Trump administration 2024-2028

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Hmmm…nope!

He just shit-canned the one moderating but useless influence in the Oval Office and replaced her with Santa Monica Goebbels. That tells me he’s going balls to the wall.

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[Nvlgzr]

I'm pretty sure you don't hold an appointment here to decide what people are permitted to discuss.

[Year, Senate, House, governorships]
2000: D+4, D+1, D+1
2002: R+2, R+8, D+3
2004: R+4, R+3, 0
2006: D+5, D+31, D+6
2008: D+8, D+21, D+1
2010: R+6, R+63, R+6
2012: D+2, D+8, R+1
2014: R+9, R+13, R+3
2016: D+2, D+6, R+2
2018: R+2, D+41, D+7
2020: D+3, R+13, R+1
2022: D+1, R+9, D+2
2024: R+4, D+2, 0
2026: D+7, D+42, D+5 (so far)

How about that 2010 election. So very, very, long ago. Makes 2026 "historic".


With most commentators depending on polls, I'd be surprised if anyone came close to predicting what happened if the polls were unable to measure it.

I think Ytz is saying this is historic numbers for Democrat's.

 

[ytz]

I think Ytz is saying this is historic numbers for Democrat's.

He keeps going by national numbers. Notice how he ignored the state houses flipped. Or how he ignored the example of Texas waking up to news they'll be California in January. Or the fact that the 2010 midterms, ass whooping that they were, still saw the Democrats hold the Senate. This was almost like a good chunk of America had an anaphylactic reaction to the GOP.

Like I keep saying, if California or New York changed every state wide position to Republican in a single election, I would call that historic too. We have Republicans who get this. But somehow, randos in Canada don't.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

In every picture, Miller actually looks like a cartoonishly bad villain, but he's a straight up sociopath.

Only thing missing is him holding a white Persian cat.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

This cracked me up so bad!

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[Furniture]

This was almost like a good chunk of America had an anaphylactic reaction to the GOP.

I worry that this is the take the Democrats will have, and decide to squander their good will on fringe far left silliness.

The electorate reacted to MAGA, that doesn't make them full-blown Democrats. It means they punished the worst excesses of the MAGA crowd, but doesn't signify a hard shift to the left.

I hope they learn what the LPC seem to have learned, being in the centre beats fighting on the margins.

 

[Good2Golf]

He just shit-canned the one moderating but useless influence in the Oval Office and replaced her with Santa Monica Goebbels. That tells me he’s going balls to the wall.

“Ladies and gentlemen, there’s turbulence coming up so please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts tightly…”

 

[Brad Sallows]

I think Ytz is saying this is historic numbers for Democrat's.

Yes; it's necessary to properly situate the estimate for it to be "historic". At least that's marginally better than "in-con-ceivable!".

 

[Brad Sallows]

I worry that this is the take the Democrats will have, and decide to squander their good will on fringe far left silliness.

No need to worry. The far left silliness was right out declared in the open well prior to the election.

 

[ArmyRick]

I worry that this is the take the Democrats will have, and decide to squander their good will on fringe far left silliness.

The electorate reacted to MAGA, that doesn't make them full-blown Democrats. It means they punished the worst excesses of the MAGA crowd, but doesn't signify a hard shift to the left.

Tip the ship too far left or right, and she sinks.

The political parties need to focus on the 80% of the population which is somewhere in the center. At least for us Canadians. And I do know many an American (including 6 cousins), and not one of them is far left or far right.

However people also have to be careful what they define as "far/fringe left or right"
A few examples
-Wanting a decent universal healthcare does NOT make you far left
-Wanting reasonable and manageable immigration does NOT make you far right
-Wanting a decent education system for all does NOT make you far left
-Wanting to a moderately effective armed forces does NOT make you far right

and we could go on.