Dr. Strangelove

Nebraska - 13 Wisconsin - 28 Rushing: 110 Passing: 225

Republicans have learned that nominating morons is their best course of action. I mean, sure, the previous Republican President was an egotistical idiot who presided over a pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands, was a clown that made our Western allies turn away from American leadership, and who is now posting Q memes after leading an insurrection at the capital and is under investigation from numerous crimes while continuing to destabilize democracy. And sure, the Republican President before that accidentally invaded a country and duped America into unnecessary war costing trillions of dollars while his term ended with America in the midst of a colossal financial crisis. Don't you worry, the rest of the country will warn them that the next idiot they nominate is a historical embarrassment. A time bomb waiting to implode. But their race-to-the-bottom will not be stopped.

If your worry is that Matt Rhule will plague Nebraska Football into mediocrity, you have to also understand that is a significant upgrade from where we are now. This program is so dysfunctional and terrible at all aspects of football that Husker fans need to understand that something as basic as back-to-back 7-5 seasons under the next HC should be seen as major improvement.

My apologies, yes that makes perfect sense. And I agree. Hopefully votes are in the House to easily pass government funding, debt ceiling, and other votes that Republicans originally relied on to turn the chamber into a circus. This was really my point, @Archy1221 I'm well aware of the nomination process and the confirmation of judges. My post was trying to communicate that by winning the Senate, Democrats (President and members of the Senate) control the Judiciary process. Unless @Archy1221 really believes that McConnell wasn't going to vote for a single judge for the next two years if Republicans won the chamber... it's pretty doubtful any Biden nominee makes it to the floor for a vote in that situation.

The Senate is more preferable than the House. Mostly because Democrats can keep nominating judges, even potentially any SCOTUS openings. Of course it would've been best to keep both, but in a midterm environment holding onto any chamber is practically unheard of.

Nebraska - 6 Michigan - 45 Rushing: 105 Passing: 155

In your experience as a teacher, do these numbers seem accurate? Are you aware of any students on puberty blockers or who've has gender reassignment surgeries? I'm genuinely curious.

The ED tweets are reporting numbers that are so overwhelming that it runs up margins that mail or drop box ballots just won't be able to overcome. At this point Ds are hoping the Youth vote - which hasn't shown up for decades - will come to save them like Gandolf the White. At this point, Democrats are trying to win a single swing Senate seat, maybe they hold onto NH. Although it's looking like they're going to lose all of them. Their best case is preventing Republicans from controlling 60 seats in 2024, which after tonight may seem inevitable.

While true, crazy folk represent a fairly ordinary voter in rural states a Democrat coalition will have to break through to in order to be competitive in elections, particularly to compete for the Senate. Hopefully the horror this represents should make the apocalyptic future Democrats face in future all the more apparent. They have to try and appeal to millions of voters - as evidenced by a poster on this board - who genuinely believe something representing an infinitesimal number of people is a pervasive issue in this country.

If by "abortion by demand" you mean abortion rates plummiting each decade, than I guess you're correct. If you say "Drag Queens in Schools" representing exposure approximately 0.1% of school aged children, then sure. If by "genital mutilation" you're referring to gender reassignment surgery, representing an extremely small percent of school aged children, than sure. For example, there are approximately ~49 million individuals between 6-18 years old in the US. -1390 are on puberty blockers or 0.0025% of minors. -282 received mastectomy or 0.0004% -Data is not as available for other types of gender reassignment surgeries, but the numbers are going to be extremely similar To put these numbers into perspective, around ~200 people were struck by lighting in 2009 (but only 100 or so last year, yay!). These are non-issues Republicans have used to strike fear into people to coax them into voting against their own interests. No different than VA governor Youngkin running on CRT and banning it - even though it didn't exist in his state.

This is pretty much the median Republican voter at this point, which is why it's going to be impossible for Democrats to win elections. Are drag queens in schools? No. Is there some mass mutilation of genitals? No. Is "abortion on demand"? No. All of these "issues" exist exclusively in the deranged imaginations of the American electorate, all so Republicans can cut taxes for the wealthy.

