"A new poll … shows Donalds defeating Nunez 31-4 in a hypothetical [Republican] primary [for Florida governor], with Simpson grabbing just 3%."
That adds up to a mere 38%. Does that really mean 62% of those surveyed have no expressed preference or "don’t know"? That percentage seems surprisingly large.
I might add that DeSantis mainly won the first race for governor over Adam (Opie Taylor) Putnam solely due to the Trump endorsement; now, Trump loathes DeSantis
Question: With DeSantis widely despised, and Trump’s popularity weakening (hopefully also in Florida), and no obvious GOP heir to DeSantis – does this open up an opportunity for Democrats?
If so, who do you consider to be Dems’ strongest gubernatorial prospects?
I think Florida is gone no matter what the DNC does. Climate change will finish off the transition to a solid red state, given that everything will eventually be underwater except The Villages and Floribama.
I really despise this sort of defeatism. Not helpful!
In this election, Democrats nationwide failed to run a candidate in one thousand legislative races. That’s political malpractice. Florida was an honorable exception; thanks to Nikki Fried’s leadership of an invigorated Florida Party, I believe Dems ran a candidate in EVERY race.
And are continuing to build a bench for the future.. to summarily write off the 3rd most populous state in the nation without a fight is political malpractice(and stupid); obviously, you prioritize your strategy moving forward but you don't just throw up your hands and whine, and say that all hope is lost; just like Texas, our side needs to fight the Republicans in Florida; the Hispanic vote holds the balance of power here; we need to better effectively message to that voter universe (and then let the chips fall where they may)
#1/yes!! We definitely want Gaetz to run..he's never getting the nomination but his rich ass father will keep him fully funded and he will burn down the Republican party in Florida just like he did in DC; the dude has never been anything but a Rich, Entitled, Frat Boy with no one every telling him NO!.#2/.as for the prospects of the Democratic party, we need to sort of completely forget the Democratic side of things to start; it's all about Trump now, and how bad he performs in the second term; I have heard that Trump plans to make FEMA a nothing agency (maybe he's all bluster like usual); if he decides to let the state of Florida handle hurricanes without federal government help, then immediately reality sets in here; Florida can't survive without FEMA; it's just that simple, the state infrastructure is not capable of handling just 1 hurricane; No way can it handle multiple disasters simultaneously like just happened about 5 months ago; I will try to get to the point asap; Florida is NOT lost forever to the democrats, no matter what a few posters on this very site think
Also, as to my personal favorites for the Democratic party nomination for Governor; (in this order)1/ Rep. Moskovitz(not sure about the spelling); 2/ex-Rep. Murcasell-Powell(I think she did surprisingly well considering the national\state headwinds; seriously doubt she runs); 3/Nikki Fried, who's doing a terrific job so far at being State Party Chair (here again in an almost impossible job; highly doubt she runs for anything; personally, I like her to run for Senate against Ashley Moody);4/Donna Deegan; Mayor of Jacksonville (folks, trust me here, Deegan is a future Superstar; if she has statewide ambitions; I honestly don't know her political desires for future advancement)
The Mayor of Miami is clearly the strongest candidate and should run for whichever of Governor and Senate would be easier to win, likely whichever one Gaetz ends up running for.
Actually, the issue is heavily based on turnout, not solely the Democratic candidates running.
I don't mind a new Gubernatorial or Senate candidate but whoever the nominee is, they aren't going to win if turnout is lackluster. Suffice to say, FL Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried has her work cut out for her.
We’re continuing to learn more about just how badly Republicans beat Democrats in the state of Florida Tuesday night in the statewide elections.
There’s ongoing pressure for the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Manny Diaz, to step down. So far, he's indicated he'll stay in his post.
Gov. Ron DeSantis defeated Congressman Charlie Crist by 19 points Tuesday night. It was the biggest win for a Republican governor since the end of Reconstruction. For the first time in recent history, there were more registered Republicans than Democrats across the state. The big difference, however, was only about half of the Democrats showed up Tuesday and around two-thirds of Republicans voted.
DeSantis flipped counties President Joe Biden won in 2022: Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Duval. One major problem for Democrats was a mismatch in turnout. Republican registered voters showed up, and Democrats did not, according to unofficial results posted online by Florida's supervisors of elections.
