JUburton wrote:i admire your confidence or delusion or whatever that is.

Nice counterbalance to those thinking we are experiencing the end of days. The reality is somewhere in between. I will settle for 51 seats in the Senate.

Trump tweeting that protestors are being paid

this coming from the dude where it was confirmed he paid $50/head to cheer for him at rallies

There are POS politicians and then there is Trump.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Trump tweeting that protestors are being paid

this coming from the dude where it was confirmed he paid $50/head to cheer for him at rallies

No, he tweeted that they weren't being paid and this is proof they were being paid

Trump's approval rating has increased from 40-42.5% in the last month while the generic ballot has decreased from Dem +8.5 to about 7.5. Pretty concerning!

Nikki Haley resigned.

Uh wut

She's running

Chances Trump calls her Native American Nikki in a future tweet?

I like Nikki Haley but I'm not optimistic about anybody's chances to defeat Trump in a Republican primary. If Trump decides not to run in 2020, she's as credible a candidate as the R's have i think.

Per Trump she will be leaving at the end of the year and made it known to him that she wanted to walk away after year two at the UN. Who he replaces her with will be telling

Haley:

Not running for any office including 2020 where she will support Trump

Called Jared Kushner a hidden genius

my bold prediction (which means it'll never happen)

After midterms Sessions "resigns"
Graham gets the nom for AG
Haley gets appointed to the senate

I heard it reported that Trump said she told him 6 months ago she was leaving, so par for the course is that they can't get their story straight. That said, she said she'll be his gal in his 2020 reelection bid.

Super weird I caught a sound bite of her putting up a strong defense of Jared and Ivanka. That sort of comes out of nowhere to me.

thephan wrote:I heard it reported that Trump said she told him 6 months ago she was leaving, so par for the course is that they can't get their story straight. That said, she said she'll be his gal in his 2020 reelection bid.

Super weird I caught a sound bite of her putting up a strong defense of Jared and Ivanka. That sort of comes out of nowhere to me.

of course it starts rumors that Jared or Ivanka will replace her

People who think that Dems have a chance at winning anything in November I guess are also assuming that the election will be on the up and up and not interfered with at all. I am not sure why there is any reason to believe that will be the case. I am predicting land-slide victories for all GOP candidates regardless of what the polls say or, really, who votes for whom.

Phred wrote:People who think that Dems have a chance at winning anything in November I guess are also assuming that the election will be on the up and up and not interfered with at all. I am not sure why there is any reason to believe that will be the case. I am predicting land-slide victories for all GOP candidates regardless of what the polls say or, really, who votes for whom.

this also seems to be grounded in reality!

I guess if you want to offer concern about meddling, then you might want to expect that there would be a landslide to keep us in limbo and fan the flames of in fighting with one another. That's a position Builds on the theory of a Nation Divided is better.

thephan wrote:I guess if you want to offer concern about meddling, then you might want to expect that there would be a landslide to keep us in limbo and fan the flames of in fighting with one another. That's a position Builds on the theory of a Nation Divided is better.

True. I retract my landslide prediction but still think that GOP keeps a 2-3 vote advantage.

To not think that there will be an outside influence on this election, I believe, is very naïve.

Of course there is an influence campaign but to think 'yeah its definitely going to get hacked or gamed and invalidate results' is pretty out there.

Yes there are vulnerabilities but it's not the right default position.