Pundits….
The Republicans ‘got this’….
Gone hustle the November Elections…
Lock Democrats from voting….
Install their own vote counters where they can….
And above all?
Embrace Donald J. Trump the guy who LOST and couldn’t give a ‘rats ass’ about what ‘they want?…
A little reality check is in order…..
Donald Trump is about ONE person HIMSELF….
The Republicans in Congress are working there…
Trump does not…
In making his choices?
Could he work to get primary wins for himself that would loser in a general election?
The Cheney and Kinzinger censure ‘s are a another stupid loyalty test to The Big Guy from people who where sacred that the very crowds their party leader urged to ‘storm the Capitol’ for HIM where the ‘good guys’? All 700+ the FBI has arrested would be pardoned for ransacking the offies of these Republicans?
It just makes its’s member’s even smaller ‘balls in pandering fro the MAGA vote….
The party ccontinues to have to deal someone that got they a win with and a HUGE headache to boot…..
And actually help Democrats and the guys Trump lost to President Biden…..
In a year in which even many Democrats acknowledge the GOP will likely win the House — and despite Republican lawmakers and strategists pleading with Republicans to keep their focus on pocketbook issues and on Biden — the RNC is still recasting the events of Jan. 6 and chasing down enemies of the defeated former president, Donald Trump.
For all the energy he creates at the party’s grassroots, his stranglehold on the party is emerging as one of the biggest threats to the GOP’s otherwise bright prospects in November.
He has already singled out 10 House Republicans for extinction. He is attacking GOP governors and backing their primary challengers, while meddling in Senate races where it may lead to the nomination of flawed candidates who are ill-suited for a general election. He is fomenting a rebellion against the party’s Senate leader, Mitch McConnell. And this week, in Salt Lake City, it was David Bossie, the former Trump deputy campaign manager, who was leading the effort to kick Cheney and Kinzinger to the curb.
“Some of us who have been around for a while don’t think this makes any sense,” said Bill Palatucci, a Republican National Committee member from New Jersey. “We’ve got Biden in free fall, [Democrats] can’t get anything done in Washington, and for us to convene a circular firing squad, that make no sense to me.”
Mike DuHaime, a former Republican National Committee political director,called the censure “insane.”
The censure was the product of several days of private negotiation in the hallways and meeting rooms of the Salt Lake City hotel where the RNC met. Initially, the resolution’s authors had proposed calling for the ouster of Cheney and Kinzinger — both of whom drew Trump’s ire for voting to impeach him — from the House Republican Conference. The language was later tempered to appease RNC members who feared it could prove politically taxing for the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, and for McDaniel, who said in November that Cheney “obviously” is “still a Republican.”…
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Earlier this week, Ed Broyhill, the national committeeperson from North Carolina, said he was certain Trump would be an asset to the party in the November elections, drawing crowds to his rallies and energizing the grassroots. But he was hopeful the party could soon put “name calling” behind it and shift its focus back to Biden.
Politically, making the midterms about Biden would appear to be a far safer bet for Republicans than relitigating Jan. 6 — or the Republican House members who are involved in its investigation. In a POLITICO/Morning Consult survey this week, about 40 percent of Republicans said they approved of the work of the Jan. 6 committee — a significant portion of the Republican electorate. Nor have donors turned on Cheney and other House members who voted to impeach Trump. None of the seven who are seeking reelection were outraised by a challenger, and Cheney pulled in about $2 million just in the last 3 months alone, far outpacing the money raised by her primary opponent.
In a prepared statement, Cheney, while defending her conservative credentials, said “leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy.”….
image….J. Scott Applewhite, File/AP Photo
New Open Thread…..
Just saying……
The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and events that led to it “legitimate political discourse,” and rebuked two lawmakers in the party who have been most outspoken in condemning the deadly riot and the role of Donald J. Trump in spreading the election lies that fueled it…..
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Again
Does he drag them to overall loses as he ‘just’ focuses on HIMSELF……
THAT is the question ?
