{"id":37809,"date":"2019-09-30T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T17:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37809"},"modified":"2019-10-01T01:01:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T08:01:22","slug":"go-for-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/30\/go-for-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Go for the Senate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By all appearances, Fuhrer Donald Trump, aka Putin’s Puppet, is a dead duck.\u00a0 If Congress doesn’t get him, voters probably will.\u00a0 Some say that Democratic Campaign 2020 should concentrate on taking the Senate.\u00a0 I partially agree.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"BoughtBitchMoscowMitch\"<\/p>\n

Political suicidal is anything but painless, or quick. Trump has finally done himself in, indicted by his own craven self-dealing \u2014 mismanaged in an especially stupid manner. The great truth is that, however appalling, Ukraine cannot be the only such disgraceful national betrayal in three years.<\/p>\n

As the Ukraine scandals expand, dwarfing in seriousness all prior impeachment inquiries, his presidency is fatally broken<\/strong> \u2014 toast in terms of legislative wins. Sure, his outrageous rampage can plunder on, for Trump\u2019s \u201cgenius\u201d forever finds new ways to break the law, violate his oath and betray the office.<\/p>\n

But the big cat is out of the bag. Trump\u2019s undeniable witches brew of Ukrainian crimes \u2014 bullying\/blackmail\/election abuses\/obstruction of justice and coverup \u2014 spotlight once again how he grossly shames the presidency, the government and the country<\/strong>.\u00a0 Really, did the most corrupt president ever need another monumental disgrace to dramatize this walking, talking, insatiably self-serving time bomb?<\/p>\n

So, the presidency aside (even if Pence takes over), the 2020 focus should be on Senate control. The longer top Republican senators refuse to isolate themselves from Trump\u2019s never-ending misadventures, the greater the party damage. What was an improbable prospect only weeks ago \u2014 Democrats retaking the Senate \u2014 increases in direct proportion to the severity and duration of the Trump train wreck<\/strong>. Hear, hear: investigate everything but don\u2019t worry when or if there\u2019s a House impeachment vote until well into next year. The Trump poison now threatens to spread his illegitimacy party wide \u2014 and that sets up a Democratic rout, from the top down…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Nation of Change<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

Click through for much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

I agree that taking the Senate and defrocking Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch must be a very high priority, and we must invest the effort and resources to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, nobody would have believed that Putin could have tipped the scales in Trump’s favor and we must also invest the effort and resources to be sure that doesn’t happen again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, the party that controls the state legislatures draws the voting districts for the next ten years.\u00a0 Republicans have demonstrating their expertise at using that power to squeeze majority representation from minority support.\u00a0 So we must invest the effort and resources to win there too.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, the Democrats must walk and chew gum at the same time.\u00a0 There is more than enough work to go around.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESIST!!<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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