I spent the day the Senate, talking with Republicans. They are all paying close attention to the KY gubernatorial race. They are not just watching the returns, but President Trump's political capital as they make decisions about how to handle impeachment and their own future.— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 6, 2019
If Trump is wounded by Kentucky, blood will be in the water, and the "invincible" leader whose tweets make women faint and strong men quiver with fear, may quickly turn into a mouse who should be driven from the party's house.
If Trump can't turn out his base to win in Kentucky, if Trump is in fact the motivating factor that turns out Democratic voters in the states he touches with his magic winkie, this could be trouble for Trump in the Senate:
BREAKING NEWS: The Virginia Beach voter registrar tells us as of 3pm voter turnout is 75,000. In 2015 the total was 63,000. That is stunning. Motivated voters favor democrats. @WAVY_News— Andy Fox (@AndyFoxWAVY) November 5, 2019
BREAKING NEWS New numbers in from the voter registrar in Virginia Beach. As of 5pm 96,000 people have voted compared to 63,000 in 2015 when the entire General Assembly was up for election. That is 32% and climbing. @WAVY_News— Andy Fox (@AndyFoxWAVY) November 5, 2019
If Trump is driving the wrong voters to the polls, of what use is he? What terror does he hold, what power does he sway?
Donald Trump has gutted Republican support in suburbs. The bleeding in Cincinnati’s suburbs tonight compared to the 2016 election is extraordinary.— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 6, 2019
Trump Republicanism is toxic and is killing the GOP.
Republican Senators can read these tea leaves, too.
3/ Republicans are supposed to win Kentucky. They're supposed to win in Mississippi. Hell, they're supposed to win all over Virginia except for NoVa.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2019
If a candidate who did everything last night but wax Trump's balls can't win in Kentucky...
No shit, Sherlock. The only question now is: do they calculate it's worth going to the bitter end? Or do they cut their losses and staunch the bleeding? There isn't another election between now and November 2020. Time to decide.
As they say, it wasn't until the Republicans in leadership in the Congress figured it was going to cost them big to support Nixon that they told him it was all over. Mitch must have been really shook about Kentucky, he and his wife will need a pardon but he's not going to like having to run for reelection with the Trump baggage.
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