202(2)5 - dems in disarray thread

Fear not, he's soon going to describe himself as the only one who can bring it back from the dead.

Salad-Hatch. wrote:
what if we REALLLY want it to be dead, does that count for anything

NO IT DOES NOT.  this is arguably the biggest problem with trumpers: they mistake what the want for what is.  when their wants don't materialize (despite the All Powerful One promising it would happen), they reach for conspiracies to explain the lack of their wants, then demand real-world action to "get what they are owed."  let's not all embark on that crazy train.

all conjecture….but I love this


Rep Adam Schiff has decided NOT to seek a leadership post in House Dem caucus and is instead looking more seriously at a Senate run


Feinstein is going to step down after the GA runoff, probably in conjunction with the Christmas break… Newsom will name Schiff as the replacement.

I'm pretty sure Newsom is already on record saying he'd appoint an African American female to that seat because he replaced Kamala with a hispanic male.

vansmack wrote:
I'm pretty sure Newsom is already on record saying he'd appoint an African American female to that seat because he replaced Kamala with a hispanic male.

Democrats and their idiot identity politics.

Alex Padilla…had to look him up as he's made so little a name for himself
I guess it was known he was going to win without issue as I don't recall his race ever being discussed
(yes I don't live in CA anymore)

didn't think about how Newsome had appointed the other senator

gotta imagine that is uncommon a gov who appoints two senators.

Interesting this bit

The first 3 in the line of succession for the presidency are women. Just enjoy that fact for however long it lasts.

https://twitter.com/michaelkramersb/status/1592976967112196098?s=46&t=VI5cNs0NP5b6lm1s-8ZZsg

The Republicans ate at it already.

more contex?

Probably the ramping up of the Hunter Biden investigation and trying to tie Hunter to his father.

They are also shutting down the investigation into the Washington Goes Commando

Starsky wrote:
Washington Goes Commando

horrifying… *shudder*

Thank goodness Katie Porter got reelected

Hatch-2024 wrote:
Thank goodness Katie Porter got reelected

Any idea why she struggled? I thought she was a D rock star?

Starsky wrote:

Hatch-2024 wrote:
Thank goodness Katie Porter got reelected

Any idea why she struggled? I thought she was a D rock star?

if she was from SF, she'd have a seat for life.  however, she represents the most politically un-California part of California: Orange County.  i'll let smackie fill you in on the nitty-gritty.

Hakeem Jeffries launches bid for House Dem leader

I support this

I don’t have an opinion really

sweetcell wrote:

Starsky wrote:

Hatch-2024 wrote:
Thank goodness Katie Porter got reelected

Any idea why she struggled? I thought she was a D rock star?

if she was from SF, she'd have a seat for life.  however, she represents the most politically un-California part of California: Orange County.  i'll let smackie fill you in on the nitty-gritty.

She is the first Democrat to EVER hold that seat.  She beat Mimi Walters to flip that seat in 2020 and was predicted to not hold the redistricted seat this year.  I grew up in that district and never thought I'd see the day that it would be flipped.  26 years after I left it remains a blue seat for back to back elections and that's something to celebrate.   

Hatch-2024 wrote:

vansmack wrote:

Julian, wrote:
Had the Dems not screwed the redistricting pooch in NY (and to a lesser extent CA), they’d have held it for sure.

Really?  How an independent commission made up of citizens outside of any control of elected officials could get any blame is the stuff I expect hear from the right.  Not you.  CA lost a seat after the census and it was always going to hurt the Dems.

Hmm, interesting
I've read very little about this and have only heard Jules and his mudslinging at NY

Just to finish my point here:

In Congress, after months of campaigning and more than $340 million spent, it appears that California Democrats and Republicans fought themselves to a standstill, with neither side unseating any of the opposing party’s vulnerable incumbents. That includes Orange County’s Katie Porter and San Diego’s Mike Levin on the Democratic side, as well as Southern California Republicans Mike Garcia, Michelle Steel, Young Kim and Ken Calvert. All will be returning to Congress.

All of that adds up to a big, monumentally expensive near wash. Republicans currently have 11 U.S. House seats in California. After this election, they’re on track to have 12, though the Modesto contest between Democratic Assemblymember Adam Gray and Republican farmer John Duarte is still too close to call.

Another undecided nailbiter: The race in Bakersfield between GOP Rep. David Valadao and Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas.

Democrats are in line to be down at least one seat — from 42 to 41 — but that’s because the state was docked a congressional seat after the most recent Census.

dang, was really hoping for this one

Adam Frisch just said that he's called Lauren Boebert to concede the race in CO-03.

He said an automatic recount will likely happen under state law but encouraged supporters to save fundraising $$ for gas, groceries and other causes.

It's always about the people.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1595241072971481089