Current Events > Retaking the Senate in two years is plausible.

(+) Yeah! (+)

First, Rosen and Slotkin needs to pull out wins this election.

And then in 2026... finally retire Collins, knock out Tillis, and find one more... probably Ernst. And hold onto Ossoff's seat in Georgia.

It's uphill, but oh boy is this country going to be a shit show in two years.

mobilebloechel posted...

...I love your optimistic view

I am the opposite of optimistic.

Bold of you to think it will still be possible for Democrats to win in 2 years.

It'll be too late. Vance was the VP pick specifically to make sure the Project 2025 stuff gets started ASAP. The 2026 midterms will likely be too late.

Wrong.

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It's a welcome change to the self-defeating doomerism that's been overwhelming the board as of late.

oh they only have two years of unfettered power to fuck over the country for the rest of our lives?

no biggie

Proto_Spark posted...

It'll be too late. Vance was the VP pick specifically to make sure the Project 2025 stuff gets started ASAP. The 2026 midterms will likely be too late.

Wouldn't surprise me, if trump doesn't go along with it, Vance will use the 25th and find a VP to help.

If they didn't get rid of elections by then, there is a good possibility that any potential opponents in the mid terms will either not be strong enough to stop them or "accidents" will happen before the mid terms start to silence them.

Dark_Moon posted...

Wouldn't surprise me, if trump doesn't go along with it, Vance will use the 25th and find a VP to help.

They're stuck with Trump. Trump will happily go along with it, because his only real goal is his own self-interest.

They can't actually kick Trump out, because Trump is who the entire GOP base is clinging to. Ousting Trump (who will definitely not be up to just step out of the spotlight) will turn the entire base against the party and probably destroy the party.

Trump knows he's a puppet. And he's fine with it as long as he gets to stay out of prison and has everyone telling him he's very smart.

Proto_Spark posted...

They're stuck with Trump. Trump will happily go along with it, because his only real goal is his own self-interest.

They can't actually kick Trump out, because Trump is who the entire GOP base is clinging to. Ousting Trump (who will definitely not be up to just step out of the spotlight) will turn the entire base against the party and probably destroy the party.

Trump knows he's a puppet. And he's fine with it as long as he gets to stay out of prison and has everyone telling him he's very smart.

That reminds me, what will his cultists do if Trump instead of being ousted were to kick the bucket? I mean, it's possible he could die of (more or less) natural causes while in office.

Thompson posted...

That reminds me, what will his cultists do if Trump instead of being ousted were to kick the bucket? I mean, it's possible he could die of (more or less) natural causes while in office.

Blame someone for "assassinating" him and use it as casus belli for their plan to murder everyone they hate, while refusing to do anything which would improve the country in any real way or even just briefly stop it from collapsing under their own feet?

Attempt to play a "return to normalcy" card that enough of the mythical moderate voter will buy hook, line, and sinker, probably

I do not expect elections, or at least not meaningful elections. I expect that going forward that the party in power gets to decide if elections can be certified and then if they find the results suspicious they can choose the winners. A few states were working on this I am sure the next attorney general and Supreme Court will have no problem allowing this moving forward.

Thompson posted...

That reminds me, what will his cultists do if Trump instead of being ousted were to kick the bucket? I mean, it's possible he could die of (more or less) natural causes while in office.

If he dies, the GOP can probably martyr him onto whoever they want - as long as it's someone Trump happens to like when he's dying. As long as its someone relatively charismatic (so not Vance or Elon) they can sort of "pick up the torch" and if Trump's not around to fight it, it'll probably work.

The GOP was doing this with Ron DeSantis and it was working - literally up to the point he had to fight Trump. If Trump just sort of died in like, March, DeSantis probably would've been able to pick up all of that momentum from the MAGAcult and became the president-elect instead.

SpawnShadow posted...

Blame someone for "assassinating" him and use it as casus belli for their plan to murder everyone they hate, while refusing to do anything which would improve the country in any real way or even just briefly stop it from collapsing under their own feet?

I doubt they have a plan that's more complicated than going out on a stroll in their hometown looking for people that don't look right. Probably will end up killing their not-immediately-apparent republican local shopkeeper and then get gunned down by the police.

Thompson posted...

That reminds me, what will his cultists do if Trump instead of being ousted were to kick the bucket? I mean, it's possible he could die of (more or less) natural causes while in office.

Theyll declare him the Eternal President.

Damn it's been 61 years since a president died while in office and 79 years since one died of natural causes

Thompson posted...

I doubt they have a plan that's more complicated than going out on a stroll in their hometown looking for people that don't look right. Probably will end up killing their not-immediately-apparent republican local shopkeeper and then get gunned down by the police.

The police will either give the person who shot them a medal or they will shoot all the cops down. With how these people are, usually there's either corruption, incompetence, or both.

So assuming we have an election in 26, the party in power always does worse in the midterms