MARCO RUBIO CALLS FOR A DELAY IN THE VOTE ON SENATE LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THE LEADER ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH THE INTERESTS OF VOTERS WHO POWERED THE FLORIDA ELECTION TRIUMPH Marco Is Running Himself?

MARCO RUBIO CALLS FOR A DELAY IN THE VOTE ON SENATE LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THE LEADER ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH THE INTERESTS OF VOTERS WHO POWERED THE FLORIDA ELECTION TRIUMPH
Marco Is Running Himself?

He's openly -- or very nearly openly -- saying that Mitch McConnell does not align with the interests of the New Republican Coalition.

Now, one thing Little Marco could mean, which I would not like, is, "Hispanics are now part of our coalition so we must immediately push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, like I pushed for for twelve years, and Mitch McConnell isn't sufficiently devoted to selling out American workers to corporate global interests."

But I'm pretty sure Mitch McConnell is sufficiently devoted to selling out the working class to his corporate global donors, so I don't think that's it.

I think Little Marco -- or as I will now call him, "Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco" -- is saying, is that Mitch McConnell represents the corporate globalist old guard and is no longer fit to lead a Republican Party which is oriented to the working class and middle class.

Marco Rubio
@marcorubio
US Senate candidate, FL

The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed
First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida

Rick Scott, a fellow Floridian, has already challenged Mitch McConnell for leadership of the caucus; I imagine Average-Sized or Possibly Larger Marco intends to support him.

This could go places, maybe.

Eddie Scarry
@eScarry
McConnell retirement announcement countdown.

Well, McConnell will not remain in the Senate if he's demoted. If he loses, he'll resign.

If you want to know how that works: The Governor of Kentucky is a Democrat, Andy Beshear, who won in the Democrat wave year of 2018. The Kentucky legislature, however, passed legislation controlling the replacement of departing senators, by which they will submit a list of potential replacements, and the governor can only pick a name from that list to replace McConnell.

I think the governor has claimed that is an unconstitutional law but I don't see how it is.

In the meantime, McConnell is promising money for Herschel Walker's runoff bid, as governor Brian Kemp will provide the troops and expertise for the turn-out effort.

Is Average-Sized or Larger Marco making a play to be Majority (or Minority) Leader himself?

Mollie
@MZHemingway
If a united GOP is a strong GOP, Rubio is clearly a solid candidate for Leader. While an establishment figure in many good ways, he also embraces and is embraced by many America First folks, doesn't have Mitch's baggage of utterly despising voters, and is appealing and savvy.

Posted by: Ace at 01:00 PM

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1 Wow.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (JMAcK)

2 I see the red wave washed ashore here, too.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (JMAcK)

3 flames, fire, this is normal

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (xhaym)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (O+Obf)

5 Red letter day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (Q4IgG)

6 THIS is the way forward. Find a way to make whoever is elected do the right thing.

Because anyone who wants to be elected is already the sort of person we don't want in power.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (JMAcK)

7 Good for him

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (u73oe)

8 holy shit, is he seeing the writing on the wall?

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (Mkvkw)

9 Awww... The red got washed away, just like the red puddle on Tuesday.

At least it wasn't fraud that changed it this time.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (JMAcK)

10 This sort of, in a round about way, dovetails with the post yesterday about DeSantis and the House Freedom Caucus, IIRC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (Q4IgG)

11 Maturing before AARP eligibility?

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (z0aPa)

12 ...and there's the red wave we were looking for!

Posted by: Half Dozen at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (c7HsI)

13 The red trickle becomes completely worth it if it dethrones McConnell.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (LvTSG)

14 Smell that, Ace? That's the smell of Marco Rubio's garbage.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (yHsuS)

15 Bitch Mconnell should have been gone after he let Obama care roll thru so he could go to Christmas dinner with his shit family.

Posted by: Giant Rage Boner at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (nGpbm)

16 A good day! A Red Day!

Posted by: acethepug at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (+jAqb)

17 Scott ? He did such a bang up job as the head of the Senate election committee.... Not

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (bs+z0)

18 I'll believe the GOP will get their shit together five years after it happens.

Posted by: Austin at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (l00bX)

19 Well, Bye!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, wishing the Turtle good luck in his future endeavors at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (PiwSw)

20 Dondi!

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (AwYPR)

21 >>>17 Scott ? He did such a bang up job as the head of the Senate election committee.... Not

i mean, like, whoever. I don't care if they dig up a dead body and put a sash on it.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (C1Zwz)

22
Can we get a smashed Watermelon on that flaming skull?

Just kidding.

It's Veteran's Day.
Gallagher means nothing to me.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (faR+C)

23 But Mitch is gonna kick in twenty bucks to the Walker runoff guys

Posted by: NCKate at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (0R0Vd)

24 I yearn for you, ace...

Posted by: Marco Rubio's Garbage at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (BOHPk)

25 What would the GOP be without Florida?

Posted by: Locarno at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (aI3HF)

26 i mean, like, whoever. I don't care if they dig up a dead body and put a sash on it.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (C1Zwz)

Agreed.. It would be an improvement

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (bs+z0)

27 In the meantime, McConnell is promising money for Herschel Walker's runoff bid, as governor Brian Kemp will provide the troops and expertise for the turn-out effort.

I read this cynically. Walker has agreed to support McConnell as Majority leader.

Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (aRLgQ)

28 I think Little Marco -- or as I will now call him, "Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco" -- is saying, is that Mitch McConnell represents the corporate globalist old guard and is no longer fit to lead a Republican Party which is oriented to the working class and middle class.
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Or - not to be too big a doomer - Rubio just wants to raise some cash and finagle a party whip position out of the deal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (t0OGg)

29 21 i mean, like, whoever. I don't care if they dig up a dead body and put a sash on it.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (C1Zwz)

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If Democrats of PA can vote for a dead guy, then so can we!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (LvTSG)

30 "First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida"

I wonder if Marco got a talking to by the Cuban-Americans and maybe some Venezuelans about what the actual score is.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (xhaym)

31
biden will 80 in 9 days

mitch mcconnell is, what, 82??

fuckoffanddie, mitch

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (faR+C)

32 I think Little Marco -- or as I will now call him, "Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco" -- is saying, is that Mitch McConnell represents the corporate globalist

So...Rubio is thinking of running in 2024, and is trying to curry favor with the base by talking the populist talk, once it's obvious and acceptable to voice.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (e97La)

33 Are we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (J2vNu)

34 Because anyone who wants to be elected is already the sort of person we don't want in power.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November
****
Ryan pretending he DID NOT want to be elected? Muh family he said. Muh weekends he said.

I never believed it. It was a crass act.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (z0aPa)

35 Hey Hey Ho Ho
Turtleman has got to go!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (4I/2K)

36 I dont care who replaces him but getting rid of mitch now would be great.

Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (pmoqr)

37 Regular-Sized Rubio.

Bob's Burger reference, highly recommended.

Posted by: Candidus at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (PlJzG)

38 Someone tell me what this new supposed Coalition is???

Are we all Florida Man now?

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (OLVeZ)

39 >>>Or - not to be too big a doomer - Rubio just wants to raise some cash and finagle a party whip position out of the deal.

no, mitch McConnell is a really vengeful guy. he tanks people's campaigns for not showing him personal loyalty.

this is not a play to become a Mitch wingman.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (C1Zwz)

40 Little Marco is never to be trusted. Like Lady Bugs.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (pb6ET)

41 Why would there be a vote now? Election Month Or Two isn't even over, let alone new people seated.

Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (CaJIi)

42 30 I wonder if Marco got a talking to by the Cuban-Americans and maybe some Venezuelans about what the actual score is.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (xhaym)

=========

He knows McConnell isn't going to last that much longer, and Rubio is set to be in the Senate for the rest of his life.

He's just thinking that the future is fast approaching, and he wants to be on the in of the future rather than out.

It's a cynical power play, but it just happens to favor us.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (LvTSG)

43 Yeah Senatuh. Mitch McConnell needs an "alignment."

Posted by: Willie Cicci at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Qzn2/)

44 I do honestly think McConnell's days are numbered as Senate leader, but I don't think the replacement will be any better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Ivdso)

45 Well, McConnell will not remain in the Senate if he's demoted. If he loses, he'll resign.
++++
You really think so? There's so much potential for skulduggery and playing "gang of eight" games to fuck with the Republicans who had the temerity to oppose the rule of Almight Mitch that I figure that alone would keep him there, gleefully shitting all over everyone for the rest of his term.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (t0OGg)

46 So...Rubio is thinking of running in 2024, and is trying to curry favor with the base by talking the populist talk, once it's obvious and acceptable to voice.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (e97La)

It's almost as if we've seen this sort of thing before.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (yHsuS)

47 even if you set aside how awful McConnell has been, he's freaking 80 years old

absurd to have someone that age as a congressional leader

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (V6W16)

48
But I'm pretty sure Mitch McConnell is sufficiently devoted to selling out the working class to his corporate global donors

Just not the same corporate global donors that own Rubio.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (n+4am)

49 >>>You really think so?

100%. People do not accept demotions.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (C1Zwz)

50 Cotton.

Posted by: Candidus at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (PlJzG)

51 re we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (J2vNu)

It's a grey area.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (yHsuS)

52 If they dump McConnell guess who becomes an independent?

McConnell will go scorched earth on his way out.

Posted by: Murkowski for sure, maybe Collins at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (LUUNA)

53
Governor of Kentucky is a Democrat.

Next goobernatorial election in KY is in '23.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (faR+C)

54 The quiet days of Marco Rubio's garbage going unmolested may soon be coming to an end.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (Qzn2/)

55 50 Cotton.
Posted by: Candidus at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (PlJzG)

Yes.. I like Him

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (bs+z0)

56 Is Walker going to win?

Posted by: MJ at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (zwDuR)

57 Remember the "gang of 8"....Marco, Lindsey...who else?

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (AwYPR)

58 Is the KY legislature Republican?

I assume it is because otherwise Ace would not have mentioned the law giving them the power to select the replacement. It would be irrelevant.

Posted by: Thatch at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (A+k5G)

59 You'll notice in all the coordinated Hit-piecing on Trump in the aftermath of this week's House and SENATE debacle that very few voices have said anything about either Ronna McDaniel or Mitch McConnell's role in the most underwhelming election performance by the GOP in modern memory. This is intentional.

McConnell has chalked up just as many high profile losses as Trump. Probably more. At the very least his party should not have lost senate seats, as it now appears they will. He does not belong in the leadership . Same with Ronna McDaniel. Kevin McCarthy can stay - maybe - but he needs to be on a very short leash.

Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (CEh/e)

60 In the meantime, McConnell is promising money for Herschel Walker's runoff bid, as governor Brian Kemp will provide the troops and expertise for the turn-out effort.
++++
Then he thinks the Senate ends up as a tie again. If he didn't think he needed Walker in order to be the majority leader, he wouldn't be letting even one red cent out of his crooked little hands.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (t0OGg)

61 Give Marco Rubio two tickets to cousin Wally's Hot Tub Emporium extraordinaire

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (4KZTi)

62 we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It's a grey area.
Posted by: Comrade flounder

I have a trunk full of them.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (LsEU/)

63 Are we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (J2vNu)

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You have elephants in your sleeves?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (u73oe)

64
In the meantime, McConnell is promising money for Herschel Walker's runoff bid, as governor Brian Kemp will provide the troops and expertise for the turn-out effort.

__________

So they're not going to sabotage the runoff like last time?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (MoZTd)

65 52 If they dump McConnell guess who becomes an independent?

McConnell will go scorched earth on his way out.

Posted by: Murkowski for sure, maybe Collins at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (LUUNA)

=========

Let her (them) do it. If we're going to be in this muddle of purple at the federal level for the foreseeable future, might as well get whatever clarity we can.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (LvTSG)

66 I think Little Marco -- or as I will now call him, "Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco"
.........

Fun size?

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (v0R5T)

67 I don't trust McConnell, but I don't trust Marco either. I give him credit for trying to postpone the vote, but I'm very skeptical.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (VWp7G)

68 It's incredible how many people just don't know when their time is up. In all fields. Politics, sports, entertainment, whatever. They look so foolish and only taint their legacy. Know when hang it up.

Posted by: Mark1971 at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (xPl2J)

69 McConnell is a veteran of the Gimp Wars.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (eacmp)

70 Rubio's a bit smarter than we tend to think. Not a lot, but a little. He will always walk into walls, but he'll learn, so next time it'll be a different wall.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (TgBWG)

71 I'd rather have Little Marco as President than Jotatoe.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (z0aPa)

72 no, mitch McConnell is a really vengeful guy. he tanks people's campaigns for not showing him personal loyalty.

this is not a play to become a Mitch wingman.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (C1Zwz)
++++
Then money or 2024 it is. Or both.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (t0OGg)

73 He's running.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (npxlx)

74 It's a cynical power play, but it just happens to favor us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (LvTSG)

A win is a win, even if we got there cynically.
Take the win.

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (53oGX)

75 You have elephants in your sleeves?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (u73oe)

That's nothing. I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Capt. Spalding at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (Qzn2/)

76 They look so foolish and only taint their legacy. Know when hang it up.
Posted by: Mark1971

Heh heh. He said 'taint'.

Posted by: Bevis at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (LsEU/)

77 59 McConnell has chalked up just as many high profile losses as Trump. Probably more. At the very least his party should not have lost senate seats, as it now appears they will. He does not belong in the leadership . Same with Ronna McDaniel. Kevin McCarthy can stay - maybe - but he needs to be on a very short leash.
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (CEh/e)

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McConnell's argument seems to be that he's really weak and can't outfight Trump at the top level of the Republican Party. Either that, or he worked to undermine Republicans trying to get elected to the Senate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (LvTSG)

78 Rubio's a bit smarter than we tend to think. Not a lot, but a little. He will always walk into walls, but he'll learn, so next time it'll be a different wall.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (TgBWG)
++++
Better than getting lost on the white house lawn...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (t0OGg)

79 Why the rush? (rhetorical question)

When the new Congress convenes in January with the newly elected Senators, THEN have the vote for leadership positions. Let the new guys/gals have a say.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (4I/2K)

80 I think Little Marco -- or as I will now call him, "Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco"

***

I'll give him only "Super Sized Little Marco" until he proves himself.

Posted by: LASue at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (Ed8Zd)

81 Or........ Little Marco is thinking it's time for him to be Majority leader. He is above all else a politician.

Posted by: DFCtomm at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (OHy0b)

82
It's a cynical power play, but it just happens to favor us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Yes but Mitch is hardly the one to be able to complain about it. Retiring senators should also not be able to vote on the new majority leader either and with races still going on, any leadership vote would disenfranchise those potential senators.

