POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[Motown Bombers]

I met Benson once. It was when Michigan started early voting and she was at my polling place. We shook hands, made it known I’m a Democrat, and she thanked me and moved on. 

[Tigerbomb13]

She came into the beer bar I frequent in Detroit a few years ago to meet up with some political people. Same interaction, but she was very nice. 

[Motown Bombers]

All out of ****s to give. 

 

[Motown Bombers]

It’s pretty telling that the mayor of Dearborn has dozens of posts about Mamdani but none about Mary Sheffield. 

[CMRivdogs]

Tearing down the wall that separates church and state???  

[CMRivdogs]

 

[oblong]

TP Stands for Toilet Paper, right?  That's what I think every time I see it.

[CMRivdogs]

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Edman85]

49 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Kinda sad that is such a big deal...

 

Last I checked, all my legislative spots were unopposed next year. Florida Dems need to follow suit.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

these are the drip-drip-drips that, if they have any sense, should start separating the Congressional GOP from Trump. But that 1st part might well be too big a hurdle.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[romad1]

9 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

That's a classic pie wedge gerrymander of an urban metro... wow. 

[gehringer_2]

6 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Honest question because I know you follow this closer than I do, but if the GOP loses Cubans, don't they lose Florida statewide? Or are there enough MAGA snowbirds now that they aren't the swing?

[Tigeraholic1]

❤️ 

 

 

[gehringer_2]

I wouldn't lose any sleep if Trump just sent in a force and removed Maduro - he's earned it many times over. But if you want to do it, do it. Quit fartzing around with speed boats and killing random people and lots of typical useless Trump running at the mouth that's not making any difference for Venezuelans at all.

[Motown Bombers]

17 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Honest question because I know you follow this closer than I do, but if the GOP loses Cubans, don't they lose Florida statewide? Or are there enough MAGA snowbirds now that they aren't the swing?

People overlook that Hillary did exceptionally well with Hispanics, in fact, she did better than Obama in Miami-Dade county. The problem was the bottom fell out of the white vote and she lost Florida by 1. Biden did better with whites, but the Hispanics in Miami-Dade shifted hard right. Biden lost by 3. If he got Hillary level vote from Hispanics he wins Florida. Harris collapsed in Florida. Trump outright won Miami-Dade and he came within less than a point of winning Miami. If the Hispanic vote in Florida swings back to somewhere between Clinton and Biden, it makes Florida competitive at least. There were two special elections in the northern part of the state earlier this year. Trump +30 districts that Dems cut to around +15. If Dems can cut those margins and Hispanics are back, Florida is definitely back. The problem is the Democratic Party in Florida is a mess. They need the kind of organization Virginia had. One of the things that hurt Biden is he didn’t have a ground game in Miami because of COVID. You need to be on the ground with Spanish speaking canvassers speaking to Cubans. Harris didn’t really compete in Florida. I don’t know that Dems have that kind of ground operation in Florida for a statewide race. It’s a shame because there’s a special election coming up for Little Marco’s seat that I think can be competitive. 

[Motown Bombers]

Another thing I’ll add about Florida, is Broward County shifted right. Broward is basically the Wayne County of Florida. Higher black population that has been a Democratic stronghold. Harris won it but not by the margin Biden did. Broward is definitely a county that can rebound for Dems. 
 

Also, Florida has more people on Obamacare than any other state. Even more than larger states like California and Texas. If republicans let the subsidies expire, it could have a big impact on Florida. 

[CMRivdogs]

Maybe our resident Trumper can enlighten us. There has to be a silly meme out there somewhere,

 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said:

Maybe our resident Trumper can enlighten us. There has to be a silly meme out there somewhere,

 

This sums up things pretty well.... It was just a little whoopsie shooting them point blank range in the head.

 

 

[pfife]

2 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Maybe our resident Trumper can enlighten us.

Narrator:  it didnt happen