The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

So + one more Republican? What ar we up to 3 or is it 4 now...

Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

KingofHazor said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

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Exactly, which is why MAGA is a dead end.

When Trump is gone, MAGA goes with him and all of the people only voting for him go back to not voting at all.

All of the other special election losses save one (heavily Democrat district) were because Republicans simply are not turning out at all. They think since Trump won that it's over and no need to vote again.

hopefully Trump finds a better choice than the person that was the most left leaning republican in the house, or very close to it.

Also, TDS drives the left to the polls in numbers.

pagerman @ work said:

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Also, TDS drives the left to the polls in numbers.

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must have gotten a flat on that drive back in november

MouthBQ98 said:

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Conservatives lack an activist political base that lives for this stuff, and turns out for important special elections.

In this respect, conservatives are LAZY and get what they deserve when they fail to do the necessary work.

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Yep, and the left lives for this.

They have unlimited money and can move their campaign apparatus around as needed to any state or district.

Right now in Fl-6, they are outspending the Republicans by 200%.

Bannon seems to think Democrats win that spot. It he could be trolling

BMX Bandit said:

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Bannon seems to think Democrats win that spot. It he could be trolling

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Clay & Buck were saying the same thing.

Seems to be the consensus that it is going to be lost because the Republicans are crapping the bed like always.

Democrats are riding high right now and in 2026 will almost certainly take back the House. Might even have a blue wave election.

BMX Bandit said:

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pagerman @ work said:

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Also, TDS drives the left to the polls in numbers.

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must have gotten a flat on that drive back in november

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The combination of Trump actually being on the ballot and the MAGA crowd being highly motivated to "avenge" the perceived stolen election in 2020, plus (crucially) the dems lost the undecided folks in the middle.

MAGA pretty much only votes for Trump himself. They have never really shown up in midterm and off-cycle elections (remember the "red wave"?) when Trump isn't on the ballot. Live by the populist cult of personality, die by the populist cult of personality.

Undecideds and MAGA not showing up combined with a rabid TDS suffering dem base and a low vote threshold is not a recipe for republican success.

BMX Bandit said:

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hopefully Trump finds a better choice than the person that was the most left leaning republican in the house, or very close to it.

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No kidding!!

Stefanik lifetime heritage score: 51

F16 #1RINO Crenshaw lifetime heritage score: 81

KingofHazor said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

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FWIW early voting is way up on both sides for that election and the spend is already over $100 million on that race. It's getting attention but don't know who wins.

MouthBQ98 said:

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Conservatives lack an activist political base that lives for this stuff, and turns out for important special elections.

In this respect, conservatives are LAZY and get what they deserve when they fail to do the necessary work.

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It isn't that they're lazy; it's that they don't trust other politicians who've been running on these same things for decades yet nothing gets done.

Look, did Trump get a LOT of conservative things accomplished in his first term? No, but he didn't get bought out and become a part of the "system" (whatever that ends up meaning). He was hounded and prosecuted because of that.

Ted Cruz gets a lot of flack from the media and the left, but has he or Mike Lee ever been prosecuted? Have there been serious attempts at removing them from office? I like both, but let's face it, whether they're entrenched or not, we've seen nothing from them like we've seen from Trump -- especially in the last 3 months. I think both Cruz and Lee tend to play the game at least a little. Trump doesn't.

Trump is different and people see that.

Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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Randy Fine is a terrible candidate and he's about to blow the layup.

Rapier108 said:

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KingofHazor said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

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Exactly, which is why MAGA is a dead end.

When Trump is gone, MAGA goes with him and all of the people only voting for him go back to not voting at all.

All of the other special election losses save one (heavily Democrat district) were because Republicans simply are not turning out at all. They think since Trump won that it's over and no need to vote again.

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This is kind of silly to dismiss what MAGA accomplished Nov 5. No movement is going anywhere that can't win a bit of the center left like was done in November. A McCain or Romney retread is not likely to.

aggie93 said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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Randy Fine is a terrible candidate and he's about to blow the layup.

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Yep, but the GOP are just like the Aggies. They always manage to somehow blow an easy win.

GOP officials still believe they will win the Florida race.

The problem they're having is the candidate is not all that popular despite being a known state senator and his opponent has drawn in a bunch of outside money.

