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Celerity

(51,122 posts)
4. +100000
Thu May 14, 2020, 08:01 PM
May 2020

Atm I see a 52-48 Democratic majority

Lose AL

Defend all other Blue seats

Flip IA, AZ, NC, ME, CO, MT

Fair chances at: GA (the regular election, Perdue is weak), KS (Open seat. Sibelius refusing hurts us badly, I would have put it in the flip category if she had run, but Bollier has a shot)

More remote chances but not impossible: KY (grrrr, McTurtle is almost a bigger threat than Trump, and more than Barr IMHO), GA (special election, Doug Collins will unfortunately win I think, Yates and Abrams refusing to run in either GA seat race hurt our chances in both) TN (Open seat. I would have put it in the flip category if Tim McGraw had not refused to run, grrr, James Mackler has a chance, but still, Mcgraw, especially as he had said for years )

Forget it category: AK (we do not even have a Dem running, Al Gross, an indie, is probably toast) and TX (not even Beto or Julian Castro would have toppled Cornyn, who is far more popular than Cruz)


The House is probably, probably safe, but CA-25 2 days ago is a warning shot. All it takes is for us to lose a net 16 seats and the Rethugs pull it back. We are defending 50 to 60 very close and/or flipped House seats, so it is not in the bag by any means.

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we need to win the house and senate nt msongs May 2020 #1
+100000 Celerity May 2020 #4
It would be a nightmare on steroids. lunatica May 2020 #2
NY and New England are ready made Canadian provinces. roamer65 May 2020 #14
Yes! They're far more Canadian than they are Alabamians, lunatica May 2020 #15
Chunks of Texas and New Mexico Ilsa May 2020 #17
I can't take four more years. Leaving the country. LuckyLib May 2020 #3
I cannot imagine a greater hell. smirkymonkey May 2020 #5
... Celerity May 2020 #6
Creepy, right? smirkymonkey May 2020 #7
+100000 Celerity May 2020 #8
Damn! lunatica May 2020 #16
No Shite.. for our very Souls we need to get Cha May 2020 #9
the ending is the best argument Celerity May 2020 #10
Exactly.. Thank you for Cha May 2020 #11
yw and stay safe Cha Celerity May 2020 #12
We're doing pretty good over here.. Cha May 2020 #13
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