Republicans are increasingly anxious about a midterms wipeout

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to always elect idiots? The Democrats were out of touch and overly focused on stupid issues like identity politics which pissed a lot of people off and helped Trump get elected.

Now we have Trump who is even worse.

I’ve been wanting someone middle ground for a while. So tired of the left-right extremists

No, they really were not. But the Rs did a good job of painting them as such and then backing them into corner about it.

Nothing is ever the fault of a Democrat to you, right? Like they lose, it’s the Republicans fault? They waste billions on clearly faulty campaigning, it’s the Republicans fault?

When do you ever take responsibility for Democratic failures?

democrats didn't nominate Trump three times
democrats didn't elect trump twice
democrats didn't fail to remove Trump from office
democrats didn't fail to bar Trump from running after staging a coup

In other words, no, the Democrats never do anything wrong in your view. Good luck with that.

I am the PP you are responding to. Obviously if the democrats were infallible, they would have some power right now and wouldn't be losing elections. I was merely noting that where we are currently is 100% on the GOP for nominating and electing Trump and refusing to convict his impeachment the two times they had the chance.

In normal times AKA pre-2016, a presidential candidate as weak and unfit as Trump would never have a chance to get close to the presidency. All it takes to prevent someone like Trump having a chance to win a POTUS election is for there to be at least one of the two major political parties functioning at an acceptable level. This isn't too much for the American people to ask for.

Stop blaming Democrats for Trump! You had the chance to nominate Nikki Haley, who probably would have won. But you didn’t. This is on you.

I'm blaming the Trump debacle on Biden and anyone who supported the one elderly jerk candidate that could've fumbled the 2024 election back to Trump. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Truth hurts but denying it gets us nowhere.

As the prior PP said, another GOP candidate could have been chosen and wasn’t. Haley had more than enough experience. They wanted the big brass fool. Now they have him. Own it and all the chaos and destruction that has come and is to come.

Republicans are allergic to accountability.

It is really so bizarre... When asked the question:

Q: Who elected Donald Trump in 2024?
(a) the 77 million mostly republican voters (some indep.) who voted for Trump
(b) the 75 million mostly democratic voters who voted for Harris
(c) the 36% of eligible voters who did not vote in the 2024 Presidential election

The obvious answer is (b). Possibly you could also place some blame on (c). But PP is performing some extraordinary pretzel logic to twist to place accountability onto (c), those who voted against Trump! Whatever.

I agree. Dem voters aren't to blame. Joe frickin Biden and the MAGA nut jobs are to blame.

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans have won six of nine special elections.

If they are so unpopular, why are they generally gaining in vote registrations in so many states?

EXACTLY. Democrats have nothing to offer to working class Americans.

Democrats have NO leader.
All they do is HATE the President.
So SAD.

The working class is happy about tarrifs as the jobs are coming back. The uaw is very happy

? cite your source.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/31/trump-tariffs-benefits-costs/82700560007/

But trade experts and economists say it’s unlikely a significant share of makers with overseas factories will move established supply chains halfway around the world under the threat of on-again, off-again tariffs whose duration is uncertain in a tumultuous economic climate. Those that do would have to grapple with severe shortages of skilled workers.

Even if a sizeable share relocated to the U.S., the number of jobs created would be relatively small and more than offset by those wiped out in a recession, economists say.

Trump’s tariffs during his first term led to more job losses in industries forced to pay the higher duties than gained in sectors protected by the import fees, studies show.

“This is not going to succeed at reviving U.S. manufacturing,” said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

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Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

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Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Numbers are a variable science. Emotions are a fixed science.

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Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Does it help if interest and mortgage rates are low if no one can afford to buy anything?

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Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Does it help if interest and mortgage rates are low if no one can afford to buy anything?

Yes, Goober, lower rates is an economic stimulant. Lower rates make it more possible for people to finance purchases. Geesh

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to always elect idiots? The Democrats were out of touch and overly focused on stupid issues like identity politics which pissed a lot of people off and helped Trump get elected.

Now we have Trump who is even worse.

I’ve been wanting someone middle ground for a while. So tired of the left-right extremists

Same. I am so sick of the crazy ends of the spectrum. They aren’t functional on either end.

True statement.

Also true statement: the far right is the core of the GOP, the far left is just that, the far left. there are no far left who are in democratic leadership. See the difference?

Oh come on.

Who is the radical progressive in a position of leadership for the democrats? Schumer?Jeffries? Whitmer? Really, who?

Agree 100% Words have meanings, and if any democratic politician was actually the Marxist/Socialist/far left etc etc they were made out to be, they would fit the definition, which would literally mean the government seizing the means of production. No private industry at all. So no McDonalds, no J&J, no Apple, no GM, and on and on. But no politician is anywhere close to even remotely suggesting that, let alone wanting it.

So while the extreme right meets the definition of extreme right, the left continues to be pretty middle of the road. Remember Mitch McConnell hyperventilating about Obama being the most liberal president in history and then he passed a healthcare bill with both chambers of congress that relied on private insurers and didn’t even include a public option? Liberal indeed.