If the vote comes to delay. Mitch is probably done--maybe after a deal is made. My guess is Mitch retires to Appropriations Chair which is near and dear to him. Wasting the taxpayer's dollars.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (CXr4y)

83 Did Marco say this while drinking water?

Because, if he did then it’s invalid.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (atmen)

84 44 I do honestly think McConnell's days are numbered as Senate leader, but I don't think the replacement will be any better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Ivdso)

I'm ready!

Posted by: Thune at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (53oGX)

85 McConnell's last FU to the new GOP could be resignation and then submitting a list of democrats as his replacement.

Posted by: Jeff Gillooly at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (z9V4B)

86 74 A win is a win, even if we got there cynically.
Take the win.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (53oGX)

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There's no win yet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (LvTSG)

87 McConnell's argument seems to be that he's really weak and can't outfight Trump at the top level of the Republican Party. Either that, or he worked to undermine Republicans trying to get elected to the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (LvTSG)
++++
It was the latter.

But it also doesn't matter. In either case, that person doesn't belong in charge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (t0OGg)

88 This sounds ominous!

Posted by: Kevin Luntz-McCarthy at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (SZbHY)

89 I remember doing it 2016 Republican battle for president Trump showed a picture of Rubio's little boat lol Little Marco he messed up hooking up with McCain and Graham maybe so early on. Second look at Rubio?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (4KZTi)

90 I am having trouble thinking that if Walker didn't get any coattail benefit from Kemp's GOTV machine on Tuesday that he will get a benefit from Kemp in a runoff. It clearly seems that Kemp/Abrams matchup had a different dynamic than Warnock/Walker.

For one, incumbency (Kemp and Warnock) and for two the general dislike for Abrams.

But maybe Kemp can flip some kind of magic switch and Presto!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (kXYt5)

91 Wait, what, Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio, stood up and said to delay until all the newly elected Senators can have a vote?!?!

Well hey now, I can have a PLEASANT surprise this week!!

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (W+kMI)

92 Why did the elephant cross the road?

He saw a Democrat driving an EV and wanted to squash it.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (v0R5T)

93 82 If the vote comes to delay. Mitch is probably done--maybe after a deal is made. My guess is Mitch retires to Appropriations Chair which is near and dear to him. Wasting the taxpayer's dollars.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (CXr4y)

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Oh, then he gets to craft the next few CRs that Biden will sign. Might as well just lock him in his sex dungeon with some Chinese sex slaves. He'll be just as happy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (LvTSG)

94 Kemp ? Sounds like Hemp, because he is a pothead, I know things about him, trust me. Bad, poopoo things. Nobrain Hemp ! He would not be where he is , if it wasn't for me ! I saved him, I built his campaign and sent FBI to protect his sorry ass !

-- a magician who is going to announce something something, maybe, on 11/15 come hell or high water

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (V13WU)

95 If he really has the guts to stand up like this, perhaps he deserves a different moniker.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (DhOHl)

96 read this cynically. Walker has agreed to support McConnell as Majority leader.
Posted by: buzzion
Perhaps I am just being optimistic but maybe McConnell hears the talk and accurately realizes that he is in danger of losing his beloved leadership status and cynically is trying to shore up his own support by supporting Walker. "look at me helping a Trump guy. See I care about something besides my own grift."

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (Wy1BU)

97 Sen. John Kennedy or I don't give a shit about this.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (OLVeZ)

98 >>>Kevin McCarthy can stay - maybe - but he needs to be on a very short leash.
Posted by: SMFH

A VA congresscritter was on Ingraham last night and said many of those in congress don't want McCarthy. At all. Said they blame some of the losses on him, and they want a leader from a red state, and not Cali.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (VWp7G)

99 42 30 I wonder if Marco got a talking to by the Cuban-Americans and maybe some Venezuelans about what the actual score is.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (xhaym)

=========

He knows McConnell isn't going to last that much longer, and Rubio is set to be in the Senate for the rest of his life.

He's just thinking that the future is fast approaching, and he wants to be on the in of the future rather than out.

It's a cynical power play, but it just happens to favor us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (LvTSG)
________
Rem acu tetigisti, as Jeeves would say..

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (TgBWG)

100 49 >>>You really think so?

100%. People do not accept demotions.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM

I'm not saying McConnell is a lizard person, but he may not be 100% people.

Posted by: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (e97La)

101 You have elephants in your sleeves?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (u73oe)

That's nothing. I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Capt. Spalding at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (Qzn2/)

What do you say to an elephant to keep him from charging?

Nothing. He won't understand you.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (yHsuS)

102 85 the ky gop state assembly has that power not him.

Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (pmoqr)

103 Oh, then he gets to craft the next few CRs that Biden will sign. Might as well just lock him in his sex dungeon with some Chinese sex slaves. He'll be just as happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (LvTSG)
++++
From what I can tell, *he* is the Chinese sex slave.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (t0OGg)

104 87 It was the latter.

But it also doesn't matter. In either case, that person doesn't belong in charge.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (t0OGg)

=========

Yeah, his own argument is that he's either weak or actively working against the caucus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (LvTSG)

105 Good move Marco.

Little Marco has become.....less little.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (OcxYp)

106 58 Is the KY legislature Republican?

I assume it is because otherwise Ace would not have mentioned the law giving them the power to select the replacement. It would be irrelevant.
Posted by: Thatch
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Yes. The KY legislature passed that replacement law a year or so ago over the KY Governor's veto.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (CXr4y)

107 Oh no, poor Macro, if he starts actually acting like a conservative Ace may sic his ewoks to have a celebratory party in his rectum again.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (Glq7j)

108 Ivory had it with the elephant jokes.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (atmen)

109 Doesn't Little Marco have that oligarch's yacht with the solid gold toilet?

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (z0aPa)

110
I read this cynically. Walker has agreed to support McConnell as Majority leader.
Posted by: buzzion

Possibly. Although if Rubio can cause enough of a stink to actually delay the Majority Leader election until after Walker is seated, I can see Walker turning around and stabbing Gamera in the anus with a shrimp fork by withdrawing his support at the last moment.

A remote possibility, but enjoyable to think about.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (n+4am)

111 we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It's a grey area.
Posted by: Comrade flounder

I have a trunk full of them.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (LsEU/)

That's a new wrinkle.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (v0R5T)

112 99 Rem acu tetigisti, as Jeeves would say..
Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (TgBWG)

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Assume everyone in politics is always out for their own personal power, and you won't go often wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (LvTSG)

113 Little Marco is cashing checks from the same people The Turtle is. Both are Globalist swine. Marco is just angling for position as an acceptable replacement for the Donors and Establishment types.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (0zgSN)

114 if McConnell retires, Senator Thomas Massie would be incredible

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (V6W16)

115 If he really has the guts to stand up like this, perhaps he deserves a different moniker.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (DhOHl)

SuperDondi?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (Qzn2/)

116 absurd to have someone that age as a congressional leader

Or president...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (Ivdso)

117 Didn't Bitch stiff Herschel Walker's campaign a few weeks ago when he was diverting funds to his fave RINOs?

Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (cTCuP)

118 Dammit, in too late for a Rubio's garbage joke.

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (Yr4Df)

119 Oh, and hows about we makes this vote for Majority Leader PUBLIC?

Posted by: Oedipus at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (diCyK)

120 49 >>>You really think so?

100%. People do not accept demotions.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (C1Zwz)
_________

Don Lemon and Jake Tapper aren't people?

Well, thinking about it, you may be right.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (TgBWG)

121 Scott ? He did such a bang up job as the head of the Senate election committee.... Not
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (bs+z0)

He deserves some blame as head of the RNSC but there's some bad blood between him and McConnell going on throughout. Nobody really pushed it because of 'election season'. Team unity and all that.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (qH6FZ)

122 this is serious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjmYee2ZfSk

Posted by: Ming Ming the Serious Duckling at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (C1Zwz)

123 Hmmm. Mitch would be a vindictive little bitch?

Shocker.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (A4itf)

124 >.He's openly -- or very nearly openly -- saying that Mitch McConnell does not align with the interests of the New Republican Coalition.

ah Marco, we hardly knew ye
expect to come under investigation for something soon

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (geLO8)

125 Mitch overtly sabotaged the right during this election. His trial balloon about a federal ban on abortion was 100% meant to chill the right's momentum in Bruin and activate the left.

He also refused to fund conservative candidates.

He's Judas with neck rolls.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (eyxn4)

126 106 Yes. The KY legislature passed that replacement law a year or so ago over the KY Governor's veto.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (CXr4y)

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It was reported that Mitch helped. I doubt the KY Republican party does much regarding Senate appointment processes without Mitch's deep involvement.

When this was reported more than a year ago, it set off rumors that Mitch was going to retire or die soon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (LvTSG)

127 I don't think there's any doubt that McConnell is leveraging the fact that his potential replacement upon retirement will be a shit storm. That is vintage McConnell. It's how he's kept power all these years.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (eacmp)

128 Little Marco...

Say remember that time he vouched for Mark Warner on the Intelligence Committee?
Yeah, good times, that....

Posted by: noneyouknowyouknow at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (QpUKb)

129 Mitch may snap once in a while, but I don't see battalions of turtles marching into the conflict.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (geVLo)

130 Ivory had it with the elephant jokes.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (atmen)

That was awful. Tusk tusk.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (Qzn2/)

131 I am cautiously optimistic.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (BdMk6)

132 It's a cynical power play, but it just happens to favor us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (LvTSG)
________

Absolutely true. We will take the beneficiary cynicism. Gladly.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (OcxYp)

133 MArco may not be happy about Mitch working on his own little agenda and pulling funds from key races. He is tired of being in the minority. He can be chair of foreign relations committee , but because of Mitch he ain't.

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (V13WU)

134 shoot at the king, you better kill him, else...

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (geLO8)

135 Rubio is a shark, he smells the McFailure and Trump blood in the water.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (pb6ET)

136 Now you know why Mitch is offering money to Walker.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (lTGtQ)

137 I blame Mitch for dismantling the Tea Party. He is a big part of the problems The Donald had in getting reelected. He tanked the mid terms.

Mitch would rather be minority leader then see someone else be Majority Leader.

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (PbwT0)

138 think Little Marco -- or as I will now call him, "Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco"
.........
Fun size?

*******

Venti?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (kXYt5)

139 If he really has the guts to stand up like this, perhaps he deserves a different moniker.

"Not As Little As He Seems!"

Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (CaJIi)

140 Hopefully I can get old Mitch before Marco does...

Posted by: Death at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (R/m4+)

141 I’m hathing these elephant jokes.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (atmen)

142 Never ascribe to altruism that which can be explained by a back-stabbing grasp for power.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (tA1/w)

143 Rubio, now that he's in the safe state with 6 years set, is doing our work. I respect that.

I also respect Youngkin's response to the Trump controversy today.

Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (exHjb)

144 I think McConnell leadership is going to be contingent on winning the runoff. So this is a warning shot that McConnell needs to go all in on winning this, of the caucus will show him the door.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (5p7BC)

145 Humm. I see a coalition with a rudimentary plan.

I pray. (No, not for Scott.)

Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (NIYa7)

146 I went to Party In The Rectum when it was held in Amsterdam in '04. Pretty wild. What happens in the rectum stays in the rectum.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (DhOHl)

147 Mitch would rather be minority leader then see someone else be Majority Leader.
Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (PbwT0)

Probably gonna get his wish

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (bs+z0)

148 I think that if McConnell had enough honor to step down when rejected by congress he'd have stepped down years ago.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (Ivdso)

149 It's a horrible system. Money gets doled out to candidates based on their loyalty to one man. That makes somebody majority leader for life. Any McConnell replacement should be committed to ending this system.

Posted by: Mark1971 at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (xPl2J)

150 In spite of his many failings and shortcomings, it's worth noting what Rubio has done right, and that's help build a voter outreach program in Florida that's help flip the state from deep purple to a "crimson hellscape" (as described by the Sun-Sentinel).

Not someone I'm interested in seeing in a leadership position, but one heck of a team player, and you need those guys too. Just make sure they're playing for YOUR team.

Posted by: can of spam at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (7oNMO)

151 I’m hathing these elephant jokes.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (atmen)

They musth stop.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (4I/2K)

152 Ivory had it with the elephant jokes.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (atmen)

That was awful. Tusk tusk.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

I've had an earful.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (v0R5T)

153 Rubio's a bit smarter than we tend to think. Not a lot, but a little. He will always walk into walls, but he'll learn, so next time it'll be a different wall.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (TgBWG)

Rubio is a RINO squish with SLIGHTLY better political instincts than Romney...that means, if he's publicly calling out McConnell, McConnell is already in big trouble.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (e97La)

154 see update, mollie hemingway suggests marco is running for the position himself

Posted by: Ming Ming the Serious Duckling at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (C1Zwz)

155 A VA congresscritter was on Ingraham last night and said many of those in congress don't want McCarthy. At all. Said they blame some of the losses on him, and they want a leader from a red state, and not Cali.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
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Interesting. The vanishing Red wave arguments used to blame Trump may be biting the GOPe leaders in the ass instead. Trump curse y'know.

GOP has a tradition of being pretty harsh historically on shooting their own leaders in the back of the head after defeats. Especially if that leader presumes permanent loyalty from them.

If the House GOP opponents of McCarthy were smart, all they would have to use is that McCarthy has to be pried with a crowbar from Frank Luntz's ass which is a conflict of interest for a GOP leader.

The free housing is an ethics violation too as Luntz is a GOP and corporate/media vendor among other things.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (CXr4y)

156 I am old enough I was actually there when elephant jokes were a big thing. Also Rat Finks.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (TgBWG)

157 Regular-Sized Rubio.

Bob's Burger reference, highly recommended.

Posted by: Candidus at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (PlJzG)

Seconded.

Bob: "Why do you call him Regular-Sized?"

Louise: "I don't know, just look at him."

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (wBpKf)

158 I walk away for a minute and there's >150 comments

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (dCxaZ)

159
His trial balloon about a federal ban on abortion was 100% meant to chill the right's momentum in Bruin and activate the left.

_________

I think that was Miss Lindsay. Proving the old saying, "Never pass up the chance to keep your mouth shut."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (MoZTd)

160 Hugh Hewitt hardest hit.

Imma gonna need another glass of ~~water~~ scotch on the rocks to help process this announcement ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (K3TEc)

161 122 this is serious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjmYee2ZfSk
Posted by: Ming Ming the Serious Duckling at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (C1Zwz)

That brings back memories. This. Is. Serious. I will now have the theme song in my head for the rest of the day, although I actually liked it.