We already KNOW Donald J. Trump DIDI NOT A SECOND chance to screw the American people…..
You seemingly don’t understand that,despite your incessant labeling him a”loser,”Republicans don’t see Trump that way.Most of them think he was robbed of ReElection.Even if they don’t believe that,and as DSD has pointed out,a change of less than 75000 votes and Trump would have won.
Accordingly, they see Trump as a winner in 2024 and that’s why he remains the leader of the party and the favored candidate for 2024.
So your question is of no consequence to them as they reject your premise that he is a “loser.”
Ah Jack?
If you listen closely?
More and more Republicans ARE doing EXACTLY that….
Worried Trump isn’t going after Biden and Democrats,,,..
But continuing to to try to rip the guts out of his/their party…..
You guys are just focused on the Trump is all that and a bag of chips
Hr’s been a LOSER his entire life
And the media loves the show!
Another idiotic rant that as Keith would say “makes no sense.”
A poll of Republicans in November 2021 found that 28% believed that Trump would be reinstated (not re-elected) President. Republicans are not just evil; they are stupid, and that is a dangerous combination – even if James is unable to see it.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reinstated-president-poll-1649669
Of course if Trump ever becomes in charge of the government again, it won’t be a presidency. And James will ”point out” that Trump is faltering, and more and more Republicans are abandoning him.
As I said….
There ARE Republican’s that CAN think and speak for THEMSELVES….
Not many….
But a few….
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) criticized the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) apparent characterization of the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as “legitimate political discourse” in a resolution to formally censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.).
The RNC on Friday voted to censure both lawmakers, with the resolution saying that they have been engaged in the “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse” by participating in the House select panel investigating the insurrection at the Capitol. The two were also censured for their past criticism of former President Trump.
“What happened on January 6, 2021 was an effort to overturn a lawful election resulting in violence and destruction at the Capitol. We must not legitimize those actions which resulted in loss of life and we must learn from that horrible event so history does not repeat itself,” Murkowski, one of seven senators who voted to convict Trump following the Jan. 6 attack, said on Twitter on Saturday…..
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And the “point” of just about everybody else here ,which amusingly you now admit(“not many but a few”) ,is that Trump still dominates the Republican Party,is the odds on favorite to be the nominee in 2024 if he runs and that those who oppose him are in the vast minority.
Accordingly ,since you essentially now agree with that “point?”Then why is is that every time someone comments on the above ,which you now concede ,do you try to counter them?As has been said before ,you make no sense.So in an effort (probably futile because quite apparently you like to argue simply for the sake of keeping more comments here,a point CG made awhile back) we can all agree that:
1.Trump still dominates the Republican Party.
2.The opposition to him within the party is a distinct minority.
3.Presently,Trump remains the overwhelming favorite for the Republican Nomination in 2024.
Morning…..
It is relatively quiet here today, I assume Jack is at the back of a long line waiting to congratulate his minister on an inspiring sermon. Later today, maybe he can tell us all how we can be more holy?
Haha,
I haven’t been to Church in years.
Our Sunday was scheduled to be a “burn pile” day but then the wind whipped up and I am not messing with that right now.
I used to watch the Sunday political shows religiously but that was back when it wasn’t the Lindsay and Ted show.
Right now I will settle for my NYTimes.
Did anyone see what Matthew Dowd said yesterday about what the Republican Party has become.
I did not. Any chance you can summarize the highlights?
The Party has always been this racist and reactionary and it was inevitable that someone like Trump would come along to lead it. Dowd acknowledged that Trump is the next nominee.
So I have been saying all along that you cannot blow a racist dog whistle for 50 years and not expect the natives to get restless. They just publicly endorsed political violence.
Republicans for the most part deny the racism of their past. Some won’t even call Limbaugh a racist or even a mysogonist! They found his offensive humor entertaining – because that is the type of people they are.
I’m spending Sunday morning listening to Bruce Sprinsgteen on vinyl (Western Stars) and reading Jonathan Franzens latest novel “Crossroads”–which is overdue at one of my favorite socialist institutions–the public library!
