Posted on 04/04/2024 10:09:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The presidential race may be the big story this year, but control of the House and Senate are also at stake. Many believe that Democrats are favored to win control of the House, but Republicans have their best shot of not only winning control of the U.S. Senate but also winning a majority that is likely to last for several cycles.
And recent developments suggest that Republicans could flip a few more seats than expected.
The first seat is in Nevada—a state I'd pretty much given up on, even though Trump had only barely lost it in 2020 and 2016. However, Trump has had a consistent lead in the polls for some time now.
Sen. Jacky Rosen, the incumbent Democrat, appears to be losing ground in her state. According to the Cook Political Report, which is known for its nonpartisan analysis, Rosen's race has been changed from "Lean Democrat" to "Toss Up" status.
"The Nevada shift may be a bit surprising," notes Jessica Taylor of the Cook Political Report. "After all, it’s the only one of the swing states Democrats carried in both 2016 and 2020 at the presidential level, and Republicans haven’t won a statewide federal race here since 2012. And of the quartet now in Toss Up, it is still probably the toughest."
I should point out that Taylor is incorrect. In 2022, Nevadans elected Republican Joe Lombardo as their governor, and it should be noted that Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) only narrowly defeated Republican Adam Laxalt in 2022.
The other elections that are seen as toss-ups are Ohio, Montana and Arizona, and Taylor argues that there are other incumbent Democrats on defense this year who may end up seeing their "Lean Democrat" designations be recategorized as "Toss Up."
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But will they lose the House? None of it matters unless they make it a clean sweep, and even if the traitors made it a total sweep, they are still traitors. Traitors gonna traitor, and the GOP, despite having both houses, will fight the Trump agenda. At the end of the day, does it really matter if the House & Senate both go dummycrat? At worst, nothing would get done in 4 years. I’m ok with that, the government that governs least and all that....
But will they take action that helps conservatism instead of selling us out?
The Mitch clones who will be in charge will then say, sorry conservatives, not one of your priorities can happen, but the Rat priorities will have to continue being implemented and enhanced, you know, because otherwise we can pass nothing.
Probably not, but somewhat less radical judges and maybe some useful investigations could result. And more support for MAGA than Uniparty-D.
Need a 3-4 seat advantage due to rino voters Murkowski, Snow, et al.
“The GOP’s Chances of Winning Control of the U.S. Senate Keep Looking Better...”
Then what? They screw up so bad giving control right back to these tyrants?
Yes, but what would the GOP do with control of the Senate? If history is any kind of guide, they will do nothing.
In other words, Red Wave?
If it means more Rinos. That’s not a win.
Unfortunately, with people like McConnell still around never underestimate the ability of the Republican rinos to screw things up
A rino win in Md.(Hogan) is a win.
A rino win in Ms.(Wicker) is a loss.
The idea here is to win the presidency and enough of congress to then veto every objectionable bill that comes down the pike - including bills funding every department that is in revolt against the Constitution, every out of control bureaucrat and so on.
Let's see how long the Deep State holds out when it becomes starved for funding and all its storm troopers become unpaid volunteers. We can tolerate some RINOs in this scenario. We just need 1/3 +1 of the reps to hold together with Trump.
Sure, sure. I’ll place my bet on pigs flying first.
The RINOs will find a way to blow it. They are already working on it. Like Lindsey Graham introducing a strict abortion limitation plan that had zero chance of becoming law sox weeks before the midterms (because Rs weren’t bleeding enough with women) or trying to ban tik toc (because young voters don’t hate Rs enough) or the house coming up with a plan to raise the social security age (because the lead among baby boomer wasn’t small enough they feared they would actually win). RINOs that control the party are content to be in the minority, yell at the other guy and make $$$ off of insider trading and endless wars.
Florida has an abortion question on the ballot in November. Scott better not keep screaming social security cuts.
this is important for when the “wise” latinx keels over after Trump retakes the presidency.
BS..cough cough
No it's not, because it only perpetuates the Rino problem within the GOP, and the Senate. Voting for Rinos in order to keep the seat Republican, doesn't help get rid of the Rinos in the long run, which is supposed to be the goal. It will never happen, because too many people will hold their nose and vote for a known POS Republican, thinking they are helping the party, which in the long run, they aren't.
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