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (Yr4Df)

162 When this was reported more than a year ago, it set off rumors that Mitch was going to retire or die soon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (LvTSG)

Either way is fine by me.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (BdMk6)

163 Mitch overtly sabotaged the right during this election.

He did it with the Tea Party elections, too. Pretty much every election cycle, he worked to subvert or destroy anyone that wasn't GOPe.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (Ivdso)

164 "I think McConnell leadership is going to be contingent on winning the runoff. So this is a warning shot that McConnell needs to go all in on winning this, of the caucus will show him the door."
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (5p7BC)

Mitch wants this vote done next week, he doesn't want to wait.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (qH6FZ)

165 >>>If the House GOP opponents of McCarthy were smart, all they would have to use is that McCarthy has to be pried with a crowbar from Frank Luntz's ass which is a conflict of interest for a GOP leader.

The free housing is an ethics violation too as Luntz is a GOP and corporate/media vendor among other things.
Posted by: whig

Exactly.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (VWp7G)

166
Some Cocksucker is obviously advising Trump.
The Cocksucker, probably jared kushner, is telling Trump he needs to go after his likely-'24-threats, such as DeSaintis and Youngkin.

Stupid.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (faR+C)

167 What would the GOP be without Florida?
Posted by: Locarno
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Democrats?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (5p7BC)

168 You know who could apply leverage to this?

Posted by: DeSantis at November 11, 2022 01:18 PM (Sbjg3)

169 willowed:
Talk about your ironies of ironies - the 2022 mid-terms has both Mitch and McCarthy in hot water.

So, GOP wins house, wins the Senate (possibly) AND we get rid of these two grifters? Who's better than us, huh?
Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (+Cgut)

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:18 PM (+Cgut)

170 MArco is also, how you cay, Hispanic. First Hispanic Senate Majority Leader from either party ! 5 level chess , my fiends !

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:18 PM (V13WU)

171 Details on the Kentucky law regarding replacing McConnell if he bails, dies or is kicked out;
__________
SB 228 changes that appointment process in key ways. Most notably, it requires the governor to pick a temporary successor who shares the same political party as the departing senator.

It also makes them select that person from a list of three names provided by the executive committee of the departing senator's state party.

SB 228 also includes fresh stipulations about how long the governor's appointment to the Senate can last before voters get to elect someone to take over that seat — which depend largely on when the vacancy happens — as well as new rules about how such elections would work.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 01:19 PM (Q4IgG)

172 135 Rubio is a shark, he smells the McFailure and Trump blood in the water.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (pb6ET)

Lindsey Graham is the canary in the coalmine with this one. He's publicly reform-curious, but he acts as McConnell's cat's paw to shiv Republicans with abortion nonsense when early voting was going on. If he bails on Mitch, you know that McConnell is about to leave the Senate.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2022 01:19 PM (9miN6)

173 Lol. McConnell has been supporting Walker for some time now. He was actually one of the first people who said the party would stick by him after Warnock started with the abortion stories.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:19 PM (eacmp)

174 167 What would the GOP be without Florida?
Posted by: Locarno

BORING

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:19 PM (OLVeZ)

175 Once more hooked up with McCain and Graham I stopped paying attention to him. This news warrants a research of his Senate voting record.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (4KZTi)

176 I think that was Miss Lindsay. Proving the old saying, "Never pass up the chance to keep your mouth shut."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (MoZTd)

This was planned in-your-face sabotage.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (BdMk6)

177 When McConnell cut off funding to Masters, who may lose by the narrowest of margins (or win narrowly, somewaht less likely but possible), many Republicans decided it was time for McConnell to go. Scott became furious about it, especially when money was diverted to Colorado, where NeverTrumper O'Dea always was behind and lost by double digits. Rubio was hearing this throughout his campaign, no doubt. Add in Scott standing for leader, and, yeah, there's a good chance McConnell gets sacked. Here's to hoping Murkowski loses.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (kJLpK)

178 “Can somebody please get these blind guys to stop feeling me up?”

— The Elephant

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (atmen)

179
Thanks for posting that, Martini Farmer.

You deserve a promotion!

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (faR+C)

180 Kon nel is gimp at par tay festivities.

Posted by: CCP at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (z0aPa)

181 more=Marco

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (4KZTi)

182 McConnell can only shaft conservatives if they give to the party. For crying out loud, if you're doing that STOP!

Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (cTCuP)

183 Mitch overtly sabotaged the right during this election.

He did it with the Tea Party elections, too. Pretty much every election cycle, he worked to subvert or destroy anyone that wasn't GOPe.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (Ivdso

It was for your own good, ya dumb rubes!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (Qzn2/)

184 The world population is projected to reach eight billion people in a few hours.

worldometers.info/world-population/

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (eyxn4)

185 176 I think that was Miss Lindsay. Proving the old saying, "Never pass up the chance to keep your mouth shut."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM (MoZTd)

This was planned in-your-face sabotage.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (BdMk6)

This. Like McConnell, Graham always sabotages the GOP to keep the grift going to the MIC or other corporate donors.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (kJLpK)

186 First Hispanic Senate Majority Leader

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:18 PM (V13WU)

Cubano's don't take to the "Hispanic" trope... like at all. To them there is the Hispanics... and then there are Cubanos.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (OLVeZ)

187 @166. 2024; maybe not so.

Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (NIYa7)

188
McCarthy is from California.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER put anyone from either CA or NY in leadership.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (faR+C)

189 McConnell can only shaft conservatives if they give to the party. For crying out loud, if you're doing that STOP!
Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 01:20 PM (cTCuP)\

But where else can I get 10X matching!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (Qzn2/)

190 Marco Is Running Himself?

---

He's thirsty

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (2xlV3)

191 Rubio is setting himself up to run for President again in '24. If he helps dethrone McConnell, or even tries to, he can argue that he pushed for new party leadership.

Posted by: Cal at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (6TJWS)

192 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO8)

193 >>>The C******r, probably jared kushner, is telling Trump he needs to go after his likely-'24-threats, such as DeSaintis and Youngkin.

i don't get the sense Trump has to be advised to attack people who are stealing the spotlight from him

although jared is a c*******r and is full of terrible advice, almost all of it "Let's do liberal shit so Ivanka and I will be accepted at socialite balls"

Posted by: Ming Ming the Serious Duckling at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (C1Zwz)

194 rumors that Mitch was going to retire or die soon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:14 PM (LvTSG)

Either terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Thune at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (53oGX)

195
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed.

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Shouldn't it be postponed until after the Georgia runoff?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (K3TEc)

196 Marco Rubio is Paul Ryan dressed up like a breakfast taco.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geVLo)

197 Graham says if Laxalt loses the election was stolen.

Posted by: WOW at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (at4gV)

198 May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
May an ELEPHANT caress you 'tween his toes...

Posted by: Little Jimmy Dickens at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (DhOHl)

199 When this was reported more than a year ago, it set off rumors that Mitch was going to retire or die soon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
---------------------------
I think Mitch's political instincts died years ago. He is simply gay for pay nowadays.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (CXr4y)

200 Why did the elephant leave the circus?

He was tired of working for peanuts.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (v0R5T)

201 Rubio is the guy who did the GOP response to a SOTU and drank from a water bottle on camera, right?

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO8)

202 worldometers.info/world-population/
Posted by: bonhomme
___

Don't worry.

It'll never see 9 billion.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (zxstO)

203
SB 228 also includes fresh stipulations about how long the governor's appointment to the Senate can last before voters get to elect someone to take over that seat — which depend largely on when the vacancy happens — as well as new rules about how such elections would work.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 01:19 PM (Q4IgG)

____________

Always odd to see what has happened when a senator dies in a year when his term is up.

1) Appointment to fill the seat until the election.
2) Election for the remainder of the term after election day.
3) Separate election for the term starting in the next Congress.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (MoZTd)

204 Words I never thought would be written: Rubio for Republican leader (is Scott is not it)!

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (kJLpK)

205 He's thirsty
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 11, 2022 01:21 PM (2xlV3)

This drink of water is particularly tall...

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (OLVeZ)

206 I think Mitch's political instincts died years ago. He is simply gay for pay nowadays.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (CXr4y)
++++
McConnell's gay for yay. He loves it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (t0OGg)

207 184 “Don’t worry, we’re on it.”

— WEF

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (atmen)

208 >>Interesting. The vanishing Red wave arguments used to blame Trump may be biting the GOPe leaders in the ass instead. Trump curse y'know.

Can you believe it? The Dems are slow walking the returns to build a media narrative that they actually pushed the GOP back in the mid terms - but are only succeeding in getting rid of their two best allies in the GOP in Mitch and McCarthy? Shadenboner!

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (+Cgut)

209
Posted by: Ming Ming the Serious Duckling

Heehee, love it!

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (faR+C)

210 McConnell has been supporting Walker for some time now. He was actually one of the first people who said the party would stick by him after Warnock started with the abortion stories.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:19 PM (eacmp)

For reference.

Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs

.@LeaderMcConnell has got to go! Here is the breakdown of money spent in some battleground senate seats:

AZ - Masters $9m vs Kelly $73m
GA - Walker $32m vs Warnock $76m
NV - Laxalt $12m vs Cortes $47m
NH - Bolduc $2m vs Hassan $36m

Americans deserve an America First Leader!

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (yHsuS)

211 > I think that was Miss Lindsay. Proving the old saying, "Never pass up the chance to keep your mouth shut."

Yeah, Miss Lindsay said the words, but from what I've read, Mitch was telling Lindsay to say it.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (eyxn4)

212 McConnell has been grooming Thune to be his successor for awhile now, and Thune is a bland corporate establishment clone in McConnell's mold.

It would be delicious if Thune got passed over, and demoralizing if he became leader.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (V6W16)

213 Graham says if Laxalt loses the election was stolen.
Posted by: WOW
__

And?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (zxstO)

214 Acceptable Mitch replacements?

Hawley? Rand?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (KbCG3)

215 >>>McConnell's gay for yay. He loves it.

lol

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (C1Zwz)

216 So, is there any hint of how the Alaska senate race is going to be decided?

The election was several days ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (LvTSG)

217 he's gone for yuan

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (C1Zwz)

218 Elephant still be working if they gave him boiled peanuts.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (va2of)

219 Rubio succeeds in getting Scott in
Let him be the whip

Posted by: Braenyard's phone at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (8E/wP)

220 >I think Mitch's political instincts died years ago. He is simply gay for pay nowadays.

Posted by: whig

I think he sees himself as some mythic monumental figure, presiding over the Senate, and he digs it
it has certainly brought him incredible wealth

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (geLO8)

221 he's gone for yuan
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (C1Zwz)
++++
Heh.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (t0OGg)

222 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO

........

Magic.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (v0R5T)

223 >>>Hawley? Rand?

no... not that I would not prefer them, but the squishes would never go for that. they are too far on Our Side.

marco might be as far as they're willing to go

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (C1Zwz)

224 Rubio is actually one of the more competent senators. He's done a lot of the yeoman's work on foreign policy issues, and he s relentless.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (eacmp)

225 #171
So what if the governor refuses to pick from the three proffered candidates? We will be short one Senator.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (z0aPa)

226 210 AZ - Masters $9m vs Kelly $73m
GA - Walker $32m vs Warnock $76m
NV - Laxalt $12m vs Cortes $47m
NH - Bolduc $2m vs Hassan $36m

Americans deserve an America First Leader!
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (yHsuS)

==========

It should be said that the important money is the money invested early. That money can be used to build GOTV efforts filled with volunteers using quality data. Last second money dumps can only be used to buy really expensive last second ads on TV that arguably don't do squat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (LvTSG)

227 222 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO
........
I read today they "found" some more ballots

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (bs+z0)

228 216 So, is there any hint of how the Alaska senate race is going to be decided?

The election was several days ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (LvTSG)

Moocow is finding ballots as we speak... McConnel tossed her extra cash for a reason.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (OLVeZ)

229 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO

--------

"If large tranches of votes could instantly be decremented from Trump and awarded to Biden while the nation watched live and were told not to believe their lyin' eyes ... anything is possible in our new utopia, comrade!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (K3TEc)

230
Rand?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (KbCG3)

_________

I think Mitch would be delighted if Rand fell into the Potomac and drowned.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (MoZTd)

231 160 Hugh Hewitt hardest hit.
Imma gonna need another glass of water scotch on the rocks to help process this announcement ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:16 PM

"And I mean ice!"

Posted by: Eddie Valient, Ink and Pen Club at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (e97La)

232 182 McConnell can only shaft conservatives if they give to the party. For crying out loud, if you're doing that STOP!
Posted by: creeper
-------------------------
McConnell relies on Chamber protection money to keep the Dems from going nuts. But his kink is the pleasure he gets from shafting his little people donors.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (CXr4y)

233 This is the riptide of the Red Ripple. May it tow the turtle away!

Posted by: Iris at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (foa6+)

234 224 Rubio is actually one of the more competent senators. He's done a lot of the yeoman's work on foreign policy issues, and he s relentless.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (eacmp)

=========

He also carried Chuck Schumer's water on immigration reform. He went on a big media tour defending that piece of shit.

Yeah...he's either outright stupid or does no have our interests at heart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (LvTSG)

235 227 222 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO
........
I read today they "found" some more ballots
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (bs+z0)

They thought they got rid of Boebert with Re-Districting... no one.. and I mean no one thought she was gonna have a prayer. Ballots are being found to correct this oversight.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (OLVeZ)

236 107 Oh no, poor Macro, if he starts actually acting like a conservative Ace may sic his ewoks to have a celebratory party in his rectum again.
Posted by: Rbastid at November 11, 2022 01:12 PM (Glq7j)
______
Macro? Will he smother Biden with a pillow?

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (TgBWG)

237 I'm going with "Plus-size Marco".

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (wtvvX)

238 So I looked at kari lakes Twitter and im saw a video msnbc being scared. Also they mention at the end a 290,000 vote count at the end which may push kari over. Keep an eye on her Twitter.

Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (pmoqr)

239 If McConnell is axed it will be a good election....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (bs+z0)

240 223 >>>Hawley? Rand?

no... not that I would not prefer them, but the squishes would never go for that. they are too far on Our Side.

marco might be as far as they're willing to go
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (C1Zwz)

Sorry, should've clarified. Who would be acceptable to the Horde?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (KbCG3)

241 59 You'll notice in all the coordinated Hit-piecing on Trump in the aftermath of this week's House and SENATE debacle that very few voices have said anything about either Ronna McDaniel or Mitch McConnell's role in the most underwhelming election performance by the GOP in modern memory. This is intentional.

McConnell has chalked up just as many high profile losses as Trump. Probably more. At the very least his party should not have lost senate seats, as it now appears they will. He does not belong in the leadership . Same with Ronna McDaniel. Kevin McCarthy can stay - maybe - but he needs to be on a very short leash.
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (CEh/e)

McCarthy needs to go, too.

