“The committee approved moving South Carolina’s primary to Feb. 3 and having Nevada and New Hampshire vote three days later. Georgia would go the following week and Michigan two weeks after that.” I don’t pretend to know how decisions are being made inside the Biden White House but it was quite remarkable that President Biden Read More
Warnock Has This Locked Up
The results of the (first round) of the Georgia Senate election was basically Raphael Warnock 1, 943,737, Herschel Walker 1,907,272 and the libertarian candidate 81,278. It is possible that if Georgia used Ranked Choice Voting most of the Libertarian’s votes would have gone to Walker (no one really knows for sure) and he might have Read More
Please Joe. Just say No.
Maybe its because I grew up a fan of the expansion New York Mets baseball team and watched them acquire a series of past their prime former stars. Starting with Duke Snyder who joined the Mets in 1963 at age 37, Warren Spahn who joined them in 1965 at age 44, Yogi Berra who joined Read More
THE DAY AFTER THE MIDTERMS
Well the mid-terms are over, sort of. Still a runoff in Georgia and some counting and recounting to come in Nevada, Arizona and California. All that we know for sure is that there was no wave. The Democrats very narrowly lost Senate races in Wisconsin, and North Carolina that could have given them enough seats Read More
After The Mid-terms
Remarkably, it is still anybody’s guess what will happen in the upcoming mid-terms. Most experts seem to think the House will flip to the Republicans and the Senate is now a toss-up. The reality is that the result is likely to be decided by a relatively small number of votes amidst a very large turnout. Read More
The Midterms Are Coming
The 2020 midterm elections are almost upon us (November 8 is 23 days ago) and remarkably no one can be certain what the results will be. The significance however cannot be understated. If the Democrats hold control of the Senate, they will at least be able to continue to control judicial confirmations. If magically the Read More
Five Senate Seats Most Likely To Flip
We are getting close to the midterm elections (barely three weeks away) and perhaps it’s time to review the status. The current Senate is split 50/50 with VP Harris breaking the tie to give the Democrats control. The Republicans need a net gain of only one seat to gain control. If the Republicans have 51 Read More
Referendum or Choice or Referendum
It is often said that the midterm elections (especially 2 years into the first term of a President) are essentially a referendum on that president. When the country is dissatisfied with the incumbent or the direction of the country, they choose the opposition party to change course (or express their dissatisfaction). Thus in July when Read More
Five Senate Seats Most Likely To Flip (updated)
With just 11 weeks left until the 2022 midterms (and it being 8 weeks since I first posted my opinion on this topic The Five Senate Seats Most Likely To Flip (in 2022) – Left Coast View) here is an update on the five Senate Seats most likely to flip in 2022. Number One: Pennsylvania Read More
politics after Dobbs
For years it seemed that most Americans accepted/believed that Roe was settled law in the United States and so when the topic came up Republicans were able to motivate their voters by focusing on the cases (like late term abortions) and their voters came out and voted based upon their opposition to abortion while Democratic Read More