The State of the Republican Party Post-2017

[San Lumen]

Laos would be perfect for you as its a one party state and the incumbent party is guaranteed of winning.

I prefer Oklahoma. A much more free single party state.

Meanwhile you've lost several special elections for the legislature and will probably have a very competitive race for governor.

[Arlenton]

I prefer Oklahoma. A much more free single party state.

Meanwhile you've lost several special elections for the legislature and will probably have a very competitive race for governor.

Is that race going to be competitive? Early stuff says lean R so that's pretty competitive for Oklahoma.

[San Lumen]

Meanwhile you've lost several special elections for the legislature and will probably have a very competitive race for governor.

Is that race going to be competitive? Early stuff says lean R so that's pretty competitive for Oklahoma.

Its a year from now who knows

[Arlenton]

Is that race going to be competitive? Early stuff says lean R so that's pretty competitive for Oklahoma.

Its a year from now who knows

You could be right. Fallin isn't too popular and there should be some anti-Trump backlash in the OK City and Tulsa areas. It'd be a tough nut to crack for any Democrat though.

[San Lumen]

Its a year from now who knows

You could be right. Fallin isn't too popular and there should be some anti-Trump backlash in the OK City and Tulsa areas. It'd be a tough nut to crack for any Democrat though.

I agree but your party is likely going to do very badly in statewide offices next year as there are many open seats.

[Arlenton]

You could be right. Fallin isn't too popular and there should be some anti-Trump backlash in the OK City and Tulsa areas. It'd be a tough nut to crack for any Democrat though.

I agree but your party is likely going to do very badly in statewide offices next year as there are many open seats.

Too bad our President is too busy picking dumb fights instead of trying to get stuff done and the "base" considers a pedophile more fit for the senate than a war hero. Losses will come as no surprise.

...I miss W.

[Arlenton]

WE COULD HAVE HAD JEB!

[Washington Resistance Army]

WE COULD HAVE HAD JEB!

Nobody wants Jeb.

[Arlenton]

WE COULD HAVE HAD JEB!

Nobody wants Jeb.

Me and his 4 other supporters do.

[The Black Forrest]

WE COULD HAVE HAD JEB!

Nobody wants Jeb.

Even Jeb didn't want Jeb.

[Myrensis]

Second system would not necessarily work in your party’s favor.

Yes it would.

54% of Vietnamese Americans voted for Romney over Obama in 2012.
http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/new-findings-asian-american-vote-in-2012-varied-widely-by-ethnic-group-and-geographic-location.html

67% voted for McCain over Obama in 2008.
http://www.aaldef.org/docs/AALDEF2008ExitPollRpt.pdf

Vietnamese are establishment Republicans.

And 65% of Vietnamese Americans voted for Clinton over Trump in 2016.
http://aaldef.org/TheAsianAmericanVote2016-AALDEF.pdf

Should probably be a bit of a red flag that Republicans lost 13% of the Vietnamese vote to Obama the second time around, ie when he wasn't riding a hype train off a collapsing Republican Administration and was an incumbent with barely break even popularity in a weak economic recovery.

Republicans outsized support with Vietnamese vs. Asian voters in general is essentially the same as their outsized support among Cubans vs. hispanics in general: A very particular group focused on the narrow issue of the evils of communism. And they've been losing ground among both groups for the same reason: nth generation Vietnamese/Cubans don't wake up every morning cursing the Communists/Castro's name, and without that they don't have much reason to look the other way regarding the GOP's increasing xenophobia and pandering to white nationalists.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Nobody wants Jeb.

Me and his 4 other supporters do.

Yeah but you probably already clapped for him. You aren't a good example.

[Arlenton]

Yes it would.

54% of Vietnamese Americans voted for Romney over Obama in 2012.
http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/new-findings-asian-american-vote-in-2012-varied-widely-by-ethnic-group-and-geographic-location.html

67% voted for McCain over Obama in 2008.
http://www.aaldef.org/docs/AALDEF2008ExitPollRpt.pdf

Vietnamese are establishment Republicans.

And 65% of Vietnamese Americans voted for Clinton over Trump in 2016.
http://aaldef.org/TheAsianAmericanVote2016-AALDEF.pdf

Should probably be a bit of a red flag that Republicans lost 13% of the Vietnamese vote to Obama the second time around, ie when he wasn't riding a hype train off a collapsing Republican Administration and was an incumbent with barely break even popularity in a weak economic recovery.

Republicans outsized support with Vietnamese vs. Asian voters in general is essentially the same as their outsized support among Cubans vs. hispanics in general: A very particular group focused on the narrow issue of the evils of communism. And they've been losing ground among both groups for the same reason: nth generation Vietnamese/Cubans don't wake up every morning cursing the Communists/Castro's name, and without that they don't have much reason to look the other way regarding the GOP's increasing xenophobia and pandering to white nationalists.

Sounds like they support the kind of GOP I support.

[Senkaku]

WE COULD HAVE HAD JEB!

I think I'd rather have just smothered myself thanks (maybe with a wet blanket)


Or maybe just fasted and watched paint dry until I dropped dead, that would've also been a good and exciting alternative

[Telconi]

WE COULD HAVE HAD JEB!

I think I'd rather have just smothered myself thanks (maybe with a wet blanket)


Or maybe just fasted and watched paint dry until I dropped dead, that would've also been a good and exciting alternative

Jeb didn't seem so bad policy-wise.

[The Black Forrest]

I think I'd rather have just smothered myself thanks (maybe with a wet blanket)


Or maybe just fasted and watched paint dry until I dropped dead, that would've also been a good and exciting alternative

Jeb didn't seem so bad policy-wise.

You have to look at the whole. Even donnie has his good moments....well ever decade maybe?

The Schiavo affair showed he was a wanker of the highest order.

[Northern Davincia]

Wow I love McCain now

[Valrifell]

Wow I love McCain now

You'll love anyone who "tells it" to Clinton, won't you?

[Northern Davincia]

Wow I love McCain now

You'll love anyone who "tells it" to Clinton, won't you?

Pretty much.

[Albrenia]

You'll love anyone who "tells it" to Clinton, won't you?

Pretty much.

McCain's a pretty cool dude, and he's right in a lot of what he said in the article. Sucks that his health problems have arisen of late.

[The Black Forrest]

Wow I love McCain now

I wonder if he will set the record straight on the planes he destroyed?

[Albrenia]

Wow I love McCain now

I wonder if he will set the record straight on the planes he destroyed?

He did whatnow?

[Telconi]

Wow I love McCain now

You'll love anyone who "tells it" to Clinton, won't you?

"Enemy of my enemy" and so on and so forth...

[Petrasylvania]

And right wingers can't decide whether Nobody Listens To Clinton or if She Needs To Shut Up. If nobody listens to her anyways, why would she need to shut up?

[Zurkerx]

I honestly never considered who's my favorite VP.