Obama literally passed the right's healthcare reform.

Obama was a legitimate POTUS. Trump and Biden are complete and utter garbage. We must do better!

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to always elect idiots? The Democrats were out of touch and overly focused on stupid issues like identity politics which pissed a lot of people off and helped Trump get elected.

Now we have Trump who is even worse.

I’ve been wanting someone middle ground for a while. So tired of the left-right extremists

If you think the democrats were ONLY focused "identify politics" then the problem is your choice of information sources.

As has been pointed out, it’s a reasonable conclusion to reach given their post-inauguration focus and action. Trump is tearing down everything and all the Democrats seem to care about is keeping men in women’s sports.

No, it really isn't. The dems are the minority party and have no platform or position to offer up legislation unless there are GOP willing to co-sponsor.

Oh, I guess you missed Cory Booker’s epic speech? Too bad.

As it turns out, Democrats can do things even as minority party. Number one on their agenda was showing everyone how they want to protect men in women’s sports. Number two was protesting everything awful Trump is doing and finally (!!!) they managed to do it, thanks to Booker.

But we all saw what the first item on the agenda was.

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Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Numbers are a variable science. Emotions are a fixed science.

Nope. Emotions are fickle, not fixed.

The alternative to the current situation would be a President Harris who would continue to borrow money until the U.S. couldn't afford to pay it back. The midterms are 1.5 years from now, and we're already seeing both sides capitulate a bit. Ontario has indicated it would lift its tariffs if the U.S. did the same, Israel has already lifted them, other countries are following suit. President Trump indicated he would be willing to negotiate on tariffs, now that he has the world's attention. Likewise, the stock market has experienced a well-needed pullback after being overvalued based on historical metrics.

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Republicans as should be worried. They are more than complicit in trump's and muck's dismantling of our democracy. I am hoping for Dems to win 2/3 in the House and Senate and Democrats in can begin to undo the damage done by trump and the GOP traitors in the House and Senate.

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters is Trump gets egg prices down and gas prices down.

gas prices will come down because demand falls of the cliff during a recession or depression. Egg prices still haven't come down, but I suppose we will see what happens there., However, chocolate, vanilla, bananas and other key grocery items will be triple the cost and that speaks nothing of construction costs as tariffs kick in.

Coffee. 99% is imported. Only Hawaii has the climate to grow it.

Cacao too.

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Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Interest rates are not coming down.
Mortgage rates will only come down in response to housing costs crashing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Numbers are a variable science. Emotions are a fixed science.

Nope. Emotions are fickle, not fixed.

The alternative to the current situation would be a President Harris who would continue to borrow money until the U.S. couldn't afford to pay it back. The midterms are 1.5 years from now, and we're already seeing both sides capitulate a bit. Ontario has indicated it would lift its tariffs if the U.S. did the same, Israel has already lifted them, other countries are following suit. President Trump indicated he would be willing to negotiate on tariffs, now that he has the world's attention. Likewise, the stock market has experienced a well-needed pullback after being overvalued based on historical metrics.

Narrator: the rate of government spending has accelerated under Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Interest rates are not coming down.
Mortgage rates will only come down in response to housing costs crashing.

Mortgage rates are tied to the bond market and not the supply/demand dynamic of the housing market. Mortgage rates will come down in almost synchronization with the stock market as investors flee for the bond safe-haven.

Read. Think. Then post.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good, I hope we mop the floor with them.

It’s not going well. Despite all the bluster from MAGA posters, the negative effects of Trump’s destruction of the federal government and our economy is starting to be felt. It’s only going to get worse as more people are told that the program or contract they relied on has been cut. Remember many thought it would be similar to Trump’s first term. The GOP will pay the price. As it should. As the governing party.

Interest rates, mortgage rates are coming down. .62% drop in ten year yield.

Already the government is paying over a trillion dollars a year in interest. If rates hit 6% this will be over two trillion dollars a year on a debt that would be increasing by even more than that.
The current paid rate is around 3% and will increase as debt rolls over. Getting rates from 4.79 to 4.17 is significant, and even more significant if it goes down to 3%, and thus stops the increase in interest payments.

Numbers are a variable science. Emotions are a fixed science.

Nope. Emotions are fickle, not fixed.

The alternative to the current situation would be a President Harris who would continue to borrow money until the U.S. couldn't afford to pay it back. The midterms are 1.5 years from now, and we're already seeing both sides capitulate a bit. Ontario has indicated it would lift its tariffs if the U.S. did the same, Israel has already lifted them, other countries are following suit. President Trump indicated he would be willing to negotiate on tariffs, now that he has the world's attention. Likewise, the stock market has experienced a well-needed pullback after being overvalued based on historical metrics.

Narrator: the rate of government spending has accelerated under Trump.

Cite? Seems like President Trump is trying to CUT government spending, but for some reason, Democrats won't allow this?