Retaking the House would be such a just outcome.

begging for it.

I think he self-destructively wants to punish the world for 'allowing' him to be mortal and old and in decline.
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oh hell, I don't have all day

mortal, old and in decline... and now a laughingstock too... damn world!

He wouldn't look so good in spandex, though. No one would be impressed.
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Oh, if only trump were bald...!

Lex Luthor is ten times smarter than Donald Trump ever was. Lex at least became President in the comics and on several TV shows Lex is smart don't disrespect the Lex.

The guy who was sent to prison again and again.
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there's really no reason to bother going to the polls...

so, they need to make sure they stay indoors those days.

It made my day!

And speaking of "justice," fuck you John McCain and all you other repug obstructionists! It would be clear sailing ahead.

Oh please please please let it happen!!!

The regular "normal" Republicans might not show since they think Trump is a lunatic and the Trumpkins might not show since they think the election is "rigged". Furthermore many of the RW loons that support Trump are too lazy to show up at the polls or too dumb to figure out where and when they are supposed to vote.

Looks like a massive epic blowout in the making. Lovely!

When he says the election is "rigged," he's inadvertently telling his own supporters they may as well not bother voting. Anti-Trumpers aren't affected; we don't believe anything he says.

Good move, Trump. Oh, and...checkmate.

the internal polls are even worse than the public polls.

Awesome.

When the Trump campaign says they are pulling out of VA while Clinton is going on offense in AZ, TX, and GA and spreading money downballot in MO, it's pretty evident the internal polling is trending wildly in her favor.

about internals for both parties showing a bigger margin.

where as their internals are based on reality.

The public pollsters (at least the good ones) have an incentive to be as accurate as they can get.... competition for sponsorships (though some, like Rasmussen, obviously cater to a particular audience).

The reason private polls are often more accurate is because they have access to proprietary data from the parties. The parties often have VERY detailed data which let's them construct a more accurate model of the electorate. Of course, they can be susceptible to wishful thinking as well, as in 2012 where internal pollsters on the GOP side were fooling themselves with unrealistic turnout models.

and I based my post on how they include obvious outlier polls such as the LA Times/USC or whatever poll that always had Trump with a 4-5 point lead, regardless on the other polls having Hillary up by 6-9. So by including this poll, it made the race much closer than it is/was.

However I have noticed that RCP has stopped including this poll in their listings lately.

But I've got prosecco in the fridge just in case.

Win or lose, we'll all need a drink (real or imagined, hard or soft) when this is done.

trash from the streets and parks.

Love it!

coming from a Republican

I'll believe it when I see it

and I sure hope we do

He is republican for sure, but has been increasingly disaffected since the end of the Bush presidency and the McCain campaign.

He could be wrong (though unlike 99% of other Rs, he is not complete driven by confirmation bias), but I am pretty confident that he isn't playing the expectations game, so to speak.

I didn't want to give him too much credit

Just the other day I posted support for his ideas in another OP,
and I was lambasted that he was the worst #@($*%@(% GOP SOB
that ever advised anyone and I didn't know what I was talking about

So as usual .... people disagree, that's what makes horse races

that Trump "ran out of gas" after the first 20 or 30 minutes. And it stuck. And within a few minutes a slew of other pundits and talking heads were using that same metaphor.

He is a pretty straight shooter. He's not adverse to saying, flat-out, when his team is failing. He doesn't try to pivot or otherwise change the subject or run off at the mouth the way the Trump surrogates and other assorted "yeah, but HILLARY/yeah, but BILL CLINTON..." team members do. Steve Schmidt seems, at least, to have a grip on objective reality. Perhaps he realized he needed to move out of Bubble World after McCain/Palin went belly-up.

He was choking back tears just talking about how awful Trump is, not just for the Republicans but for our democracy. He has never supported Trump and now he's worried about the nation as a whole, about the tone of this election being so toxic.

Non-insane republicans can see that, too bad they let a fascist monster win their nomination.

He IS a republican and wants them to win.

But, he is not like 99% of republicans who are driven by this modern day confirmation bias - conservative good, liberal bad.

He has been increasingly disaffected since the end of the Bush presidency and the Mccain/Palin campaign.

