This is getting ridiculous. Right now, with the economy where it is, and GOP obstruction to Biden’s agenda, The GOP should be ahead by a mile in the generic control of congress polling. In 2017, the Blue Tsunami, the Democrats were averaging +7-9 in most polls. The last couple of months have shown the GOP +2.5-4, and a poll released late this week actually had it Democrats +1.

How is this possible? Easy, the GOP keeps opening its fat mouth. The GOP is doing everything in its power at the state level to suppress Democratic turnout, but in the national media, they’re busy suppressing their own voters! Just look at a few of the events of the last couple of weeks;

  • The GA GOP Governors primary was a 3 horse race. The woman in the field, who called herself Trump in heels, and Too Trump for Trump to endorse finished 3rd. She is refusing to concede, instead claiming a rigged election! with massive voter fraud! She wants every person who voted for her to fill out an affidavit swearing to such, have it notarized, and send it to her campaign. She claims that the massive number of affidavits will prove fraud. Historical Note. She lost to Kemp by 52 points, and to Perdue by more than 30 points.
  • CO GOP incumbent dingbat Lauren Boebert actually said in a speech to rabid followers that Democracy doesn’t work anymore. Begging the question, So why go and vote?
  • Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan should be sleeping a little easier. In the last week or so, all 5 top tier GOP candidates to run against her were booted from the GOP primary ballot, 4 for fraudulent signature petitions to run, and 1 for being indicted by the DOJ for his January 6th shenanigans.
  • Trump himself continues to bang the drum of The Big Steal, and massive voter fraud. And local GOP cretins in various states are carrying the torch, continuing to file resolutions and lawsuits to overturn the electoral vote count and restore Trump to power.
  • PA Gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano is on the J6 committee’s hit list. They want to speak to him about his role in being present at the capitol on January 6th, something difficult for Mastriano to deny, since it was immortalized by, what else, cell phone selfies. To be fair, there is no evidence that Mastriano actually entered the Capitol on January 6th.

What the GOP is doing isn’t working, outside of their insaniac base. While recent polling shows that 70% of GOP voters think that Trump is the legitimate President, only 42% want him to run again in 2024. Sure, maybe they think that Trump got jobbed, but that was 2 long years ago, and they’re over it! And so should be the GOP. Paying $5 a gallon for gas, or $4.50 a gallon for milk is more important to them. And note that a weekend Western States GOP Conference straw poll had FL Governor Ron DeSantis running 2 points ahead of Trump. Watch for Trump to start sharpening the long knives.

For the GOP, it should Be. So.simple. Hammer Biden on the economy. Throw a little culture wars red meat bullshit to the base, but hammer on prices at the gas pump and the grocery store. Instead, they’re still mired in The Big Lie, and massive voter fraud. And that way lies disaster.

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  1. The problem is that if they go after Biden on the economy, they’ll get hammered for not doing anything to prepare for the pandemic, which did a lot of damage. (D voters are at least aware that presidents don’t set prices.)

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  2. With sincere apologies for the repetition of this point, this is because they have no centralized leadership, NONE. Trump destroyed what was left of that, finishing the job W started. Add in Stop The Steal, star turns in front of the J6 Committee and likely indictments for state and federal charges and…well, I’m feeling good about our chances.

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