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2022 Midterms

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Xerobull, Jan 8, 2021.

  1. jiggyfly

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    Until Obama changed things, I would have believed this but I want a young charismatic guy.

    Him being a military guy and knowing how to delegate offsets his youth and inexperience to me, he would need a great VP though.
     
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    That’s what they have in Alaska.
     
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    Pronouns can be tricky for second graders to grasp. Imagine being a Congressman and still not getting it.

     
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    To be honest with you even though I do not give a crap, I hate this whole stupid pronouns scam. I wish I didn’t have to come across it every now and then.
     
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    Hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha!

    You did it! You made fun of a person's physical appearance. Nice job!
     
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    Why would anyone care about or value what Elon Musk has to say about politics? If any “independents” are heeding advice from him, then LOL
     
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    Biden’s been enjoying himself these past couple of months
     
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    You got it all wrong. I was complimenting her for being a winner bucking the social trend of having white teeth.
     
  12. FranchiseBlade

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    Oh then you're lamer than I thought you were.
     
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    Obama wasn’t ready and had a mediocre presidency vis-à-vis his potential. Waste of talent if you ask me…
     
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    Your Boebert pronoun is welcher.
     
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    You know what, that actually gives me pause because Obama was way too green, and his being indecisiveness cost him a lot.

    At least with Moore he has that military background and understands how organizations work, and he will have some governing experience.

    That's way more seasoning than Obama had.
     
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    Look at it this way, Obama is a bad mf now. He would be the perfect president if only he could be…
     
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    He would probably be better, but I don't know if he is cutthroat enough, especially with how cutthroat the Republicans are.
     
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    Dems weren't beaten as bad as they thought they would be but they still, likely, lost the House of Representatives.

    This is far from a Democratic "victory."

    Not sure why there is so much Democratic crowing.
     
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    Because it was a historic hold for the party in power for a midterm. GOP should at the very least gained 30 seats in the house and the house is still in question and the Senate right now for Dems is very likely.

    This is very much a "Victory"
     
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    Outside of the national race (it was basically a coin flip for the Senate and a 4:1 for the House according to the polls), I did not at all expect the DEM to do this well in local races. They have done terribly in local elections over the years. Since federal elections are executed and controlled at the state level, local political power is very important to democracy, especially with the SC which might just go crazy this summer.

    Democrats make quiet history with state-level gains

    Overlooked amid frantic punditry about the "red ripple" in Congress: Democrats quietly won and defended majorities in state legislatures across the country, weakening GOP power on issues at the heart of the national political debate.

    Why it matters: State legislative races are on pace to be the highlight of the Democratic ballot. If Democrats hold on to Nevada, this will be the first time the party in power hasn't lost a single chamber in a midterms year since 1934, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

    The big picture: The partisan battles over democracy and abortion rights — the two issues that dominated Democratic messaging this cycle — are shaped at the state level.

    • Republicans have controlled more state legislative seats than Democrats for more than a decade straight, thanks in large part to a deliberate strategy the GOP hatched in 2010 to dominate the redistricting process.
    • Even after Democrats' stunning gains, Republicans still control more states and will have more total legislative seats. But this election shows Democrats are committed to playing the long game, says Daniel Squadron, founder of The States Project.
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    What to watch: The state-level efforts have major national implications. If Arizona flips, the number of Electoral College votes under full Republican control would decline from 307 to less than the required 270 for a presidential election.
    • The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a monumental case concerning the once-fringe "independent state legislature theory."
    • The conservative court could allow partisan state legislatures to unilaterally set the rules for federal elections as soon as 2024 — even if they result in partisan gerrymandering or violate state constitutions.
    • Some fear it could open the door for states to choose slates of electors who cast their ballot against voters' wishes, as former President Trump and his allies attempted to do in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
     
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