In Miami-Dade County, there are 135,229 more registered Democrats than Republicans, but more Republicans showed up: 61% of registered Republicans voted and only 46% of Democrat registered voters.
There are 106,299 more registered Democrats than Republicans in Palm Beach County. 55% of registered Democrats showed up and 66% of Republicans showed up.
The same thing happened in Central and North Florida in several major urban areas. There are 53,156 more registered Democrats than Republicans in Hillsborough County but only 39% of Democrats showed up and 44% of Republicans showed up to vote.
Pretty sure I said to nominate Jared Moskovitz and you are making the mistake of convolution; the races you are comparing are literally oranges to plums; totally not a comparison of real value
just don't see here as very viable at this time; unfortunately, being a black woman would hurt her here(maybe that would change a few years down the road, but not in the current environment imo)
Democrats have allowed themselves to be branded "crazy" "disgusting" "groomers" and "radical extremists" every single day for years so yeah, the masses are of course going to be souring on the brand which is illustrated in our cratering registration numbers in nearly every state.
Democrats also seem like they don't want to go on offense. Besides bland platitudes that sound generic and unemotional griping about "far right Maga republicans", we never see *angry* Democrats blasting Republicans in any meaningful language.
Besides AOC and Sanders and perhaps one or two others, Democrats have completely ceded the messaging war to the other side.
The closest we came to the party throwing aside the niceties was when Walz went viral for calling Trump a robber barron and calling Republicans "weird" for being obsessed with people's personal lives.
Then he was promptly muzzled by the national campaign's "don't offend anyone we are a big tent!' police.
It doesn't help that Democratic voters don't let Democratic politicians get away with being "mean." The fact that THE standard bearer of the Republican Party's rise to power started by questioning the citizenship of our last two term elected Democratic Party President while THE standard bearer of the Democratic Party's rise to power started in a speech given in my hometown where he claimed "there is not a liberal America, there is not a conservative America, there is the United States of America" says it all. As I've said many times, the reason many Democratic Presidential candidates pay lip service to "bipartisanship" isn't to appease Republicans, but to appease fellow Democrats. If either Obama or Biden ran on "Republicans are evil fascists", they both would have been laughed off the stage and gone nowhere in their runs. Getting them to change means Democratic VOTERS need to drop this "bipartisan" fantasy and LET their politicians be "mean."
This. Absolutely this. We need to get rid of the consultants and treat the media with contempt, should be easy since they've considerably shifted to the Right. Democrats need to stop worrying about niceties and norms and start getting mean, angry and shameless. Every elected Dem should be out there right now calling this the Trump Crash or the Trump Tragedy.
Once again, Democratic voters have to LET them be “mean.” You and Paleo operate on the notion that Democrats are mirror Republicans. We aren’t. We actually expect our politicians to govern and deliver. Republicans don’t care as long as “the left is sad.”
Maybe they should take a chance and switch up strategies. Obviously still govern and deliver but be mean while doing it. Better than losing time and time again.
I agree to an extent- the media certainly expects different responses from Ds than Rs and the accountability is totally skewered. However there are very specific fringe groups and "activists" on our side who don't even let a Democrat stray from orthodoxy either. The problem we have now is being the "big tent party" means we are trying to appease everyone 100%, which of course leaves nobody satisfied. It's a very big problem.
Nope. If that were the case, Democratic voters wouldn’t have chosen the man who said “there is not a liberal America, there is not a conservative America, there is the United States of America.” VOTERS decide.
I think you just about nail it; but, I contend that 2026 has ZERO do with the Democratic party (as long as our candidates are funded and not crazy); imo 2026 is 100% about the chaos of a second term of Trump
Exactly; looking back, compared to this point in time; I gladly take Bush ll over Trump (obviously would prefer a viable alternative from the Democratic party)
What about both Alaska seats? Knocking down - not literally - Dan Sullivan in 2026 and pressuring Lisa Murkowski to at least switch to Independent and caucus with us.
I think Peltola definitely puts either seat into play; Trump has never been very popular in Alaska (or similar type states even if they lean Republican)
What about Lt. Governor David Toland? He's serving as both Lt. Governor as well as KS Secretary of Commerce (the later he's been serving in since 2019).
The one caveat is that Toland has not, to my understanding, run for political office before. He was appointed by Governor Laura Kelly as KS Secretary of Commerce but ended up serving as Lt. Governor after Lynn Rogers was selected by her to be KS State Treasurer (Rogers was Kelly's running mate in the 2018 gubernatorial election).