He was certainly not unhappy to comment or report on their big gains in the last two mid terms, and he clearly would have rathered Romney win.

But, he is was aghast at Palin and while he clearly respected McCain, he didn't try to pretty up his choice of Palin.

And, he has clearly been pained by and not tried to paint Trump as anything other than the POS he is this whole cycle.

Nicole Wallace is another who doesn't hold back about Trump. There are others, but those are the two I see most often.

I think country is more important than party to them. Nicole had a position in the McCain campaign but voted against McCain in 2008 because of Palin.

Pretty amazing, and touching.

And was taken with Schmidt's emotional reaction to the massive damage The Donald is doing, not merely to the GOP but the whole democratic process. He spoke about the legacy we owe to our children, and then chillingly reminded the audience that fascism took root in Europe not because fascism was strong but because democracy was weak.

Reasonable, moderate Republicans actually do get it--Donald Trump threatens the very fabric of this country. Trump and his odious cohorts must be stopped.

that Trump's hate filled message won't be tolerated in this country. It's sad to realize that it took so long for many to start to see through him.

So many of the talking heads are incapable of that any more, and what Steve S was saying was very important, needed to be said, and needed complete thoughts, not soundbites.

instead of simply chasing scandals and talking points.

...on the history of our democracy, and the absolute necessity of the peaceful transition of power for the continuation of it.

Steve Schmidt is coming from an educated heart, rather that the "gut feeling" so touted by Trumpites.

He's a sincere guy, and reasonable. Maybe he should consider leaving the G.O.P. fold...I'd actually relish that!

Isn't it a little late to start panicking now?

DON'T GET LAZY
If every Democrat gets 1/4 of another repub or undecided to vote Dem, we win big!!

on November 28th!

Trumpism should be made toxic. Reasonable conservatives should kick the tea baggers and trumpeters to he curb and begin the long slow process of marching back to sanity.

The political discussion has been brought down by right wing forces who have created a cottage industry in peddling conspiracy theory and stupidity. This has culminated in the ridiculous absurdity of Trump's candidacy. We can't allow any force to take us any lower than this.

We really need to get people in there that will do their job. Our country depends on it.

Do everything possible to make the Republican defeat as thunderous as possible. If you can, please donate. If you can't, call your local Democratic Office. Offer to give rides to the polls, knock on doors, make phone calls, or stuff envelopes. Every little bit helps!

Of course you all are going to be booted. Nobody wants to take us back to the Bush year economy. We all want things to improve. Take off that clown mask and do some work!

I doubt anything is going to make them stop filibustering in the Senate.

Still, this would be amazing.

We have to make sure people get to the polls. When we show up in large numbers, we win.

Remember the down tickets!!

Obstructionist Republicans are the main reason why America is not greater than it could be.

And the only reason Climate Change is still not taken seriously enough.

So they will continue with their right wing nutjobiness.

Peace

She would have to win: FL, GA, NC, OH, IA, AZ, and TEXAS!!! Texas is the only way I see her getting over 400.

the RWNJs to get out and vote for the down ticket and the left gets complacent thinking they have it in the bag so they don't have to bother getting out to vote. It's time as these that we have to be sure to vote and actively get others on our side and get them to vote!

There wont be complacency and there never is during presidential elections. Especially in states where the legalization of marijuana is on the ballot. I am seeing the young ones here in California getting involved in the election like no other, and it isn't because of Trump vs Clinton. Now this isn't a good example since any Democrat would win this state regardless of ballot measures, but most that I am talking to really want to vote and don't care how big a lead Hillary has.

The problem comes in the mid-terms when the party's own GOTV is lacking. And we know what demographic groups fail to vote in those elections so we can rectify this with better GOTV during midterms.

Listen to fucking Meeeeker cry when Steve says the house may be close. Fuck her, fuck Joe, and fuck Willie Geist.

As long as our side doesn't hear this to mean all is well.

to God's ears. Please let that be true

in the debate. HAHA!

and ram through tax reform to close all the loopholes the wealthy and varies corporations have been exploiting as well as appoint some extremely liberal SCOTUS judges followed by laws to make it so PACs cannot hide who funds them and must reveal the sources of cash in a clearly transparent manner.