SA68AG said:

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MAGA candidates have lost the independent vote. The mid-terms are going to be a bloodbath.

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I don't think so.
Many independents are so happy seeing our country deport the criminal illegals. Crime rates are dropping nationwide and people are Noticing. The Financial Fraud in Minnesota by the Somali immigrants and others around the country is a Huge story. People are tired of these fuzzy little foreigners Stealing their Tax Dollars.

Independents are also seeing the Terrible job done by many of the limp wristed Democrat Soy Boys like Walz, Newsome, Mandami, and even the Nashville Mayor recently. Everyone realizes that these Progressive Liberal Democrats have no common sense, and can't run a government.

Many Independents are happy to Make America Great Again.

Well, you also have Thomas Massie so you can subtract that seat from the GOP column.

It is amazing to me that people still think there is a difference between the Democrats and the Republicans

BMX Bandit said:

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the "democrat winning in TX" was the replacement for Sylvester turner/sheila Jackson lee's seat. It's an extremely heavy democrat district.

not a place to use as a predictor on how the fall might go. Has nothing to do with Trump

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Haven't see you here lately. Welcome back!

AtticusMatlock said:

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It's all about the purple districts. There aren't many left. The GOP has been running psychopath far right candidates in a lot of these districts instead of middle the road types that could actually win. 2022 and 2024 were a lesson in candidate selection more than anything. They lost a gerrymandered red Ohio seat because the guy running as the GOP candidate was a complete whack job. The only reason the GOP won a majority in 2022 was because they ran good moderate candidates in California and New York purple districts who were able to flip some seats.

The Democrat aligned PACs have done a good job of interfering in some GOP primaries to make sure the wackadoodles get nominated.

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This is because the majority of both parties are lazy and the extremists and activists now dominate primaries enough to put in ridiculous candidates that are weak competitors when it comes to getting a general majority. It's stupid and self defeating.

One thing that the media consistently overlooks (because it doesn't fit with their preferred narrative) is that, now that the right half of the electorate contains a bunch of low propensity voters, you can pretty consistently expect Republicans to underperform in non-presidential years, the way that Democrats used to 20 or 30 years ago. All the purple haired women who live on their TDS outrage are going to the polls every time, and black people (the most consistent D voting group) now usually turn out better than working class whites. It's just baked into the cake and there's not much that can be done about it.

At this point what difference does it, in fact, make?

Democrats are:
- better funded
- have a very detailed and cohesive strategy
- work in union as one block with few stragglers
- have the media in their propaganda arsenal
- have an army of Useful Idiots at their disposal
- have control of most branches of government from the neck down
- have control of most educational institutions from Pre-K through PhD
- have a myriad of favorable regulations in place
- have a widely deployed army of politically active progressive judges who rule from the bench
- a willingness to shove things through while having a majority
- have patience


What do the Republicans have?
- less funding
- division in the ranks
- no cohesive offensive strategy
- no counter strategy (defensive) to the above
- hyper-individualism at every level
- no signs of willingness to shove things through while having a majority.


So, in sports or business, which team wins?

I remember laughing at the fake cardboard cutout city the North Koreans built on the South Korean border when I first learned of it. Now I think of it as "Republican Strategy City."

There is almost always a 'rubber band' effect with midterms, and it's almost always given way too much credence and used to make unfounded predictions/generalizations.

This upcoming election will be no different

Im Gipper said:

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BboroAg said:

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It is amazing to me that people still think there is a difference between the Democrats and the Republicans

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If you can't see the significant difference between having a republican in power versus a democrat, then you really aren't just paying attention. No offense intended,

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Yeah just go thru the major U.S. airports to understand the difference. A Democrat run city like Houston or San Francisco will have DEI employees " Cleaning " the facilities. It will be run down and the restrooms will be Filthy. Poorly managed and supervised, including the area roadways and entire property. Filthy.

A city like Salt Lake will have employees actually cleaning and doing their job. The facility will be well run, clean, and efficient.

Mas89 said:

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Im Gipper said:

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BboroAg said:

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It is amazing to me that people still think there is a difference between the Democrats and the Republicans

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If you can't see the significant difference between having a republican in power versus a democrat, then you really aren't just paying attention. No offense intended,

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Yeah just go thru the major U.S. airports to understand the difference. A Democrat run city like Houston or San Francisco will have DEI employees " Cleaning " the facilities. It will be run down and the restrooms will be Filthy. Poorly managed and supervised, including the area roadways and entire property. Filthy.

A Republican run city like Salt Lake will have employees actually cleaning and doing their job. The facility will be well run, clean, and efficient.

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Salt Lake is deep blue. The Legislature and governor manage to keep Salt Lake from becoming Portland lite. But even a looney mayor understands you can't mess with a successful business model, especially when her husband is a local real estate type.

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DEI employees " Cleaning " the facilities

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This might be the funniest line I've ever since on here.

Make Janitors White Again!

Well I damned sure didn't see any Haitians or Somalis while there…. Wait, maybe that is the relevant part…

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A Democrat run city like Houston or San Francisco....

....A city like Salt Lake....

