'18 Midterms: Dems win House by largest midterm raw vote margin ever

[King Static X]

I f*cking hate Politico. I didn't know that they were so trash until this election.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[dtownreppin214]

So Cruz's campaign manager planted the NFL/anthem question. This country is a sick mess.

The video went viral, amassing some 50 million views to date. Athletes tweeted their support. Ellen DeGeneres invited O’Rourke on her show. Online fundraising went through the roof. And it was exactly what Cruz needed. His campaign’s internal polls had tightened. Around the time the video exploded online, Cruz had dropped into the mid-40s and the candidates were in a statistical tie for the first time. O’Rourke's response—to a question, it turns out, asked by Roe’s employee—provided just the cultural wedge issue Cruz needed. His team quickly brought in Tim Lee, a double-amputee Vietnam veteran, to tape attack ads. Airing first online and then on television, keeping the anthem story front-and-center for weeks in the Texas press, Lee says in the spots, “I gave two legs for this country. I’m unable to stand, but I sure expect you to stand for me when that national anthem is being played.”

By the end of September, according to tracking numbers I reviewed, Cruz’s lead had ballooned back to double digits statewide—and O’Rourke’s support in the outbound areas of the state’s four major cities had plummeted. It seemed unfair: O’Rourke had been nuanced and eloquent in his response, saluting the military and emphasizing that people of goodwill could disagree on the matter, yet Cruz had seized on the final soundbite to paint him as a radical. But distinctions, not fairness, are the currency of a campaign—and the sharper those distinctions, the more primitive and oversimplified, the better. In the boiled-down shorthand of electoral politics, O’Rourke sided with minorities and national anthem protesters; Cruz sided with military members and the American flag.

 

[88m3]

I f*cking hate Politico. I didn't know that they were so trash until this election.

Yeah, they're turning into straight up right wing propaganda at this point. I've only noticed the last year or so

 

[Wild self]

Hoping for an upset that no one expects on Tuesday. Stacy wins, Gillium wins, Beto Wins, Bredensen wins. I will be cheesing the next day if this happens.

Wishful thinking on my part.

If All that happens, Trump and his twitter page will go NUTS!

I mean screaming, self snitching, bullying, abusing power....even worse than the last few years

 

[dtownreppin214]

Yeah, they're turning into straight up ring wing propaganda at this point. I've only noticed the last year or so

I used to read them religiously a few years ago before the top dawgs moved on to axios.

 

[dtownreppin214]

i do agree with some points in that article though.

other than the signs, text messages, and social media stuff, we haven't really "seen" the effects of Beto's war chest. he inexplicably forfeited television to Cruz for two months and allowed Cruz to define him as a caravan commie.

even the few ads he has released have not been effective. he just released one today with willie nelson that should have been on the airwaves months ago. the man needed to hire some professionals to help him develop a better strategy down the stretch.

 

[Uncle Phil 36]

i do agree with some points in that article though.

other than the signs, text messages, and social media stuff, we haven't really "seen" the effects of Beto's war chest. he inexplicably forfeited television to Cruz for two months and allowed Cruz to define him as a caravan commie.

I don't live in Texas, but if what youre saying is true, thats awful.

You can run so many negative hard hitting ads on Cruz (using the Trump attacks on Cruz is a goldmine)

 

[dtownreppin214]

I don't live in Texas, but if what youre saying is true, thats awful.

You can run so many negative hard hitting ads on Cruz (using the Trump attacks on Cruz is a goldmine)

very few beto ads on tv, pro or con. the main one they show is wack.

 

[Serious]

Everyone losing they damn minds when they see the gawd

some shyt 45 would never do

 

[Serious]

IDk how but we gotta figure how to modernize voting. It's pathetic how time consuming it can be in some regards like tuesday will have some crazy lines....

 

[dtownreppin214]

 

[Jhoon]

Hoping for an upset that no one expects on Tuesday. Stacy wins, Gillium wins, Beto Wins, Bredensen wins. I will be cheesing the next day if this happens.

Wishful thinking on my part.

Stacy will probably end up like John Ossoff.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I really regret Dave Chappelle attaching himself to a doomed campaign. shyt isn't even close.

 

[dtownreppin214]

IDk how but we gotta figure how to modernize voting. It's pathetic how time consuming it can be in some regards like tuesday will have some crazy lines....

there's been more done to improve the overall experience then fix the root problem.