US Midterm Election Megathread II: The Stretch Run Begins

[Telconi]

NGL when I was in high school I actually supported Cruz, Rubio and, Kasich as the top 3 for the nomination more than Trump.

All three of them would have been better than Trump

Yeah, but we got Donald instead.

[Maineiacs]

NGL when I was in high school I actually supported Cruz, Rubio and, Kasich as the top 3 for the nomination more than Trump.

All three of them would have been better than Trump

The ficus in my apartment building's lobby would have been better than Trump.

[San Lumen]

All three of them would have been better than Trump

The ficus in my apartment building's lobby would have been better than Trump.

My dogs would have been better

[Bienenhalde]

But apparently he doesn't give a fuck and would rather have a one party system controlled by the Dems, because of how much of a hack he is. Honestly democracy as a whole is a sham, it's essentially a popularity contest at this point.

And what would you have? A one party state like Eritrea or Uzbekistan?

I would like to have a multi-party system like in Germany or Denmark or Sweden.

[Kannap]

But depending on the state non party members cant vote in the primary. Plus green party never wins anything so what is the point of voting for them?

Maybe, I dunno, because they're your preferred candidate? Some people like to actually vote for the ones that make them happy. Shocking, I know.

In the end, that's about it. Finally bothered to look at the Green Party platform and it's the one I think I most closely agree with.

[Valrifell]

We should put Cruz on SCOTUS, change my mind

It'll get rid of him on the Senate - making everyone there happier and probably more willing to cooperate and be more useful - and nobody on SCOTUS would want to work with him so it'd just be a de facto eight-man court. In fact, future decisions would have to be read as 4-4-1

[Bakery Hill]

That's when you reach the hard part.

[whispers] That's when you arm the workers and seize the means of production.

Yes, that is the hard part.

[Bakery Hill]

No, if you want unrestricted access to guns, than we want unrestricted seizure of the means of production.

Well that's unfortunate...

It's unfortunately how things work. You will always be in danger of being disarmed and subjugated by the Clintons of the world as well as the Trumps while you don't have democratic control of the economy and the state.

[Liriena]

We should put Cruz on SCOTUS, change my mind

You want Republicans and Democrats to come together and firebomb the Supreme Court? Because that's how you get Republicans and Democrats to come together and firebomb the Supreme Court.

[Liriena]

Just for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESc6CuIKmos

How is he a real human?

Hint: he isn't

[Liriena]

Ted Cruz should have been POTUS, change my mind

He'd have been better than Trump

Nope.

Trump's brain is rotting and melting into a sludge as we speak. Ted Cruz's is still in its prime.

[Thuzbekistan]

He'd have been better than Trump

Nope.

Trump's brain is rotting and melting into a sludge as we speak. Ted Cruz's is still in its prime.

Are you suggesting that it is better to have an incompetent president than a competent president if that president happens to be of a different party?

[Western Vale Confederacy]

Nope.

Trump's brain is rotting and melting into a sludge as we speak. Ted Cruz's is still in its prime.

Are you suggesting that it is better to have an incompetent president than a competent president if that president happens to be of a different party?

Frankly, opponents of Trump would probably elect bloody Stalin if he ran against Trump, so I'm not even surprised.

Nowadays, even the sh*ttiest candidates are considered if they are anti-Trump, and almost none actually consider said candidates' platforms.

[Uiiop]

Nope.

Trump's brain is rotting and melting into a sludge as we speak. Ted Cruz's is still in its prime.

Are you suggesting that it is better to have an incompetent president than a competent president if that president happens to be of a different party?

Not necessarily.
I would think Kasisch, Johnson, and McMullin would do be better but not Cruz.

One guy ain't everyone and pure competency ain't everything m8s.

[Liriena]

Nope.

Trump's brain is rotting and melting into a sludge as we speak. Ted Cruz's is still in its prime.

Are you suggesting that it is better to have an incompetent president than a competent president if that president happens to be of a different party?

Insofar as the different party in question has a platform that, if implemented, would cause a lot of harm... yeah.

[Telconi]

Are you suggesting that it is better to have an incompetent president than a competent president if that president happens to be of a different party?

Insofar as the different party in question has a platform that, if implemented, would cause a lot of harm... yeah.

Glad to hear you supported Trump over Clinton.

[Valrifell]

Insofar as the different party in question has a platform that, if implemented, would cause a lot of harm... yeah.

Glad to hear you supported Trump over Clinton.

Wow you really got 'im there! /s

[Telconi]

Glad to hear you supported Trump over Clinton.

Wow you really got 'im there! /s

-shrug- I don't waste the high quality gotchas on Liri...

[Petrasylvania]

Wow you really got 'im there! /s

-shrug- I don't waste the high quality gotchas on Liri...

Implying your gotchas had any quality to begin with.

[Valrifell]

Now now, let's not have this thread devolve into who has the better snarky comebacks.

[Telconi]

-shrug- I don't waste the high quality gotchas on Liri...

Implying your gotchas had any quality to begin with.

Implying you'd be capable of recognizing anything of quality...

[Petrasylvania]

Implying your gotchas had any quality to begin with.

Implying you'd be capable of recognizing anything of quality...

Implying you can imbue anything with quality.

[Maineiacs]

Implying you'd be capable of recognizing anything of quality...

Implying you can imbue anything with quality.

As my mother used to say: "Fight nice, children".

[Corrian]

Do my prediction is that Republicans retain the Senate, Democrats take the house, and down ticket all sorts of Democrats and progressives take over in state senates, house, governorship, and so on and so forth. That will probably be where the biggest Democratic gains are honestly.

[San Lumen]

Do my prediction is that Republicans retain the Senate, Democrats take the house, and down ticket all sorts of Democrats and progressives take over in state senates, house, governorship, and so on and so forth. That will probably be where the biggest Democratic gains are honestly.

I think your probably right. state houses and statewide offices are far more important anyway. I would not rule out a senate flip but with Heidkamp likely to lose I think there is decent possibility of a tied senate.