"...Newt Gingrich, who rode an earlier GOP wave to the House speakership in 1994, has been bullish on the chances Republicans would take back control of the chamber. He just upped his prediction to a GOP gain of 40-70 seats. That would top the 63-seat gain by Republicans in 2010, the height of the Tea Party movement and the highest for both parties since 1948...."
Sounds pretty optomistic. With Democratic gerrymanders in their states and solid D inner cities in Republican states, its hard to find 282 seats that could go Republican. But if its even a 35 seat gain, it would be the biggest Republican majority since before the Great Depression. If so, well, we can say, "Thank you Joe!"
What republicans need to do is focus on the senate. With 20 republican seats standing for re-election and only 14 democrats, it is really going to be hard to make much headway there. But headway is badly needed. Even in a strong republican year, which 2022 is shaping up to be, they will do well to hold on to what they have. And if democrats get a working majority in the senate, they can wreak unhindered havoc by confirming administrative and judicial appointments that will set us back decades. Those two Georgia runoffs really look big in retrospect, and republicans really look stupid for allowing those results to happen.
"...Newt Gingrich, who rode an earlier GOP wave to the House speakership in 1994, has been bullish on the chances Republicans would take back control of the chamber. He just upped his prediction to a GOP gain of 40-70 seats. That would top the 63-seat gain by Republicans in 2010, the height of the Tea Party movement and the highest for both parties since 1948...."
Sounds pretty optomistic. With Democratic gerrymanders in their states and solid D inner cities in Republican states, its hard to find 282 seats that could go Republican. But if its even a 35 seat gain, it would be the biggest Republican majority since before the Great Depression. If so, well, we can say, "Thank you Joe!"
As of today, with everything that has gone on the past 10 months Americans across the demographic spectrums are turning to the GOP. This shows just how sickened they are of Democratic policies and control.
Name one single issue where the Dems have positive favorability.
And it's highly unlikely the Dems will learn from this and make a turn to the right. No, they're actually in attack mode serving as foot soldiers for the globalists.
Who knows... 40 seats might be a cinch is the Dems keep going down their current path.
Quote:With the midterms elections now less than a year away, Republicans have a double-digit lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that, if the elections for Congress were held today, 51% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican candidate, while 38% would vote for the Democrat.
Quote:The 13-point edge for Republicans in the latest poll is larger than Democrats enjoyed at any time during the 2018 midterm campaign, due both to greater GOP partisan intensity and a wide advantage among independents. While 89% of Republican voters say they would vote for their own party’s candidate, only 77% of Democrats would vote for the Democratic candidate. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 48% would vote Republican and 26% would vote Democrats, with another 17% undecided.
Quote:The survey of 2,500 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on November 8-11, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/-2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Quote:Fifty-six percent (56%) of whites, 30% of black voters and 47% of other minorities would vote Republican if the election were held today.
Quote:Slightly more women voters than men favor Republican control of Congress.
Quote:Breaking down the electorate by income brackets, Republicans enjoy their largest advantage – 55% to 37% – among voters earning between $50,000 and $100,000 a year.
Several states have been passing election reform and integrity laws. If enacted and enforced properly, we may see something we haven't seen in our lifetimes -- fair elections.
We got a taste of this a couple of weeks ago in NJ when Ed Durr beat Steve Sweeney, a 20-year incumbent & president of the state senate, for the NJ 3rd District senate seat.
(11-17-2021 12:01 PM)umbluegray Wrote: Several states have been passing election reform and integrity laws. If enacted and enforced properly, we may see something we haven't seen in our lifetimes -- fair elections.
We got a taste of this a couple of weeks ago in NJ when Ed Durr beat Steve Sweeney, a 20-year incumbent & president of the state senate, for the NJ 3rd District senate seat.
(11-17-2021 11:23 AM)Eldonabe Wrote: The magic number on the Senate is +10 isn't it?
That would be the 60-40 super majority they need to overrule a lot of stuff?
It takes 2/3 (67 without vacancies) to override a president’s veto. But 60/40 is the threshold to override a filibuster. Individual Senators can refuse to grant unanimous consent for just about everything, and if they do that, even a 60/40 majority won’t help. However, that’s a dangerous gambit because the people who get mad will use it against you someday.
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(11-17-2021 11:23 AM)Eldonabe Wrote: The magic number on the Senate is +10 isn't it?
That would be the 60-40 super majority they need to overrule a lot of stuff?
That would require republicans to take 10 of the 14 democrat-held seats standing for re-election in 2022, plus holding all 20 republican seats. That would be a pretty unlikely occurrence. Maybe hold service and pick up a seat or two in 2022, and go for a big win in 2024, when all the seats from the backlash midterms of 2018 will be up, plus it will be a presidential year. Those two Georgia seats sure look big now, and the republican failure in those two runoffs was abject stupidity.
(11-17-2021 11:23 AM)Eldonabe Wrote: The magic number on the Senate is +10 isn't it?
That would be the 60-40 super majority they need to overrule a lot of stuff?
That would require republicans to take 10 of the 14 democrat-held seats standing for re-election in 2022, plus holding all 20 republican seats. That would be a pretty unlikely occurrence. Maybe hold service and pick up a seat or two in 2022, and go for a big win in 2024, when all the seats from the backlash midterms of 2018 will be up, plus it will be a presidential year. Those two Georgia seats sure look big now, and the republican failure in those two runoffs was abject stupidity.
Either abject stupidity or determined complicity.
State election officials haven't shown me enough evidence that they were fair and impartial.
(11-17-2021 12:31 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: Those two Georgia seats sure look big now, and the republican failure in those two runoffs was abject stupidity.
Yes, it was. But until stupid people are forbidden to vote, things like that are inevitable from time to time.
With this idiot in the White House----anything is possible including Democrats losing "safe" seats. That said, 70 seats seems like a long shot. I absolutely do expect Republicans to handily capture both the House and Senate.
(11-17-2021 12:54 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: With this idiot in the White House----anything is possible including Democrats losing "safe" seats. That said, 70 seats seems like a long shot. I absolutely do expect Republicans to handily capture both the House and Senate.
I don't care if is a majority by 1, 10 or 50. As long as the Reps have it.
That will leave Biden (or specifically his handlers) pretty powerless and that is a good thing.
(11-17-2021 12:54 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: With this idiot in the White House----anything is possible including Democrats losing "safe" seats. That said, 70 seats seems like a long shot. I absolutely do expect Republicans to handily capture both the House and Senate.
I don't care if is a majority by 1, 10 or 50. As long as the Reps have it.
That will leave Biden (or specifically his handlers) pretty powerless and that is a good thing.
But those Reps that make up the majority better be conservatives instead of RINOs.
Many had given up on the Commonwealth ever going R again, even though they held all three offices and the State house as “recently” as 2009-10. Not exactly a lifetime ago.
Several of us on here sorta thought this may well happen. I see the Va HoR members with a D next to their name running skeered already, there’s a decided shift afoot.
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(11-17-2021 12:54 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: With this idiot in the White House----anything is possible including Democrats losing "safe" seats. That said, 70 seats seems like a long shot. I absolutely do expect Republicans to handily capture both the House and Senate.
I don't care if is a majority by 1, 10 or 50. As long as the Reps have it.
That will leave Biden (or specifically his handlers) pretty powerless and that is a good thing.
who did only 1 year ago.
to any state that follows suit … it would be the biggest game changer in my 56.5 yrs…