On the other hand, Toland is in his mid 40's and has a bright future. He previously had served in the Office of Workforce and Development in Washington, DC.
She's consistently shown herself to be very conservative, just not MAGA-aligned and unafraid to piss off their base due to her write-in win a while back.
I don't see any serious possibility of getting her to caucus with us. She genuinely disagrees with us ideologically. Maybe if we had a more common parliamentary system we could get her to do something like confidence and supply...
If you watch the movie 'Game Change' which centers on McCain/Palin 2008, they wanted a running mate to excite the base and Gov. Palin was more conservative than Sen. Murkowski.
However, McCain didn’t win the election so the talk of him getting someone more conservative as his running mate didn’t help him win. Same with Mitt Romney choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate in 2012. Only Mike Pence actually United the conservative base for Republicans in 2016 when Trump selected him as his running mate then.
Hypothetically though, Murkowski would have not caused divisiveness the way Palin did.
I disagree with Alaska being a long shot. Depending on who is nominated, a Likely Republican rating is fitting for now.
Dan Sullivan did win re-election by double digits but there were also no Democratic Candidates running back in 2020.
AK as a state can be a bit swingy towards politicians depending on their appeal. If moderate Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski can weather the storm in recent re-election battles and Mary Peltola can win the House, anything can happen.
Although he is furious that his Republican legislature gave some of his gubernatorial powers to the agriculture commissioner, I am sure that Ron De Santis applauded when the Republican legislatures in North Carolina and Wisconsin took powers away from their Democratic governors.
anyone else see trumps presser? what a pile of sh*t! immediately blaming others including the air traffic controllers with more hate...classic example of mental illness taking over.
No. As a person with an actual mental illness, I get so tired of this. Being a complete asshole is not a mental illness, it's being a complete asshole.
I hear you, Frank. Even more bothersome, at least to me, is the way the news media link or explain away mass shooters as being a problem of "mental illness". That stigmatizes a large percentage of Americans who do struggle with mental illness – without having any tendencies to violence.
This is why I get tired of hearing stories of psychiatrists making assessments of Trump's diagnosis without having any scientific evidence or history evaluating him at a one-on-one meeting. Same goes for psychologists.
Sure, Mary Trump knows Trump better than other psychologists. However, making a random assessment at face value is short-sighted and doesn't do anyone any good.
He lies the way other people breathe. But he appears before the cameras almost everyday to try and narrative. What a novel approach. After the previous four years I thought a president was legally barred from doing that.
Not to defend our officials' wholly insufficient media strategy, but there is a caveat here in that something about this turd functionally short circuits the way the media covers things and he can get wall-to-wall coverage of anything at any time. We cannot get that. Normal republicans can't either.
Fun fact: In the Norwegian press, an interesting story yesterday was interviews with several psychologists commenting on Trump’s choice of screensaver photo for his cell phone: a closeup photo of himself.
The Mainstream Media has changed, as in ownership. Back in the day they were more balanced than would ask questions on the politician that said something that was a off or made no sense. CNN was taken over my a conservative that was (is) with the radical right, friendly with Fox fake news. MSNBC I'm not sure if they have a new CEO or decide to tell their viewers that they don't care about democracy, it's all about ratings & the money that comes along with it. Or they're petrified of a sack of lies in makeup with thin orange painted skin.They sold their souls to the devil.
These mainstream medias journalist took an oath to be fair, balanced, & honest are no longer have any morals or ethics. They're cowards with Cheeto dust on their lips.
"A new poll … shows Donalds defeating Nunez 31-4 in a hypothetical [Republican] primary [for Florida governor], with Simpson grabbing just 3%."
That adds up to a mere 38%. Does that really mean 62% of those surveyed have no expressed preference or "don’t know"? That percentage seems surprisingly large.
none of them will get nominated
I think it's reasonable. The GOP primary for governor is over a year and a half away, and most people aren't thinking about it right now.
many more candidates will evaluate their positions after the state legislative session ends
Everyone in Florida politics always hated DeSantis, and now, no one fears him
I might add that DeSantis mainly won the first race for governor over Adam (Opie Taylor) Putnam solely due to the Trump endorsement; now, Trump loathes DeSantis
Question: With DeSantis widely despised, and Trump’s popularity weakening (hopefully also in Florida), and no obvious GOP heir to DeSantis – does this open up an opportunity for Democrats?
