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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow will the ReTHUG implosion end DUers
Your thoughts!
How far will they go to stop Groper Don the Con?
Who will be left standing??
Will he even show up tonight???
JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)Details and complications aside, I just can't see most of the party leaders going down with him. So--
he blows the debate and Brutus appears.....
MANative
(4,112 posts)If there's another bombshell, they'll haul DT into the RNC office and badger him for a few hours about quitting. He won't listen. If this drags on to the end of this week, they're toast anyway - no time to regroup, and they know it.
Priebus loses his RNC role. Cruz will re-renounce, saying something like he never wanted to endorse anyway, and he'll regain some status with his Wacko brigade. Rubio is toast, might even lose reelection to Murphy. Ghouliani will be committed. Christie never again has any national status.
Dems regain narrow control of the Senate - 51-49. We gain about 15 seats in the House, but it's too gerrymandered to go much beyond that until 2020.
Drumpf gets crushed, with Hillary winning 320+ EVs.
He'll show tonight and it'll be a bloodbath, but Hillary will mop the floor with him.
malaise
(269,054 posts)Quite possible
JI7
(89,252 posts)MANative
(4,112 posts)Won't stop them from pleading, though! Might even get all the way to begging on bent knees.
malaise
(269,054 posts)based on his tweet calling them hypocrites
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)It's long past time to give decent burial to what's left of the GOP!!!
madokie
(51,076 posts)I'm not much for grave dancing but I'll make an exception this time.
Peace
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)Do you think that we might turn over some puke controlled state houses and governorships? Texas proved that redistricting does not have to wait for a census year.
MANative
(4,112 posts)but I think some of that depends on how much the R vote is suppressed by Trump issues. I'm hopeful that we'll make inroads especially in the states where we flip Senate seats. Wisconsin is one that looks better than I expected.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)It would be SOOOO sweet if we made some gains in Texas. And I think I would buy some high grade Champaign if Hillary/Tim won Texas. She doesn't need us but it would be a hoot.
MANative
(4,112 posts)Here's hoping we both have more to celebrate than Hillary's victory!
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)It's quite possible that having Trump at the top of the ticket on Election Day will discourage enough republicans into staying home. In most states, there are at least a few districts that are not so heavily weighted toward the GOP that they can't swing the other way. Even my own state, South Carolina, has two such districts, which the GOPer only wins by 10 points, at most. If enough republicans stay home, some of these districts could go Democrat. It's a long shot, but the way things have been going...
Rex
(65,616 posts)I think we have the Senate back.
MANative
(4,112 posts)It'd make my decade, that's for sure! If we don't manage it this time, I think 2018 is unlikely because Rs almost always do better in midterms. 2020 would be the next legit shot, so we need to GOTV and hope for disheartened Rs to stay home.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)He will show up, but quickly go off the rails. He simply can't help himself.
malaise
(269,054 posts)I can't wait for tonight - I think he'll lose it.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)I think he will arrive in such an agitated state that his wheels will fly off before his first sip of water.
malaise
(269,054 posts)with pepper for tonight - and coconut water. We may pop a bottle of white wine.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)And given his state of mind, lack of preparation and likely lack of sleep, quickly may be within the first minute or two
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)Orange Hitler's ego won't let him quit. He'll hole up in his bunker doing blow, tweeting ever more unhinged things except for remote appearances on Hannity and before a few friendly crowds, and maybe, just maybe, eating a bullet as the election results are read.
malaise
(269,054 posts)30 days out
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)drowned in a bathtub.
safeinOhio
(32,688 posts)Be ready.
spanone
(135,844 posts)don't know if they can.
if he doesn't show up tonight, think it's all over.
malaise
(269,054 posts)can't handle all the cable shows - he was on five today
Rex
(65,616 posts)Like when two blackholes collide.
malaise
(269,054 posts)and violate their own rules -no rules matter as long as they have power
Rex
(65,616 posts)It is just straight up fucking over the country, as fast and hard and often as possible. Trump, Pence, they don't care. As long as the GOP stays in power they will vote for Satan.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)remarks. Part of preserving Pence's credibility and perceived electability for 2020.
Trump's vanity would not allow him to concede or miss the debates.
My feelings only.
Jarqui
(10,126 posts)to carry on.
I do not think they have much alternative without him quitting.
There's a part of me that hopes their implosion is slow and agonizing . They do, afterall give us some of our best material. This whole tRump thing is like the Rapture in reverse.