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WTF is wrong with the left?

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10665 on: November 03, 2026, 09:41:00 AM »
But everything apparently worked just fine during the 9 days of early voting.
Allegedly the initial statement referred to the thickness of the ballots being the issue. 🤷
Just put your ballot in this orange bag.

 
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10666 on: November 03, 2026, 09:42:59 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on November 03, 2026, 07:55:01 AM
What article? Apparently the bucket hat wearing author may be lacking some historical context.

The article I linked in the same post
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10667 on: November 03, 2026, 11:08:04 AM »
Quote from: Lieutenant Starbuck on November 03, 2026, 09:42:59 AM
The article I linked in the same post

It was a Twotter post. Don't give Musk and Trump money
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10668 on: November 03, 2026, 11:50:57 AM »
The hilarity of democrats using affordability as their primary issue as they raise taxes over and over and over.

https://x.com/illinoispolicy/status/2117435090200363456?a=bLoBihgObwWnHzmlppE&s=46
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10669 on: November 03, 2026, 12:49:52 PM »
Quote from: Custard on November 03, 2026, 11:50:57 AM
The hilarity of democrats using affordability as their primary issue as they raise taxes over and over and over.

https://x.com/illinoispolicy/status/2117435090200363456?a=bLoBihgObwWnHzmlppE&s=46

JFC, a Twotter AI video?  Is that the best that you can do on the affordability issue?  I'm sure working class voters in battleground states like Maine, Michigan, Texas, Kansas, and Iowa, will be impressed. 
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10670 on: November 03, 2026, 01:10:46 PM »
Quote from: alum74 on November 03, 2026, 12:49:52 PM
JFC, a Twotter AI video?  Is that the best that you can do on the affordability issue?  I'm sure working class voters in battleground states like Maine, Michigan, Texas, Kansas, and Iowa, will be impressed.

I doubt they will wind up impressed for 2028....

https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/democrats-midterms-image-negative-2028

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Why it matters: There's a difference between a blowout and a mandate. Confusing the two could tempt Democrats to overread the results and forget the serious credibility problem they still face heading into 2028.

The big picture: Democrats have done a lot of things right to position themselves for a big night. They recruited candidates who've put red state Senate races that seemingly were beyond reach, within their grasp. Many of those candidates vastly outraised their Republican opponents.

But polls across the board still show a lesser-of-two-evils election — or as one Republican tied to President Trump's political operation described it, a contest of which party voters hate more. Voters are more eager to disempower Trump than to empower Democrats.

By the numbers: Just 29% of registered voters have a positive opinion of the Democratic Party vs. 38% who view the Republican Party positively, according to a pre-election NBC News poll.

The same poll showed Democrats with a 7-point lead in the congressional generic ballot, 52 to 45.

And nearly 6 in 10 voters who plan to back Democrats in the election said their vote is about stopping Trump and Republican policies — vs. 4 in 10 who said they were more motivated to help Democrats enact their policies, per an October CBS News/YouGov poll.
At the Third Way gathering in South Carolina earlier this year, Democratic strategist Jim Messina told a crowd of operatives and party leaders, "We have no economic message. And if we don't get one, we're not going to win" in 2028.

Flashback: The 2006 midterms also featured a Democratic uprising against an unpopular war and an unpopular president. Democrats flipped the House and Senate in a major rebuke of President George W. Bush.

But the party that year had a net-positive party image of 4 points in NBC polling. Today, it's 23 points underwater.
Two years later in 2008 — with anti-Bush and anti-war backlash still running hot — Democrats harnessed Barack Obama's talents and calls for "change" to win back the White House.

But a midterm blowout in 2026, if it materializes, will offer no guarantee the party will find an equally talented standard-bearer in 2028.
What they're saying: "It's not great for the Democrats ... for 2028," Bill McInturff, one of the pollsters who conducted the NBC survey, said of the Democratic Party's lousy image.

"But I don't see it as a barrier for how well they can do in 2026 when midterms are about Trump and these economic numbers."

The bottom line: Ultimately, many top Democrats believe it will take a new presidential nominee — and likely one who wins in November 2028 — to fully repair the party's damaged brand.

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10671 on: November 03, 2026, 01:51:18 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on November 03, 2026, 01:10:46 PM
I doubt they will wind up impressed for 2028....

https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/democrats-midterms-image-negative-2028

I doubt most voters (especially swing and independent voters) are thinking about 2028 right now.  I'm sure the pundit class will start the prognosticating process, but only political junkies will be paying attention initially.

And voting for the lesser of two evils has been a common strategy for many Americans over the years.  That's not going to change.  For example, I voted for Topinka over Blagojevich.

If the Democrats manage to win congressional control and that's a big if, they will be on the clock.  I think we should wait for the 2026 results and see how things play out. 

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10672 on: November 03, 2026, 02:02:36 PM »
Quote from: alum74 on November 03, 2026, 01:51:18 PM
I doubt most voters (especially swing and independent voters) are thinking about 2028 right now.  I'm sure the pundit class will start the prognosticating process, but only political junkies will be paying attention initially.

And voting for the lesser of two evils has been a common strategy for many Americans over the years.  That's not going to change.  For example, I voted for Topinka over Blagojevich.

If the Democrats manage to win congressional control and that's a big if, they will be on the clock.  I think we should wait for the 2026 results and see how things play out.
They are going to win. They are going to take both chambers of Congress. They are already talking about investigations, blah, blah, blah, that are Red Meat for the Tempos of the world that will not do a damned thing to lower food costs, lower gas costs, increase health care coverage for Americans (as opposed to people here illegally), etc. Get ready to be underwhelmed and for the next "wave" election in 2028... We have seen this movie before and will see it again.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10673 on: November 03, 2026, 02:14:36 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on November 03, 2026, 02:02:36 PM
They are going to win. They are going to take both chambers of Congress. They are already talking about investigations, blah, blah, blah, that are Red Meat for the Tempos of the world that will not do a damned thing to lower food costs, lower gas costs, increase health care coverage for Americans (as opposed to people here illegally), etc. Get ready to be underwhelmed and for the next "wave" election in 2028... We have seen this movie before and will see it again.

I haven't been paying much attention to the pre-election chatter about congressional investigations.  If the Democrats win, I do hope they review some of the contracts that have been issued for "pay-to-play" involvement.  I'm also not a big fan of sole source contracting.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10674 on: November 03, 2026, 02:14:56 PM »
Do you think I’m prioritizing “investigations?”
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10675 on: November 03, 2026, 02:18:01 PM »
Quote from: Lieutenant Starbuck on November 03, 2026, 02:14:56 PM
Do you think I’m prioritizing “investigations?”

I think you will post lots of worthless Twotter links about them. 
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10676 on: November 03, 2026, 02:22:17 PM »
Yeah, please tell me again the NYT is not in the bag.....

https://www.mediaite.com/online/new-york-times-dragged-for-coverage-of-unvetted-letter-from-michigan-jews-backing-el-sayed/

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The New York Times is being dragged for an uncritical Sept. 17 report on a letter of support for Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed (D) from a long list of purported Jewish people and leaders, which has been signed by over 1,000 people.

The list was unvetted, included the giggle-inducing name “Jack Mehoff”
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10677 on: November 03, 2026, 02:22:47 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on November 03, 2026, 02:18:01 PM
I think you will post lots of worthless Twotter links about them.

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10678 on: November 03, 2026, 02:24:08 PM »
Quote from: Lieutenant Starbuck on November 03, 2026, 02:22:47 PM


We are all looking forward to not clicking on the links in your posts.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10679 on: November 03, 2026, 02:25:22 PM »
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