Some Thoughts on Election 2023

[excalibur]

And yes, Ronna McDaniel needs to go. Why they gave her another term as RNC Chair is beyond me.

A few thoughts about tonight's contests:

1. Kentucky's incumbent Democrat governor comes from a political dynasty. It was always an uphill climb. Other Republicans on the ticket CRUSHED their opposition.

2. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has faced stiff opposition from within his own party. Lots of issues internally. However, every other Republican on the ticket CRUSHED their opposition tonight.

3. The Virginia races? That's a question for Youngkin (the political darling of the GOP and the Never Trump movement.)

4. Eight times abortion has been on the ballot and eight losses for pro-lifers. No money. Bad messaging.

5. Democrats are crushing Republicans in fundraising. Ronna and the RNC need to be held accountable. It's unacceptable.

6. It's sickening to see some in the DeSantis orbit celebrating Republican losses tonight.

7. Unless the GOP unites and stops trying to destroy conservatives it will be a bloodbath in 2024.​

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

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7. Unless the GOP unites and stops trying to destroy conservatives it will be a bloodbath in 2024.​

Tell that to MAGA land

 

[Oddball]

5. Democrats are crushing Republicans in fundraising. Ronna and the RNC need to be held accountable. It's unacceptable.

They had a chance to do so, yet kept her in place...The establishment GOP keeping losers like her in positions of power, is the very embodiment of kayfabe controlled opposition.

 

[candycorn]

And yes, Ronna McDaniel needs to go. Why they gave her another term as RNC Chair is beyond me.

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A few thoughts about tonight's contests:​

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1. Kentucky's incumbent Democrat governor comes from a political dynasty. It was always an uphill climb. Other Republicans on the ticket CRUSHED their opposition.​

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2. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has faced stiff opposition from within his own party. Lots of issues internally. However, every other Republican on the ticket CRUSHED their opposition tonight.​

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3. The Virginia races? That's a question for Youngkin (the political darling of the GOP and the Never Trump movement.)​

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4. Eight times abortion has been on the ballot and eight losses for pro-lifers. No money. Bad messaging.​

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5. Democrats are crushing Republicans in fundraising. Ronna and the RNC need to be held accountable. It's unacceptable.​

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6. It's sickening to see some in the DeSantis orbit celebrating Republican losses tonight.​

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7. Unless the GOP unites and stops trying to destroy conservatives it will be a bloodbath in 2024.​

So you think going further right is the answer? You guys started doing it in 1994 and you've won exactly one popular vote since then.

Yeah..go further right.

 

[Synthaholic]

First of all, paying any attention to Todd Starnes is strictly for the brain-damaged.

Second, Ronna Romney being elected to a second term is because that's what Trump wanted. Blame him. If he didn't want her, she would be gone because he would have let it be known in many misspelled posts on his failed social media site.

 

[candycorn]

his failed social media site.

True. You don't see Truth Social screen caps posted here often; do you?

 

[Synthaholic]

Donald Trump is a loser.

 

[Mac1958]

Tell that to MAGA land

And they'll laugh it off. Fake news.

Back and forth, back and forth. We just don't learn.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

1. Beshears is a good governor: he would be elected in any blue or red state.

2. A lot of MAGA and normal Republican in fighting in Mississippi, as in other states.

3. Virginia stayed blue in the Senate.

4. An 8th of 8 abortion ballot contests, and pro-choice wins every time. Easily. GOP needs to settle on a 16-to-20-week window with exceptions for rape, incest, viability of fetus, and health/life of the mother, if it is going to use this issue to the party's advantage.

5. Only the Democrats and Trump know how to fund raise. GOP has to do better.

6. Embrace Reagan's 11th commandment: say no evil of Republican candidates.

 

[candycorn]

1. Beshears is a good governor: he would be elected in any blue or red state.

2. A lot of MAGA and normal Republican in fighting in Mississippi, as in other states.

3. Virginia stayed blue in the Senate.

4. An 8th of 8 abortion ballot contests, and pro-choice wins every time. Easily. GOP needs to settle on a 16-to-20-week window with exceptions for rape, incest, viability of fetus, and health/life of the mother, if it is going to use this issue to the party's advantage.