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Salt Lake City has had democrat mayors since the 70s.



(Like Houston, its non-partisan election technically. But you know the party affiliation of all)

Mas89 said:

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SA68AG said:

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MAGA candidates have lost the independent vote. The mid-terms are going to be a bloodbath.

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I don't think so.
Many independents are so happy seeing our country deport the criminal illegals. Crime rates are dropping nationwide and people are Noticing. The Financial Fraud in Minnesota by the Somali immigrants and others around the country is a Huge story. People are tired of these fuzzy little foreigners Stealing their Tax Dollars.

Independents are also seeing the Terrible job done by many of the limp wristed Democrat Soy Boys like Walz, Newsome, Mandami, and even the Nashville Mayor recently. Everyone realizes that these Progressive Liberal Democrats have no common sense, and can't run a government.

Many Independents are happy to Make America Great Again.

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Approval ratings from independents has dropped from around 50% to the mid-30s.

They don't perceive any economic improvement in their daily lives and they don't like the way ICE is handling business. They don't give **** about Minnesota fraud, Newsome or Mandami , GDP, Unemployment or inflation stats or anyone or anything that they don't see as directly impacting them. They want to see insurance rates drop and less chaos and Republicans aren't delivering either.

Likewise they discount all of the good things Trump has done in foreign affairs. It doesn't help things for Trump when he hints about taking over other countries or invading Greenland or any of his other blustering techniques he uses in negotiating because the media portrays them as things he's literally planning on doing.

Like the rest of the population many independents are dumb as rocks and don't understand how much worse things would be with the dems in charge.

Im Gipper said:

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BboroAg said:

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It is amazing to me that people still think there is a difference between the Democrats and the Republicans

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If you can't see the significant difference between having a republican in power versus a democrat, then you really aren't just paying attention. No offense intended,

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I can see the difference...they go about it differently but in the end neither one cares about a free-market society governed by the US constitution.

If you can't see that a Republican controlled White House, Senate, and House are impotent, then you really aren't just paying attention. No offense intended.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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DEI employees " Cleaning " the facilities

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This might be the funniest line I've ever since on here.

Make Janitors White Again!

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We spent a couple late night hours at the Houston IAH airport last year while HPD and the other idiots working there tried to find out where our terminal parked car had been towed to. The offices there had Dozens of "Employees" just goofing off and doing Nothing. It reminded me of a high school cafeteria but with adults just playing around. Definitely not doing any work, just being there and Getting a paycheck. I now understand why it's always so Filthy…

I don't believe some of Y'all. Republicans will win the 26 election and stay in control.

Trump compared to Tampon Tim or Pedo Bill Clinton or Slick Sorry Gavin Newscum. It's the Difference between a Man and a Mouse.

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I know this thread is about the House...
But this is my point about Rand over in the Senate. When he's so stuck in his own self righteous superiority he often breaks ranks with the Republicans because he doesn't like this or that in a bill. The result, a "NO" vote on the greater Republican/MAGA agenda, is a vote for the Dems agenda.

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Rand has never killed legislation that mattered but he has helped to make some legislation more conservative that otherwise wouldn't have been. Guys like him actually look into these bills and point out the insanity, kind of like how Massie or Roy get blasted but they are the ones that were pointing out the perils of the Covid bills when everyone else was just going along or they point out the red flags on gun control legislation. They understand how the game is played by the Dems and that the devil is in the details. Did I like Paul going on 60 minutes to talk about ICE? Hell no, completely disagreed with him. Still at least his problem is having principles.

What has been disastrous is the RINOs like Murkowski that are actually just Democrats that hate conservative principles but do just enough to get re-elected and cut deals with leadership to vote on things that should be no brainers for any conservative but in exchange they get help to get re-elected. Folks like Thune that would actually be happier being Minority Leader where he would have all the trappings of the nice offices and lifestyle but wouldn't actually have any pressure to do anything other than to be a roadblock on occasion.

Yet they do a great job convincing many conservatives to attack conservatives instead of actually going after the real problem of these RINOs that spend 30 plus years in DC and Chair the committees and dominate leadership.

BboroAg said:

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Im Gipper said:

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BboroAg said:

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It is amazing to me that people still think there is a difference between the Democrats and the Republicans

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If you can't see the significant difference between having a republican in power versus a democrat, then you really aren't just paying attention. No offense intended,

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I can see the difference...they go about it differently but in the end neither one cares about a free-market society governed by the US constitution.

If you can't see that a Republican controlled White House, Senate, and House are impotent, then you really aren't just paying attention. No offense intended.

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EXCELLENT JOB moving the goal posts and creating a strawman all in one post!!

MouthBQ98 said:

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Republicans need to get off their lazy asses in non presidential eldctins and live politics and hustle votes

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does it help when Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson tell their followers not to vote and that they hate the GOP?

BMX Bandit said:

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the "democrat winning in TX" was the replacement for Sylvester turner/sheila Jackson lee's seat. It's an extremely heavy democrat district.

not a place to use as a predictor on how the fall might go. Has nothing to do with Trump

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Isn't this the race where I'm the same district Trump won by 17 points?