If so, who do you consider to be Dems’ strongest gubernatorial prospects?
PS. Should we hope Matt Gaetz runs?
We lose to anyone but *maybe* Gaetz. Florida is gone without significant investment which the DNC is loathe to provide.
not that simple but you have valid points
I think Florida is gone no matter what the DNC does. Climate change will finish off the transition to a solid red state, given that everything will eventually be underwater except The Villages and Floribama.
I think you know nothing about the reality on the ground and the local issues that matter here(just my opinion)
I really despise this sort of defeatism. Not helpful!
In this election, Democrats nationwide failed to run a candidate in one thousand legislative races. That’s political malpractice. Florida was an honorable exception; thanks to Nikki Fried’s leadership of an invigorated Florida Party, I believe Dems ran a candidate in EVERY race.
And are continuing to build a bench for the future.. to summarily write off the 3rd most populous state in the nation without a fight is political malpractice(and stupid); obviously, you prioritize your strategy moving forward but you don't just throw up your hands and whine, and say that all hope is lost; just like Texas, our side needs to fight the Republicans in Florida; the Hispanic vote holds the balance of power here; we need to better effectively message to that voter universe (and then let the chips fall where they may)
#1/yes!! We definitely want Gaetz to run..he's never getting the nomination but his rich ass father will keep him fully funded and he will burn down the Republican party in Florida just like he did in DC; the dude has never been anything but a Rich, Entitled, Frat Boy with no one every telling him NO!.#2/.as for the prospects of the Democratic party, we need to sort of completely forget the Democratic side of things to start; it's all about Trump now, and how bad he performs in the second term; I have heard that Trump plans to make FEMA a nothing agency (maybe he's all bluster like usual); if he decides to let the state of Florida handle hurricanes without federal government help, then immediately reality sets in here; Florida can't survive without FEMA; it's just that simple, the state infrastructure is not capable of handling just 1 hurricane; No way can it handle multiple disasters simultaneously like just happened about 5 months ago; I will try to get to the point asap; Florida is NOT lost forever to the democrats, no matter what a few posters on this very site think
Also, as to my personal favorites for the Democratic party nomination for Governor; (in this order)1/ Rep. Moskovitz(not sure about the spelling); 2/ex-Rep. Murcasell-Powell(I think she did surprisingly well considering the national\state headwinds; seriously doubt she runs); 3/Nikki Fried, who's doing a terrific job so far at being State Party Chair (here again in an almost impossible job; highly doubt she runs for anything; personally, I like her to run for Senate against Ashley Moody);4/Donna Deegan; Mayor of Jacksonville (folks, trust me here, Deegan is a future Superstar; if she has statewide ambitions; I honestly don't know her political desires for future advancement)
Much appreciated!
The Mayor of Miami is clearly the strongest candidate and should run for whichever of Governor and Senate would be easier to win, likely whichever one Gaetz ends up running for.
I don't think you have a clue about this.. But you are entitled to an opinion.. no matter how naive and wrong it might be.. Cheers🍻
Rep Murcasell ran more than 10 points behind Cava in Miami Dade. We need to try someone new after losing three straight races by mid double digits.
Actually, the issue is heavily based on turnout, not solely the Democratic candidates running.
I don't mind a new Gubernatorial or Senate candidate but whoever the nominee is, they aren't going to win if turnout is lackluster. Suffice to say, FL Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried has her work cut out for her.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/decision-2022/turnout-was-a-big-problem-for-democrats-in-major-florida-counties/2906393/
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We’re continuing to learn more about just how badly Republicans beat Democrats in the state of Florida Tuesday night in the statewide elections.
There’s ongoing pressure for the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Manny Diaz, to step down. So far, he's indicated he'll stay in his post.
Gov. Ron DeSantis defeated Congressman Charlie Crist by 19 points Tuesday night. It was the biggest win for a Republican governor since the end of Reconstruction. For the first time in recent history, there were more registered Republicans than Democrats across the state. The big difference, however, was only about half of the Democrats showed up Tuesday and around two-thirds of Republicans voted.
