2020 Generic Ballot / Recruitment / Fundraising / Ratings Megathread

[Atlas Force]

https://twitter.com/DKElections/status/1169717436435914753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7...

[MT Treasurer]

Why is the GOP obsessed with winning Texas 7th?

Because a lot of Republican stategists are completely oblivious to reality. The NRSC and NRCC are two of the greatest Democratic assets.

Yeah! it is sooo crazy to think a Clinton +1 plurality district is remotely competitive. Obvious Safe D. Safer than NY14 because the trends are so fast obviously.

Republicans should absolutely put up a decent wave insurance candidate here, they just shouldn’t prioritize the district over much more winnable PA-8, MN-7, WI-3, ME-2, IA-2, IA-1, etc., just like they should have contested MT-SEN and WV-SEN from the get-go instead of only making a half-hearted last-ditch effort in those races. Guess propping up Luther Strange, defending strong incumbent Heller, and beating socialist Baldwin and weak incumbent Menendez was just too important tho

[Lisa's voting Biden]

https://twitter.com/DKElections/status/1169717436435914753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7...

Where's my money, Carter? Where's my ******* money, Carter? What did you do with my ******* money?

[The Undefeatable Debbie Stabenow]

https://twitter.com/DKElections/status/1169717436435914753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7...

Why did they have to use a picture of someone who portrayed him in a movie instead of, you know... a picture of him?

[Lisa's voting Biden]

Trump 2020 manager believes GOP can win back 8 CA seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-plans-california-comeback-in-2020-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-says-at-state-convention

[Tekken_Guy]

Trump 2020 manager believes GOP can win back 8 CA seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-plans-california-comeback-in-2020-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-says-at-state-convention

Eight? Besides the 7 that flipped last year who’s the eighth? Ami Bera?

[Politician]

Trump 2020 manager believes GOP can win back 8 CA seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-plans-california-comeback-in-2020-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-says-at-state-convention

Good luck with that. The only ones they can win are CA-48, CA-10 and maybe CA-21 and CA-39 in a wave.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Trump 2020 manager believes GOP can win back 8 CA seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-plans-california-comeback-in-2020-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-says-at-state-convention

Eight? Besides the 7 that flipped last year who’s the eighth? Ami Bera?

No. It’s just him being stupid.

[Gracile]

Trump 2020 manager believes GOP can win back 8 CA seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-plans-california-comeback-in-2020-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-says-at-state-convention

Delusional. It's hard to imagine any of the California seats flipping back, especially with Trump in the White House.

[IceSpear]

Remember when the gas tax was going to make 2018 the GOP's California comeback? lol

[Badger]

These people are so disconnected from the average voter. The average Republican voter is economically moderate to center-right, mostly socially conservative, and very nationalistic. They are not supportive of abortion or concerned about climate change or concerned about being inclusive. lol, the party will just keep electing Trumps in any primaries where they show up if these people keep insisting on changing the party in their way.

A decent amount of republicans are pro-choice in some way

And a decent amount of dems are pro-life

There are no pro choice republicans in the house.

I mean the actual voters.

Kind of meaningless if the Republican Party structure doesn't elect pro-choice Republicans, no?

It's a combination of structural power - - the nrcc and similar organizations will not support pro-choice candidates if they can avoid it, to say nothing of which side the church is another influential Republican primary voting blocks get behind - - as well as the Republican voters themselves being technically pro-choice, but it being so far down their list has to be right above tile grout among the issues they will base their vote on.

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

[Gracile]

NM-03: Former CIA operative Valerie Plame officially announces that she'll run for Congress and she released this campaign ad-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICW-dGD1M18

[Gracile]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

[Badger]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

Kind of a given, no?

Didn't Warren endorse Newman last time around too?

[Gracile]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

Kind of a given, no?

Didn't Warren endorse Newman last time around too?

No she didn't, the only 2020 contenders who endorsed Newman last time were Sanders and Gillibrand.

[Calthrina950]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

[Nyvin]

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Why do the Democrats need moderates but the Republicans seem to do fine without any of them?

[Calthrina950]

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Why do the Democrats need moderates but the Republicans seem to do fine without any of them?

Both parties need moderates, in my view. I wasn't happy about the losses of many of the moderate Republicans last year. It's just unfortunate that many Democrats are so obsessed with abortion and gun control that they must drive out anyone who isn't completely on board with both. To say nothing of the acrimony towards those who were previously skeptical of gay rights (like Gabbard).