McConnell has a far worse track record than Trump. Ask Arizonans. And unlike Trump, McConnell several times has targeted and destroyed the Republican in a general. He should have been ousted long, long ago, right along with Thune and Cornyn, useless carbuncles on the ass of the body politic.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (kJLpK)

242 This busty blonde on the beach is well aware of her own judgement faults, but can't fathom how anyone could support a conniving, slimy little weasel like McConnell:
https://is.gd/OeI77Z

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (t0OGg)

243 Probably mentioned but Breitbart is reporting that Scott is backing down from the challenge now.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (XtkZj)

244 Why do ducks have flat feet?

To stamp out fires.

Why do elephants have flat feet?

To stamp out flaming ducks.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (eyxn4)

245 It should be said that the important money is the money invested early. That money can be used to build GOTV efforts filled with volunteers using quality data. Last second money dumps can only be used to buy really expensive last second ads on TV that arguably don't do squat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
------------------------
Yep. You are correct. Good GOTV is worth about 5-10 percent of the vote depending on the state.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (CXr4y)

246 that's the neat thing about these mail-in ballots

all you have to do is keep 'finding' them

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (geLO8)

247 242 This busty blonde on the beach is well aware of her own judgement faults, but can't fathom how anyone could support a conniving, slimy little weasel like McConnell:
https://is.gd/OeI77Z
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (t0OGg)

========

Her shirt is calling to me in more ways than one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (LvTSG)

248 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO
........

Magic.
Posted by: wth
*****
Dominion machines can be programmed. You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (z0aPa)

249 243 Probably mentioned but Breitbart is reporting that Scott is backing down from the challenge now.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
----------------
Scott will be fine if Rubio becomes majority leader as it helps Florida. Scott strikes me more as a team player than someone like Mitch.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (CXr4y)

250 239 If McConnell is axed it will be a good election....
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:26 PM (bs+z0)

Hear, hear. Whoever runs against him needs to watch their back for Deep State sabotage.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (kJLpK)

251 > he's gone for yuan

He's got glee for Xi.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (eyxn4)

252 > At least it wasn't fraud that changed it this time.

I'd wait until the Arizona and Nevada "ballots" are "counted" before making that assessment.

Not a fan of Little Marco myself, but perhaps worth it just to get rid of Bitch.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (bW8dp)

253 > If McConnell is axed it will be a good election....

Posted by: It's me donna

if he's chainsawed, even better

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (geLO8)

254 Willowed by a flaming skull:

Where are we on the diesel stockpile and the railroad strike?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (aW5/6)

255 we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I gotta pack a derm jokes

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (xhaym)

256 I think Mitch's political instincts died years ago. He is simply gay for pay nowadays.
Posted by: whig

Yoo hoo! Mitch! Call us!

Posted by: The Bulwark, The Lincoln Project, National Review at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (e97La)

257 244 Why do ducks have flat feet?
To stamp out fires.
Why do elephants have flat feet?
To stamp out flaming ducks.

Gentlemen, this kind of repulsive slapassery is why you must be destroyed.

Posted by: Toyama Koichi at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (C1Zwz)

258 Uh oh...

(Winsome) Sears: ‘I Could Not Support’ Trump in 2024, Underperformance of Candidates He Endorsed Shows Voters ‘Want a Different Leader’

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (V13WU)

259 115 If he really has the guts to stand up like this, perhaps he deserves a different moniker.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (DhOHl)

SuperDondi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (Qzn2/)

Good moniker. Let's go with it....as long as we can

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (OcxYp)

260 whoever came up with vote by mail is an evil genius

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (geLO8)

261 He also carried Chuck Schumer's water on immigration reform. He went on a big media tour defending that piece of shit.

Yeah...he's either outright stupid or does no have our interests at heart.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
------------------
Few senators with any length of service have our interests at heart. But McConnell is actively against the interests of most citizens.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (CXr4y)

262 Breitbart is reporting that Scott is backing down from the challenge now.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 11, 2022

No way!

Posted by: People thirst for theater at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (6hCvI)

263 223 >>>Hawley? Rand?

no... not that I would not prefer them, but the squishes would never go for that. they are too far on Our Side.

marco might be as far as they're willing to go
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:25 PM (C1Zwz)

If the Senate is beginning to look like Game of Thrones now, does that give an enterprising House member a chance to take on McCarthy? Right now, looks like he's the only game in town for them.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (9miN6)

264 Acceptable Mitch replacements?

Hawley? Rand?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (KbCG3)

-------

How 'bout Speaker of The House Steve Bannon?

/Not enough popcorn in the world for that ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (K3TEc)

265 we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I gotta pack a derm jokes

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (xhaym)

I herd that one before.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (yHsuS)

266 > 248 Huh
the percentage of votes counted in CO 3 (Boebert) went from 99 to 98

how does that happen
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:22 PM (geLO
........

They find 100,000 "missing ballots" that somehow slipped into Tank's gunt support garment.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (bW8dp)

267 Here's a list of Senators that shouldn't be Majority Leader.

McConnell, Thune, Barrasso, Ernst, Murkowski, Romney and Collins.

Anyone other than them is an improvement.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (qH6FZ)

268 >>>You really think so?

100%. People do not accept demotions.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (C1Zwz)

In 2018 some 19 or 20 GOP house members didn't run because the term limits on committee leadership posts was going to kick in on them. A major reason we had the oppo party in charge for the steal in 2020

Posted by: McConnell's Turtle Mom at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (eoQWY)

269 LAX is a shithole of an airport. That's all

Posted by: IC at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (z2QPc)

270 208 >>Interesting. The vanishing Red wave arguments used to blame Trump may be biting the GOPe leaders in the ass instead. Trump curse y'know.

Can you believe it? The Dems are slow walking the returns to build a media narrative that they actually pushed the GOP back in the mid terms - but are only succeeding in getting rid of their two best allies in the GOP in Mitch and McCarthy? Shadenboner!
Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (+Cgut)

It's possible that someone saw this coming too and got a competing narrative together.
I hope that's true, because it means we are done letting the Libs run the narratives and have a chance to take ground.

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (53oGX)

271 The U.S. is dealing with a diesel shortage at the moment, a fact that has led some consumers to question why the U.S. is still exporting the fuel.

https://tinyurl.com/2k9pv85e

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (zxstO)

272 I'd be happy to see Mitch take it in the neck, but anything involving Miniature Marco is going to suck. Sucking is all that guy knows.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (KFhLj)

273 Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs

.@LeaderMcConnell has got to go! Here is the breakdown of money spent in some battleground senate seats:

AZ - Masters $9m vs Kelly $73m
GA - Walker $32m vs Warnock $76m
NV - Laxalt $12m vs Cortes $47m
NH - Bolduc $2m vs Hassan $36m

Americans deserve an America First Leader!
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (yHsuS)

Also look where he spent money. The two top candidates in Alaska, for example, were Republicans. Yet he funneled cash to Murkowski.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (kJLpK)

274 Average-Sized or Possibly Larger Marco - LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (xT8gx)

275 >>>Here's a list of Senators that shouldn't be Majority Leader.
McConnell, Thune, Barrasso, Ernst, Murkowski, Romney and Collins.

cornyn

Posted by: Toyama Koichi at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (C1Zwz)

276 I've read where music groups or sometimes sports teams often become superstars when one person gets expelled or leaves the group. Turns out they were the stumbling block all along.

Addition by subtraction is the term.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (CXr4y)

277 >>Where are we on the diesel stockpile and the railroad strike?

Posted by: Brunnhilde

Impending doom, transgendered hardest hit; film at 11

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (geLO8)

278 Better than Mitch the Bitch

Posted by: Skip's phone at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (tcekO)

279 SuperDondi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 11, 2022 01:13 PM (Qzn2/)

Good moniker. Let's go with it....as long as we can

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 11, 2022 01:29 PM (OcxYp)

Aguaman?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (yHsuS)

280 I am so sick of this:

It wasn't Trump who hurt us on this election. It was the GOP leadership determined to take MAGA and Trump down BAMN. The dems do what they always do: lie and improve on their cheating tactics.

We cannot win fighting on two fronts; the party current leadership is fighting the conservative/Rep voters. All because they fear losing their power and control. When is anyone in the senate going to call them out?

Posted by: Floridachick at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (X8MxD)

281
Is Ace / Chuy digging out his "goin' through Marco's trash" gear?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (pNxlR)

282 whoever came up with vote by mail is an evil genius

Posted by: DB at November

Tee hee!

Posted by: Schumer and the Gope at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (6hCvI)

283 Guys, I think 2022 is a blessing. We won, just enough, and we were given a warning without losing the WH (again). oooof . that was close !

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (V13WU)

284 re we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (J2vNu)

Shouldn't those be kept in a trunk?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (JMAcK)

285 Acceptance Mitch Replacements?

Betty Boothroyd. Bitch could keep those MPs in line.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (atmen)

286 > Right now, looks like he's the only game in town for them.

If Boebert manages to beat the fraud, she'd be worth considering just to enjoy the commutard reeeeeee-ing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (bW8dp)

287 Q: How is an elephant like paint?

A: They both come in quart buckets.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (wtvvX)

288 Murkowski has pics of Mitch in incriminating position...

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (V13WU)

289 So I looked at kari lakes Twitter and im saw a video msnbc being scared. Also they mention at the end a 290,000 vote count at the end which may push kari over. Keep an eye on her Twitter.

Here's my worry. We know from Dave in Fla that:

1)It was originally reported that those day off boxes contained 240k ballots.

2)Lake is expected to win those 60-40%

3)Then, later in the week it was announced that those boxes contained 50K more ballots, totalling 290k

This is taken as a positive because it means she has a bigger margin coming out of there.

So, question: If 1 and 2 are true, and you know this means she's got a margin of 20% of 240k coming out of those, how many straight D ballots would you have to fill out and add to the pile to negate her advantage?

Posted by: Methos at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (kOpft)

290 A VA congresscritter was on Ingraham last night and said many of those in congress don't want McCarthy. At all. Said they blame some of the losses on him, and they want a leader from a red state, and not Cali.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (VWp7G)

MTG or Jordan or Scalise would be acceptable.

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (Mkvkw)

291 283 Guys, I think 2022 is a blessing. We won, just enough, and we were given a warning without losing the WH (again). oooof . that was close !
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (V13WU)

==========

I think it convinced me that I don't actually care that much about politics.

I've been steeped in it for so long that it's just kind of what I follow these days, so I've accumulated a lot of knowledge about people, processes, and other such. However, I feel no real emotion when "my side" loses. It's a habit now, not really an interest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (LvTSG)

292 59 You'll notice in all the coordinated Hit-piecing on Trump in the aftermath of this week's House and SENATE debacle that very few voices have said anything about either Ronna McDaniel or Mitch McConnell's role in the most underwhelming election performance by the GOP in modern memory. This is intentional.

McConnell has chalked up just as many high profile losses as Trump. Probably more. At the very least his party should not have lost senate seats, as it now appears they will. He does not belong in the leadership . Same with Ronna McDaniel. Kevin McCarthy can stay - maybe - but he needs to be on a very short leash.
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2022 01:08 PM (CEh/e)

From the Morning Report:

"Not only did President Trump win 219 of his 235 endorsed races (that’s a 93 percent success rate at last count), but the Democrats just guaranteed themselves Joe Biden as their nominee for 2024."

Those that have come to bury Caesar and not praise him (looking at you, Paul Ryan) are a little early on this obituary.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (9miN6)

293 >. re we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

did this all start with my elephant comment in a previous thread?

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (geLO8)

294 We won, just enough, and we were given a warning
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (V13WU)

Ain't over, nice long Holiday weekend with a forecast of Heavy Ballots throughout the weekend. We are also expecting our last bit of House seats to come from California.

Happy Veterans Day.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (OLVeZ)

295 288 Murkowski has pics of Mitch in incriminating position...
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (V13WU)

========

Attending church? Enjoying his wife monogamously? Donating to charity?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (LvTSG)

296 I think it convinced me that I don't actually care that much about politics.

I've been steeped in it for so long that it's just kind of what I follow these days, so I've accumulated a lot of knowledge about people, processes, and other such. However, I feel no real emotion when "my side" loses. It's a habit now, not really an interest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (LvTSG)

you are addicted and you know it! try to step away from the blog , go ahead , I dare you !!

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (V13WU)

297 >>>I've been steeped in it for so long that it's just kind of what I follow these days, so I've accumulated a lot of knowledge about people, processes, and other such. However, I feel no real emotion when "my side" loses. It's a habit now, not really an interest.

there's gonna be so much losing you'll be tired of all the losing

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (C1Zwz)

298 Is there anyone here who thinks what's happening in Arizona IS NOT democrats cheating?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (DcKNO)

299 165 >>>If the House GOP opponents of McCarthy were smart, all they would have to use is that McCarthy has to be pried with a crowbar from Frank Luntz's ass which is a conflict of interest for a GOP leader.

The free housing is an ethics violation too as Luntz is a GOP and corporate/media vendor among other things.
Posted by: whig

Exactly.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (VWp7G)
_________

Bigots! You demand they deny their love? H8rs!

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (TgBWG)

300 What did Milton Friedman say? Something like, the goal isn't to elect the right people but to set things up such that the wrong people do the right things.

More or less.

Posted by: Synova at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (BD/yx)

301 >>LAX is a shithole of an airport. That's all

It is known.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (ZLI7S)

302 295 288 Murkowski has pics of Mitch in incriminating position...
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (V13WU)

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Attending church? Enjoying his wife monogamously? Donating to charity?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (LvTSG)

Supporting Conservative Republicans?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (wtvvX)

303 We need a Machiavellian schemer who's NOT a globalist. Rubio doesn't have the intellect.
Scott's already backed down.

Posted by: Januwary at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (CUz1X)

304 If the Senate is beginning to look like Game of Thrones now, does that give an enterprising House member a chance to take on McCarthy? Right now, looks like he's the only game in town for them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

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McCarthy has the problem that he is caught between the growing Freedom Caucus and the shrinking GOP contingents from blue states. If he is smart, he gives the power back to the members and does regular order in the House and chairs of committees rather than mega bills and trying to run who gets what committee.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (CXr4y)

305 297 there's gonna be so much losing you'll be tired of all the losing
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (C1Zwz)

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I'm gonna get myself into a better mood and watch Prometheus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (LvTSG)

306 > Yet he funneled cash to Murkowski.

Bastard funneled cash to Murkowski even after we primaried her ass a couple of cycles back. She won as a write-in.

The pain of being a low-population state that's extremely vulnerable to outside cash.

The last I looked, Peltola, the D candidate for House, had received $250,000 in in-state donations, $2.5 million in out-of-state donations.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (bW8dp)

307 that's the neat thing about these mail-in ballots

all you have to do is keep 'finding' them
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:27 PM (geLO

........