Early indications suggest that the Republicans are doing slightly better than anticipated. My original Prediction was a GOP gain of 25 House Seats and 3 Senate seats. So far, the data suggests it's going to be 30+ seats and 4-5 Senate seats. The filibuster proof tri-fecta for Rs in 2024 - despite their Senators, Congressmen and President receiving fewer votes - is looking more and more likely with each batch of votes counted.

1000% correct. Additionally, DeSantis supporters understand the dangers of Trump, but will almost certainly vote for him in 2024.

Correct, but functionally they determine the outcome of judges. The President nominates them but it's essentially a formality. The Senate controls the Judiciary.

Dr. Strangelove's updated 2022 Predictions for the election, because I know the board deeply cares about my thoughts: House: Rs gain 24 seats. Senate: Rs gain 3 seats. If Republicans win 4 seats tomorrow, they have a realistic shot at controlling 60 seats in 2024. They'd have to win 6 seats, but they're almost certain to pick up 4 (Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, West Virginia). They'd face realistic pickup opportunities in Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. They'd even have a chance to push the map into Michigan and Maine. Democrats are extremely unlikely to hold control of the Senate - and thus the ability to nominate judges - for a very long time. Probably at least a few decades. It's more likely that the Democratic Party realigns themselves much like Rs did in 2016 before the current coalition wins the Senate again. Lastly, it seems like Trump plans on running again and his odds of winning are probably above 60%, but that will increase after the Federal Reserve pushes rates to the point of a recession. The results tomorrow are going to determine if he controls a filibuster proof tri-fecta or not.

The fact that he didn't just say "no those accusations are false" tells you he knows they're true and can't say anything because he's under investigation. But look, Oklahoma is a poor state. Like Mississippi, if the citizens don't want to live under a corrupt party that uses their votes to enrich themselves they'd vote for somebody else. The citizens of Oklahoma evidently have concluded that they'd rather vote for corruption instead of the alternative, therefore I don't feel bad for them.

And just like Herschel Walker, he has so many good ideas but he's just worried those evil Dems will steal them and make them their own! In all honesty, watching DeSantis shrivel against Trump is going to be funny. He's either not going to run the moment Trump announces or his campaign is going to get pummeled if he does try and run against him.

I for one am completely shocked. Trump isn't a selfish, ego driven, grifter - he's a firm believer of his America First doctrine. He's not one to place ego above Party. It's not like he just recently became a Republican to exploit a horde of uneducated voters. So to see him already attack a fellow non-grifting-America-First-believer is really surprising. Luckily, DeSantis is a fighter! He's not a one trick pony who copies Trump down to his (small) hand movements and it's not like his entire political platform revolves around the word "woke". No, he's a man of principle who has numerous policy positions - he's simply waiting to reveal them - that will enrich the lives of voters who support him, namely the poor and elderly.

We're competing with Northwestern State for this one!

Ha, good luck!

I know that the Republican Party increasingly embracing the Kremlin should be concerning, but are Republicans the ones allowing the Trans-CRT-Fentanyl laced-Leftist Crime wave planned through Hunter Bidens laptop to take over our schools? Didn't think so Lib.

I think I disagree. The voting results on Tuesday are going to show pretty loudly that Americans do not care about J6 nor do they care about the Republican apparatus that enabled it. Couple that with Trump announcing his re-re-election campaign he has a 75% of winning, it's pretty safe to say that Americans really don't care about anything pertaining to Democracy, fake electors, authortianism or anything that requires them to think and fill out a ballot at the same time.

He's going to become President again, so at least we get to be blessed with his immense brain power once again.

The crime wave in these Red states has morphed into a huge problem. Also, we should really do something about letting just anybody buy a gun!

That's practically free money. Best case scenario for Democrats is they lose 15 House seats and keep the Senate 50-50. The scenario that is rapidly becoming apparent is that they lose modestly in the House, ~25 seats and they lose 2-3 Senate seats. Worse case scenario, which has a fairly decent chance of materializing, are high losses in the House, 30 seats and they lose 4-5 Senate seats. This means that in 2024, where it seems extremely likely Trump runs and wins, Republicans will have a high chance of holding a filibuster proof Senate majority.