Friday, December 10, 2021

So Are We Doomed? Or Not?

I could have sworn Donald Trump controlled the future and is still running America from Florida, because the entire GOP will vote for him come hell or high water and the rest of us are done for, we’re done for!

Trump’s name-calling can still fire up right-wing talk radio shows.

But it is a turn-off for mainstream Republicans and swing voters outside the Trump personality cult.

Last month, New Hampshire’s Gov. Chris Sununu, the Republican best positioned to challenge Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, said he is not getting in the race.

The same pattern holds in Vermont, where Gov. Phil Scott, the best GOP candidate in a blue state, shows no interest in running for Senate even though Sen. Pat Leahy (D) is retiring.

And it is also true in Arizona, where Gov. Doug Ducey, the Republican with the best political record in the state, has ruled himself out of running against Sen. Mark Kelly (D).

Trump frequently lashes Ducey for saying the state’s 2020 presidential election was fairly won by Biden. Now Ducey has no appetite for facing Trump Republicans in a Senate primary.

In Pennsylvania, the Trump candidate, Sean Parnell, has already imploded. Parnell’s estranged wife testified that he abused her. Now he is out of the race after losing a child custody battle.

In Georgia, Trump’s candidate is former football star Herschel Walker, who is also facing reports of past domestic violence. McConnell recently endorsed Walker. But it was an act of desperation because no better candidate is willing to take on a Trump candidate.

Walker’s lack of political experience and troubled past make him a weak candidate. His only strength is his backing by Trump.

And that’s not all.

In Nevada, Trump’s favored Senate candidate is Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general who later, as state co-chair of the Trump 2020 campaign, sued to reverse Biden’s win in the state. He is running with the support of Trump imitators, including Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo).

These low-grade Trump candidates are hurting McConnell’s chance to gain Senate seats next year and once again become Majority Leader.

Meanwhile on the state level, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) is not running for reelection. And in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine is facing a challenge for his seat from a Trump booster.

Trump’s self-destruction is pulling down anyone in the GOP who refuses to kowtow to him.

But we're still done for, right?  Democrats and the country, I mean.

Through sheer hardball tactics and devotion to the conservative cause, McConnell stole a Supreme Court seat from President Obama by blocking Merrick Garland’s nomination until a Republican — Trump — was in the White House.

Trump, by contrast, lost the House and the Senate, and lost the popular vote in two presidential elections.

This December, trouble with Trump is the ghost of Christmas past, continuing to haunt the GOP.

It is a gift to Democrats.

This can't be true.  I have been assured by Trump haters that Trump is going to rule America from 2022 on, and there is nothing we can do about it except despair.

Where have all those McConnell hardball tactics gone, by the way?  I heard for years he was a Master of the Senate.  Anybody seen him do anything masterful lately?

And as more proof the GOP is going to run everything! Nunes has announced he's going to work for Trump's new social media platform. Just as the SEC announces an investigation in to its financing, and the smart money says initial investors (including Trump) are looking to "pump and dump" the stock, leaving the suckers holding the bag. Nunes' timing, as ever, is flawless.  I wonder if he agreed to get paid in stock?
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  1. The Thought Criminal8:18 AM

    I wonder what his cow has to say about it.

    I'm dark Irish, it's my heritage to expect the worst.

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