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So on the subject of Lindsey Graham...
Jun 4, 2020, 12:03 PM
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...a friend of my son apparently wants a career in politics and is a volunteer on Graham's campaign. What he had to say was...shocking.
He says it's bad in there right now. There's apparently an almost palpable sense of doom in the office. Graham is apparently tense as a snake, is lashing out left and right, and is just a nightmare to be around right now. Even the veteran staffers who have been through multiple campaigns have apparently never seen Graham like this before.
The prevailing opinion inside the campaign, apparently, is that right now Graham is going to lose. Harrison has too many of the right people working for him, is too well-funded, and there is zero confidence among Graham's staff that Trump has any ability whatsoever to right the ship and is likely going to drag everything down. They think they're standing on the edge of a cliff right now.
I personally remain dubious. Political tides ebb and flow and we have no idea what stuff will look like in November, and at the end of the day, Graham is one of America's longest-serving Senators in one of the deepest of deep-red states.
But it's fascinating nonetheless. FWIW.
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I don't doubt his description at all.
Jun 4, 2020, 12:11 PM
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Lindsey is tentative and unsure.
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Re: 538 currently has both candidates at 42%.
Jun 4, 2020, 12:47 PM
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Man, it's rough across the board. I started leafing around on that same link you provided...man, if the election were held today, there'd be a whole lotta of GOP staffers jumping out windows.
Hickenlooper's up by eighteen points - 18! - on Gardner in Colorado.
Kelly's up by 13 points on Martha McSally.
Stuff's a nightmare in Georgia. Lieberman is up by 13 points on Loeffler in Georgia. Ossoff's up by two on Perdue. The GOP could literally lose both seats. In Georgia.
Cunningham's up by two on Tillis in North Carolina.
It's bad everywhere. Even Sullivan in Alaska is in a virtual dead heat with Dunbar.
About the only good news going if you're a Republican is that Democratic Senator Doug Jones in Alabama is down by thirteen...though the bad news if you're Trump is, the guy he's down to is Jeff Sessions. Who owes Trump bigly, and not in the good way.
I'm starting to see why the alarm bells are starting to go off everywhere in the GOP. Still some time left on the clock but they'd best start turning it around in a mighty big hurry or there's going to be a massacre at the polls.
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Re: 538 currently has both candidates at 42%.
Jun 4, 2020, 1:10 PM
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More fun....
Maine: Sara Gideon +9 Susan Collins
Iowa: Mauro EVEN Ernst
Kansas: Who knows?
Montana: Bullock +7 Daines
Yeesh.
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Graham is on a long list of people...
Jun 4, 2020, 12:22 PM
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Who will and need to pay the price for blind Trump loyalty, or even Trump enabling.
Tim Scott is the latter.
In the future, many of these folks will try to pretend they didn't back him or enable him. It's important that it's not forgotten.
But Graham needs to pay dearly for it.
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Graham nuzzled himself up tight inside Trump's rectum
Jun 4, 2020, 2:14 PM
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to ward off a primary challenger. Success. He will turn on Trump in the lead up to the general to try and save his skin though. You can count on it.
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Re: Graham nuzzled himself up tight inside Trump's rectum
Jun 4, 2020, 2:21 PM
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to ward off a primary challenger. Success. He will turn on Trump in the lead up to the general to try and save his skin though. You can count on it.
I'm wondering about that myself.
There's that old saying about a rising tide lifting all boats.
On the other hand, when your boat has a massive leak in it, you start looking to jettison weight. And if the Senators looking to survive re-election start perceiving that the Donald himself is the biggest lead anchor on the ship....
I'm really interested to see what happens.
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The SC Republican Primary is next Tuesday.
Jun 4, 2020, 2:23 PM
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It will be interesting to see what these Republican Senators do once the possibility of being primaried on the right is gone.
I don't see how they are able to remove the Trump taint at this point, no matter how hard they may try.
It's too late for that.
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I don't think he will go that far to the middle
Jun 4, 2020, 2:36 PM
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keep in mind, the people who are guaranteed to go to the polls in November in SC are so far on the Trump Train they are shoveling the coal.
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It depends on how far Trump falls. His support on some
Jun 4, 2020, 3:11 PM
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issues and questions has dropped to 37%. Even Republicans are abandoning him on some of those.
If his overall approval numbers start to fall into the 30s, I would imagine we will see Lindsey modify his words. He's a bit of a political windsock, to be kind.
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Scott took $50k from Betsy DeVos to give her her job
Jun 4, 2020, 2:26 PM
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Most recently, he's supported Trump's horrific speech before the stupid photo op. And he supported that. He's a Trump enabler. He's not on the same level as Graham, but he should pay the price, too.
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Scott has said numerous times
Jun 4, 2020, 2:33 PM
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Good***
Jun 4, 2020, 1:44 PM
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Re: So on the subject of Lindsey Graham...
Jun 4, 2020, 2:21 PM
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Graham won the last time by 200,000 votes. Unless something crazy happens, I don’t see him losing.
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Just gonna leave this here
Jun 4, 2020, 2:58 PM
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Re: So on the subject of Lindsey Graham...
Jun 4, 2020, 2:43 PM
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Good. Republicans are frustrated with him as well.
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