I’m gonna keep saying….
They ain’t all Trump stooges…They may not get the media attention but they DO speak up
RNC Censures Gets Blowback on the Right
The National Review calls the RNC’s censure of Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) “both morally repellent and politically self-destructive.”
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Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) said on Sunday that a Republican National Committee (RNC) resolution that noted “legitimate political discourse” on Jan. 6 was a mistake.
“First of all, they say that part of the reason for the resolution is they want to keep the focus on Joe Biden and the failures of the Democratic administration,” Christie told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.” “Well, how did that work for you? All anybody is talking about this weekend is this resolution rather than talking about the failures of the Biden administration.”
Christie also said the RNC has not sensed a “shift” around the country, adding that Americans want to hear about “solutions for 2022.”….
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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday said he does not agree with the Republican National Committee’s characterization of Jan. 6 being “legitimate political discourse” if it applies to those who committed violence that day.
“I do not agree with that statement if it’s applying to those who committed criminal offenses and violence to overtake our shrine of democracy,” McCaul told ABC “This Week” host Martha Raddatz when asked if he supported the RNC’s resolution, which also censured two House Republican lawmakers who sit on the panel investigating Jan. 6….
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Morning folks……
Keeps piling up …..
I sticking with my story……
The Jan 6 Capitol attack on Congress was NOT a ‘normal political discourse’
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Top Senate Republicans are keeping their distance from the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) characterization of Jan. 6, 2021, as “normal political discourse” and its censure of Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
Members of Senate GOP leadership, who gathered on Monday for a weekly meeting, warned that focusing on Jan. 6 wasn’t a unifier for the party.
“I just think right now if we want to win the elections in November, [there are] better things for us to be focused on,” said Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 GOP senator.
“I think the focus right now needs to be forward, not backward. If we want to get majorities in the fall, it’s better to turn our fire on Democrats, not on each other,” he said.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), said referring to Jan. 6, when a mob of the former president’s supporters breached the Capitol, as “legitimate political discourse” was “not an accurate description.” ….
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(Trump IS losing it around the edges….)
Oh and we have this….
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Sunday endorsed the re-election campaign of his Republican colleague Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who faces a tough challenger this year supported by former President Donald Trump.
“I’m endorsing my dear friend Lisa Murkowski,” Manchin said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Alaska could only be so lucky to have her continue to serve them.”
Murkowski returned the favor, saying she will endorse Manchin, who is up for re-election in 2024, if he decides to run….
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And a Good Morning to all who come to this place…….
No surprise here:
Larry Hogan will not run for Senate in Maryland.
Ok
Add McConnell to the GOPer’s that think the censure of his party members was assine…..
The whole thing seems to have bace fired….
I have said here
Common sense IS gonna prevail for some no matter what
A Fox Guy????
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade criticized former President Trump on his radio show on Fox Nation on Monday for Trump’s past remarks regarding false election claims about winning the state of Arizona, which Kilmeade called “an outright lie.”
“Right now, nobody cares about 2020,” Kilmeade told a caller named Logan, who said he was a Trump supporter who found it “cringeworthy” that the former president continued to voice his objection to the results of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed was rigged against him. The caller said he was concerned that staying focused on 2020 would hinder Trump’s chances should he choose to run in 2024….
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Oh don’t worry.
Kilmeade will be back on the Trump bandwagon if he runs again.
He’s on Fox.A few lies here and there are nothing new.
Morning
Pelosi IS the Speaker of the House…..
Yea…
The cops there work with her…..
Greene was probably hiding under a desk when the Capitol Police finally freed her from harm on Jan. 6…
This is the thanks the cops get…
Her BS comments on the spying is related to a buddy of her’s ( Rep Gohmert) leaving his office door open and the Capitol cops showing to secure the office and making sure to document the condition…
Link…
Morning Folks…..
“Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an’ they’re starvation cheap;…”
— Rudyard Kipling, Tommy [Atkins]
https://www.poetry.com/poem/33632/tommy
Gratitude, eh?
Morning All…..
Morning All
Good Morning everyone
Rams……
RAMS‼️
Morning All
Trump supporters were out in force in Schaumburg IL today. They included not only Trump flags but two large Fuck Biden flags.
Al Right….
Expressing your politics in America!
Hot Damn!
Donald Trump’s principal accounting firm has QUIT Trump…..
In addition?
The firm now admit’s some of the numbers it has for Trump businesses cannot be verified as correct and true…..
This revaluation goes to the heart of the NYS AG’s civil case and the Manhattan DA’s criminal case…..
This is NOT a good look fir Trump
Post will be forthcoming later….
Morning …..
Morning everyone……
2802 new Covid deaths reported yesterday,
Yes and most unnecessary and many directly attributable to the Republican led war on vaccines and the idiotic demonization of Fauci .
But remember….
They are “pro Life.”
Morning everyone
As the Massachusetts GOP continues to disintegrate around them, moderate Republican candidates running on the 2022 ballot have one major ally in their corner.
Governor Charlie Baker — whose decision not to seek reelection robbed Republicans of their best shot at holding the corner office — said in an interview with the Globe on Thursday that he will remain active in the state’s political world even as he prepares to leave office. He intends to advise, campaign alongside, and raise money for like-minded candidates in his moderate mold, he said, and will help a PAC closely aligned with him raise an anticipated $2 million to support centrist candidates in both parties.
Baker said he’s not prepared to abandon the state to unchallenged Democratic control despite his decision to step back from elected office, and will work to ensure there are still “two teams on the field” — and a number of prominent voices in the middle….
— by Emma Platoff, The Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/17/metro/with-mass-gop-trouble-baker-pledges-help-like-minded-candidates/
Morning….
Good Morning All…..
Good Morning
Morning everyone
Former Sen. John Danforth wants a “centrist Republican” to run as an independent in this year’s Missouri Senate race.
Sounds like a stalking horse to me to get Democrat Lucas Kunce elected to the Senate if disgraced former Gov. Eric Greitens wins the Aug. GOP primary.
Morning All….
Jack will be delighted to learn that Pope Francis appointed a new archbishop of Charleston. The previous bishop was accused at taking sexual liberties with an eight year old boy.
This may be the news Jack needed to attend church again? And the Catholic Church doesn’t include any handling of snakes, so he got that going for him too.
The Church of Rome I’ve always considered sort of an organized criminal enterprise .
Morning……
When I first moved from NJ to Chsrlotte in 1986: I recall reading that that NC and SC had the smallest number of Catholics in the country on a per capita basis. I don’t know if that is still true, but I would tend to doubt it.
Although I was no longer Catholic by then, I recall an anti-Catholic sentiment among many of the locals.
I think the Catholic Church is currently moving in the correct direction(but not nearly fast enough) , although a lot of Catholic conservatives, including bishops and cardinals are not happy about it. The leading Catholic news network (EWTN) is blatantly against Pope Francis.
If I recall correctly in 2000 Anti-Catholic sentiment was an issue in the GOP South Carolina primary with GW Bush on defense after he took the endorsement of Bob Jones University.
I don’t recall seeing many Catholic churches in Charleston when I visited but I would guess the coastal parts of the state have a higher percentage of Catholics than upstate.
Scott, you are probably right. The fact that the only Catholic diocese in South Carolina is located in Charleston and not Columbia, Greenville, Clemson, Spartenburg, Rock Hill, Myrtle Beach or Saluda might imply that is where a large percentage live?
Latinos are disproportionately Catholic. Not sure if there is a part of SC with a large Latino population?
Johnthan Martin
Hearing that @JimInhofe – the 87-year-old Oklahoma senator first elected in 1994 – may resign in the next few days. Would trigger an intense campaign among Repubs in a red state where Senate seats don’t come along too often.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says that violence may be needed to stand against trans and non binary people.