DeSantis flipped counties President Joe Biden won in 2022: Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Duval. One major problem for Democrats was a mismatch in turnout. Republican registered voters showed up, and Democrats did not, according to unofficial results posted online by Florida's supervisors of elections.
In Miami-Dade County, there are 135,229 more registered Democrats than Republicans, but more Republicans showed up: 61% of registered Republicans voted and only 46% of Democrat registered voters.
There are 106,299 more registered Democrats than Republicans in Palm Beach County. 55% of registered Democrats showed up and 66% of Republicans showed up.
The same thing happened in Central and North Florida in several major urban areas. There are 53,156 more registered Democrats than Republicans in Hillsborough County but only 39% of Democrats showed up and 44% of Republicans showed up to vote.
Pretty sure I said to nominate Jared Moskovitz and you are making the mistake of convolution; the races you are comparing are literally oranges to plums; totally not a comparison of real value
How about Val Demings? Is she still around? I thought she was pretty good back in 16 and she's still pretty young, right?
just don't see here as very viable at this time; unfortunately, being a black woman would hurt her here(maybe that would change a few years down the road, but not in the current environment imo)
Trump's approval in Florida is probably closer to 60% than 50% currently. Have a LONG WAY to go.
disagree with you but it's still January; wait until FEMA is defunded and then a hurricane hits us in September
If Dems nominate a centrist candidate they will win...it is still FL remember.
possibly yes; depending on how bad Trump is and to a lesser degree the quality of the Republican nominee
No one in Florida has a clue as to who Nunez even is; the LG here has zero power while the Gov has a heartbeat and is breathing
The Democratic Party is the most unpopular it's been in polling that dates back to 2008, according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/democrats-popularity-trump-poll-2024
And yet: Strong economic growth continued through Q4 of 2024.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/us-economy-gdp-growth-q4-2024
QPac should just cease its polling operation. At least don’t try anywhere outside of New England.
Democrats have allowed themselves to be branded "crazy" "disgusting" "groomers" and "radical extremists" every single day for years so yeah, the masses are of course going to be souring on the brand which is illustrated in our cratering registration numbers in nearly every state.
Democrats also seem like they don't want to go on offense. Besides bland platitudes that sound generic and unemotional griping about "far right Maga republicans", we never see *angry* Democrats blasting Republicans in any meaningful language.
Besides AOC and Sanders and perhaps one or two others, Democrats have completely ceded the messaging war to the other side.
The closest we came to the party throwing aside the niceties was when Walz went viral for calling Trump a robber barron and calling Republicans "weird" for being obsessed with people's personal lives.
Then he was promptly muzzled by the national campaign's "don't offend anyone we are a big tent!' police.
Smfh
agreed, I think Walz should never have been sidelined as much as he was
It doesn't help that Democratic voters don't let Democratic politicians get away with being "mean." The fact that THE standard bearer of the Republican Party's rise to power started by questioning the citizenship of our last two term elected Democratic Party President while THE standard bearer of the Democratic Party's rise to power started in a speech given in my hometown where he claimed "there is not a liberal America, there is not a conservative America, there is the United States of America" says it all. As I've said many times, the reason many Democratic Presidential candidates pay lip service to "bipartisanship" isn't to appease Republicans, but to appease fellow Democrats. If either Obama or Biden ran on "Republicans are evil fascists", they both would have been laughed off the stage and gone nowhere in their runs. Getting them to change means Democratic VOTERS need to drop this "bipartisan" fantasy and LET their politicians be "mean."
Disagree. It’s not Democratic voters, but the media talking heads and their consultants who they’re trying to please.
This. Absolutely this. We need to get rid of the consultants and treat the media with contempt, should be easy since they've considerably shifted to the Right. Democrats need to stop worrying about niceties and norms and start getting mean, angry and shameless. Every elected Dem should be out there right now calling this the Trump Crash or the Trump Tragedy.
Once again, Democratic voters have to LET them be “mean.” You and Paleo operate on the notion that Democrats are mirror Republicans. We aren’t. We actually expect our politicians to govern and deliver. Republicans don’t care as long as “the left is sad.”
Maybe they should take a chance and switch up strategies. Obviously still govern and deliver but be mean while doing it. Better than losing time and time again.
In other words we have to imitate Republicans. Good luck with that.
