ELECTION 2020
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:31 pm
Since the candidates have been decided I thought maybe we'd be needing a thread solely about this...
How's this for an opening shot...
Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him
President Trump’s erratic handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the worsening economy and a cascade of ominous public and private polling have Republicans increasingly nervous that they are at risk of losing the presidency and the Senate if Mr. Trump does not put the nation on a radically improved course.
Republicans were taken aback this past week by the results of a 17-state survey commissioned by the Republican National Committee. It found the president struggling in the Electoral College battlegrounds and likely to lose without signs of an economic rebound this fall, according to a party strategist outside the R.N.C. who is familiar with the poll’s results.
...New surveys show him trailing significantly in battleground states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, and he is even narrowly behind in must-win Florida.
...Surveys also showed Republican senators in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina and Maine trailing or locked in a dead heat with potential Democratic rivals — in part because their fate is linked to Mr. Trump’s job performance.
...Democrats raised substantially more money than Republicans did in the first quarter in the most pivotal congressional races, according to recent campaign finance reports.
...Perhaps most significantly, Mr. Trump’s single best advantage as an incumbent — his access to the bully pulpit — has effectively become a platform for self-sabotage.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/election ... r-BB13bhRy
Yeah, it's still early and anything could happen, Hillary was ahead at this same time 4 years ago. But the playing field since then has completely shifted...
Republican Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma: "You got to have some hope to sell people," Mr. Cole said. "But Trump usually sells anger, division and 'we're the victim.'"
So one-note Willie has a big problem- he can't sell himself as an alternative to the status quo this time around.
Normally, this would be a time for savvy politician to adapt to the changing realities and reinvent himself ala Bill Clinton before the '96 election, but that's not a tool in this snake-oil salesman's box. So what we're probably going to see from him is the dirtiest, most negative campaign ever in an attempt not to lift himself up but to tear his opponent down to his level. Barring a miracle turnaround in the Covid situation by November, that's all he's got.
For the country, the choice is stark- it's going to come down to either 4 more years of this constant, numbing, daily barrage of bombast and negativity,
or something...different
The next six months are going to be ugly and anything but uplifting, but if we as a country can weather the storm, come together and do the right thing, come next year we can possibly be looking forward to a much brighter and encouraging future...
How's this for an opening shot...
Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him
President Trump’s erratic handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the worsening economy and a cascade of ominous public and private polling have Republicans increasingly nervous that they are at risk of losing the presidency and the Senate if Mr. Trump does not put the nation on a radically improved course.
Republicans were taken aback this past week by the results of a 17-state survey commissioned by the Republican National Committee. It found the president struggling in the Electoral College battlegrounds and likely to lose without signs of an economic rebound this fall, according to a party strategist outside the R.N.C. who is familiar with the poll’s results.
...New surveys show him trailing significantly in battleground states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, and he is even narrowly behind in must-win Florida.
...Surveys also showed Republican senators in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina and Maine trailing or locked in a dead heat with potential Democratic rivals — in part because their fate is linked to Mr. Trump’s job performance.
...Democrats raised substantially more money than Republicans did in the first quarter in the most pivotal congressional races, according to recent campaign finance reports.
...Perhaps most significantly, Mr. Trump’s single best advantage as an incumbent — his access to the bully pulpit — has effectively become a platform for self-sabotage.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/election ... r-BB13bhRy
Yeah, it's still early and anything could happen, Hillary was ahead at this same time 4 years ago. But the playing field since then has completely shifted...
Republican Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma: "You got to have some hope to sell people," Mr. Cole said. "But Trump usually sells anger, division and 'we're the victim.'"
So one-note Willie has a big problem- he can't sell himself as an alternative to the status quo this time around.
Normally, this would be a time for savvy politician to adapt to the changing realities and reinvent himself ala Bill Clinton before the '96 election, but that's not a tool in this snake-oil salesman's box. So what we're probably going to see from him is the dirtiest, most negative campaign ever in an attempt not to lift himself up but to tear his opponent down to his level. Barring a miracle turnaround in the Covid situation by November, that's all he's got.
For the country, the choice is stark- it's going to come down to either 4 more years of this constant, numbing, daily barrage of bombast and negativity,
or something...different
The next six months are going to be ugly and anything but uplifting, but if we as a country can weather the storm, come together and do the right thing, come next year we can possibly be looking forward to a much brighter and encouraging future...