GOP fears Dem 'blue wave' spreading to once-safe districts

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09 Oct 2018, 11:51 am

Tim_Tex wrote:

When all is said and done, after Trump is out, and assuming that gerrymandering and voter suppression disappear completely, what is, in your opinion, the overall future of the GOP?

Why would Trump be out?

He's got higher poll numbers now than when he won.

On election day, Trump had a RCP avg 37.5% approval rating.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll ... ility.html

Today his RCP avg is 43.6% approval rating.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll ... -6179.html

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09 Oct 2018, 12:28 pm

LoveNotHate wrote:

Tim_Tex wrote:

When all is said and done, after Trump is out, and assuming that gerrymandering and voter suppression disappear completely, what is, in your opinion, the overall future of the GOP?

I thought he meant when Trump's term is up.

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09 Oct 2018, 12:49 pm

Blue wave means a lot more then just Dems taking control of the House. The out party on average gains 23 seats in a off-year election. The Republicans have 23 more seats than the Dems. If the "blue wave" comes to fruition it would be a historic political event because of the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since 1969 and a large amount of Americans are not coming home in body bags. It would be a referendum on Trump, a values and personality driven election.

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09 Oct 2018, 4:16 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

When all is said and done, after Trump is out, and assuming that gerrymandering and voter suppression disappear completely, what is, in your opinion, the overall future of the GOP?

They will be as they are now, a minority party, increasingly pulled toward the radical right fascists out of desperation, and winning by cheating, lying, collusion, and packing the courts.

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09 Oct 2018, 6:50 pm

I would like to see the Rockefeller Republicans make a roaring comeback. The GOP needs the wisdom of people like the Rockefellers, Jacob Javits, Lowell Weicker, and the Chafees of Rhode Island now more than ever.

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09 Oct 2018, 6:54 pm

Both of these parties are just telling everyone to be afraid.

f**k that. Fear is no good for anyone.

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09 Oct 2018, 8:31 pm

We should follow the queen's advice. That's probably how she's managed to live to be 150.

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