I know right? So cornvenient.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (v0R5T)

308 Next week? How about waiting until the GA runoff first.

Posted by: DeathSantis 24 at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (CV5CH)

309 > he's gone for yuan

He's got glee for Xi.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:28 PM (eyxn4)

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He resents getting less than 10 percents.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (K3TEc)

310 I feel no real emotion when "my side" loses.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (LvTSG)

That's the "There is no spoon" moment kicking in.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (OLVeZ)

311 I've read where music groups or sometimes sports teams often become superstars when one person gets expelled or leaves the group. Turns out they were the stumbling block all along.

Addition by subtraction is the term.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM

****
Grateful Dead, Beatles and Pink Floyd took off after founding member left IIRC

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (z0aPa)

312 What do you say to an elephant to keep him from charging?

Nothing. He won't understand you.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (yHsuS)

I thought you just had to take the Visa...

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (Mkvkw)

313 Whatever happened to the days when Senators represented the States from which they were elected? Now it seems like they represent "the Senate." (NOT America, nor their respective States. It's all about "the club.")

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (YIVH2)

314 We won, just enough, and we were given a warning
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 01:31 PM (V13WU)

Best case scenario is a 50-50 senate which allows Biden to stack federal judges for 2 more years.

That ain't winning.

Posted by: I've got bad news for you at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (JHjPS)

315 >. re we done with the elephant jokes? (I hope not. I've still got a few more up my sleeve)

did this all start with my elephant comment in a previous thread?

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (geLO

Horde's got a long memory, not unlike elephants who've been back-stabbed by their party leaders.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (yHsuS)

316 > 288 Murkowski has pics of Mitch in incriminating position...

Quite possibly with her. You do know they call him "Cocaine Mitch", right?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (bW8dp)

317 Go Rubio!

Posted by: A person afraid of the LGBTQ lobby at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (5DTn7)

318 "Not only did President Trump win 219 of his 235 endorsed races (that’s a 93 percent success rate at last count), but the Democrats just guaranteed themselves Joe Biden as their nominee for 2024."

His W/L ratio doesn't mean much because most of those are very safe seats. You can't jump to the head of the parade and claim to be it's drum major. Have we learned nothing from Animal House?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (eOEVl)

319 OMG, Wonder Pets! I haven't seen or heard that since I cut the cord from cable back in the late 2000s. My youngest daughter loved that one.

Kinda sad that I have any recollection to shows like this from my kids' early youth. I'm sure there were more worthy things retained in my memory that were displaced by utterly useless things like this.

But I wouldn't know what those are now.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (TNyrE)

320 he's gone for yuan
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (C1Zwz)
++++
He'll drink pee for Renminbi.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (t0OGg)

321
Acceptable Mitch replacements?

Hawley? Rand?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 01:23 PM (KbCG3)

Just get an email address that auto-forwards a list of yeas and nays from the DNC to the GOP Senate caucus.

Cut out the middleman.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (oINRc)

322 310 I feel no real emotion when "my side" loses.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (LvTSG)

That's the "There is no spoon" moment kicking in.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (OLVeZ)

========

I'm not YD levels of cynical, but I think this midterm pushed me a good way towards his outlook on things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (LvTSG)

323 And yes, Little Marco is making a leadership play. Screw him.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (eOEVl)

324 I missed the last thread - "McMullin Lied In a Preening, Narcissistic, Sanctimonious Way", maybe Trump wanted to tag McMullin with the "sanctimonious" line, but couldn't get it to work, so he used it for DeSantis, where it rolls off the tongue better.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (fs1hN)

325 Politics isn't beanbags though.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (z0aPa)

326 Dig up The Songbird and place whats left of him in the Senate in the majority leader's chair.

Better than old Mitch.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (R/m4+)

327 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (YIVH2)

I think it has something to do with the 17th amendment

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)

328 Next week? How about waiting until the GA runoff first.

Posted by: DeathSantis 24 at November 11, 2022 01:34 PM (CV5CH)

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My first thought as well (@195) after reading that.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (K3TEc)

329 289, could it be those votes that weren't counted when the machines are down? I have a feeling that kari knows about this and has lawyers on top of it currently.

Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (pmoqr)

330 Grateful Dead, Beatles and Pink Floyd took off after founding member left IIRC
Posted by: torabora

Soft White Underbelly

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (KAi1n)

331 303 We need a Machiavellian schemer who's NOT a globalist. Rubio doesn't have the intellect.
Scott's already backed down.
Posted by: Januwary
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No, you don't need such. The Machiavellian schemer does not work out in long term relationships. Roberts is finding that out as Warren Burger did in the past. Rubio is also a better faceman for the party than Granny McConnell.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (CXr4y)

332 220 >I think Mitch's political instincts died years ago. He is simply gay for pay nowadays.

Posted by: whig
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He's Elaine's tormented slave dog, she controls him as only the Chinese know how. Every word he says is her word and he must please her or else.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (xcd1u)

333 79 Why the rush? (rhetorical question)

When the new Congress convenes in January with the newly elected Senators, THEN have the vote for leadership positions. Let the new guys/gals have a say.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (4I/2K)

++++

True, but those who have not yet committed to McConnell are being lobbied now. If an opponent is to have a chance, convincing the uncommitted to remain uncommitted for the time being is essential.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (gv7Yb)

334 How do you raise a baby elephant?

With a forklift.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (v0R5T)

335 >>>Here's a list of Senators that shouldn't be Majority Leader.
McConnell, Thune, Barrasso, Ernst, Murkowski, Romney and Collins.

cornyn
Posted by: Toyama Koichi at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (C1Zwz)

I didn't include a lot, because they're so weak they would even dream of trying for it, Cornyn's one.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (qH6FZ)

336 298 Is there anyone here who thinks what's happening in Arizona IS NOT democrats cheating?
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM (DcKNO)

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It's Democrats TRYING to cheat. Lake (and her army of lawyers) were ready for this and I think they'll see her over the finish line on this one.

Posted by: can of spam at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (7oNMO)

337
>>>You really think so?

100%. People do not accept demotions.
Posted by: ace

Robert Byrd (KKK-WV) did, but (part of) his price was to have his new office redecorated in exactly the same style as he had when he was the Dims Majority Leader.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (pNxlR)

338 Oh the huge Marco

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (63Dwl)

339 Judas Priest too. Rob Halford was not the singer for the band's first 3 years.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (KAi1n)

340 I haven't been working hard enough lately.

Posted by: Death at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (z0aPa)

341 Elephant jokes? This is about me, isn’t it?

— Joseph Merrick

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (atmen)

342 You can't jump to the head of the parade and claim to be it's drum major. Have we learned nothing from Animal House?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (eOEVl)

The lesson from Animal House and the Tea Party is that you can.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (yHsuS)

343 The only elephant joke I know is:

What is gray and comes in quarts?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (lTGtQ)

344 It's Democrats TRYING to cheat. Lake (and her army of lawyers) were ready for this and I think they'll see her over the finish line on this one.
Posted by: can of spam at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (7oNMO)
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I sure hope you're right. I can handle losing the Senate but Lake absolutely needs to win and clean up that state if we're going to have a future.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (+dHQK)

345 I think it has something to do with the 17th amendment
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)
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That one might be the most destructive to our republican form of government...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (YIVH2)

346 > 269 LAX is a shithole of an airport. That's all
Posted by: IC at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (z2QPc)

It is, but not as bad as SEA.

Worst ever: STL. I've been in inner-city bus stations that seemed safer, better-organized, and less decrepit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (bW8dp)

347 The Daily Daddario is just gonna go for a swim to start the weekend:

https://tinyurl.com/yx8pxw6p

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (LvTSG)

348 In refreshing news, Nice Bod Brooke is showing off her Nice Bod with a nice top. Unfortunately, the writers have her on a crying jag, so her face looks like shit, lol.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (ufFY8)

349 We need a Machiavellian schemer who's NOT a globalist. Rubio doesn't have the intellect.

Correct.

McCarthy has the problem that he is caught between the growing Freedom Caucus and the shrinking GOP contingents from blue states. If he is smart,

There's your problem. You need both brains and a backbone. He has neither.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (eOEVl)

350 Good luck Little Marco

“Bing bing bing, bing bing.”

Posted by: Don at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (OG98j)

351
Bigots! You demand they deny their love? H8rs!
Posted by: Eeyore
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Hell, McCarthy denies their love which dare not speak its name. He is married with kids but conveniently they stay in California.

So, what goes on in DC, stays in DC.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:39 PM (CXr4y)

352 Cornyn
Posted by: Toyama Koichi at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (C1Zwz)

The ambition isn't there, wouldn't worry about it.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:39 PM (OLVeZ)

353 I prefer to think Marco is saying, "Mitch is 112, is a total sell-out to China, and he couldn't even lead us to victory in the worst economy since Jimmy Carter was ruining the country. Let's try something else."

Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 01:39 PM (FJYfm)

354 The Daily Daddario is just gonna go for a swim to start the weekend:
https://tinyurl.com/yx8pxw6p
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (LvTSG)
++++
I have a ~~pool~~ bathtub she can use.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:39 PM (t0OGg)

355 Every word he says is her word and he must please her or else.

here's MY word to elaine's bitch:

YOU BEEN HEAH FOAH HOWAH, YOU GO NOW

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:39 PM (dCxaZ)

356 he's gone for yuan
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (C1Zwz)
++++
He'll drink pee for Renminbi.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (t0OGg)

Gargles sacks for greenbacks.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:39 PM (yHsuS)

357 333 79 Why the rush? (rhetorical question)

When the new Congress convenes in January with the newly elected Senators, THEN have the vote for leadership positions. Let the new guys/gals have a say.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (4I/2K)
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You had to say that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pa5nqYXEnY

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 01:40 PM (xcd1u)

358 220 >I think Mitch's political instincts died years ago. He is simply gay for pay nowadays.

Posted by: whig

I think he sees himself as some mythic monumental figure, presiding over the Senate, and he digs it
it has certainly brought him incredible wealth

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:24 PM (geLO

I am a Baby Boomer. Yet I want all the over age-60 elected people of both parties in DC to get lost. Hey Boomers (and the prior generation of Pelosi, Leahy, Grassley, and others), take your loot and retire. Your track record sucks.

Posted by: Gref at November 11, 2022 01:40 PM (AMIL/)

359 Robert Byrd (KKK-WV) did, but (part of) his price was to have his new office redecorated in exactly the same style as he had when he was the Dims Majority Leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November
*****
Didn't Sen. Byrd get the hallway in front of his office named after him too?

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (z0aPa)

360 I explained a week ago how percentages can go down in VBM states. The new ballots are likely to be votes for Boebert.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (5p7BC)

361 His W/L ratio doesn't mean much because most of those are very safe seats. You can't jump to the head of the parade and claim to be it's drum major. Have we learned nothing from Animal House?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (eOEVl)

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"Senator John "Bluto" Festerman was a 7th year college freshman who'd achieved a GPA of 0.0."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (K3TEc)

362 There's your problem. You need both brains and a backbone. He has neither.
Posted by: Archimedes
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He was actually smart enough to decline a promotion when Boehner stepped down and to let Ryan take it.

Some scandal with former member Renee Elmers supposedly at the time. Now, I wonder if that was a screen for some other same sex scandal that would have gotten him tossed from his seat.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (CXr4y)

363 @32

>>So...Rubio is thinking of running in 2024, and is trying to curry favor with the base by talking the populist talk, once it's obvious and acceptable to voice.

Nobody with hands that small or the inability to control his thirst while delivering an address will ever be President.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (pV3Bm)

364 Stephen Miller endorsed Mollie's idea, so maybe this will gain traction.

I think, though, Rubio should be required to make a public vow that he will resign should he or his caucus ever vote for or bring to a vote any amnesty or AUMF.

Posted by: Brock at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (OpX6M)

365 Ming Ming!!!!!

Posted by: tell me why you like somebody better, not why you hate somebody at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (JerFy)

366
Whatever happened to the days when Senators represented the States from which they were elected? Now it seems like they represent "the Senate." (NOT America, nor their respective States. It's all about "the club.")
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Thank the 17th Amendment for that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (pNxlR)

367 >>>YOU BEEN HEAH FOAH HOWAH, YOU GO NOW

lol

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (C1Zwz)

368 313 Whatever happened to the days when Senators represented the States from which they were elected? Now it seems like they represent "the Senate." (NOT America, nor their respective States. It's all about "the club.")
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (YIVH2)

The 17th amendment.

Posted by: espinostifer at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (xJleX)

369 Rubio v Mitch The Bitch in Thunderdome.

When retirement is NOT a option.

*wakes up, looks around* Shit.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (JOtiF)

370 Nobody's gonna vote without first getting their briefing from Bob from NSA.

Like Wilford Brimley reassuring Tom Cruise

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (61hwE)

371 >I prefer to think Marco is saying, "Mitch is 112, is a total sell-out to China, and he couldn't even lead us to victory in the worst economy since Jimmy Carter was ruining the country. Let's try something else."

If only someone had the stones to say that out loud, on camera

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (geLO8)

372 Here's a thought. Mitch - fight like hell for the uncalled Senate seats. Maybe some loyalty will follow.

Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (sX1BW)

373 I didn't include a lot, because they're so weak they would even dream of trying for it, Cornyn's one.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:37 PM (qH6FZ)

Not so fast: Mitch reportedly wanted Cornyn as his successor. Gobsmacking, I know, but, cucks.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (kJLpK)

374 97 Sen. John Kennedy or I don't give a shit about this.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (OLVeZ)

He's so great.

Posted by: m at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (RuTUS)

375 Elephant joke I've kept in my head better than 50 years:

Q: How do you know if there's an elephant in your refrigerator?

A: You'll see his footprints in the butter.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (906pl)

376 I think he sees himself as some mythic monumental figure, presiding over the Senate, and he digs it
it has certainly brought him incredible wealth

Posted by: DB
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His FiL did that for him. Turtle was bought indirectly by China in that transaction.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (CXr4y)

377 Gref @ 358-
Amen brother.
Eromero, fixin'to be 74.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (va2of)

378 > He's Elaine's tormented slave dog, she controls him as only the Chinese know how.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 01:36 PM (xcd1u)

You figure she's got a full "Dragon Lady" getup that she puts on when it's sexy time? Six-inch press-on nails, slit skirt, cigarette holder/opium pipe, whip?

Because Bitch seems like the kind of beta who'd be into that shit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (bW8dp)

379 I sure hope you're right. I can handle losing the Senate but Lake absolutely needs to win and clean up that state if we're going to have a future.
Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (+dHQK)

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Yeah the Senate, as important as it is in the short term won't matter nearly as much as getting one more "swing" state to clean up its election system (one of Lake's "day 1" priorities), because that will pay off in the long term for cycles to come.

