2016 Postmortem

Botany

(70,504 posts) Thu Aug 18, 2016, 09:54 AM Aug 2016

6 solid red states left for the GOP .... 538 ... W.V., OK, Wyoming, Alabama, Idaho, and Louisiana

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

But in the good news Trump's new campaign bosses have zero experience in running campaigns.

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6 solid red states left for the GOP .... 538 ... W.V., OK, Wyoming, Alabama, Idaho, and Louisiana (Original Post) Botany Aug 2016 OP

Wow! I'm dreaming of thousands of liberal judicial appointees and a SCOTUS more like RGB. it's HUGE' bettyellen Aug 2016 #1

Mitch McConnell will be very upset that he didn't give Merrick Garland a vote. Botany Aug 2016 #2

If a senate victory is assured Obama should maybe pull Merrick to teach them a lesson bettyellen Aug 2016 #4

Shhhhh ;-) JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #6

Ummm- I live in TN- it is blood red redstateblues Aug 2016 #3

It is a little less red on Nate Silver's map but .... Botany Aug 2016 #5

Yep, the Appalachian folks. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #8

Louisiana could come on the radar.... conservatives have beachbum bob Aug 2016 #7

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

1. Wow! I'm dreaming of thousands of liberal judicial appointees and a SCOTUS more like RGB. it's HUGE'

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 09:57 AM

Aug 2016

Botany

(70,504 posts)

2. Mitch McConnell will be very upset that he didn't give Merrick Garland a vote.

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:00 AM

Aug 2016

n/t

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

4. If a senate victory is assured Obama should maybe pull Merrick to teach them a lesson

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:04 AM

Aug 2016

Let HRC reshape rhe court and you know what- the GOP could not have us "wedge issues" to kick around anymore. The fallout could be incredible.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)

6. Shhhhh ;-)

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:10 AM

Aug 2016

I'd rather they not know what's coming at them!

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

3. Ummm- I live in TN- it is blood red

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:03 AM

Aug 2016

Botany

(70,504 posts)

5. It is a little less red on Nate Silver's map but ....

Reply to redstateblues (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:07 AM

Aug 2016

... I expect W.V., KY, and TN to keep voting against their own best intersts.

I have lived in S.E. OH and it is much the same.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

8. Yep, the Appalachian folks. n/t

Reply to Botany (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 11:22 AM

Aug 2016

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

7. Louisiana could come on the radar.... conservatives have

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 11:06 AM

Aug 2016

Screwed that state over big time....

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