I agree to an extent- the media certainly expects different responses from Ds than Rs and the accountability is totally skewered. However there are very specific fringe groups and "activists" on our side who don't even let a Democrat stray from orthodoxy either. The problem we have now is being the "big tent party" means we are trying to appease everyone 100%, which of course leaves nobody satisfied. It's a very big problem.
The Democratic Party is a Hufflepuff party in a Slytherin country.
Nope. If that were the case, Democratic voters wouldn’t have chosen the man who said “there is not a liberal America, there is not a conservative America, there is the United States of America.” VOTERS decide.
Harris also called him weird. And Democrats haven't "allowed themselves" to be called those things:
they had no power to get Fox and other propaganda media to shut up.
Who has a positive view of a party that has no fight, or muzzles those who do, can’t communicate, and is afraid of its own shadow?
It's normal for political parties to see their standing drop after they lose an election. Civiqs has tracked this phenomenon for a long time: https://bsky.app/profile/the-downballot.com/post/3lgxvrr5ce22h
That said, the Dem drop in this Quinnipiac poll is unusually steep—but again, it's one poll. And 2026 is a long ways off.
Few people deserve to be friendless more than Ron DeSantis.
How Democrats COULD retake the Senate in 2026.
North Carolina ⬅️💙🇺🇲48
Maine ⬅️💙🇺🇲49
Ohio (long shot) ⬅️💙🇺🇲50
Iowa (long shot) ⬅️💙🇺🇲51
Kansas (long shot) ⬅️💙🇺🇲52
Alaska (long shot) ⬅️💙🇺🇲53
Thoughts?
I think you just about nail it; but, I contend that 2026 has ZERO do with the Democratic party (as long as our candidates are funded and not crazy); imo 2026 is 100% about the chaos of a second term of Trump
You mean like 2006 replacing Bush the Younger with Orange Slob?
Exactly; looking back, compared to this point in time; I gladly take Bush ll over Trump (obviously would prefer a viable alternative from the Democratic party)
What about both Alaska seats? Knocking down - not literally - Dan Sullivan in 2026 and pressuring Lisa Murkowski to at least switch to Independent and caucus with us.
Completely forgot about Alaska. Totally up to Mary Peltola what her 2026 plans are.
Any chance Mark Begich could try and rematch Dan Sullivan 12 years later if she doesn't run?! 💙🇺🇲
I think Peltola definitely puts either seat into play; Trump has never been very popular in Alaska (or similar type states even if they lean Republican)
What about Kansas; Roger Marshall is up in 2026?
Barry Grissom, Nancy Boyda, Sharice Davids spring to mind. Term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly has declined!! 💙🇺🇲
Absolutely, obviously the popular Democratic governor is a great choice and Sharice Davids has proven herself as a vote getter
This is another one that's tricky because I would hate to lose Davids in the house should she come up short for senate.
What about Lt. Governor David Toland? He's serving as both Lt. Governor as well as KS Secretary of Commerce (the later he's been serving in since 2019).
The one caveat is that Toland has not, to my understanding, run for political office before. He was appointed by Governor Laura Kelly as KS Secretary of Commerce but ended up serving as Lt. Governor after Lynn Rogers was selected by her to be KS State Treasurer (Rogers was Kelly's running mate in the 2018 gubernatorial election).
On the other hand, Toland is in his mid 40's and has a bright future. He previously had served in the Office of Workforce and Development in Washington, DC.
She's consistently shown herself to be very conservative, just not MAGA-aligned and unafraid to piss off their base due to her write-in win a while back.
I don't see any serious possibility of getting her to caucus with us. She genuinely disagrees with us ideologically. Maybe if we had a more common parliamentary system we could get her to do something like confidence and supply...
but she can certainly shiv Trump at every turn
I mean, Murkowski voted against confirming Brett Kavanaugh. That’s saying a lot!
That said, Murkowski has more in common with the late John McCain. Frankly, he should have chosen her as his running mate instead of Sarah Palin.
If you watch the movie 'Game Change' which centers on McCain/Palin 2008, they wanted a running mate to excite the base and Gov. Palin was more conservative than Sen. Murkowski.
Oh sure! I’m aware.
However, McCain didn’t win the election so the talk of him getting someone more conservative as his running mate didn’t help him win. Same with Mitt Romney choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate in 2012. Only Mike Pence actually United the conservative base for Republicans in 2016 when Trump selected him as his running mate then.
