Sep 18, 2020

The public should see that but they won't. Trump supporters do not give a single f--- about right or wrong. I'm with @Enigma . It's got to be a fight. That "We go high" s--- isn't going to fly this year.


But yeah what a f---ing year lol.

 

Sep 18, 2020

right but the boomerang is always republicans act crazy but it doesnt matter; dems act crazy and republicans HAMMER them over it. they become the story.

i see ur point though. f--- this is bad.....

 

Sep 18, 2020

Voters didn’t care when McConnell blocked Garland from the court. Doubt this would illicit any kind of severe backlash. Especially not in midst of a pandemic & recession. Voters care about other issues way more. Biden can tip toe around & be like “well...I may consider it.” That’s fine. I mean behind closed doors, in these negotiations, there needs to be a counter-threat.

This is actually somewhat promising—not holding my breathe though:

 

Sep 18, 2020

@Enigma hadnt seen those tweets, ty. also did u see if mark kelly wins he'd be seated in november?! another layer

 

Sep 19, 2020

this is a good summary of what gop consensus is lol. but just curious, what is your response to the fact this 4-4 argument...didnt exist in 2016. (not mcconnells obvious flipflopping, just the ~~sudden concern over scotus being a tie ball game..)

Anyway, here's Papa Andy's Coming Off the Mountain Take:
They move fast on starting a nomination now, they then give endangered senators like collins the opportunity to score some points by "delaying" the confirmation, but simultaneously use the held-up confirmation to motivate their voters, and then win or lose they are confirming a justice in december unless they (possibly) succumb to enormous unprecedented political pressure. as @Swizz pointed out, mark kelly potentially winning and being seated in nov adds a curious wrinkle to things.

RBGs death obviously cant be understated ofc. terrible, ball game ending news, for a few reasons. this alone could alter the elections stakes and dynamic, in a way only COVID has up until this point. we will see how it shakes out. im a little pessimistic as what goes down moving forward. will biden double down on traditional GOTV or canvassing in its wake? from what im hearing via friends in the campaign, every state has some version of this antsyness...but I can tell u all that the campaign is overall having legitimately successful voter contact, persuasion, and conversion, as well as driving strong news narratives (esp when you add in the fact that Biden himself just went to Macomb County MI etc.)

 

Sep 19, 2020

Tie in the Supreme Court means the decision in the lower court, whatever it is, stands.

 

Sep 19, 2020

big d-ck energy from Schumer today!! Expand Supreme Court to 11 justices + add term limits. DC + Puerto Rico statehood too.

 

Sep 20, 2020

Also eliminating the filibuster

 

Sep 20, 2020

Trump or Kanye all day baby

 

Sep 22, 2020

 

Sep 22, 2020

well played. aoc and schumer can and should have their lane. bidens lane is challenging trump, eviscerating him on his failures, and maintaining his +7 lead

 

Sep 23, 2020

Well, Romney is back to being a spineless b---- again. This nomination is definitely going through whether before the election or in the lame duck Congress following.

It’s imperative Dems win the senate and act fast. I don’t want to wait six months to remove the filibuster and then sit around doing nothing.

within the first week of the new congress they must remove the filibuster and add four justices to the court (if prefer six so there is no possibility of someone swinging decisions)

then immediately after we need to make PR and DC states and maybe even split California into two, making it much harder for GOP to hold senate majorities.

then we need to inact sweeping change over the next two years.

this isn’t how Dems have traditionally played ball but we must play the same game as the Republicans to save our republic

 

Sep 23, 2020

You know...a lot of people gave me s--- early on for calling Trump a wannabe authoritarian. I’d love to hear from those people now but conveniently most of them have disappeared from here.

 

Sep 29, 2020

Who’s jacked for the debate tonight?

 

Sep 29, 2020

I hope it’s boring. If it’s boring, it’s a good night for Biden.

 

Sep 29, 2020

more jacked for this than a lot of other debates in the past.

I hope @Enigma's right and it's boring...but I'm expecting a shitshow.

Either way, I'm buying some beer for it, lol.

 

Sep 29, 2020

 

Sep 29, 2020

Biden is senile but having his team and Kamala in the white house > Trump.