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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/11/14/looking-past-florida-and-georgia/#comment-130192</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Democrats just flipped ME-2. 

This calls for pie... and not just any pie, mind you,
but a nice Maine Wild &lt;b&gt;Blue&lt;/b&gt;berry pie will do. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Democrats just flipped ME-2. </p>
<p>This calls for pie... and not just any pie, mind you,<br />
but a nice Maine Wild <b>Blue</b>berry pie will do. :)</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>peach pie for georgia, key lime pie for florida, mud pie for both BCPs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>peach pie for georgia, key lime pie for florida, mud pie for both BCPs.</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/11/14/looking-past-florida-and-georgia/#comment-130189</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s become increasingly clear to me that the &#039;18 election was a decisive political victory for the Democrats.  Not a complete victory by any means, but taking backing the House of Representatives is basically taking a strategic hill...and just when it&#039;s most needed (think Mueller investigation).  

Whether the Democrats effectively exploit their victory is not a given, but Trump is clearly in a morose panic, and it&#039;s not hard to see why.  Subpoena power is a lot of power.  Trump has effectively lost his &quot;stealth technology.&quot;  Trump&#039;s inner sanctum and records are now on The House&#039;s radar, and by extension, the Public&#039;s radar via the power of the press. Donny Two Scoops is about be the subject of a LOT  more scoops, and they won&#039;t be vanilla ice cream. 

You can already see more White House staff beginning to melting to melt away, yet again. Still, I think this shake-out is different.   Trump is probably &quot;thinking&quot; what the Wicked Witch of the West said. 

&lt;b&gt;&quot;I’m melting, melting! Who would have thought a little brat like you could destroy such beautiful wickedness.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's become increasingly clear to me that the '18 election was a decisive political victory for the Democrats.  Not a complete victory by any means, but taking backing the House of Representatives is basically taking a strategic hill...and just when it's most needed (think Mueller investigation).  </p>
<p>Whether the Democrats effectively exploit their victory is not a given, but Trump is clearly in a morose panic, and it's not hard to see why.  Subpoena power is a lot of power.  Trump has effectively lost his "stealth technology."  Trump's inner sanctum and records are now on The House's radar, and by extension, the Public's radar via the power of the press. Donny Two Scoops is about be the subject of a LOT  more scoops, and they won't be vanilla ice cream. </p>
<p>You can already see more White House staff beginning to melting to melt away, yet again. Still, I think this shake-out is different.   Trump is probably "thinking" what the Wicked Witch of the West said. </p>
<p><b>"I’m melting, melting! Who would have thought a little brat like you could destroy such beautiful wickedness."</b></p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
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		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>C.W.

&quot;In Georgia, Stacey Abrams will be lucky to even force a runoff election. Even if she does, she is currently down by almost 60,000 votes, which would be incredibly hard to make up in a runoff situation.&quot;

True. But I would not discount it. Voter fatigue is a real thing. It would depend on who would be more likely to come out and vote a second time. Fired up Trump voters, or fired up Stacey Abrams voters?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C.W.</p>
<p>"In Georgia, Stacey Abrams will be lucky to even force a runoff election. Even if she does, she is currently down by almost 60,000 votes, which would be incredibly hard to make up in a runoff situation."</p>
<p>True. But I would not discount it. Voter fatigue is a real thing. It would depend on who would be more likely to come out and vote a second time. Fired up Trump voters, or fired up Stacey Abrams voters?</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
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		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[2] Kick

&quot;Trump&#039;s idea of &quot;winning&quot; is declaring the midterms &quot;very close to complete victory&quot; and then subsequently spending the following days hiding in his hotel room and tweeting...&quot; 

Oh, don&#039;t forget the fact that some of those tweets were him raging about election &quot;fraud&quot; in Florida, even though the Republican candidates he supported were still ahead and &quot;winning&quot; their respective elections, as even the recounts were going their way. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[2] Kick</p>
<p>"Trump's idea of "winning" is declaring the midterms "very close to complete victory" and then subsequently spending the following days hiding in his hotel room and tweeting..." </p>
<p>Oh, don't forget the fact that some of those tweets were him raging about election "fraud" in Florida, even though the Republican candidates he supported were still ahead and "winning" their respective elections, as even the recounts were going their way. :-)</p>
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		<title>By: Balthasar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Balthasar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, well okay, it was a wave. Eventually.

