🇺🇸 Discussion: The DEMOCRATIC P - Part 3

[mclay18]

There’s a definite shift across the country, even before Biden dropped out. I remember a special state legislative seat election in Oklahoma earlier this year— and the Dem candidate got a lot closer than what people expect for a red state.

Don’t sleep on Florida or any other potentially swingy reddish state.

 

[InCali]

The Wisconsin race that could tip the Democratic majority in the US Senate

Tammy Baldwin, so popular that Trump voters support her, faces Eric Hovde, a multimillionaire who has not held office

www.theguardian.com

While nothing is a slam dunk, I'm not worried about Baldwin in WI. The race that concerns me the most is Tester in Montana. If Tester can win (with Harris in the WH), the Dems will likely control the senate.

 

[Lily Adler]

There’s a definite shift across the country, even before Biden dropped out. I remember a special state legislative seat election in Oklahoma earlier this year— and the Dem candidate got a lot closer than what people expect for a red state.

Don’t sleep on Florida or any other potentially swingy reddish state.

 

[mclay18]

That meathead is going to be set up as the fall guy by the FL GOP if Ds win the sunshine state (or flip the Senate seat) this year.

He did nothing to address the absurdly high insurance rates (which went up 400% under his regime) and ticked off a lot of voters with his culture wars. FL Ds have been accumulating small wins over the last year and a half and they have a ton of volunteers canvassing this year.

 

[Still Wynning]

 

[Lily Adler]

That meathead is going to be set up as the fall guy by the FL GOP if Ds win the sunshine state (or flip the Senate seat) this year.

He did nothing to address the absurdly high insurance rates (which went up 400% under his regime) and ticked off a lot of voters with his culture wars. FL Ds have been accumulating small wins over the last year and a half and they have a ton of volunteers canvassing this year.

I'm sure he's pulling some Texas shenanigans like Paxton and Abbott raiding homes of Latine Democratic voters and throwing out millions of registered voters in their rolls.

 

[mclay18]

I'm sure he's pulling some Texas shenanigans like Paxton and Abbott raiding homes of Latine Democratic voters and throwing out millions of registered voters in their rolls.

He actually did that in 2022 (over 1.3M Dems stayed home in the 2022 midterms) and with last year’s “voter roll maintenance” law. Over 886K Florida Dems are on the inactive list, but they can still request a VBM ballot or vote in person to be moved back on the active list. And according to Nikki Fried, independent/unaffiliated FL voters are breaking for Ds by 65-70%.

That’s why you see Madame VP, Debbie Mucarsel Powell and Whitney Fox (challenging Loony Luna) in striking distance or leading the Republican candidates.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Democrat accused of posting racist comments against himself using fake accounts

Taral Patel, 30, stands accused of impersonating district judge and using photo of Pennsylvania realtor

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Democrats Are Already Plotting To Replace Merrick Garland - Above the Law

Of course, they have to win first.

abovethelaw.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Jimmy Carter’s grandson says his grandfather’s ‘engaged in the news’ as he approaches 100th birthday

Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson, said his grandfather is \

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

The Wisconsin race that could tip the Democratic majority in the US Senate

Tammy Baldwin, so popular that Trump voters support her, faces Eric Hovde, a multimillionaire who has not held office

www.theguardian.com

 

[mclay18]

The Wisconsin race that could tip the Democratic majority in the US Senate

Tammy Baldwin, so popular that Trump voters support her, faces Eric Hovde, a multimillionaire who has not held office

www.theguardian.com

After seeing how big Janet Protosaewicz won her WISC seat last year by, I think Tammy Baldwin is in a good position for re-election. Ben Wikler’s Democratic Party GOTV machine is impeccable.

 

[Lily Adler]

Democrats Are Already Plotting To Replace Merrick Garland - Above the Law

Of course, they have to win first.

abovethelaw.com

**** him.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

He's not even the worst. Sullivan and Kirby should also be looking for retirement.

 

[InCali]

He's not even the worst. Sullivan and Kirby should also be looking for retirement.

Probably more of a Biden problem than anything else. His foreign policy positions are, and have been, baked in for years and he wasn't letting others make decisions on that front. That being said, yeah.....they should go.

 

[blueharvest]

Democrats seize on Trump cemetery photo op ‘disgrace’ as election issue

Politicians and veterans say episode was on par with ex-president’s history of disrespecting service in armed forces

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

House Democrats ask Army for report on Arlington incident involving Trump campaign staff

Democrats on the House Overside Committee sent a letter Friday to the Army requesting a report into an altercation involving an Arlington National Cemetery employee and Trump staff.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

New fundraising platform localizing Democratic donations in effort to flip Arizona Legislature

In an election year where both parties are trying to get the majority in Arizona's Legislature, the two major parties are taking different approaches to raising money.

www.abc15.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Feds Raid Homes of Top Eric Adams Deputies, Seize Police Commissioner’s Phones

Bureau agents showed up at the homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice Philip Banks III and took devices from NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban.

www.thecity.nyc

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/05/fbi-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-00177536

 

[InCali]

Feds Raid Homes of Top Eric Adams Deputies, Seize Police Commissioner’s Phones

Bureau agents showed up at the homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice Philip Banks III and took devices from NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban.

www.thecity.nyc

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/05/fbi-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-00177536

Color me shocked.....and here I always thought that guy's (Adams) honesty was above reproach.

 

[Lily Adler]

Feds Raid Homes of Top Eric Adams Deputies, Seize Police Commissioner’s Phones

Bureau agents showed up at the homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice Philip Banks III and took devices from NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban.

www.thecity.nyc

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/05/fbi-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-00177536

Color me shocked.....and here I always thought that guy's (Adams) honesty was above reproach.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Seriously **** NYC for not picking Wiley.

 

[mclay18]

80,000 volunteers have signed up with the FL Democratic Party to help GOTV efforts this fall. And Madame VP has amassed $300M just in the month of August.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

As Jimmy Carter nears 100, he is buoyed by Harris’s run for president​

As Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday approaches on Oct. 1, he is talking more and delighting in the momentum behind Vice President Kamala Harris, his family said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/06/jimmy-carter-kamala-harris-100-birthday/

Former president Jimmy Carter, 99, turned to his son several weeks ago as he watched President Joe Biden, 81, announce that he was passing the torch to a younger generation. “That’s sad,” Carter said softly.

Carter and Biden are friends and share much in common as members of the elite group elected to the White House. Biden is the oldest to ever serve, and Carter has lived longer than any other former president. Neither went to Harvard or Yale. Biden is the son of a used-car salesman, and Carter’s father ran a peanut farm. Now, both will be one-term presidents.

Carter has been in hospice for 18 months, and his health slipped further after his wife, Rosalynn, died in November, two members of his family said. But recently, as the former president’s 100th birthday approaches on Oct. 1, he is talking more, asking about the fast-changing 2024 presidential campaign and delighting in the momentum behind Vice President Kamala Harris, the new Democratic nominee. He is even eating mini cupcakes — red velvet and caramel are his favorites.

James Earl “Chip” Carter III said in an interview with The Washington Post that his father spent days watching all of the speeches from the Democratic National Convention last month that he recorded for him. “He thought Michelle Obama was the best, and he thought Kamala was great, too,” he said.