The Politics Thread

[Roman]

when it starts hitting their bottom line, they flee like rats.

[DramatistDreamer]

Boardmates from Florida: What's the word on Beto O'Rourke?  What is your sense of him as a candidate?

 

Democrat outraises Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race so far in 2018

[Juliajms]

I really hope so. This is the first time I've felt a real glimmer of hope that things could change.

[Roman]

and Cue Trump making a very racist crass Tweet about the explosion in England in 5...4....3...2...1...

[DRW50]

 

I remember he got a lot of hype at the time he was first elected as he beat a fat cat Democrat. That's about it. 

 

A long article about Democrats' chances in this year's midterms. 

 

(I'd say they're not anywhere near as good as some think, which this article seems to agree with)

 

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/23/2018-election-analysis-politics-217073

[JaneAusten]

So the Supreme Court refuses to hear the DACA appeal. So for the time being DACA is still in effect and the 9th circuit is likely to rule in favor of DACA.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-26/u-s-supreme-court-rebuffs-trump-won-t-hear-immigration-appeal-je4bn951?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

 

No one knows what's going to happen, but I am done listening to any Beltway press or media when it comes to politics. Politico did a horrible take the day before on one of our local congressional races here in Illinois - Lipinski vs. Newman, basically insisting democrats need to stay with Blue Dog Lipinski. 

 

Now if this were a red or purple district I would agree, but this is a district that is solid blue so going with the more progressive Newman (who is not radical left) is not a mistake as this district has ZERO chance of ever going red.  Lipinski is pro life, anti immigrant, voted against the Affordable Care Act.  Has not touched on how important to healthcare is to his district. It's also a district that has seen a shift in terms of latino population over the past 8 years, doubling.  He does have the state party support, the support of mayors across his district, and has brought money into his district due to his position on the transportation committee. And he does show up to events in his district regularly when he's in town. So it's not all negative. But these are the same people who believed Virginia was going with Gillespie, didn't predict the races across the state correctly, insisted Roy Moore was going to win.  I'm not diminishing the fact that the races won't be easy, but neither are people who actually live in these districts. I actually don't think by the way Newman will win. Lipinski has the financial advantage and AFLCIO support. But I think it will be closer than expected.

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by JaneAusten

[DramatistDreamer]

 

+1 

One of the reasons why I posed my question specifically toward boardmates who live in Florida is because I wanted to get away from the pundit press articles.

Many of these press pundits staunchly state one thing, only to reverse their stance or pretend they never stated what was previously said anyway.  They've all been practicing this special form of plausible deniability since the horrendous outcome of the 2016 election.

I'm done with them being the first source of what's supposedly going on in the "grassroots".

Edited February 26, 2018 by DramatistDreamer

[dragonflies]

I never understood why the NRA members got all these freaking discounts to begin with, they got more than people with AARP and whatnot were getting

[Khan]

Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise AND Hertz?  Well, [!@#$%^&*].  How are they gonna transport their guns across state lines NOW??

Edited February 26, 2018 by Khan

[JaneAusten]

The joke is that if we believe the stats, a very small percentage of gun owners even belong to the NRA. AARP has 38 million members the NRA 5 million.  And no discounts for teachers.

[JaneAusten]

This is a big deal for LGBTQ rights

 

2nd Circuit appeals court just ruled in favor of a gay worker, saying anti-gay discrimination is prohibited under 1964 civil rights law.

It’s a loss for the Justice Dept, which injected itself into the case to argue against gay rights.
 

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/a-federal-court-just-ruled-for-gay-rights-in-a-major?utm_term=.mxLG8G78d#.qdw1o1joY

Edited February 26, 2018 by JaneAusten

[DRW50]

 

It's not really a Beltway article. It's more about numbers and trends.

 

Isn't he running in Texas?

[JaneAusten]

Fair enough but who exactly is suggesting anything is a cake walk for democrats other than the same people who wrongly predicted 2016 and the races in Virginia and Alabama and in other areas across the country in 2017.

[DramatistDreamer]

 

Why am I confusing Rubio and Cruz??  Oh yeah, right, spineless GOP politicians who only use their ethnicity when it suits their political career.

 

Hopefully people would read click the link and see that it's Texas.  And hey, someone in Florida might also know who this candidate is and have some thought as well (*shrugs*).

I'm just not as interested in getting a pundit's perspective this time around.

Edited February 26, 2018 by DramatistDreamer

[DramatistDreamer]

LMAO. Stacey Dash is the living embodiment of Clueless.

 

'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California