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I need one of these for Philly for the convention
Johnson? Ayotte?
IL, NH, and WI are almost guaranteed to turn blue. OH, FL, and PA will if Clinton carries those states. NC, AZ, and IA will if Clinton wins by double digits and win those states.
User 463088
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I'm not even sure why I'm debating here or what your state map is, but even by your simplistic "national numbers = senate numbers" theory, Obama beat Romney +4 and they retook the Senate in 2012. Not sure what you're seeing in your math.
Hillary will be appointing 2 - 3 Supreme Court Justices, that along is pretty massive.
Her litmus test for appointees? They have to want to overturn Citizen's United. That should be right up the alley of a Bernie supporter!
Aaron Strife
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MO also has a great candidate on the Dem side, but the GOP incumbent is relatively noncontroversial and the state has had a right lean over the years so we'll see if a race shapes up there.
A big Clinton win (5 point margin or more) will likely give Dems 52+ seats in the Senate, I dunno why anyone would feel like Democrats would "only win 2 or 3 at most." 2 or 3 is practically guaranteed, IL/WI are slam dunks and NH/FL probably tilt our way at the moment.
Even if Dems don't win the House they'll likely close up the margin significantly and I could see things like the 2013 immigration reform bill or Clinton's big infrastructure plan making their way through Ryan's House. Especially within the first 100 days there will probably be a sense of "Well ok, we might as well try and work together" from the Republican leadership even if gridlock is almost guaranteed later on.
TheLostBigBoss
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I'm gonna need receipts for that
Dems have a very good chance of getting majority this election in the senate.
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Box of Kittens
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I'm hoping they can get Elvis to speak as well.
Dash_Riprock
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Are they at least past Denial yet?
TheLostBigBoss
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Yea I think so, because they keep on calling Sanders to run third party.
Who cares though, that place is literally a ghost town now, just look at the traffic
Orbis Tabula
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It's honestly a little hard to believe just had badly the GOP fumbled with the Comey interview. Like, read the OT thread on the indictment and basically every single point against Clinton can now be refuted by just quoting Comey from today. It's incredible. We learned so much from this.
It's become clear today that this is either a troll poster or someone who doesn't *Actually* give a shit about the platform, policy, or agenda of Bernie Sanders. They'd rather have President Trump. Just someone following the cult of personality surrounding Bernie with a severe case of FOMO.
I think the GOP got jealous of the Hamilton stars at the DNC and they want their own sketch.
Box of Kittens
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I mean, I'm no fan of unskewing polls, but these numbers are flat out nonsense. Rasmussen is so terrible.
Dominican Power
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That hearing was fucking agonizing to watch. Comey looked like he wanted to strangle someone. Republicans kept going in circles trying to catch him in a lie. It was disgraceful. I also can't believe how Hillary let herself get in this mess in the first place. Like wtf?
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I'd say they're very firmly at Anger at the moment.
It just means we are going to need another probe.
Box of Kittens
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I'm endorsing the theory that they got turned down by so many potential speakers they had to go all the way down the list to "guy who dresses up as George Washington to speak at Northeastern Ohio elementary schools as a side gig."
ItWasMeantToBe19
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This whole family wants to fuck Ivanka and it's so fucking creepy.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewi...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Qwerty710710
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I thought Democrats had control of the Senate after 2010 midterm elections even though they barely controlled it. In 2012 they added a few more seats. Maybe I might of been too conservative with my prediction I hadn't really looked at the poll numbers for Wisconsin or new Hampshire.
Nazgul_Hunter
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So, it's being reported that Jason Chafetz's congressional business cards have his Gmail address on them.
We should start a petition for the FBI to get all of his emails so we can see if he's mishandled Classified Information.
We should start a petition for the FBI to get all of his emails so we can see if he's mishandled Classified Information.
Hehe, good idea. I made one for each convention:
Of course, the map is still St. Louis, but that would be way too much effort for me to bother with!
Excellent work
The GOP are incapable of taking a win properly, thank god for that.
The House isn't flipping but it's very possible for the Senate.
If you decide not to vote for president because you don't live in a swing state that's fine, but you should at least still vote for the local/downballot positions. And I would recommend writing someone in as opposed to not voting as a form of protest vote.
It was mentioned during the hearing that Congress people are not subject to the same laws as the executive branch. The Dems made a point of saying that during the hearing. One even said they wanted to introduce legislation that would bind Congress to the same laws and restrictions as the executive branch but that the GOP would shoot it down.
Qwerty710710
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I live in New Jersey my vote is almost worthless anyway and I live in a heavy Republican area. I almost always vote Democrat expect for a couple of times that I regret. It's hard to get excited for this election when I don't like either candidate and usually I'm pumped up for presidential elections.
Officerrob
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Where is the list of convention speakers?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Oh ho ho.
aspiegamer
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If it's Newt, then it's Warren. It would be criminal to deny the world that battle.
If it's a "non-traditional" or another person with low experience, I do hope she takes Perez. That would be a Palin-level gamble in any typical election, but, hey, might as well be bold if Trump wants to shoot himself in both feet at the same time.
If it's a "non-traditional" or another person with low experience, I do hope she takes Perez. That would be a Palin-level gamble in any typical election, but, hey, might as well be bold if Trump wants to shoot himself in both feet at the same time.
plagiarize
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Has anyone confirmed that it is in fact true that members of the House are exempt from the statute that they were hoping to see Clinton prosecuted on? Because if so, that's probably the most shocking hypocrisy of this whole thing.
Ah wait, it says it right here on this story. Fucking ass holes.
Chaffetz has always been an idiot. He doesn't care.
Thequietone
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RNC speakers list is delayed because thy still haven't found enough people willing to speak. lol
Get Kim Davis to speak.
At least point, Republicans know they are fucked, but I don't think they care. They might lose the Senate, but still hold onto the house. They will continue to do what they did to Obama and just not do anything except probes and repeal the ACA. If you can win, just be obstructive and ineffectual and then blame Hillary for not going bringing unity.
Suikoguy
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Throwback to John Lithgow's dramatic reading of Newt's press release:
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/7qmvog/the-colbert-report-john-lithgow-performs-gingrich-press-release
(I looked for a youtube version and had no luck, sorry).
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/7qmvog/the-colbert-report-john-lithgow-performs-gingrich-press-release
(I looked for a youtube version and had no luck, sorry).
If it's Newt and Warren, we should settle for no fewer than 8 VP debates. One of them should be a tweet-off.
Orbis Tabula
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So, is it confirmed that the House is gonna ask for a perjury investigation now, or was that just Chaffetz saying he wanted to, but nothing has happened yet? Because, I got jokes to make on Facebook, but they gotta be accurate, you know?
Tarkus
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If I had a pretty sister, I would say she's beautiful. How is that creepy? I understand Trump's comments a while back being creepy, but this is ridiculous.
Are you serious?
Your first reply to whether or not your sister can run as a VP would be "she's got the beautiful looks"?
It's weird that his first instinct when asked if Ivanka should be VP is "She looks good."
Anyone else disappointed that Al Franken isnt spitting more fire about the election on Twitter? I assume he would be great at it, but his two account feeds are mostly boring stuff about how great his constituents are.
I read something in one of the recent vp articles about him that said this is because the Hillary campaign is keeping him on a leash. What would be the reason for that?
I read something in one of the recent vp articles about him that said this is because the Hillary campaign is keeping him on a leash. What would be the reason for that?
He seems to be fairly reserved in general ever since becoming a Senator. I think he just wants to be taken seriously.
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