Posted by: can of spam at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (7oNMO)

380 Whomever gets that hammer passed to him by Pelosi better be wearing rubber gloves.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (z0aPa)

381 So, question: If 1 and 2 are true, and you know this means she's got a margin of 20% of 240k coming out of those, how many straight D ballots would you have to fill out and add to the pile to negate her advantage?
_____________

I think you have the answer, it's the 50k that suddenly appeared in those boxes.

(sorry to be so cynical, I'm a Browns fan, it comes with the territory)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (fs1hN)

382 An elephant walks into a bar.
Bartender says: "You owe me a new door."

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (v0R5T)

383 Elaine Benes' dancing > Elaine McConnell's husband

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (LvTSG)

384 It is overdue, but I dont think many GOPers have the balls to confront Mitch.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (T6NRc)

385 When has Mitch the Bitch ever aligned with the interests of conservative voters? Heck, lately, I only recall the Kentucky Turtle Neck helping out his pal Senator Maverick, who stabbed conservative voters in the back.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (oi8wL)

386 And if Marco or someone else wants this job, screw the old unwritten rules of not campaigning for it. Go on Tucker and say I want it, and here's why.
Closed door caucus shit is bullshit.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (qH6FZ)

387 Miss Lindsay.

Posted by: davidt at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (oTZbj)

388
I am a Baby Boomer. Yet I want all the over age-60 elected people of both parties in DC to get lost. Hey Boomers (and the prior generation of Pelosi, Leahy, Grassley, and others), take your loot and retire. Your track record sucks.
Posted by: Gref

I am with you on all points - Boomer, too and git outta town, alla ya.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (pNxlR)

389 Dondi en fuego!

Posted by: DaisyB at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (AbL8c)

390 His W/L ratio doesn't mean much because most of those are very safe seats. You can't jump to the head of the parade and claim to be it's drum major. Have we learned nothing from Animal House?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (eOEVl)

It's the Nate Silver trick. Take credit for correctly predicting how the states will vote in the presidential election, when anyone even paying a whit of attention can predict 45 of them.

Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (FJYfm)

391 Wow. Aren't American politics exciting?!

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (BdMk6)

392 He faked us out with superficial and then came back with flaming skulls.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (Y5qcH)

393 Are we making the sexy with Rubios garbage again?

If this election cycle leads to the defenestration of McConnell, well, your offer is acceptable.

Posted by: blaster at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (iunJx)

394 390 It's the Nate Silver trick. Take credit for correctly predicting how the states will vote in the presidential election, when anyone even paying a whit of attention can predict 45 of them.
Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (FJYfm)

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And then use inside campaign information from the Obama camp to predict the final five.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (LvTSG)

395 Nobody with hands that small or the inability to control his thirst while delivering an address will ever be President.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (pV3Bm)

If Rubio is up for Senate leadership, he's decided (or, more likely since he's stupid, been told) that he cannot win the presidency. Which is obvious but, still.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (kJLpK)

396 An elephant walks into a bar.
Bartender says: "You owe me a new door."
Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (v0R5T)
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Elephant picks up bartender with his powerful trunk, pulls the bartender within rending distance of his tusks, and replies, "you sure about that, champ?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (t0OGg)

397 Just looked again at lake's Twitter, they're dropping mostly pre election day votes still. Last nights drop was votes from the Saturday Sunday and Monday right before election Tuesday.

Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (pmoqr)

398 You figure she's got a full "Dragon Lady" getup that she puts on when it's sexy time? Six-inch press-on nails, slit skirt, cigarette holder/opium pipe, whip?

Because Bitch seems like the kind of beta who'd be into that shit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I'd bet a fair amount of money that the majority of you rons would go for that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (SVX08)

399 372 Here's a thought. Mitch - fight like hell for the uncalled Senate seats. Maybe some loyalty will follow.
Posted by: SH
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He is the most unpopular party leader in the US. Even lower than Pelosi. He needs to step down and let a new generation come into power.

His political instincts are crap, his legislative record is crap, and his supposed intimate knowledge of the legislative process never seems to work in the advantage of conservatives. Crap.

Time for him to go.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (CXr4y)

400 353
I see this as an example of what Milton Friedman said "Make it politically profitable for the wrong people (Rubio) to do the right thing (shitcanning McConnell)"

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (VNGpB)

401 Here's a list of Senators that shouldn't be Majority Leader.

McConnell, Thune, Barrasso, Ernst, Murkowski, Romney and Collins.

Anyone other than them is an improvement.
Posted by: lowandslow

The Tarheel State thanks you for your consideration of its own son Thom Tillis!

Posted by: Oedipus at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (FxdDL)

402 390 His W/L ratio doesn't mean much because most of those are very safe seats. You can't jump to the head of the parade and claim to be it's drum major. Have we learned nothing from Animal House?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (eOEVl)

It's the Nate Silver trick. Take credit for correctly predicting how the states will vote in the presidential election, when anyone even paying a whit of attention can predict 45 of them.
Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (FJYfm)

Obama put his name on a lot of races, many he thought would be easy wins and we dubbed him shit midas.

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (53oGX)

403 An elephant walks into a bar.
Bartender says: "Quick, hide the peanuts!"

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (v0R5T)

404 Nobody with hands that small or the inability to control his thirst while delivering an address will ever be President.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2022 01:41 PM (pV3Bm)

President Trump took a sip of water. Once. CBS News covered the momentous occasion.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (JOtiF)

405 Thanks for the link, SMH.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (aW5/6)

406 If anything good comes out of this mid-term, let it be Mitch being led into the room where he thinks his getting voted in again as the GOP majority leader and it be....empty.

"Ahhh, fongool!"

Call to Murk, Romney and Collins: "He's gone. He's gone and there's nothing we could do about it."

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (+Cgut)

407 It's the Nate Silver trick. Take credit for correctly predicting how the states will vote in the presidential election, when anyone even paying a whit of attention can predict 45 of them.
Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 01:43 PM (FJYfm)

But he uses computers and computers are science.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (Y5qcH)

408 Rubio's garbage hardest hit? (by Ace, of course).

Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (ZGrMX)

409 Murkowski has not been elected
per the NY Post
Tshibaka is in the lead +/- 94k to Murk's 91K

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (xcd1u)

410 There needs to be a big shake up now in the leadership so that a message will be sent to turncoats who are working against the MAGA movement that they can and will be replaced.

Posted by: cjhmhch at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (PoYG7)

411 Yeah the Senate, as important as it is in the short term won't matter nearly as much as getting one more "swing" state to clean up its election system (one of Lake's "day 1" priorities), because that will pay off in the long term for cycles to come.
Posted by: can of spam at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (7oNMO)

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Exactly. And I just plain like Kari Lake. She's dynamite. Hobbs shouldn't be rewarded for refusing to defend her positions. Kari Lake fights every single day, she's prepared, she's quick-witted, and she brings receipts. We need more examples like that paving the way in the Republican party.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (+dHQK)

412 He is the most unpopular party leader in the US. Even lower than Pelosi. He needs to step down and let a new generation come into power.

His political instincts are crap, his legislative record is crap, and his supposed intimate knowledge of the legislative process never seems to work in the advantage of conservatives. Crap.

Time for him to go.

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Yes, but it doesn't look like he will.

I was just offering his advisors who read this blog (he has to have one), some friendly advice on the best way to make the case for himself.

Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (sX1BW)

413 Father, where are you?

Posted by: Beau Biden at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (geVLo)

414
What is gray and comes in quarts?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 11, 2022 01:38 PM (lTGtQ)

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Bill Clinton when he's with The Energizer Bunny?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (K3TEc)

415 elephant walks into a bar

bartender says "buddy, why the long face?"

elephant says, "have I said one mean thing to you...?"

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (C1Zwz)

416 342
'The lesson from Animal House and the Tea Party is that you can.'
Well, that was Stork and we all thought he was brain damaged.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (VNGpB)

417 Bill Clinton when he's with The Energizer Bunny?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (K3TEc)
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Damn. Gross. So gross.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (t0OGg)

418 > Gentlemen, this kind of repulsive slapassery is why you must be destroyed.

Speaking of repulsive slapassery, Rainn Wilson (he played Dwight Schrute in The Office) changed his name in protest of climate change. His new name is "Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson."

I'm not joking.
https://bit.ly/3WXreZK

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (eyxn4)

419 412 Yes, but it doesn't look like he will.

I was just offering his advisors who read this blog (he has to have one), some friendly advice on the best way to make the case for himself.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (sX1BW)

=========

His advisors read The New York Times and WaPo and have active subscriptions to The Bulwark that they don't really keep up with.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (LvTSG)

420 Do we still have time to vote anywhere this cycle?

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (z0aPa)

421 Did you hear about the elephant with the severe trunk infection?

His proboscis was not good.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (atmen)

422 Speaking of repulsive slapassery, Rainn Wilson (he played Dwight Schrute in The Office) changed his name in protest of climate change. His new name is "Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson."

I'm not joking.
https://bit.ly/3WXreZK
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (eyxn4)
++++
I stand by my initial reaction.

What a pussy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (t0OGg)

423 Murkowski has not been elected
per the NY Post
Tshibaka is in the lead +/- 94k to Murk's 91K

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Not once they start divying up the Dem's votes under the Murkowski Protection Racket system they have.

Posted by: Brock at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (OpX6M)

424
I'd bet a fair amount of money that the majority of you rons would go for that.

Posted by: nurse ratched

"That has been established, madam. Now we are simply negotiating"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (61hwE)

425 Do we still have time to vote anywhere this cycle?

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (z0aPa)

GA Senate runoff.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (yHsuS)

426 He's Elaine's tormented slave dog, she controls him as only the Chinese know how. Every word he says is her word and he must please her or else.

Posted by: Braenyard
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I know words that will please GOP party voters---

You Go Now!!!

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (CXr4y)

427 422 I stand by my initial reaction.

What a pussy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (t0OGg)

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He was a good Harry Mudd, though. The only good thing in Star Trek Discovery Season 1.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (LvTSG)

428 Rubio doesn’t not like Scott but the enemy of my enemy is my friend

I never trust Rubio

Posted by: Gonzotx at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (t4poC)

429 >>>Speaking of repulsive slapassery, Rainn Wilson (he played Dwight Schrute in The Office) changed his name in protest of climate change. His new name is "Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson."

geeks who are bullied as children can either become tough and impervious to social pressure or become mewling servile Appeasement Robots

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (C1Zwz)

430 Father, where are you?

Posted by: Beau Biden at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (geVLo)

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LOL. "I'm gonna avenge your death from that childhood car accident with the drunk camel-jockey in Iraq by nuking Tehran!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (K3TEc)

431 McCarthy has the problem that he is caught between the growing Freedom Caucus and the shrinking GOP contingents from blue states. If he is smart,

There's your problem. You need both brains and a backbone. He has neither.
________________

That's what I'm SAYIN'! Trump for Speaker of the House! Let's GOOOOO!!!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (fs1hN)

432 267 Here's a list of Senators that shouldn't be Majority Leader.

McConnell, Thune, Barrasso, Ernst, Murkowski, Romney and Collins.

Anyone other than them is an improvement.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:30 PM (qH6FZ)
_________
You left out Tillis.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (TgBWG)

433 Anyone with Heat in their name is triggering to me and needs a SWAT visit every day.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (z0aPa)

434 I'd bet a fair amount of money that the majority of you rons would go for that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (SVX0

Says hummus lady.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (yHsuS)

435 423 Murkowski has not been elected
per the NY Post
Tshibaka is in the lead +/- 94k to Murk's 91K

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Not once they start divying up the Dem's votes under the Murkowski Protection Racket system they have.
Posted by: Brock at November 11, 2022 01:47 PM (OpX6M)

Do we think Dems would vote the incumbent R second?
I'm not from alaska, but would that be an assumption to make?

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (53oGX)

436 Trump's wins and losses

Where's the spreadsheet?
_Who and how many dollars donated to enumerated candidate?
_Who did he verbally endorse then support?
_Who did he do a rally for?

Those questions answered will tell the tale on Trump and not until then.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (xcd1u)

437 374 97 Sen. John Kennedy or I don't give a shit about this.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:11 PM (OLVeZ)

He's so great.
Posted by: m at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (RuTUS)

17 years as Treasurer Of Louisiana has got to count for something in this pissing contest... no? Leadership is about handling the money?

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (OLVeZ)

438 435 Do we think Dems would vote the incumbent R second?
I'm not from alaska, but would that be an assumption to make?
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (53oGX)

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Murkowski actively campaigned for it. I'd bet she gets the numbers from it.

RCV is an abomination.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (LvTSG)

439
Exactly. And I just plain like Kari Lake. She's dynamite. Hobbs shouldn't be rewarded for refusing to defend her positions. Kari Lake fights every single day, she's prepared, she's quick-witted, and she brings receipts. We need more examples like that paving the way in the Republican party.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (+dHQK)

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Just an observation: without Trump's endorsement, she likely doesn't win the Primary ... let alone the General.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (K3TEc)

440 >>>You left out Tillis.
Posted by: Eeyore

and burr

and Graham, Hannity's permanent Center Square

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (C1Zwz)

441 geeks who are bullied as children can either become tough and impervious to social pressure or become mewling servile Appeasement Robots

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (C1Zwz)

Rainn Wilson was born in Seattle. It explains everything

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (OgrpQ)

442 there's gonna be so much losing you'll be tired of all the losing
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM
==
gonna be? Forgot us so soon?

Posted by: Romney & McCain at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (g5JcM)

443 Well this is interesting. Could they finally realize the establishment is dead to us now? Cheney, ODea? Murkowski only being viable because of this ranked choice silliness? Mitch losing in a scenario where you had to really, really work at losing? Do they get even if they exit Trump stage left they have DeSantis who is still MAGA, that this isn’t about Trump, it’s about what WE stand for? And if you want to be a candidate that is viable, you better start wearing a red hat with pride?

Posted by: Piper at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

444 409 Murkowski has not been elected
per the NY Post
Tshibaka is in the lead +/- 94k to Murk's 91K

Did Tshibaka get past 50%? Because otherwise, Murk gets another shot at the apple.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (+dHQK)

445 Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (xcd1u)

On this metric alone both the GOPe and Trump both failed Extraordinarily.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (OLVeZ)

446 Good to see Collins on the list. She's going to vote D to make things fair anyway.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (z0aPa)

447 Rainfall beats heat wave. Heat wave beats extreme winter. Extreme winter freezes rainfall.

It's the libtard eversion of rock, paper, scissors.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (Y5qcH)

448 Beau was killed in an elephant stampede when Hannibal crossed the Alps.

Posted by: Joke Biden at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (v0R5T)

449 Do we think Dems would vote the incumbent R second?
I'm not from alaska, but would that be an assumption to make?
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (53oGX)

Yes. Forgone conclusion.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (qH6FZ)

450 and Graham, Hannity's permanent Center Square
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (C1Zwz)

Hilarious, ace!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (9miN6)

451 Yay, Big Tit Donna in a snug green top.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (ufFY8)

452 I got an elephant joke for you -

The GOPe!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (fs1hN)

453 Wow. And during McCain's funeral too!

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (zL564)

454 > I'd bet a fair amount of money that the majority of you rons would go for that.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (SVX0

Guilty.

