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Shadi Hamid is shocked by

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 05:05:01 +0000

In reply to Charles Blow blowing his top?

Shadi Hamid is shocked by Charles Blow's NYT piece:

Come on, seriously? This is just beyond parody right nowhttps://t.co/ELWa5Knvu1 pic.twitter.com/Xc1RGIzSE6
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) November 5, 2020

It's 2020, and people are still peddling the narrative that minorities have no agency and can only vote one way. If they vote another way, they're betraying their race, suffering from false consciousness, or so damaged by oppression they can't judge where their true interests lie
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) November 5, 2020

he's being too rough on them,

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:54:24 +0000

In reply to sigh

he's being too rough on them, they're in beeg trouble, they've got to find a new hook pronto after hiring that honest vote counter

Chants of “Fox News Sucks!” by gun-toting pro-Trump demonstrators outside Maricopa County Elections office, shown on MSNBC just now. Things are weird.
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) November 5, 2020

Good opportunity to launch Trump TV...
— Aaron Stein (@aaronjstein) November 5, 2020

On Fox News just now, Florida Gov. DeSantis criticized the network to Sean Hannity’s face, saying they should rescind the Arizona call for Biden.
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) November 5, 2020

Nevada slowing it down

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:30:51 +0000

In reply to Election Day Clean Sheet

Nevada slowing it down

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/nevad...

sigh

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:19:40 +0000

In reply to Election Day Clean Sheet

sigh

this is exactly what I feared in #ElectionMeltdown. A lot will depend upon there being responsible voices on the right and in the Republican leadership if Trump loses. https://t.co/rsmh7NDRTu
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) November 5, 2020

Tom "The Hammer" DeLay. Newt

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:16:00 +0000

In reply to But even from out of office,

Tom "The Hammer" DeLay. Newt Gingrich. Even that weaselduck whatsshisname who shut down government under Obama. Yeah, the rube in the Oval Office don't much matter as long as they're pushing through their agenda. Trash the place, why not? I start to think maybe Bush really wasn't that bad, just a nice guy in over his head with handlers who did all the dirty work while he played the part. Maybe i give him too much credit, but it did seem Rove and Cheney ran the place, whereas George was happy with the simple stuff like trading Gummi bears with Michelle.

plus don't forget his

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:05:45 +0000

In reply to After the 2000 deadlocked

plus don't forget his blustering is almost always all hat and no cattle

CNN’s Dana Bash says a source tells her Trump is feeling “down” and “starting to see this slip away”
— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) November 5, 2020

After the 2000 deadlocked

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:02:31 +0000

In reply to In 2000 the Bush campaign

After the 2000 deadlocked election, my colleagues and I wrote a book about the maneuverings of the two campaigns that led to SCOTUS issuing Bush v. Gore. What strikes me is the difference, on the ground and qualitatively. The fight was over a recount, not a first count, of course
— Jo Becker (@Jo_Becker) November 5, 2020

Qualitatively, Bush enlisted some of Florida’s best lawyers, along with SCOTUS superstar Ted Olson and eminence grise like James Baker. The political and legal strategies were in synch. Trump has not come close to matching that legal army or message discipline.
— Jo Becker (@Jo_Becker) November 5, 2020

Nor does he have any plausible legal theory (at least not yet) that could reverse even one of the states he'd need to reverse (and there could well be more than one) https://t.co/9jOcIXvfIL
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) November 5, 2020

Nice observations

rmrd0000 — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:46:10 +0000

In reply to here's where I think Black

Nice observations

The polls were worthless

Trump and the GOP performed as they performed

Note: your link to the observation that Susan Collins should be on her way out according to polls.

But even from out of office,

ocean-kat — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:42:18 +0000

In reply to Markos of DailyKos & Maggie

But even from out of office, he could try to pressure Republican senators who preserved their majority to resist Mr. Biden at every turn, forcing them to choose between conciliation or crossing his political base.

This is such nonsense. It wasn't Trump that caused McConnell to resist Obama at every turn from 08 to 2016. It won't be Trump that causes McConnell to do it again with Biden. It was a extremely successful strategy for republicans and they have no reason to abandon it now.

Markos of DailyKos & Maggie

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:25:06 +0000

In reply to Election Day Clean Sheet

Markos of DailyKos & Maggie Haberman on Trump's future:

It's always about the grift. https://t.co/afQRMxWAUq pic.twitter.com/bzY5jNx5VZ
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) November 5, 2020