The Official Dallas Hwy 2022 Mid-term Election Thread

cptlo said:

Not sure I agree with this. Kemp won decisively against Abrams who has much more of a liberal following than Warnock. Abrams winning would have done far more for liberals than Warnock winning does and she lost to a good Republican candidate. Walker was the only statewide Republican candidate who lost. The Republicans won every other office - from governor to state insurance commissioner.

This senate race, along with some other races around the country, prove that candidates matter. Bad candidates just aren't going to get as many votes as good ones. Walker was a bad candidate. Combine some of his history, parts of which are pretty bad, with his less than stellar ability to communicate and it isn't a shock that people were hesitant to vote for him. A good Republican candidate instead of Walker would have likely rode Kemp's coattails to victory in the general election.

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I'll concede your point but historically GA was predominately Red. Now we have to wait until 11pm to determine if we won instead of having confidence of the certainty.

Yes, Herschel was a flawed candidate. He doesn't speak well and he brought baggage to the race.

The Democrats are flat beating us right now. They have gobs of money from people and groups who are out to see the death of Capitalism, they do dirty campaigning better than anyone and they have most of the media as their allies. Add to that, they have minorities and young voters wrapped up in the ideals of Socialism.

I'm not sure how we're going to get out of this.

And I know this will rattle some of you, but the Trump hate that has grown in the GOP is playing right into their hands. Look, I get it. Trump is a loudmouth who doesn't know when to shut up. And he does too much bashing of other Republicans himself. But when Republicans start opening bashing Trump and pulling back support for candidates just because they were Trump endorsed, the Democrats win from it.

The GOP didn't support Herschel like they should have. I was proud to see Kemp get behind him, but Duncan and other Republicans who were publicly critical of Herschel were completely out of line and they did some damage. They could have at least waited until the election was over. Until the GOP can unite, we are screwed. And don't blame it on Trump, the GOP was in shambles long before Trump ran. If anything, he borught some order and direction to the party. But the old heads in the GOP establishment are still rotten. Mitch McConnell is a prime example of what is wrong with the party.

Guard Dad said:

Yes, Herschel was a flawed candidate. He doesn't speak well and he brought baggage to the race.

The Democrats are flat beating us right now. They have gobs of money from people and groups who are out to see the death of Capitalism, they do dirty campaigning better than anyone and they have most of the media as their allies. Add to that, they have minorities and young voters wrapped up in the ideals of Socialism.

I'm not sure how we're going to get out of this.

And I know this will rattle some of you, but the Trump hate that has grown in the GOP is playing right into their hands. Look, I get it. Trump is a loudmouth who doesn't know when to shut up. And he does too much bashing of other Republicans himself. But when Republicans start opening bashing Trump and pulling back support for candidates just because they were Trump endorsed, the Democrats win from it.

The GOP didn't support Herschel like they should have. I was proud to see Kemp get behind him, but Duncan and other Republicans who were publicly critical of Herschel were completely out of line and they did some damage. They could have at least waited until the election was over. Until the GOP can unite, we are screwed. And don't blame it on Trump, the GOP was in shambles long before Trump ran. If anything, he borught some order and direction to the party. But the old heads in the GOP establishment are still rotten. Mitch McConnell is a prime example of what is wrong with the party.

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This is why Trump needs to realize he will only hurt the party running for its nomination. He should do the honorable thing and bow out of politics. The GOP needs a major overhaul as well, and the only way for that to happen is to start another Tea Party-like group and vote the Republican fossils like McConnel and Graham out.

There is no question that Democrats are far better at supporting their candidates than Republicans even if they have differences. The current leader of the Republican party has to be the number one offender at the moment. This is not a new phenomenon, but it has gotten worse in recent years.

I know I keep saying this, but to me, candidate quality and focusing on 2020 are the biggest issues facing Republicans right now. Walker was a bad candidate. Dr. Oz wasn't a great candidate. Kari Lake focused too much on the 2020 election. All of them lost. Most people are done with the 2020 election. Nothing is going to reverse it (despite Trump's wishes), so let it go. People are suffering right now with inflation, etc. They want to hear about solutions instead of arguing about something that doesn't matter (see note below) and they want competent people that aren't (or weren't) bad human beings. Is that too much to ask of our 'leaders'?