5. Only the Democrats and Trump know how to fund raise. GOP has to do better.

6. Embrace Reagan's 11th commandment: say no evil of Republican candidates.

They have plenty of money in most states. What they don't have is a national plan. The party is fractured and they can't decide to put money behind someone batshit crazy (MAGA) or just mildly insane (standard GOP).

PS: You left off that the DNC took the Virginia House.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

And yes, Ronna McDaniel needs to go. Why they gave her another term as RNC Chair is beyond me.

​

A few thoughts about tonight's contests:​

​

1. Kentucky's incumbent Democrat governor comes from a political dynasty. It was always an uphill climb. Other Republicans on the ticket CRUSHED their opposition.​

​

2. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has faced stiff opposition from within his own party. Lots of issues internally. However, every other Republican on the ticket CRUSHED their opposition tonight.​

​

3. The Virginia races? That's a question for Youngkin (the political darling of the GOP and the Never Trump movement.)​

​

4. Eight times abortion has been on the ballot and eight losses for pro-lifers. No money. Bad messaging.​

​

5. Democrats are crushing Republicans in fundraising. Ronna and the RNC need to be held accountable. It's unacceptable.​

​

6. It's sickening to see some in the DeSantis orbit celebrating Republican losses tonight.​

​

7. Unless the GOP unites and stops trying to destroy conservatives it will be a bloodbath in 2024.​

Here’s the most compelling thought:

‘“Tonight’s results in Ohio should scare every Republican in a state where an abortion question is on the ballot in 2024,” Arizona Republican strategist Barrett Marson told CNN. “Abortion initiatives are both driving turnout among Democrats and forcing Republicans to talk about an issue of which they are on the wrong side of the electorate.”’

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/politics/takeaways-election-day/index.html

 

[1srelluc]

The gop needs to toss off the yoke of abortion if they want to survive. It's really as simple as that.....Spending MO-Money on loser issue hopefuls does not win elections.

 

[citygator]

Total ass kicking. Think pubs will learn that Make America Suck isn’t a good plan?

 

[whitehall]

The abortion vote in Ohio is how the system is supposed to work. Voters get to decide rather than the Supreme Court. Lefties whined and rioted for nothing. They get to kill their unborn in Ohio anyway.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Tell that to MAGA land

We can’t have any of that national security and robust economy stuff.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Abortion is now left up to the states, where it always should have been.
This will mean however that it's a very hot issue now in each individual state, and because of this Republicans will likely lose a lot of state legislative seats across the nation.
Face it, as long as a huge percentage of the population continue to believe that it's ok to exterminate the unborn, or simply don't care one way or another, this will be a losing issue politically.

 

[whitehall]

The Kentucky governor was popular and he won. No surprise. A strange thing happened on the NYC suburb of Long Island. It seems that Nassau and Suffolk counties are now a republican majority. I guess having your nose stuck in NYC liberal filth every day was enough to vote republican.

 

[bendog]

The abortion vote in Ohio is how the system is supposed to work. Voters get to decide rather than the Supreme Court. Lefties whined and rioted for nothing. They get to kill their unborn in Ohio anyway.

The gop legislature is already at work to nullify the vote.

Will of the voters? Republicans in Ohio pledge to push back on abortion, marijuana

A majority of Ohioans voted in favor of abortion access and marijuana. But top GOP leaders are already promising to undo the measures.

www.usatoday.com

Fucking theocrats, they are.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I think what you'll see now going forward, are attempts by Dimocrats in battleground states, to get some sort of abortion rights measures on their state ballots for November '24 in order to help draw out more people to the polls.