Hypothetically though, Murkowski would have not caused divisiveness the way Palin did.
Texas is likely an easier lift than Kansas, especially given the possibility that Paxton will beat Cornyn in the primary.
I don't think Paxton wins that primary, but I'm hoping he does (Paxton is actually beatable in the General)
I think he's probably worse than 50/50, but not too far below it. Maybe 40/60.
agree; I give a slight edge to Cornyn and Trump will play a part(but if Trump is truly horrible in the second term, it might hurt Paxton)
I disagree with Alaska being a long shot. Depending on who is nominated, a Likely Republican rating is fitting for now.
Dan Sullivan did win re-election by double digits but there were also no Democratic Candidates running back in 2020.
AK as a state can be a bit swingy towards politicians depending on their appeal. If moderate Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski can weather the storm in recent re-election battles and Mary Peltola can win the House, anything can happen.
👢👢... Ron DeSantis has high thigh boots to fill don't you think? 🤣😂
I would rather not know what kinks Ron DeSantis practices in his bedroom.
It's a reference to this... https://www.instagram.com/albyocwork/p/CytnDXQP754/?img_index=1
Yup, I recall those, uh, iconic photos. And I can easily see Ron’s wife being unenthusiastic about him wearing those to bed.
Yes 👏👍
I couldn't put that picture from my photos on here..🤣😂
Although he is furious that his Republican legislature gave some of his gubernatorial powers to the agriculture commissioner, I am sure that Ron De Santis applauded when the Republican legislatures in North Carolina and Wisconsin took powers away from their Democratic governors.
IOKIYAR REALLY is a thing.
anyone else see trumps presser? what a pile of sh*t! immediately blaming others including the air traffic controllers with more hate...classic example of mental illness taking over.
No. As a person with an actual mental illness, I get so tired of this. Being a complete asshole is not a mental illness, it's being a complete asshole.
this guy covers both bases at the same time
You’re missing the point.
I hear you, Frank. Even more bothersome, at least to me, is the way the news media link or explain away mass shooters as being a problem of "mental illness". That stigmatizes a large percentage of Americans who do struggle with mental illness – without having any tendencies to violence.
He’s a sociopath. Which is a combination of the two.
This is why I get tired of hearing stories of psychiatrists making assessments of Trump's diagnosis without having any scientific evidence or history evaluating him at a one-on-one meeting. Same goes for psychologists.
Sure, Mary Trump knows Trump better than other psychologists. However, making a random assessment at face value is short-sighted and doesn't do anyone any good.
Narcissism is a type of mental illness, though, right? I totally get your point, though.
He lies the way other people breathe. But he appears before the cameras almost everyday to try and narrative. What a novel approach. After the previous four years I thought a president was legally barred from doing that.
Not to defend our officials' wholly insufficient media strategy, but there is a caveat here in that something about this turd functionally short circuits the way the media covers things and he can get wall-to-wall coverage of anything at any time. We cannot get that. Normal republicans can't either.
We still need to try way harder, to be clear.
Both Paleo and yourself are true. It's absolutely mind bending how Trump gets exactly what he wants from the media on a literal hourly basis.
Fun fact: In the Norwegian press, an interesting story yesterday was interviews with several psychologists commenting on Trump’s choice of screensaver photo for his cell phone: a closeup photo of himself.
Rough English translation (via Google Translate)
https://www-nrk-no.translate.goog/trondelag/dette-kan-bakgrunnsbildet-pa-mobilen-fortelle-om-deg-1.17222465?_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Trump speech on air crash:
Garbage, garbage, garbage
Weaponization? Who was weaponizing the Justice department against Menendez?
No one. Menendez did it to himself.
The Mainstream Media has changed, as in ownership. Back in the day they were more balanced than would ask questions on the politician that said something that was a off or made no sense. CNN was taken over my a conservative that was (is) with the radical right, friendly with Fox fake news. MSNBC I'm not sure if they have a new CEO or decide to tell their viewers that they don't care about democracy, it's all about ratings & the money that comes along with it. Or they're petrified of a sack of lies in makeup with thin orange painted skin.They sold their souls to the devil.
These mainstream medias journalist took an oath to be fair, balanced, & honest are no longer have any morals or ethics. They're cowards with Cheeto dust on their lips.
He sort of dug his own grave.