2022 Midterm Elections

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idiocracy next phase upcoming

set your expectations low

then lower them some more

[spike]

idiocracy next phase upcoming

set your expectations low

then lower them some more

I’m buying stock in whiskey.

[Bi_3]

DeSantis will be a good candidate to test the strength of the modern conservative messaging without the trump bluster. Interested to see how the Dems respond. It’ll be harder for them because he can form a substantive sentence.

A DeSantis/Tim Scott ticket in '24 would be strong for them, particularly if Newsom is up against folks more progressive than he is.

[Mickey]

DeSantis will be a good candidate to test the strength of the modern conservative messaging without the trump bluster. Interested to see how the Dems respond. It’ll be harder for them because he can form a substantive sentence.

Unclear what you mean by "bluster" here. DeSantis is certainly more of a coherent (and less intuitively charismatic) speaker than Trump but his playbook is largely the same aggressively phrased culture war talking points.

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rest easy

america will never elect an italian president

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or is he spanish or something

[Bi_3]

And thus began the great "Is a Calzone just a Pizza Burrito?" war of 2022

[BurtReynolds]

rest easy

america will never elect an italian president

If he runs against Cuomo, Yang might actually have a chance.

[Bi_3]

So, if a GOP senator is switching parties things change quite a bit

[Simple Torture]

So, if a GOP senator is switching parties things change quite a bit

Are you referring to the Colorado state senator who's switching parties?

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/22/c ... -democrat/

[Bi_3]

So, if a GOP senator is switching parties things change quite a bit

Are you referring to the Colorado state senator who's switching parties?

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/22/c ... -democrat/

Yes. Defections matter even if you think they dont

[bart]

What’s the harm in admitting you thought it was a US senator

[Bi_3]

What’s the harm in admitting you thought it was a US senator

I did think that. Then I realized it wasn’t and decided not to change it. To use the post as kind of a litmus test

[simple schoolboy]

If a state senator introduces themselves in an ambiguous way in the presence of a US Senator, is the US Senator obliged to give them a swirly?

[Mickey]

So, if a GOP senator is switching parties things change quite a bit

Are you referring to the Colorado state senator who's switching parties?

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/22/c ... -democrat/

Yes. Defections matter even if you think they dont

It was really important when Charlie Crist did it too.

[Bi_3]

This swirl around Fetterman is interesting. If the stroke damage is so severe he cannot participate in a 1-on-1 debate, meaning for all intents and purposes he would be unable to function as a Senator, what does it mean that Oz is still losing by double digits in some polls? Hard to imagine that red big wave is still alive if this is the case.

[warehouse]

i saw on the news this morning a local station invited fetterman and oz to debate in October. assuming they think he should be recovered by then. refusing to debate is a really bad look, i think against any other opponent this would be a big deal. dr. oz is a joke and most people know it at this point.

[McParadigm]

[elliseamos]

I want empty chair to happen so bad...

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that would be pretty awesome