The Democrat had already spent over $8 million by the time the GOP candidate had even raised $1 million. And to even get that, he had to throw in a big chunk of his own money.

This is a GOP +30 district. GOP candidate will probably win by 10 or so. They just have to get out and vote.

From what I'm reading now the big problem isn't that Florida race it's the New York one. They couldn't coalesce around one GOP candidate and could not risk splitting the vote and losing that seat in New York. The background noise is that the Democrats were going to try to underhandedly sponsor a third party right wing candidate.

Trump loves rallies. If MAGA is the only way why isn't he on site, pumping these candidates? Someone tell him he needs majorities.

Makes no sense unless they're scared of even more pushback from Dems due to him taking a chainsaw to the status quo?

Rapier108 said:

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KingofHazor said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

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Exactly, which is why MAGA is a dead end.

When Trump is gone, MAGA goes with him and all of the people only voting for him go back to not voting at all.

All of the other special election losses save one (heavily Democrat district) were because Republicans simply are not turning out at all. They think since Trump won that it's over and no need to vote again.

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A rational person would see this as the GOP is the dead end and conservatives are not enthused to vote for the same old status quo. Also, Democrats and their voters are incompatible with conservative ideology due to their enthusiasm for continuous voting left regardless of how far left their "leaders" move the overton window.

But sure keep pretending that going back to the old way is the best long term plan rather than face the reality that the people are seeing the GOP for the farce that it is. And no this is not an endorsement that Trump is the future. He's just the symptom due to the GOP's failures.

Tea Party said:

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Rapier108 said:

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KingofHazor said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

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Exactly, which is why MAGA is a dead end.

When Trump is gone, MAGA goes with him and all of the people only voting for him go back to not voting at all.

All of the other special election losses save one (heavily Democrat district) were because Republicans simply are not turning out at all. They think since Trump won that it's over and no need to vote again.

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A rational person would see this as the GOP is the dead end and conservatives are not enthused to vote for the same old status quo. Also, Democrats and their voters are incompatible with conservative ideology due to their enthusiasm for continuous voting left regardless of how far left their "leaders" move the overton window.

But sure keep pretending that going back to the old way is the best long term plan rather than face the reality that the people are seeing the GOP for the farce that it is. And no this is not an endorsement that Trump is the future. He's just the symptom due to the GOP's failures.

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THIS

GOP- E has just rolled over and 'gone along' so often, that all enthusiasm was gone by 2015. Like him or not Trump has been the only force seeming willing to fight when got the Executive since Reagan. What many say is voting Trump is really anti-Left and yes that task and torch can be passed on. But there is not much interest in the old passive ways. That would never have won the likes of Elon and Rogan over and so many others.

Let's hope the Levin boost helps him as his opponent makes AOC look conservative. That fool converted to Islam right after 9-11. That district +30 for Trump.

Danny Vermin said:

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. That fool converted to Islam right after 9-11. .

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What in the F? This real?

Yes sir. Dude is complete terrorist sympathizer.

God help us all if he wins.

Yeah man. He was on with Levin yesterday and will be on again Monday. Florida is his State so hopefully he can get us to tge finish line.

MouthBQ98 said:

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Conservatives lack an activist political base that lives for this stuff, and turns out for important special elections.

In this respect, conservatives are LAZY and get what they deserve when they fail to do the necessary work.

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So RINOs do represent the party perfectly!!?

KingofHazor said:

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Rapier108 said:

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The headline is disingenuous.

They withdrew the nomination, and another one was withdrawn a week or two ago. The Senate never rejected either one of them.

Also, this is due to the likelihood that the Republicans will lose FL-6 in the special election next week.

The Democrats have won every special election since November except one, and that one the Republican won by about 4%, in a district Trump carried overwhelmingly.

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There's an election soon in Wisconsin for a State Supreme Court spot. The polls show the D with an 8-10 pt. lead primarily because R's and Trump voters simply don't care and aren't planning on voting. If that's correct, then there's a real problem in that conservatism has no real momentum or support without Trump on the ticket.

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🚨 JUST IN: New WISCONSIN Supreme Court election poll

🔵 Susan Crawford: 50% (+8)
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 27, 2025