I assume James supports her right to own a gun and threaten people like that.
No I do NOT…..
Morning…..
Afternoon All….
Mississippi just became the first state to have accumulated over 4 deaths for every 1000 people who live in the state. I don’t know how long the life expectancy is in Mississippi, but that is an enormous death rate for a single cause.
I was talking about Covid-19 deaths.
Morning people ……
Good to see the Ukraine people hanging in there….
Morning All….
Go Mitch!
McConnell Calls Out GOP Lawmakers at Racist Event
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is condemning fellow Republicans who engage with white nationalist groups, just days after Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke at the extremist-backed America First Political Action Conference, Politico reports.
Said McConnell: “There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism.”
Politicalwire
What do the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination ,Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have to say?
Did I mention that President Biden gives his State of the Union speech tonight?
It will be a big media deal that will be forgotten 2 weeks from now…
Oh and the Texas primaries…….
James, In the section of your website called “CNN/POLITICS” (which until today I never explored), you included an advertisement for the Chase Sapphire Travel card. With a link heading saying “don’t Miss Out on this To Travel Card”. Were you promoting the card because you like it?
Do you get paid to provide advertisements? . How do I know that the advertisement links you provide are not harmful to my computer? I am very serious and not joking. I regret clicking on that link.
No Scott…
It’s an update news feed ….
I have NO control over their content….
I assume you were replying to me sad not Scott?
Do you need that news feed? I personally don’t think it helps your website – especially if I sm not the only one worried about clicking on suspicious links?
Morning People……
Stocks shot up, with the Dow up nearly 600 points, and Treasury yields rose as investors parsed testimony on the Fed’s plan to raise interest rates…..
WSJ…..,
The Stock Market dropped 600 points today….
Ukraine jitters…….
Biden does his State of the Union speech tonight…..
Must’ve had a big rewrite…..
Will be gone for awhile.
U ok?
Morning People…
Take care Jack. Our thoughts will be with you.
I know I speak for a few others when I say we enjoy your posts. We are likely all at least a bit concerned.
I know he goes away every year……
I hope this is just that ….
Jack likes to take cruises. But my guess is he would not would go on a cruise these days?
The cruise lines have been advertising heavy these days…
Some people just want to get away…
Morning….
Morning People……..
Good Morning……
Not a good look for Democrats…..
Benjamin Oreskes🦅
@boreskes”
As California Democrats work to motivate their voters ahead of midterm elections in which their party is largely expected to lose control of Congress, their annual convention on Saturday instead devolved into a showcase of division,” @LATSeema writes.
Morning All
Morning All….
Bad news! My last MRI shows that my cancer has significantly recutted. My original life expectancy was one year from the date of occurrence (May 31, 21). Not sure what it is now.
I don’t yet know what is next! The doctor said there are no reall y good options available.
Get a second opinion if ya can and live EVERY moment to the fullest!
Good Morning….
Thank you for your medical advice James.
My provider is an Internationally recognized expert in this field of cancer, and the team of physicians at Northwestern are rated among the best for cancer care in the country.
Ok….
Efforts to replace School Dist GOPer’s that might support DeSantis’s efforts to co-op education policy seem to have problems….
In FL-SD-33, former chair of the Broward County School Board Rosalind Osgood (D) was easily elected with more than 80% of the vote over Republican John Carter.
In FL-LD-88, nonprofit executive Tae Edmonds (D) beat retired Palm Beach school teacher Guarina Torres (R) by a similar 80%-20% margin….
RRH…
Zreebs, I’m very sorry to hear that. I can’t pretend to know what you are going through at this time but I’m sending best thoughts your way.
Thank you Scott. I am dealing with the news very well. I am doing what I know I need to do to stay well, and at the same time dealing with reality by adjusting expectations,
New Open Thread coming tomorrow….
I’ll have more on thne UAE’s effort to get OPEC to pump more oil againstb the Russian oil stop by the US….
The price for a barrel of oil first went down…
And has since risen….