This was one of the best mid term elections for the party in charge in history. The blue wave turned out to be a blue ripple. What do you mean by a ācheck on Trump?ā Whatās to check? Do you think they want to remove the embassy from Jerusalem? Reinstate the taxes? Re regulate businesses? Re arm ISIS? What specific checks are you hoping for?
Ooph. That is a pretty abysmal record there. Iām certain that GOP politicians who were re-elected will take note of this, even if the cult remains oblivious to this reality.
No. By historical standards he did far better than most. I think that only four times in history did the party in power do better. The wave did not happen. And the president not even need congress for much of his accomplishments. Heās got the senate which means more excellent judges.
I donāt know, but I donāt see how that is relevant to the here and now either. Iām discussing this in terms of how complicit the GOP remains in supporting anything and everything Trump. Now that they realize that his presence alone cannot retain all levers of power, and that his endorsements of candidates does not equal anything close to a guaranteed election victory. Iām wondering if they will begin to back off of their cult-like support and defense of him in all things. Obama does not factor in to that equation for me.
Pelosi has gone even more ā ā ā ā ā ā ā crazy then she was last time she was speaker. Trump knows this which is why he endorsed her. And Mad Maxine will lose what little mind she has left when she cannot get her precious impeachment. If nothing else the entertainment factor will be enormous.
Biggest surprise to me? Kris Kobach goes down in my state, thank freaking god! All recent polls has him at a +1 in the 3 way race. Kelly won by 4.5 points, thats big time.
The reason he lost? Because he hitched his wagon to commiting to go right back to the trickle down, supply side, zero taxes for business madness that bankrupted our state when Brownback was here. Who is their right mind would think that echoing the policies of the least popular governor in the entire United States when he was in office would be the path to getting elected?
This actually isnāt a surprise, but itās not normal for a president who lost the House to have a press conference the next day and blaming people in his own party, by name, for losing and for not being nicer to him or attaching themselves to him.
53 or 54 republicans. A good enough cushion to avoid anymore Kavanaugh hatched jobs. Hope Ruth wiil take this tremendous opportunity to enjoy her well earned retirement.