I was just a tyke when Nancy Kwan first spiked my interest in international relations.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:51 PM (bW8dp)

455 Did Tshibaka get past 50%? Because otherwise, Murk gets another shot at the apple.
Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (+dHQK)

I think their New Ranked System states that if #2 pick loses, they go to their #1 pick. Now that might also mean some of those MooCow votes are destined for the Dem... who knows.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (OLVeZ)

456 I'd bet a fair amount of money that the majority of you rons would go for that.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:44 PM (SVX0

Six inch nails can be unpleasant

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (xhaym)

457 > Big Tit Donna in a snug green top.

That would have made a great title for a Mitch Ryder tune.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (bW8dp)

458 >>>You left out Tillis.
Posted by: Eeyore

and burr

and Graham, Hannity's permanent Center Square

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (C1Zwz)

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Heh. Maybe my favorite of Paul Lynde's many memorable answers --

Peter Marshall: "Pride, anger, covetousness, lust, gluttony, envy, and sloth are collectively known as what?"

Paul Lynde: "The Bill of Rights."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (K3TEc)

459 Just an observation: without Trump's endorsement, she likely doesn't win the Primary ... let alone the General.

why, ShainS, for the love of all that's holy...WHY?

Posted by: kallisto, sensing another Trump v deSantis bitchfight coming at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (dCxaZ)

460 164 "I think McConnell leadership is going to be contingent on winning the runoff. So this is a warning shot that McConnell needs to go all in on winning this, of the caucus will show him the door."
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (5p7BC)

Mitch wants this vote done next week, he doesn't want to wait.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (qH6FZ)

Nest week the House Republicans will also vote for their leadership. I thought this step occurred in December for both parties. If one or both parties recently moved this step up to shortly after the election, it must have been done in expectation the incoming rookies can be easily persuaded to vote for the existing leadership old farts.

Posted by: Gref at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (AMIL/)

461 I hate how the local news claims to "protect and alert" me.

F off.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (ufFY8)

462
Murkowski actively campaigned for it. I'd bet she gets the numbers from it.

RCV is an abomination.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (LvTSG)

It is. Murkowski campaigned for the Democratic congressional nominee to help grease the skids.

RCV is the Establishment's last stand unless it just says, fuck it, we are going back to smoky rooms and ending primaries, which we cannot discount totally.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (kJLpK)

463 Friend of mine's brother in KY, unmarried and with no children, received 5 ballots in the mail. Guess they were just sending them to addresses, not individuals.

Parties in states with mail in ballots best come up with a strategy to take advantage of it.

Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (AmoqO)

464 So, question: If 1 and 2 are true, and you know this means she's got a margin of 20% of 240k coming out of those, how many straight D ballots would you have to fill out and add to the pile to negate her advantage?
Posted by: Methos at November 11, 2022 01:32 PM (kOpft)

I think they're pretty damn sure ALL 290K are going to swing heavily in her favor. They didn't come from areas for which they had concern, or to put it another way, there was none of their modeling that suggested these types of ballots would be anything other than late R voters, regardless of where they were cast.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (NWBBy)

465 Do we think Dems would vote the incumbent R second?
I'm not from alaska, but would that be an assumption to make?
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (53oGX)

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Murkowski actively campaigned for it. I'd bet she gets the numbers from it.

RCV is an abomination.

I think the turtle's attempts to manipulate that race will be the final straw that breaks his carapace.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (eOEVl)

466 Is it time to fall in love with those trash cans ace- all over again?

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (CwQXo)

467 The country is coming unglued.

Posted by: Elmer at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (2iAb/)

468 there's gonna be so much losing you'll be tired of all the losing
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:33 PM
==
gonna be? Forgot us so soon?
Posted by: Romney & McCain at November 11,
****
What was I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (z0aPa)

469 I have no elephant jokes, but did you know that an elephant's penis can reach 39 inches long and 6 inches in diameter?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (Y5qcH)

470 and Graham, Hannity's permanent Center Square
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (C1Zwz)

He's the Paul Lynde of politics

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (OgrpQ)

471 Everyone point and laugh at Chris Cuomo trying to be cool.

https://bit.ly/3DXZefT

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (eyxn4)

472 In 2018 both Scott and DeSantis were elected in Florida. If you could only have one of them win, then obviously having the Governor in Florida turned out to be much more important than a Senator.

So in Arizona, having Lake win is much more important than Masters.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (5p7BC)

473 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?

Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (NWBBy)

474 You figure she's got a full "Dragon Lady" getup that she puts on when it's sexy time? Six-inch press-on nails, slit skirt, cigarette holder/opium pipe, whip?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:42 PM (bW8dp)

No, all Chinese women are subs.

Posted by: espinostifer at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (xJleX)

475 Missed most of the thread but if McConnel's faction is so weak right now that he might be dumped (in other words Trump succeeded in MAGAfying the party), I don't think you see him supporting Walker or this recent push to dump Trump.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (eYoxG)

476 So in Arizona, having Lake win is much more important than Masters.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (5p7BC)

I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (bs+z0)

477 473 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (NWBBy)

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That the system is "fortified" in favor of Murkowski and her win is inevitable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (LvTSG)

478 Exactly. And I just plain like Kari Lake. She's dynamite. Hobbs shouldn't be rewarded for refusing to defend her positions. Kari Lake fights every single day, she's prepared, she's quick-witted, and she brings receipts. We need more examples like that paving the way in the Republican party.
Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:46 PM (+dHQK)

But Hobbs will hide the crimes and keep the money flowing.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (xhaym)

479 “Average-Sized, Or Possibly Larger, Marco"

I larfed!

Posted by: Senator Festerman at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (YTBIQ)

480 I do think Rubio would be a much better Majority Leader than Scott.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (5p7BC)

481 473 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (NWBBy)

Not yet

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (bs+z0)

482 431 I love that scenario, might solve our presidential race problem, too. In the very best of the win win ways.

I am sure there are downfalls I am not thinking through here, but knits face, it’s sounds amazing.

Posted by: Piper at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

483 Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (5p7BC)

no, sorry DiF, there's no putting lipstick on this pig.

They're BOTH important. We need all the anti-commies we can get

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (dCxaZ)

484 President Trump took a sip of water. Once. CBS News covered the momentous occasion.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 11, 2022 01:45 PM (JOtiF)

Twice... I watched that rally... it was awesome.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (OLVeZ)

485 Can’t see Graham playing Uncle Arthur, though.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (atmen)

486 Everyone point and laugh at Chris Cuomo trying to be cool.

https://bit.ly/3DXZefT
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (eyxn4)
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That is painful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (t0OGg)

487 So in Arizona, having Lake win is much more important than Masters.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (5p7BC)

A Masters win would be a strong repudiation of Cocaine Mitch. I'd love to see him win... and he might. The numbers look doable.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (NWBBy)

488 His advisors read The New York Times and WaPo and have active subscriptions to The Bulwark that they don't really keep up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Those are the ones he keeps in his office for show. His real bosses are Beijing through his handler wife.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (CXr4y)

489 Don't forget that China Mitch gave a LOT of money to Charlie Crist in the 2010 GOP primary when Thirsty Marco was challenging Crist.

Posted by: Furious George at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (CkFy6)

490 McConnell would love to resign and hand his spot to a Democrat. The alternative for him is he goes the full McCain/Liz Cheney and just becomes a super-powered RINO (e.g., "look, even Cocaine Mitch supports packing the Supreme Court with an additional 14 liberal justices").

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (Gu48G)

491 >I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?

Posted by: BurtTC

not yet, at least

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (geLO8)

492 Sundance has a good one up at Conservative Treehouse right now. Food for thought.

https://is.gd/p0VcU7

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (YJwUM)

493 "geeks who are bullied as children can either become tough and impervious to social pressure or become mewling servile Appeasement Robots

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (C1Zwz) "

A friend of mine was an admitted geek in his youth. Picked on and ridiculed, as nauseum. During the Vietnam War he was drafted and served several tours, among others awards earning a Bronze Star with a V device and a Purple Heart. He also kicked the living shit out of his two biggest tormentors. Karma.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (eacmp)

494 Everyone point and laugh at Chris Cuomo trying to be cool.

You know he thinks he's going to nail that little intern. What. A. Douche.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (eOEVl)

495 > Do we think Dems would vote the incumbent R second?
I'm not from alaska, but would that be an assumption to make?
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM

We don't have to guess. That's exactly what happened when we primaried Murky. The Dems all voted for Murky as a write-in. That, plus the GOPe vote, plus the idiots convinced by the millions in advertising purchased by Murky's DC frenz, was enough to get her back in.

Not that Chewbacca would likely be any better. She is a Swamp Creature, born and bred. Union dad, Haaaaaahvaaaad-educated, has never had a real, non-government job, spent the first 20 years of her career working for the feds in DC, before coming "home" to run as a carpetbagger... fill in the blanks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (bW8dp)

496 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (NWBBy)

Not yet
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (bs+z0)

They have the dumbest system there. Can we give the place back to Rooshia?

Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (NWBBy)

497 Did Tshibaka get past 50%? Because otherwise, Murk gets another shot at the apple.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (+dHQK)

That's not how RCV works. There will be 1 winner.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (JOtiF)

498 164 "I think McConnell leadership is going to be contingent on winning the runoff. So this is a warning shot that McConnell needs to go all in on winning this, of the caucus will show him the door."
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:15 PM (5p7BC)

Mitch wants this vote done next week, he doesn't want to wait.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (qH6FZ)

Congressional Party leaders must be ruthless. I don't see this in Marco.

Posted by: Gref at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (AMIL/)

499 If I received a mail in ballot in someone else's name I would return it to the county recorder's office.

I crack myself up.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (z0aPa)

500 Mamas, don't let your babies get tied up at Temple.

https://bit.ly/3hB372Y

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (eyxn4)

501 Rainn Wilson was born in Seattle. It explains everything
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (OgrpQ)

Why didn't he change his name to ground slug Wilson then?

Posted by: Oldcat at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (eoQWY)

502 Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (eyxn4)

that's cringy but for some reason I read: "Chris Christie" doing TikTok...

that would have been heinous tho'

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (dCxaZ)

503 473 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (NWBBy)

They reallocate 4th place (an R) and see if anyone gets to 50% (they literally can't b/c 4th place was under 3% of the vote), then they reallocate 3rd place (the Dem) and see who wins...

They have not done all this yet.

People figure Dems will put in Murkowski as the 2nd choice, BUT I'm not 100% certain b/c if you were rabid enough to be in the 9.5% who were Dems who didn't vote for her, would you really write her in or just leave it blank? If there all blank, she would not get enough to win...

Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (exHjb)

504 Ranked-choice voting is one of the things that makes me lament the invention of computers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (t0OGg)

505 But Hobbs will hide the crimes and keep the money flowing.
Posted by: Kindltot

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I think a lot of the AZ underground economy relies on cartel money laundering, human trafficking, and smuggling drugs across the border.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (CXr4y)

506 Rainn Wilson was born in Seattle. It explains everything

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (OgrpQ)

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This reminds me of my comment yesterday to her new Climate Change name ("What, Shercules Moonflower Sassdragon wasn't avaible?"):

So YT has come out with some new "Handle" to identify your channel -- so in honor of Ace, I used that great name emboldened above as mine.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (K3TEc)

507 The country is coming unglued.
Posted by: Elmer at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (2iAb/)

Circling the drain.

Posted by: Bemis at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (v0R5T)

508 > No, all Chinese women are subs.
Posted by: espinostifer at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (xJleX)

Not in my experience. The worst hen-pecked husbands I can recall were all married to Asian women. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino... doesn't matter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (bW8dp)

509 >That's not how RCV works. There will be 1 winner.

who decides the winner?

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (geLO8)

510 Folks really should go to Real Clear Politics and take a look at the map for the House. It's amazing how red the country is.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (5HBd1)

511 486 Everyone point and laugh at Chris Cuomo trying to be cool.

https://bit.ly/3DXZefT
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (eyxn4)
++++
That is painful.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November

Oh FFS. Could he be any more pathetic?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (lyZHm)

512 459 "Just an observation: without Trump's endorsement, she likely doesn't win the Primary ... let alone the General."

why, ShainS, for the love of all that's holy...WHY?
Posted by: kallisto, sensing another Trump v deSantis bitchfight coming at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (dCxaZ)

A candidate needs something going for them in a primary. Establishment support works, party figurehead endorsing you works. Otherwise hard to distinguish yourself.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (eYoxG)

513 I would love to put McConnell and people like Romney on a shelf for good. Just not a shelf Ace put up. That wouldn't hold up.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (eacmp)

514 469 I have no elephant jokes, but did you know that an elephant's penis can reach 39 inches long and 6 inches in diameter?
___________

You're right, that's no joke!

Posted by: Mrs. Elephant at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (fs1hN)

515 This is good, and not because it is Rubio. He is mostly GOPe, but he is also MAGA-Curious because he likes being a senator and can see which way the wind is blowing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (XIJ/X)

516 Oh FFS. Could he be any more pathetic?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (lyZHm)
++++
Yes, of course, It's similar to the Peak Stupid problem. One can approach - but never achieve - Peak Pathetic.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (t0OGg)

517 no, sorry DiF, there's no putting lipstick on this pig.

They're BOTH important. We need all the anti-commies we can get

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (dCxaZ)

Agreed. But, I'm with DiF. I want Lake and cleaning up the election apparatus over another Senator, if forced to choose.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (yHsuS)

518 >>>Speaking of repulsive slapassery, Rainn Wilson (he played Dwight Schrute in The Office) changed his name in protest of climate change. His new name is "Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson."

How the fuck do you protest the weather? That's like protesting the tide or the moon rising.

The population is getting dumber by the minute.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (ZLI7S)

519 480 I do think Rubio would be a much better Majority Leader than Scott.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:55 PM (5p7BC)

Dunno. Rubio would be far superior to McConnell, though.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (kJLpK)

520 So in Arizona, having Lake win is much more important than Masters.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (5p7BC)

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So much This.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (TNyrE)

521 A 12 gauge is overkill for a duckling but watching the whole video could have serwious percussions.

Posted by: DaveA at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (FhXTo)

522 Ranked-choice voting is one of the things that makes me lament the invention of computers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:57 PM (t0OGg)

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Mandatory Abacus Vote Counting FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (K3TEc)

523 How the fuck do you protest the weather? That's like protesting the tide or the moon rising.

The population is getting dumber by the minute.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (ZLI7S)

F'k the moon!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (Y5qcH)

524 Oh FFS. Could he be any more pathetic?

I heard that in a Chandler Bing voice.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (eOEVl)

525 518 How the fuck do you protest the weather? That's like protesting the tide or the moon rising.

