US Politics, November 2018: "There is no blame. There is no anything."

lmao

This is outrageous. We've seen absolutely no proof that Roy Moore, Paul Manafort or Rob Porter are in the caravan. https://t.co/ctGQ3YKnZz

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 2, 2018

More WohLOLs

Jacob Wohl tweeted this photo of the ‘Mueller accuser’ (left), who failed to turn up to his press confidence. You can just stick it into Google Images to get her face, since that exact photo is old, already online and.. his girlfriend. pic.twitter.com/rYyauaWFiw

— Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) November 2, 2018

omfg this kid

You may recall that I predicted Wohl issuing a picture of himself as the accusing party. This is maybe only like .01% less stupid than the stupidest thing I could come up with.

i love this kid, what an entertainer

imagine ruining your life this much before you can even legally drink

He should just say he's been molested by Mueller.

it's amazing to attain Peak Asshole at such a tender age

all these teen maga chuds just make me think of this guy:
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/922734_10151472938033801_1348835416_n.jpg

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/922734_10151472938033801_1348835416_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=d6730b9bda7495a692e5cef7ad42f9b5&oe=5C4A4E05

Twenty minutes, walking into my regional library and early voting location to pick up a copy of an Olivier bio, a well-chosen Cuban mulatto no older than 21 or 22 wearing a Vance Aloupis shirt asked if I'd voted.

"I hope you voted Republican."

"Sure didn't," I said.

"I thought you wanted bipartisan solutions. To make this country great."

"I don't. I want to be as partisan as possible."

His mouth fell open and he walked away. Clearly this wasn't in the scripted responses he expected.

It felt great. Life is made of small victories.

awesome

good response to an extremely dumb statement

"I'd like to vanquish the republican party from the face of the earth" would also have been acceptable

nice call on Jack Black in Bob Roberts. I haven't seen that movie in this century, but I think the only part that would ring false now is the snl-like cast member pulling the plug on the show in protest

haha that kruse tweet

I can't bring myself to rewatch bob roberts until Trump's dead or in prison or out of office and in disgrace

Alfred that is a heroic response

even Sideshow Bob Roberts is a tough watch now

Alfred that is a heroic response

― Jacob Lohl (stevie),

Anger is an energy.

anger is the color of your energy * 311 wank *

NYC residents (aside from Staten Isl and Queens I guess) rarely meet 'out' Republicans. The last 2 mornings the same pair of corporate lawyers (Democrats) were chatting right next to me on the subway and I wanted to commit fucking seppuku.

Try sudoku instead

Just saying, there's an established ecosystem of people like this, and he won't suffer for it as much as we might hope.

The only time I've been able to state, "I believe the current Republican party, and anyone currently active in it, must be repudiated by all who care about America or the planet. After Trump, I will never consider voting for any current Republican," has been with push-pollsters. I'm in a Red county, and have received these calls from people in the upper midwest (Kansas, Dakotas), and I've received these calls every few days.

nicely done Alfred

xp

keep it up, assholes

“Two or three weeks ago, the No. 1 thing people were quietly worried about was apathy or low turnout with Latino voters and you’re not hearing that anymore,” said Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, a bipartisan immigration advocacy group.

He added: “This is a reminder of a thing they like least about this administration and you’re seeing that show up. Public opinion polls on the House have moved away from Republicans in the last two weeks and if you look at where that’s coming from, it’s the president’s hard-line rhetoric.”

No generic ballot poll has directly linked the president’s immigration talk to a pro-Democratic voter shift. But recent studies have shown that Americans see immigration as among the nation’s most divisive issue, in addition to it being a policy area Trump has mishandled, according to voters in some states with key midterm races.

An MPR News/Star Tribune poll taken last month in Minnesota, where both Senate seats are up for grabs and Republicans are competing for the governor’s mansion, found that 52 percent of likely voters disapprove of the president’s direction on immigration, versus 42 percent who approve.

What does that fucking mean, he's been an asshole on immigration from (before the) start. Who is on the fence here? (Immigration pun intended?)

"Sure, he's an asshole, and sometimes he's a big asshole, but now he's an even bigger asshole and is losing my support."

honestly I think that's an accurate summary

when Trump is in the news for his assholishness, support for him and by extension the GOP drops

No one outside of @tedcruz’s camp in #Texas thinks he’s well ahead. If @BetoORourke pulls of the upset, he’ll be the story of the night and arguably the year; proof of a generational paradigm shift in American politics; and suddenly a front runner for the Democratic #2020 ticket.

— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) November 2, 2018

seppuku
sudoku
Sanpaku

nice little run of posts

tryna temper my beto expectations, tbh, feels reminiscent of tempering my bernie expectations in 2015 -- "i like him but what's the point." that first tempering did not go the way i thought it would.

Yeah, I'm very nervous about letting myself get too excited

I am hopeful but skeptical he can pull it off - betting on increased turnout among traditionally low turnout demographics is not often a winning strategy. If he has a very good latino GOTV operation and that turnout spikes like it has in central CA districts and other places then.... maybe

what's the latest polling out of Texas?

538 has cruz up by five in a weighted average

It would be kinda beautifully poetic if Cruz is defeated by increased Latino turnout.

Cruz has a lot of weight.

In last night's debate, Danny O'Connor challenged Troy Balderson on his opposition to Medicaid expansion and it was definitely something. #OH12 pic.twitter.com/PgBSdEwdd3

— 🗳4 DAYS TO VOTE 🗳 (@plunderbund) November 2, 2018

Emerson College did one from Oct 28-30, Cruz up 3.

i retain at least a small amount of hope, even though my expectation is that he'll (barely) lose. the amazing amount of early voting kind of throws a huge wild card into it, especially because the ramifications of that aren't clear

New nonpartisan Alaska Survey Research poll finds the *dean of the House* trailing by 1% in #AKAL, the state's lone House seat:

Alyse Galvin (Undeclared/D): 49%
Rep. Don Young (R) 48%

Two weeks ago, @CookPolitical moved the race from Likely R to Lean R.https://t.co/ZlBM5ccHKr

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 2, 2018

also she's proooooobably going to lose but this is good

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paulette-jordan-idaho-democrat-governor-race_us_5bc90d21e4b0d38b58766654

even if he wins i still find it slightly depressing that it would take historic turnout and a perfect campaign to beat america's least-loved non-executive branch politician-cum-serial killer.

lmao

https://i.imgur.com/bxpsVZ8.png

thanks for that Paulette Jordan article caek, that's the most comprehensive piece on her that I've seen yet.

"Morning" Joe made a lot out of that Emerson poll this morning.

NYC residents (aside from Staten Isl and Queens I guess) rarely meet 'out' Republicans. The last 2 mornings the same pair of corporate lawyers (Democrats) were chatting right next to me on the subway and I wanted to commit fucking seppuku.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, November 2, 2018 10:09 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I worked with an "out" republican lawyer. He was married to a super rich guy (scion of some wealthy latin american family) and, like most "moderate Republicans" I guess just loved tax breaks more than social progress.

The Cruz camp is rattled enough that they're officially running a PAC-style hit ad about O'Rourke's DWI.

Not raising my hopes either, but I suspect the Cruz camp has seen...startling internal polling, maybe not enough to put Beto ahead but a surprise.