Which Way Will the Ds Throw the Suicide Switch if they win the House?

[william the wie]

The Ds might win a hair thin majority in the house. They will lose seats in the Senate. They will lose those house seats and then some in the 2020 census. They are also losing their lock on the Black vote. Given the weather and changes in taxes incumbent D house members will have to move left in order to be competitive in the new and fewer seats in the blue wall. They must also get the administration on board for extra infrastructure spending within the Blue wall that does not comes at a cost that will cost them votes.in the next election. Is there some way not to trigger one suicide switch or another?

 

[ptbw forever]

The Ds might win a hair thin majority in the house. They will lose seats in the Senate. They will lose those house seats and then some in the 2020 census. They are also losing their lock on the Black vote. Given the weather and changes in taxes incumbent D house members will have to move left in order to be competitive in the new and fewer seats in the blue wall. They must also get the administration on board for extra infrastructure spending within the Blue wall that does not comes at a cost that will cost them votes.in the next election. Is there some way not to trigger one suicide switch or another?

They aren’t going to win the House.

 

[william the wie]

The Ds might win a hair thin majority in the house. They will lose seats in the Senate. They will lose those house seats and then some in the 2020 census. They are also losing their lock on the Black vote. Given the weather and changes in taxes incumbent D house members will have to move left in order to be competitive in the new and fewer seats in the blue wall. They must also get the administration on board for extra infrastructure spending within the Blue wall that does not comes at a cost that will cost them votes.in the next election. Is there some way not to trigger one suicide switch or another?

They aren’t going to win the House.

That may be the way to bet but it is not a certainty. A one to five seat majority for the Ds is a possible outcome. That is not a big enough majority to get anything done because every rep can black mail the speaker.

 

[ptbw forever]

The Ds might win a hair thin majority in the house. They will lose seats in the Senate. They will lose those house seats and then some in the 2020 census. They are also losing their lock on the Black vote. Given the weather and changes in taxes incumbent D house members will have to move left in order to be competitive in the new and fewer seats in the blue wall. They must also get the administration on board for extra infrastructure spending within the Blue wall that does not comes at a cost that will cost them votes.in the next election. Is there some way not to trigger one suicide switch or another?

They aren’t going to win the House.

That may be the way to bet but it is not a certainty. A one to five seat majority for the Ds is a possible outcome. That is not a big enough majority to get anything done because every rep can black mail the speaker.

If Democrats won the House it would be by at least 10 seats.

Either there is a sort of blue wave, or there isn’t.

I am more afraid that we won’t crush the Democrats when we have a great opportunity to do so than actually losing the election.

 

[longknife]

What Pelosi Will do if the Dims Win the House

This is exactly what makes the midterms so vital to the future of this country. They’ve got it all mapped out.

Congressional Republicans are getting ready for hell. Axios has obtained a spreadsheet that's circulated through Republican circles on and off Capitol Hill — including at least one leadership office — that meticulously previews the investigations Democrats will likely launch if they flip the House.

Why this matters: Publicly, House Republicans are putting on a brave face about the midterms. But privately, they are scrambling to prepare for the worst. This document, which catalogs requests Democrats have already made, is part of that effort.

It has churned Republican stomachs. Here are some of the probes it predicts:

President Trump’s tax returns

Trump family businesses — and whether they comply with the Constitution's emoluments clause, including the Chinese trademark grant to the Trump Organization

Trump's dealings with Russia, including the president's preparation for his meeting with Vladimir Putin

The payment to Stephanie Clifford — a.k.a. Stormy Daniels

James Comey's firing

Trump's firing of U.S. attorneys

Trump's proposed transgender ban for the military

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's business dealings

White House staff's personal email use

Cabinet secretary travel, office expenses, and other misused perks

Discussion of classified information at Mar-a-Lago

Jared Kushner's ethics law compliance

Dismissal of members of the EPA board of scientific counselors

The travel ban

Family separation policy

Hurricane response in Puerto Rico

Election security and hacking attempts

White House security clearances

The spreadsheet — which I'm told originated in a senior House Republican office — catalogs more than 100 formal requests from House Democrats this Congress, spanning nearly every committee.

The spreadsheet includes requests for administration officials to be grilled by committee staff, requests for hearings to obtain sworn testimony, efforts to seize communications about controversial policies and personnel decisions, and subpoena threats.

These demands would turn the Trump White House into a 24/7 legal defense operation.

The bottom line: Thanks to their control of Congress, Republicans have blocked most of the Democrats’ investigative requests. But if the House flips, the GOP loses its power to stymie. Lawyers close to the White House tell me the Trump administration is nowhere near prepared for the investigatory onslaught that awaits them, and they consider it among the greatest threats to his presidency.

From Scoop: Republicans secretly study their coming hell

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