Posts posted by WBT
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3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Very odd to see Cornyn be not dumb
Something in his polling told him that Trump was dragging him down. He started to go against him even toward the end of the campaign. Of course Trump has never been as popular as a generic R in Texas. Cornyn ended up running about a 4% larger margin of victory than Trump.
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I was surprised he got the nomination, although it should be remembered he got there through winning pluralities in crowded fields. He never topped 50% in any state through Super Tuesday and beyond. But, considering this lukewarm support in the primaries, I'm surprised that he was so embraced by the party and its voters. I thought we would see a lot more of things like Cruz's convention speech.
I expected him to win the general until the Access Hollywood tape came out, which certainly gave me pause. Still, from the time it became obvious Hillary was the anointed candidate on the D side, even before the first primary, I didn't see her winning. She had decades of negative associations and baggage and was the perfect target for someone running as an outsider. The story of the email server to duck open government laws only reinforced concerns about her deceitfulness and duplicity. I still think she was a key ingredient to getting Trump elected.
I expected Trump to be a mostly harmless clown in office. He was a clown but much worse that I expected. I was surprised that the R party never turned against him. I was surprised that the more bullshit he spewed the more people seemed to jump aboard the crazy train.
I was surprised the 2020 election was as close as it was, although it still wasn't that close. Among the most competitive states, Trump would have had to overturn 3 - no 2 would have gotten him there.
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1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:
GOP sending Rick Scott, Rubio, and multiple out of state politicians to start holding rallies in GA. But sure, Dems are the ones nationalizing a local election
6 hours ago, Dnaguy said:So Democrats shouldn’t spend money in Georgia with 2 senate seats on the line?

I obviously didn't make the point I was trying to make very well. When national attention falls on local races, it seems to me that it tends to benefit the Republicans. They will essentially say that New York and California liberals are trying to tell Georgians who to vote for and it works in turning out the Republican base and turning off swing voters. Of course Democrats should donate money but they should try to keep the visibility of outsiders down. Things like Andrew Yang saying he's going to move to Georgia are counterproductive imo.
9 hours ago, Queen Bitch said:“I wonder if Dems have learned that giving Stacey Abrams the financial resources she needs to successfully flip this state...”
Yes, this is the tack they should take. Georgians running the Georgia election strategy, messaging, turn out strategy, etc.
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5 hours ago, MAROON said:
Springer is not signing with the Astros - they know this so it would be a waste to go after him.
Many reasons - He wants to go to the East Coast, he is pissed at the team for bringing him up so late that they increased their team control, he's not happy about them not offering a contract last season,
I think this is overstating things. If he hated the team that much he could have pulled a Stroman and opted out as soon as he had the service time for free agency. If nothing else he enjoyed his time here because he obviously loved his teammates.
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11 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:
This is getting out of hand.
3 minutes ago, gmr548 said:
They’re going to try to push for appointed electors. GOP senate majority leader in PA already said they wouldn’t do that so hopefully that holds in the upper chamber.Nobody tell Trump but if he stole PA he would still lose
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