2024 - A Blank Canvas

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Interesting. If the GOP won in GA, NV and NH (presumably without Sununu), how did Mark Kelly hold on?

Because Mark Kelly is a BOSS

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Lol at NV dems...


Also weird question but is Jimmy Carter still alive?

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Why is the National Republican Senatorial Cmt. not recruiting former Interior Secretary under Donald Trump Rep. Ryan Zinke to run in Montana.

That Seat is gone for Tester if Zinke runs.

Clearly you don't understand that Tester is invincible thanks to #populism

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Curious how the GOP candidates will tackle healthcare, particularly if they are trying to appeal to a younger audience.

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As far as GOP-wanks go this is great. The incompetence of the California Dems is actually completely believable.

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Fire the entire CA Dem leadership.

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When DeSantis wins we could look at a 7-2 SCOTUS.

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That's a decent SCOTUS proposal. I would hope the Dems would pick Garland (decent compromise since he'd probably be on the bench for only ~a decade) or Lucy Koh.

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I don't feel good about DeSantis chances! Hopefully the polling snaps back into the Republican favour.

Are you seriously thinking this TL doesn't favor Republicans enough?

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Oh my God Vermont too?

Every single member of the DNC in this TL should be fired.

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Everything at this point seems to be pointing to a decisive Desantis victory.

Probably looking at a 62+ R Senate. The DNC for their incompetence should be the first to be prosecuted under the anti-democracy laws.

But seriously, this is good work.

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Here's my prediction:

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The Republicans will win VT-SEN too?

I hope the DSCC are the first ones sent to the concentration camps.

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The Republicans will win VT-SEN too?

I hope the DSCC are the first ones sent to the concentration camps.

They had a good crop of candidates, it's just the Harris factor that's the problem! The PC and her inability to connect is the problem! She might be okay for New York and California, but she's going to win them anyway, but she basically ignored "Fly-over country", likely a costly mistake, also assuming that the Republican brand was going to help her, is political malfeasance. The fact she's under performing in Georgia is telling and what's going on in New Jersey? Might DeSantis be the first Republican since George H.W. Bush in 1988 to win the Garden state? Bottom line, Kamala Harris is Hillary 2.0. Anyway that's my take!

Kamala is worse than Hillary at campaigning.

The DNC had plenty of people to choose from and they went with her.

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At this point it’s time for Harris to call DeSantis to concede, the math is simply not in her favor.

And then it's time to begin the airlifts of rape victims and LGBTQ people to Canada.

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We know Harris won't win PA either because of Governor Mastriano.

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If this was reality I would already be on a flight to Canada.

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Wait the Republicans are doing consistent life ethic now?

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•  Regardless of party, we always - and I mean MUST always - thank our veterans for their service to our great nation.

Based.

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I assume Biden will probably settle in at around #35-37 on the Presidential rankings.

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What was DeSantis's position on healthcare and the like? I can't imagine you can come close to winning Vermont while advocating for total privatization.

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I'm thinking this, with all the Harris votes thrown out by the GOP Congress.

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Not happening if DeSantis expects goodwill and some sort of honeymoon. Besides Republican's can afford to be magnanimous in victory, but if Democrats try any shenanigans in attempting to undermine DeSantis as they did with Trump; Republican's will likely respond ruthlessly and Cornyn nor Scalise will give Democrats diddly squat. All they can expect is nothing but crumbs from the Republican's high table. My cautionary word to Democrats is to "Behave".

Eh but DeSantis can't go too far right without generating backlash.

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Hopefully Ron DeSantis governs the way he said he would instead of letting the Congressional GOP do everything a la Trump.

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Hopefully Ron DeSantis governs the way he said he would instead of letting the Congressional GOP do everything a la Trump.

The congressional GOP never governed Trump's way for the most part. When you hear about where Republicans "increased deficits" while "Democrats reduced deficits", remember that the GOP never had a truly conservative Congress for either George W. Bush or Trump to rely on. Clinton's boast about how he reduced the deficit is largely a by-product of the Newt Gingrich Congress, and it's important to note that there was a report on excess defense spending that was about to be released when 9/11 occurred and led to our extreme security state that the neocons were happy to push.

Because DeSantis has a big enough Republican majority to where he can largely pass a lot of what he wants, and since Republicans are going to be hard pressed by their base to ACTUALLY reduce the deficit, keep taxes low, balance the budget, shrink the size of government and encourage work instead of beefing up the welfare and warfare states, I don't see DeSantis following the rulebook of the old congressional establishment. Yes, Cornyn is most definitely middling in his political views, but the newcomers in the Senate as well as long-time conservatives like Rand Paul are going to want more than just excuses like "we're sorry we didn't do this time, but we'll try again if you reelect us". Excuses like that aren't going to cut it anymore with the base, and Republicans who either continue to push "Jesus, guns and babies" because they're too chicken to put on their big boy pants and do some ACTUAL conservative governance - even in areas where Democrats are willing to break bread - deserved to be primaried out of office.

Don't get me wrong, with a majority like this, there are going to be many disappointed Republicans if DeSantis's demands are not met or his 100 days not fulfilled because some Republicans want to play "pattycake" because some "I'm pro-life but..." voter either from an impoverished rural area government actually failed or some pressure group tries to accuse you of being "heartless" or of "killing Granny" or of "offending little Timmy" or some other excuse to break your promise to your voters or potentially violate the Constitution in the name of "family values" or "doing what the people want", to where effectively Republicans fall back on "Nothing to see here, just say the right things about Jesus, guns and babies, pass another tax cut and don't rock the boat" like past Republicans have done - even under Trump. "Compassionate conservatism" and "neoconservatism" explain why Republicans have to deal with being called "hypocrites" about the deficit, spending, reforms, etc., and it's almost why Mitch McConnell deserves to be stripped of his title as Senate Minority Leader. I would like to see Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Ben Sasse or Josh Hawley run the damn joint...I don't care if Paul is a libertarian, Cruz is a Religious Right nut, Sasse voted to convict Trump or Hawley raised a fist over the results of 2020 and stood with Bernie in support of COVID "relief" - I care that Republicans actually follow the majority of their principles and stop worrying about some supposed "popular opinion".

Speaking of which did DeSantis run on any policies that were different besides actually doing what he promised? You don't win Delaware and Illinois on the current GOP platform. Are they finally accepting climate change or the ACA or something?