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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#324776: Aug 23rd 2020 at 8:29:40 AM

The acting Secretary of Homeland Security appears to be shutting down Trump's efforts to put federal agents at polling locations, claiming the Department lacks the authority to do so.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/politics/chad-wolf-polling-centers-election-cnntv/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#324777: Aug 23rd 2020 at 8:31:03 AM

Trump firing him in 5,4,3,2,1..

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#324778: Aug 23rd 2020 at 9:21:09 AM

The law does seem rather clear on this, unless they get "Antifa is gonna attack the polling stations, we promise!" past the courts.

In more awful news, a CBS poll found that 57% of Republicans believe that the current COVID death toll is acceptable.

https://twitter.com/Dbwagner104/status/1297567549346009091

...Would it be illegal to have a political test for border crossers? Only mostly joking.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#324779: Aug 23rd 2020 at 9:42:08 AM

Of course they think the death toll is acceptable. They haven't died after all.

Peak 'screw you, got mine' mentality there.

AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#324781: Aug 23rd 2020 at 9:58:18 AM

NANOMACHINES, SON!!!

Edited by AzurePaladin on Aug 23rd 2020 at 12:59:45 PM

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#324782: Aug 23rd 2020 at 10:03:02 AM

His convention speech has made me more and more convinced that Biden is actually one of the Blue Wizards who wandered off from Middle Earth.

Which really puts those Onion articles in a new light.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#324783: Aug 23rd 2020 at 10:04:04 AM

If Biden is some kind of proto Denton....I am totally okay with that.

"My gaffes are augmented."

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AngrokVa indighost from america, unfortunately Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Saddled with unnecessary feelings
HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Xorn15 Nurse Mordred Attending from R&D Platform, Seychelles Waters Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Nurse Mordred Attending
#324786: Aug 23rd 2020 at 11:29:55 AM

According to the WSJ, Trump does have several strengths that he can use to tighten the race, such as white support, economics and increased interest among Republicans.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-trails-biden-but-polls-show-the-president-has-some-strengths-11598184000?mod=mhp

Thoughts on this?

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#324787: Aug 23rd 2020 at 11:32:16 AM

[up] He's been losing white support due to his actions effecting whites in large numbers, the economy doesn't mean anything to a lot of people who are suffering and jobless because of the pandemic, and how many Republicans are actually left who aren't Trumpeteers?

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#324788: Aug 23rd 2020 at 11:32:55 AM

My thoughts are behind a paywall, much like that article. tongue

thok That's Dr. Title, thank you! (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
#324789: Aug 23rd 2020 at 12:21:13 PM

Any theory of how Trump could attempt to improve his polling needs to take into account that Trump will act as he always does, and most of the electorate is already taking that into account.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#324790: Aug 23rd 2020 at 12:25:10 PM

Bingo. Trump is going to be Trump. He's been a piece of shit for his entire life, he ain't going to change now.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#324791: Aug 23rd 2020 at 5:25:02 PM

So the economy has been something that's been working to improve Trump's numbers for most of his term. Because people tend to vote like they think the President is 100% in control of what the economies' doing.

But now, thanks to COVID, the economy isn't doing so well anymore, and thanks to that same principle, it's now become a factor working against him. Which is why Biden is so much further ahead of him now than he was in March.

Theoretically, if the economy recovered before the election, it would narrow the polls. Which is so he's been so desperate to re-open and doing his best to ignore COVID. But that has totally backfired, because a virus doesn't care about propaganda or intimidation tactics, so trying to re-open early has just ensured that COVID stays around for longer, and therefore ensured that the economy will not recover in time.

Edited by Gilphon on Aug 23rd 2020 at 8:56:50 AM

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#324792: Aug 23rd 2020 at 6:02:58 PM

It's a real world case of Stupid Evil. Self-preservation by any villain who has any common sense would have resulted in doing everything possible to halt the virus to begin with, which would have resulted in a possible easy victory in the election due to having stopped a deadly virus from spreading. However, by the Republicans doing everything they can to ignore the virus, they've made things worse and have put an easy victory into an easy defeat. There's a chance almost every Senate Republican up for election this year, except Mitt Romney, could lose because of their own idiocy.

Edited by ScubaWolf on Aug 23rd 2020 at 9:04:01 AM

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
Alycus Since: Apr, 2018
#324793: Aug 23rd 2020 at 6:14:42 PM

There's a chance almost every Senate Republican up for election this year, except Mitt Romney, could lose because of their own idiocy.

Eh, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Democrats do have a good chance of retaking the Senate due to Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina, possibly Iowa, Georgia, and maybe even Montana, but unless the situation drastically worsens and the Republicans are blamed as much as Trump is, red states still look like they'll stay red.

Basing all this mainly on 538's aggregate polls.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#324794: Aug 23rd 2020 at 6:34:22 PM

Mitt Romney isn't up for election this year; the Senate Seats are divided where 1/3rd of them are elected every 6 years, and Romney was elected into the Senate last year.

However, because of how Republicans are handling this, a grand majority of them are most likely going to be voted out, especially in Colorado, Arizona, and Maine. While I don't see McConnell losing his Election this year, I can see Lindsey Graham losing to Jaime Harrison as polls put them really close and even flip flop between them winning.

thok That's Dr. Title, thank you! (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
#324795: Aug 23rd 2020 at 6:53:28 PM

I'll believe the Democrats win the Senate when they actually do it. While the odds are in their favor and there are a lot of seats they could win, it doesn't help that they are likely to lose Doug Jones seat in Alabama as well.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#324797: Aug 23rd 2020 at 7:16:02 PM

Is this unprecedented?

Do not obey in advance.
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#324798: Aug 23rd 2020 at 7:17:38 PM

What.

Is that real? I get that subtlety went out the window four years ago, but you'd think they'd keep up some appearances. Who the fuck goes into an election with no party platform?

jjjj2 from Arrakis Since: Jul, 2015
#324799: Aug 23rd 2020 at 7:19:46 PM

[up]Trump. I'd be surprised, but nothing surprises me about this administration anymore.

You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the mid
Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#324800: Aug 23rd 2020 at 7:20:26 PM

We're talking about someone who's basically been handed everything in his entire life without ever lifting a ****ing finger for it, so this doesn't exactly come as a surprise.

Edited by Reflextion on Aug 23rd 2020 at 10:21:30 AM

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.

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