The population is getting dumber by the minute.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (ZLI7S)

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If all the poors would stop trying to live in the modern age, climate change wouldn't be an issue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (LvTSG)

526 I want Lake and cleaning up the election apparatus over another Senator, if forced to choose.

me greedy

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (dCxaZ)

527 Dumb question: leadership for next year is picked by senators this year? This is like seniors electing student council for the following school year.

Posted by: DeathSantis 24 at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (CV5CH)

528 How the fuck do you protest the weather? That's like protesting the tide or the moon rising.

The population is getting dumber by the minute.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (ZLI7S)
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Oh come now, Jack. You know the answer.

He isn't protesting the weather, he's protesting all of the nasty human activity - like making movies and TV shows and shit - that makes climate change worse!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (t0OGg)

529 >That's not how RCV works. There will be 1 winner.

who decides the winner?

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (geLO

The people who got gamed the most.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (yHsuS)

530 who decides the winner?
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (geLO

Who? I tell you who.

Posted by: Master Blaster at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (NWBBy)

531 How the fuck do you protest the weather? That's like protesting the tide or the moon rising.

The population is getting dumber by the minute.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 01:59 PM (ZLI7S)

Remember when talking about the weather was what you did to *avoid* controversy?

Posted by: Oldcat at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (eoQWY)

532 Tim Conway doing the elephant skit and him and Harvey losing it. Best elephant joke I know

Posted by: kactus at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (296CT)

533 Congressional Party leaders must be ruthless. I don't see this in Marco.
Posted by: Gref
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No, they actually don't. It is a job to please your caucus members, not yourself. Howard Baker wasn't. Mike Mansfield wasn't, and so on. The jerks generally are feared but the instant the tables turn their caucuses waste no time in dispatching them.

See Newt Gingrich, Jim Wright, and I can go on.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (CXr4y)

534 me greedy

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (dCxaZ)

Admirable.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (yHsuS)

535 510 Folks really should go to Real Clear Politics and take a look at the map for the House. It's amazing how red the country is.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (5HBd1)

Empty land mass doesn't make a voter. 60% or so of the country lives in Urban Jungles and like being prisoners of their own design.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (OLVeZ)

536
I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC

No, they are still counting and she is in second place.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (pNxlR)

537 > 527 Dumb question: leadership for next year is picked by senators this year? This is like seniors electing student council for the following school year.
Posted by: DeathSantis 24 at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (CV5CH)

Leadership needs to be in place when the new Congress opens in January.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (bW8dp)

538 Nood. And it's not pretty.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (yHsuS)

539 Marco as Speaker== Amnesty

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (QY+6a)

540 510 Folks really should go to Real Clear Politics and take a look at the map for the House. It's amazing how red the country is.
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Dems are party of the big cities and Indian reservations. Too bad R's can't make inroads into the cities. Although Miami has an R mayor, which might mean it can be done.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (fs1hN)

541 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 01:54 PM (NWBBy)

Situation murky. Try again later.

Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (Qzn2/)

542 On this metric alone both the GOPe and Trump both failed Extraordinarily.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (OLVeZ)
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You don't know at all.
You don't know the answer to any of those questions.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (xcd1u)

543 Remember when talking about the weather was what you did to *avoid* controversy?
Posted by: Oldcat at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (eoQWY)

Liberals ruin everything, Case #ElbentyQUinTillionAnd5

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (OLVeZ)

544 The population is getting dumber by the minute.
Posted by: JackStraw
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That appears to be true, the Flynn effect appears to be reversing itself undoing probably a century of IQ improvements in society.

Dumb societies eventually end up drawing their drinking water where they defecate.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (CXr4y)

545 Sundance has a good one up at Conservative Treehouse right now. Food for thought.

https://is.gd/p0VcU7
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 11, 2022 01:56 PM (YJwUM)
.......

Are they doing elephant jokes?

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 02:02 PM (v0R5T)

546 You don't know at all.
You don't know the answer to any of those questions.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 11, 2022 02:01 PM (xcd1u)

Compelling counter arguments....

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 02:02 PM (OLVeZ)

547 Nood - Dood wins beauty pageant.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 11, 2022 02:02 PM (Rl7KJ)

548 why, ShainS, for the love of all that's holy...WHY?

Posted by: kallisto, sensing another Trump v deSantis bitchfight coming at November 11, 2022 01:52 PM (dCxaZ)

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LOL. Apologies, I should self-deport ...

;-)

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of The Kink at November 11, 2022 02:02 PM (K3TEc)

549 Do they get even if they exit Trump stage left they have DeSantis who is still MAGA, that this isn’t about Trump, it’s about what WE stand for? And if you want to be a candidate that is viable, you better start wearing a red hat with pride?
==
You may be on to something there.

Posted by: Gov. Younkin at November 11, 2022 02:02 PM (QSuDT)

550 Mitch McConnell is an embarrassment to all mitchkind. The League of Mitch convened and we ejected him from the league and stripped him of his mitchhood. You must refer to him as “Mike” from now on. Thank you in advance.

Posted by: No Shirt Shylock at November 11, 2022 02:03 PM (PWI4f)

551 513 I would love to put McConnell and people like Romney on a shelf for good. Just not a shelf Ace put up. That wouldn't hold up.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (eacmp)

Suspend that shelf over a tank full of rabid barracuda, and I do not see the problem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 02:03 PM (CwQXo)

552 new thread up - more disgusting mishegas

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 02:03 PM (dCxaZ)

553 533 Congressional Party leaders must be ruthless. I don't see this in Marco.
Posted by: Gref
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No, they actually don't. It is a job to please your caucus members, not yourself. Howard Baker wasn't. Mike Mansfield wasn't, and so on. The jerks generally are feared but the instant the tables turn their caucuses waste no time in dispatching them.

See Newt Gingrich, Jim Wright, and I can go on.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (CXr4y)

I mean ruthless in dealing with the other party.

Posted by: Gref at November 11, 2022 02:03 PM (AMIL/)

554 I can't read all the way up. Are people saying Murk won in Alaska?
Posted by: BurtTC

No, they are still counting and she is in second place.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 02:00 PM (pNxlR)

With Ranked Choice Voting second place is the winner.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 11, 2022 02:03 PM (AiZBA)

555 nood

trannies

sigh....

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 02:04 PM (0fVbu)

556 > With Ranked Choice Voting second place is the winner.

Nonsense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 02:04 PM (bW8dp)

557 >>He isn't protesting the weather, he's protesting all of the nasty human activity - like making movies and TV shows and shit - that makes climate change worse!

The Ring of Fire has been going off for the last 4 or 5 years with volcanoes above and below the water and these dipshits are so stupid they think my car is making the ocean temperature rise a degree or two in the Pacific. If hunting stupid people ever becomes legal I will be first in line to buy a license.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2022 02:04 PM (ZLI7S)

558 552 new thread up - more disgusting mishegas
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I'll skip it. Don't miss my worthless comments too much.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 11, 2022 02:04 PM (fs1hN)

559 Ugh, I really didn't want to do more math, but here we go.

In Alaska the votes are:
Tshibaka 94,138
Murkowski 91,205
Chesbro (D) 20,265
Kelley 6,244

Assume Kelley voters put in Tshibaka as 2nd choice, because they also hate Murkowski, then Tshibaka goes to 100,382.

Then Tshibaka will hold a 9,177 lead on Murkowski. When the Chesbro votes are eliminated, you need 45% of those votes to not say Murkowski, and every vote that says Tshibaka reduces that percentage a tad.

So it is possible Murkoswki loses, but it all depends on how many Democrats listed her as a second choice.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 02:06 PM (5p7BC)

560 Also there are 1,056 write-ins in Alaska, I have no idea if they also get a 2nd choice, and if any of them would bother to put in a 2nd choice.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 02:08 PM (5p7BC)

561 This is good, and not because it is Rubio. He is mostly GOPe, but he is also MAGA-Curious because he likes being a senator and can see which way the wind is blowing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 01:58 PM (XIJ/X)

Doing the right thing for the wrong reason is 100% fine, because they're still doing the right thing.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 02:09 PM (ZGrMX)

562 John Thune is on deck.

Posted by: Brando at November 11, 2022 02:09 PM (R5FXF)

563 44 I do honestly think McConnell's days are numbered as Senate leader, but I don't think the replacement will be any better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Ivdso)

This is the kind of gloomy outlook I come here for, however it will probably be worse than you expect.

Posted by: a.moron at November 11, 2022 02:10 PM (tu3iY)

564 Oh that's so cute, talking about elections as if...

Posted by: MMinWA at November 11, 2022 02:11 PM (vIZXW)

565 I really don't understand so many people's hatred of Rubio. You don't like what he did a decade ago? Don't you think he learned his lesson about trusting Schumer? He's been nothing but a reliable conservative for years now and there isn't that many Republicans better than him in Congress right now.

Posted by: Rexbatt at November 11, 2022 02:11 PM (fCSZM)

566 I have no elephant jokes, but did you know that an elephant's penis can reach 39 inches long and 6 inches in diameter?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 01:53 PM (Y5qcH)

And still leave room in Kamala's mouth.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 11, 2022 02:12 PM (wtvvX)

567 440 >>>You left out Tillis.
Posted by: Eeyore

and burr

and Graham, Hannity's permanent Center Square
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 01:50 PM (C1Zwz)
________

Mistah Burr, he dead.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 11, 2022 02:14 PM (TgBWG)

568 The short list for leader should be: Ron Johnson, Cotton, Grassley, Hawley, and Rand Paul. In that order.

Posted by: jb at November 11, 2022 02:15 PM (MFMP+)

569 Wasn't Rubio part of The Gang of Eight?

Do we need more gang-style leadership in the federal government? Seems like we're already full up.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 11, 2022 02:26 PM (kWePN)

570 John Thune is on deck.
Posted by: Brando at November 11, 2022 02:09 PM (R5FXF)

If the Senate hens eunuchs go with Thune.....Trump will have Thune gone before Thune has time to get even one new grift going as Majority Leader

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 11, 2022 02:30 PM (cZM9c)

571 Ruh roh.

It looks like the Dems are stealing Republican’s idea of electing Trump as Speaker.

If Democrats get to around 214-217, the idea is going around Capitol Hill right now of getting all Ds and a few vulnerable Rs to back Liz Cheney for Speaker.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 11, 2022 02:34 PM (SpPNO)

572 If the Senate hens eunuchs go with Thune.....Trump will have Thune gone before Thune has time to get even one new grift going as Majority Leader

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 11, 2022 02:30 PM (cZM9c)

It's the Uniparty. We'll see.

Posted by: Brando at November 11, 2022 02:36 PM (R5FXF)

573 569
The one rule of gang government is to never talk about gang government.

Posted by: Rhet Waif at November 11, 2022 02:36 PM (dzZCL)

574 For Our Marines:

https://youtu.be/abO9p4fFqbM

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at November 11, 2022 02:46 PM (oe5gK)

575 they get even if they exit Trump stage left they have DeSantis who is still MAGA, that this isn’t about Trump, it’s about what WE stand for? And if you want to be a candidate that is viable, you better start wearing a red hat with pride?
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You may be on to something there.
Posted by: Gov. Younkin at November 11, 2022 02:02 PM (QSuDT)

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They most definitely know that if they promote a fight or competition between desantis and trump, not only do they eliminate either of them, but they also get desantis out of the governorship of Florida. That frees them up to put any dem they choose as governor. Their agenda would be much easier if they could get Florida back on the vote fraud program.

Posted by: Chillin the most at November 11, 2022 02:48 PM (0uQp2)

576 Rubio was on the Senate Intelligence committee and was a member of the Gang of 8 along with Devin Nunes. He did NOTHING to back up Nunes during the Russia hoax.

No thank you.

Posted by: MattJ at November 11, 2022 02:48 PM (bCT5k)

577 Rubio pushing to get Mitch to leave. No longer Little Marco, but "Fun Size Marco."

Posted by: desertgardens at November 11, 2022 02:53 PM (f9W5x)

578 This is the kind of gloomy outlook I come here for, however it will probably be worse than you expect.
Posted by: a.moron at November 11, 2022 02:10 PM (tu3iY)

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Fuck this! I have more doom than anybody and I will not stand any challenge to my dark reign. Not only will it be worse than Christopher R Taylor expects, but it will probably be worse than you expect! My negativity is bigger than your negativity!

Posted by: DFCtomm at November 11, 2022 03:07 PM (OHy0b)

579 Grateful Dead, Beatles and Pink Floyd took off after founding member left IIRC Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2022 01:35 PM (z0aPa)

You could say the same for Fleetwood Mac and Genesis, although I kind of liked the old versions better than the commercial versions.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 11, 2022 03:09 PM (7B5FA)

580 I looked at the actual GOP caucus in the Senate a couple of weeks ago and came to the conclusion that the leadership fight boils down to a handful of backbench GOP senators no one ever heard of like Braun (Indiana), Hyde-Smith (Mississippi), Daines (Montana), Fischer (Nebraska), Hoeven (North Dakota), Hagerty (Tennessee), and Lummis (Wyoming). I don't know anything about them, but I'm guessing they're not a bunch of insurrectionists. Mitch keeps his job.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 11, 2022 03:14 PM (7B5FA)

581 Not so little Marco

Posted by: Di Fi's Driver at November 11, 2022 03:45 PM (KzrLP)

582 This is where things get interesting. If we lose NV and AZ, then they need GA to keep the committee assignments at 50/50. That's something they care about so they'll go all in on Herschel.

Posted by: Di Fi's Driver at November 11, 2022 03:53 PM (KzrLP)

583 Florida just unmasked Big Brother as the Culprit behind this all

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 11, 2022 05:36 PM (FLiOE)

584 Ha! Such a serious duck

Posted by: Draki at November 11, 2022 09:00 PM (6Qsn1)

585 Attacking our fellow Republicans. Oh my. Where are my pearls? I hope CBD doesn't see this thread, me might just resign out of principle.

LOL kidding. I know this is different because reasons

Posted by: Fen6 at November 11, 2022 10:52 PM (naHzv)

586 Hard to imagine anyone more incompetent, corrupt, or weaselly than McConnell.

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MARCO RUBIO CALLS FOR A DELAY IN THE VOTE ON SENATE LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THE LEADER ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH THE INTERESTS OF VOTERS WHO POWERED THE FLORIDA ELECTION TRIUMPH
Marco Is Running Himself?