Still, I think that we have to do even BETTER to beat out the Trump cotton-heads in 2020.

Hearing a disturbing amount of ageism coming from our liberal caucus vis Pelosi. Can&#039;t succeed a Ryan with a Ryan: are they TRYING to make American history harder for kids to learn in the future? Bad enough that they&#039;ll have to keep straight two Bushes and two Clintons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, well okay, it was a wave. Eventually.</p>
<p>Still, I think that we have to do even BETTER to beat out the Trump cotton-heads in 2020.</p>
<p>Hearing a disturbing amount of ageism coming from our liberal caucus vis Pelosi. Can't succeed a Ryan with a Ryan: are they TRYING to make American history harder for kids to learn in the future? Bad enough that they'll have to keep straight two Bushes and two Clintons.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 04:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JL
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&lt;i&gt;the real question in florida is which candidates support key lime pie. &lt;/i&gt;

It truly is of the utmost importance; they don&#039;t call it &quot;Key&quot; lime pie for nothing, you know. ;)</description>
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<p><i>the real question in florida is which candidates support key lime pie. </i></p>
<p>It truly is of the utmost importance; they don't call it "Key" lime pie for nothing, you know. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 04:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;The California race is down to a gap of fewer than 1,000 votes. &lt;/i&gt;

Yes, sir, and as I type this, the race in CA-39 is now almost down to a 100-vote lead for the Republican Young Kim, and she is their remaining hope of having a GOP congressional member-elect who isn&#039;t a Caucasian male.

https://tinyurl.com/yakun5w3

Oh, wait... my bad; there is one (1) white female in there; if Young Kim can&#039;t hang onto her ~100-vote lead in CA-39, Miss West Virginia will have her work cut out for her in representing the incoming &quot;diversity&quot; of the Trumpublican GOP.

Note to Trumpublicans: If your Party is becoming less diverse in a country that is becoming exactly the opposite, that&#039;s the kind of &quot;winning&quot; your opponent can build a rock solid future on. 

Yes, sir, the pendulum always swings back; do be careful that it doesn&#039;t smack you square in the face because you fell for the utter nonsensical fearmongering yet transparent rhetoric of the right-wing talking heads and con artistry of the Orange Worship Cult of Personality that the majority of the country could see right straight through. 

Trump&#039;s idea of &quot;winning&quot; is declaring the midterms &quot;very close to complete victory&quot; and then subsequently spending the following days hiding in his hotel room and tweeting victim-blaming insults regarding the raging fires in California rather than going to the cemetery to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country... but in his defense, it was raining, he doesn&#039;t like getting that thing on his head wet, and he had the &quot;sads&quot; worrying about what Bobby Three Sticks and the 116th Congress was planning for his future because of his &quot;very close to complete victory.&quot; :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The California race is down to a gap of fewer than 1,000 votes. </i></p>
<p>Yes, sir, and as I type this, the race in CA-39 is now almost down to a 100-vote lead for the Republican Young Kim, and she is their remaining hope of having a GOP congressional member-elect who isn't a Caucasian male.</p>
<p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yakun5w3" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/yakun5w3</a></p>
<p>Oh, wait... my bad; there is one (1) white female in there; if Young Kim can't hang onto her ~100-vote lead in CA-39, Miss West Virginia will have her work cut out for her in representing the incoming "diversity" of the Trumpublican GOP.</p>
<p>Note to Trumpublicans: If your Party is becoming less diverse in a country that is becoming exactly the opposite, that's the kind of "winning" your opponent can build a rock solid future on. </p>
<p>Yes, sir, the pendulum always swings back; do be careful that it doesn't smack you square in the face because you fell for the utter nonsensical fearmongering yet transparent rhetoric of the right-wing talking heads and con artistry of the Orange Worship Cult of Personality that the majority of the country could see right straight through. </p>
<p>Trump's idea of "winning" is declaring the midterms "very close to complete victory" and then subsequently spending the following days hiding in his hotel room and tweeting victim-blaming insults regarding the raging fires in California rather than going to the cemetery to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country... but in his defense, it was raining, he doesn't like getting that thing on his head wet, and he had the "sads" worrying about what Bobby Three Sticks and the 116th Congress was planning for his future because of his "very close to complete victory." :)</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the real question in florida is which candidates support key lime pie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the real question in florida is which candidates support key lime pie.</p>
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