I haven't met my Trump bashing quota lately so I'll add that Trump really needs to go if Republicans are going to regain power. After his announcement speech, I was cautiously hopeful that just maybe he would focus more on the future. Unfortunately, his social media posts over the last week are proof that he will never move on from 2020. He just can't help himself. He's delusional if he thinks Biden will be removed from office so he can take Biden's place. It isn't going to happen so he just looks dumb by even bringing it up. Hardcore Trumpsters need to realize this too and accept the fact that Biden won in 2020 and the focus now should be on how to beat him (or Newsom/Harris/etc.) in 2024.

Note about 2020: When I say to forget about 2020, I mean Republican politicians should stop talking about it completely. That doesn't mean Republicans shouldn't be working to make voting more reliable like we have done in Georgia since 2020. Work behind the scenes to fix as many issues as possible while also figuring out how to take advantage of voting laws in states that can't be changed even if doing so goes against longstanding Republican ideals (if ballot harvesting is legal, do it...the Democrats will continue to do it so may as well join them).

Boss 302 said:

This is why Trump needs to realize he will only hurt the party running for its nomination. He should do the honorable thing and bow out of politics. The GOP needs a major overhaul as well, and the only way for that to happen is to start another Tea Party-like group and vote the Republican fossils like McConnel and Graham out.

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I don't disagree, but all this public infighting among Republicans needs to stop. It would be better of we deal with these people, Trump included, quietly. Ultimately, the ballet box is king.

Guard Dad said:

I don't disagree, but all this public infighting among Republicans needs to stop. It would be better of we deal with these people, Trump included, quietly. Ultimately, the ballet box is king.

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A good start would be for Trump to bow out.

Boss 302 said:

A good start would be for Trump to bow out.

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Unlikely, but the voters have the option of deciding that in the primaries.

Guard Dad said:

Unlikely, but the voters have the option of deciding that in the primaries.

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Unfortunately, Trump has enough sheeple to make him a disruptive force within the party.

Boss 302 said:

Unfortunately, Trump has enough sheeple to make him a disruptive force within the party.

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Are they really sheeple? There's no denying Trump did great things while in office. Had COVID not killed our economy (which I still say was planned), we would still be flying high and he probably would have easily won reelection, in spite of his mouth.

A lot of people can look past his mean tweets in lieu of his accomplishments.

Guard Dad said:

Are they really sheeple? There's no denying Trump did great things while in office. Had COVID not killed our economy (which I still say was planned), we would still be flying high and he probably would have easily won reelection, in spite of his mouth.

A lot of people can look past his mean tweets in lieu of his accomplishments.

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Trust me he has. There are a lot of Paulding Republicans who support Trump to this day. Trump can't win. All he does is fire up the Democratic Party's base. The Dems will do anything to defeat him and those he endorses. Look at the recent Senate race. Look at how many of his endorsements who never held political office before were defeated in the mid-terms and how badly they did in fundraising. He didn't know anything about them other than they were willing to publicly say Trump was cheated in 2020.

Guard Dad said:

A lot of people can look past his mean tweets in lieu of his accomplishments.

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Problem is there are more that can't than can. And it isn't just mean tweets. He really is a thin skinned carnival barker that, aside from COVID, did great things as POTUS.

I read this today and agree with it 100%. Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for the work his administration did in the middle east.

But he's simply too toxic at this point. If he really cared about helping Republicans regain the white house, he would step aside and play kingmaker instead.

Erick Erickson makes a bunch of good points.

Looks like the final numbers were about 2.5% apart.

Closer than what the polls said, anyway.

cptlo said:

Not sure I agree with this. Kemp won decisively against Abrams who has much more of a liberal following than Warnock. Abrams winning would have done far more for liberals than Warnock winning does and she lost to a good Republican candidate. Walker was the only statewide Republican candidate who lost. The Republicans won every other office - from governor to state insurance commissioner.

