Politics Thread

Kevin

65 Broad Street
Red Bank, NJ, 07701

It’s all fun and games until Trump pardons Vince McMahon. Sounds like PG Cooper is part of the problem. You’re right. He’ll fit right in.

No idea. Was it Taker?

He made huge gains everywhere. Yea zoomers love the machismo of captain bone spurs and Andrew taint but the gains went deep across all demographics.

This was all about the economy. Harris never explained the soft landing of inflation or explained what she would do differently if she got into office.

She ran a great campaign for 3 months but the baggage was way too much.

You don’t have to lie to them. Trump had Obama’s economy. Biden had Trump’s. All Kamala had to say was, “the prices of eggs will go down. Just bear with me.” But as Bernie said, the democrats no longer cater to the working class. They’ll continue to lose elections. Even when we’ve had successes with Clinton and Obama, we still got fucked by the house and senate.

I guess it’s a catch-22? Say that Kamala lies and says, “yeah — the economy sucks. Those prices of eggs, eh. But don’t worry. I’ll fix it.” The response will be, “wait — you fix it? But you’re a commie!” I believe the truth is somewhere in the middle. The democrats can’t just ignore the economy. But they can’t also be 100% transparent either. Sounds like want a center-left democrat like Clinton. (edit: Bill not Hilary).

If those Republicans who decry a blue California hadn't left California, maybe California still wouldn't be so blue.

Republicans are dead in CA.  They have the inland counties but those Inyo and Shasta County rubes are vastly outnumbered by us on the coast.  Looking from the inside out though it's almost strange to watch because Gavin Newsom is one of the most high profile governors in the country next to maybe Ron DeSantis, he's on the short list to be a 2028 Presidential nominee now that Kamala has been put out to pasture but it's funny to see Newsom all over the news all the time because he's is rabidly unpopular in the state despite the fact that he was elected, reelected and even survived a recall vote with flying colors.  You don't have to look far to find people who can't stand him be it among Democrats or Republicans or anyone in between.  There were some high profile ballot measures put up this year, chief among them Prop 36 which would increase penalties for theft and drug crimes basically undoing the progressive Prop 47, and that won overwhelmingly.  Propositions to raise the minimum wage and repeal the ban on rent control went down in flames.  George Gascon, our equally high profile Los Angeles DA, was completely annihilated in his reelection bid.  I would imagine all of those would be detrimental to Newsom's White House prospects but you never know with voters, especially Democrats who aren't keeping an eye on California politics and are more swayed by brand recognition.  The outcome of the election may indicate that people are moving away from the more progressive ideals but that doesn't mean Republicans are suddenly coming out of the woodwork.  California's electoral votes are still comfortably in the hands of Democrats.

At the pace we're going it's going to be Kid Rock versus Stephen A Smith in 2028...

You guys voted for Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Get one of Joe Rogan’s buddies to run and you’ll sweep the state.