What Do Each Of You Think About The Next Elections?

[LouC]

@reflechissez

@NebraskaFootball

@Yakshi

It’s difficult not to be optimistic. I’d have to throw out all of the polling first, as well as recent results. Easy enough to do for some, but I haven’t reached their level of enlightenment yet.

I look at it from a pragmatic and logical assessment. The hard data suggests voter registration for Republicans in serious decline. While significantly on the rise with Democrats. That means the GOP tent is shrinking, leaving behind a strong supportive base for Trump and Trump candidates, but in smaller numbers than what existed previously. Couple this downward trend within the GOP and upward trend for Democrats, with the enthusiasm gap shown across all of the special elections since the 2016 General Election, and it is hard to envision a scenario where the Democrats do not garner enough seats to reclaim at least the House. The question now becomes by what margin? Which ultimately will not matter, as it is simple majority rule there.

Wouldn’t it be ironic if the election of trump caused a viable third-party to rise from the ashes?

Ironic, but I don’t see it happening, even as much as I would like to.

Frankly, what I see coming for America, or that is now becoming a real possibility, is something that I never thought in my lifetime I would ever give rise to any serious consideration of, and that is either some form of revolution or new civil war, or perhaps a morphed combination of the two.

These races on Tuesday, they echoed so many other elections of late, where votes are so close, almost knife edge in the division at the polls. Then we have such an unprecedented turn of events with Trump and his wrenching up, INTENTIONALLY, wrenching up of the divisions in America, it is sort of scary to me, to see how we might be an America divided and just like the California scrub country just waiting for that one errant spark.

Then I settle down, relax, and say to myself that I am just being overly dramatic.

[biggestal99]

@LouC

I do so wish it would be someone other than Pelosi in the Speaker spot if we take the House on the Left in this coming election. But I am torn as to whether or not Pelosi wouldn’t be the best choice if all of that happened when it comes to a “head to head” against Donny Trump?

she did okay against 43. and I want all the trump cultist complaining that she is stuffing up the works.

Allan

[lulubee]

The bottom line is that Nancy gets things done. That’s the only reason why the R’s hate her - because she is so effective.

[LouC]

@lulubee

The bottom line is that Nancy gets things done. That’s the only reason why the R’s hate her - because she is so effective.

I don’t care for her on a personal level. But yeah, she got things done. Not only that Donny would hate, just hate having to deal with her, so would ol" turtle face in the Senate.

[theduck1]

I still take offense when jerks insult me, but I slide by their insult posts, so I have no idea what they’re saying.

[AmusedObserver]

@wonderingrover

Sadly, I think that possibility is gone. If ever there was a year that a third party could become viable, it was 2016. Both major parties had candidates that were despised by a large percentage of the population. The timing was perfect for a 3rd party candidate to sweep in and upset the 2 major parties for the first time in my life. Yet, the voters sadly kept doing what has failed the nation for so long.

Yeah, I would have liked to see someone like a Bloomberg join in and mount a serious effort; he could have self-funded the entire campaign out of his couch change. I don’t know if he could have won, but he’d certainly have had my vote vs. the other two.

[Physics_Hunter]

“skill specific”

Go find somebody else to play your single statistic game, or simply speak your mind.

We have work to do in America and no time for libs love of Obama flat lining the American economy for 8 years.

[Adam]

That is something that people don’t get. Pelosi is good at her job. I would like to see a different Democrat speaker of the house, but I so want to see Trump thank Pelosi as the Speaker at next year’s State Of the Union.

[Yakshi]

It’s funny. Everybody thinks that something good is going to happen for their team.

Yay, us!

[LouC]

@theduck1

I still take offense when jerks insult me, but I slide by their insult posts, so I have no idea what they’re saying.

So says Mr Insult.

[wiley8425]

It will be the most important election in our lifetimes. Just like the last several.

[biggestal99]

@biggestal99

Right now. I have it 231-204 for the dems and peolosi plus or minus 3.

a lot of incumbents just up and quit and that never bodes well for the controlling party.

I mean the speaker of the house quit. That is just ominous bellwether.

The funniest tweet from the President will be the day after the election after a massive electoral defeat and having to deal with Nancy to get anything done.

Wonder if he will congratulate Nancy like he did to Putin.

Allan

final was 235-199 for the good guys.

does this count as a hannity hall of fame prediction?

Allan