[UncleSam]

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Why do the Democrats need moderates but the Republicans seem to do fine without any of them?

Both parties need moderates, in my view. I wasn't happy about the losses of many of the moderate Republicans last year. It's just unfortunate that many Democrats are so obsessed with abortion and gun control that they must drive out anyone who isn't completely on board with both. To say nothing of the acrimony towards those who were previously skeptical of gay rights (like Gabbard).

Imo being against gay rights was way worse than holding the opposing view on abortion or gun rights. I can understand both viewpoints as being reasonable and committed to a better world for everyone on abortion even though I’m pro-choice through the second trimester, and I can understand that in the countryside people often want to have guns to defend themselves even if I personally wouldn’t want to own one. Being against gay rights is just kind of because you view gay people as being wrong or evil somehow - it can pretty much only stem from bigotry against gay people, there’s no other reason to care.

That being said, there are only moderates in the majority party (or out party) during times when there’s a president of the opposing party. Those moderates get voted out pretty much instantly once a president from their own party is elected. There were a lot more true moderate Republicans in the house in 2016 than there were true moderate Democrats, but now the pendulum has swung back and all the swing districts most likely to elect a moderate are represented by Democrats. Democrats need moderates to consistently win majorities in Congress, just like Republicans do.

[Calthrina950]

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Why do the Democrats need moderates but the Republicans seem to do fine without any of them?

Both parties need moderates, in my view. I wasn't happy about the losses of many of the moderate Republicans last year. It's just unfortunate that many Democrats are so obsessed with abortion and gun control that they must drive out anyone who isn't completely on board with both. To say nothing of the acrimony towards those who were previously skeptical of gay rights (like Gabbard).

Imo being against gay rights was way worse than holding the opposing view on abortion or gun rights. I can understand both viewpoints as being reasonable and committed to a better world for everyone on abortion even though I’m pro-choice through the second trimester, and I can understand that in the countryside people often want to have guns to defend themselves even if I personally wouldn’t want to own one. Being against gay rights is just kind of because you view gay people as being wrong or evil somehow - it can pretty much only stem from bigotry against gay people, there’s no other reason to care.

That being said, there are only moderates in the majority party (or out party) during times when there’s a president of the opposing party. Those moderates get voted out pretty much instantly once a president from their own party is elected. There were a lot more true moderate Republicans in the house in 2016 than there were true moderate Democrats, but now the pendulum has swung back and all the swing districts most likely to elect a moderate are represented by Democrats. Democrats need moderates to consistently win majorities in Congress, just like Republicans do.

When referring to "opposition to gay rights", I was primarily referring to the opposition against gay marriage, a viewpoint which was once held by many Democrats, including former Presidents Clinton and Obama. It wasn't until the past decade or so that a true transformation in the public's viewpoints on the issue occurred, and Democratic politicians followed with that change. Now, I certainly don't think we should turn back the clock, and Obergefell is the law of the land. But prior opposition to gay marriage shouldn't be held as a black mark in a Democratic primary.

As for the other issues, I certainly don't think a politician who supports the Hyde Amendment and wants to maintain at least some limits on abortion, during its later trimesters, should be driven out. Nor should those who are personally pro-life, and are not enthusiastic advocates of the pro-choice cause. And gun rights of course, are another issue on which there should not be a purity test.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Anti-choicers don’t belong in the party, sorry.

[Badger]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

Kind of a given, no?

Didn't Warren endorse Newman last time around too?

No she didn't, the only 2020 contenders who endorsed Newman last time were Sanders and Gillibrand.

I stand corrected. Thanks!

[Badger]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Ben McAdams, Max Rose, Anthony brindisi, joe Minchin, et al, say hello.

" ideological diversity" doesn't include fighting Obamacare while representing a largely blue collar Chicago Suburban District."

[Calthrina950]

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Jessica Cisneros. Hopefully this starts a cascade

She endorsed Marie Newman (running against Lipinski in IL-03) as well:

https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1171108104609705984

If Newman wins, the Democratic Party will continue its descent into being the party of the woke, "wine-track" liberals, rather than a party with room for ideological diversity and for social moderation.

Anti-choicers don’t belong in the party, sorry.

It's unfortunate that you believe that, but I know from prior experience that you are probably one of the most staunchly pro-choice people on this website. It's this kind of mentality that has cost the Democrats dearly throughout so much of the Heartland over the past few decades.