 Seems unlikely considering Bidens comments on the oil industry. I'd say Trump wins Texas by 5-7% | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10970 Posts
you answerded to nettles. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10970 Posts
He's like a... right wing media bot that posts every 2-3 days. People tend to fall for him. In reality he is most likely just a really sad person... But i give him the benefit of the doubt, so he is a bot. | ||
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