This senate race, along with some other races around the country, prove that candidates matter. Bad candidates just aren't going to get as many votes as good ones. Walker was a bad candidate. Combine some of his history, parts of which are pretty bad, with his less than stellar ability to communicate and it isn't a shock that people were hesitant to vote for him. A good Republican candidate instead of Walker would have likely rode Kemp's coattails to victory in the general election.

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Again, who is that good candidate, because I can't think of one. Who is in the state senate that can move up? Does anyone else think that Kemp should go after Ossoff in 2026? I'm thinking that the dems have figured out that governerships don't mean squat,, the real power comes in DC, and they will spend their grandmother's life savings to get it. This thing is about to get out of hand of the general population.

Paxilpapa said:

Again, who is that good candidate, because I can't think of one. Who is in the state senate that can move up? Does anyone else think that Kemp should go after Ossoff in 2026? I'm thinking that the dems have figured out that governerships don't mean squat,, the real power comes in DC, and they will spend their grandmother's life savings to get it. This thing is about to get out of hand of the general population.

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I think Kemp would be a good candidate to take on Ossoff. He will be coming off two successful (hopefully) terms as governor so he'd have a great shot at winning. Kemp may have ideas on running for POTUS in 2024. He would make a compelling argument but would get lost in the shuffle if DeSantis runs also.

The Newsom recall was beat by the DNC making people fear Trump. They linked Larry Elder to Trump and ran ads non stop... they said Elder was chosen by Trump...it scared Californians into keeping Newsom. Trump is a gift to the dems.

Eric Erikson's article: Trump speaking: TO STOP TRUMP / DEFEAT WALKER. They ran that ad everywhere.

Trump is the Boogie Man to Democrat voters... they will come out in mass to vote against Trump or a Candidate linked to trump, and the DNC has groomed their voters to have this fear.

But don't be fooled, they will do the same to the next system disrupter. If DeSantis runs for instance, look for all the institutions to do to him exactly what they did to Trump. Lies, fake dossier, fake news stories, keep saying they must investigate him for bogus reasons. The three letter agencies are an arm of the DNC; the FBI, CIA, DOJ will go after the next strong Republican Candidate just a they did to Trump.

Rumors are flying as to what Kemp will do next. Tossoff will probably not be that hard to beat.

There have also been several articles about Kemp being a future POTUS candidate after his recent win in Georgia.

Far West said:

The Newsom recall was beat by the DNC making people fear Trump. They linked Larry Elder to Trump and ran ads non stop... they said Elder was chosen by Trump...it scared Californians into keeping Newsom. Trump is a gift to the dems.

Eric Erikson's article: Trump speaking: TO STOP TRUMP / DEFEAT WALKER. They ran that ad everywhere.

Trump is the Boogie Man to Democrat voters... they will come out in mass to vote against Trump or a Candidate linked to trump, and the DNC has groomed their voters to have this fear.

But don't be fooled, they will do the same to the next system disrupter. If DeSantis runs for instance, look for all the institutions to do to him exactly what they did to Trump. Lies, fake dossier, fake news stories, keep saying they must investigate him for bogus reasons. The three letter agencies are an arm of the DNC; the FBI, CIA, DOJ will go after the next strong Republican Candidate just a they did to Trump.

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Right, it will always be someone. Trump is easy for them because he's such a polarizing figure, but after him they will create another boogeyman. Abrams tried her best to do it to Kemp, but Kemp had the numbers to fight that off. Had COVID not destroyed our economy, Trump could have fought it off and gotten reelected as well.

We all need to remember that the real enemy is the Democrats and the power and money behind them. They play dirty far better than we do, and they will sink to any lows to win. Even destroying our nation. Remember...Soros actually gains from economies crashing. That's why Putin kicked him out of Russia. Unfortunately, we didn't do the same because he owns the Democrats.

Guard Dad said:

Rumors are flying as to what Kemp will do next. Tossoff will probably not be that hard to beat.

There have also been several articles about Kemp being a future POTUS candidate after his recent win in Georgia.

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I don't think Kemp could possibly be POTUS,,, Carter screwed that up, and all people would see is another Jimmy Carter!