2020 Senate polls and projections

[Scooter]

And it's Ann Selzer now also showing Ernst ahead in Iowa. Is she an outlier or is she on the money?

Democratic 53
Republican 46
Ties 1

[ex-khobar Andy]

Of course I want to believe all the predictions. But we've been here before.

I am not looking forward to Wednesday. Even though my gut, and these projections, tell me that Biden/Harris will win, I know that the next week and the three months until inauguration will not be pretty. We have seen what we think is the worst of Trump and his supporters for the last almost four years but I think we ain't seen nothing yet.

[wesw]

peoples minds haven t changed that much in the last few days...

the dishonest pollsters are just covering their collective asses

we have an ex-drug runner running for senate in DE, otherwise Coons would likely lose

he still may, it is a crazy year

Carney hasn t been overly oppressive , so might just win for gov, but murray is a serious candidate and a real challenger

[liberty]

I predict Biden will win.

[wesw]

c mon man, trump s ancestors crossed the steppes of Eurasia....

[Sue U]

2020 Senate polls and projections

I predict Biden will win.

[Scooter]

Yeah, that summa cum laude associate's degree from the University of East Butt Crack sure served the village idiot well.

[Sue U]

Maybe Chris Coons has competition he didn't know about?

[wesw]

outlaws for whiskey

hell, we just might need an honest drug runner in the senate

lord knows that we have had aplenty of dishonest ones already

Coons for Coons?

he should really think about adopting the correct spelling for his name

I can just picture some asshole at Ellis isle , back in the day, taking the piss and entering that spelling in the official records...

(and you guys are right, liberty is wrong again, as usual, tho I suspect that he is just trolling for hatefish)

julianne murray, however, is a great candidate. no money for ads tho, apparently

might not matter

the outlaws are voting.

[Scooter]

Democratic 54
Republican 46

[Crackpot]

Here’s hoping that’s true. The country really needs McConnel out of senate leadership (out of office really but i’ll Take what I can get)

[Big RR]

Leadership? More like toadyship.

[Sue U]

Leadership? More like toadyship.

McConnell gives not one fuck about Donald Trump; for him, Trump is just a tool that allows him to implement his own agenda while also providing a convenient sideshow/garbage fire/train wreck to distract the majority of people from what he's doing in the shadows.

[Big RR]

I don't know, his agenda seemed to move more toward Trump's (to the extent Trump has an agenda)after Trump was elected; I never liked him, but I can't stand him now.

[BoSoxGal]

I would love to go Dexter on Mitch McConnell.




(But I’m not a Dexter.)

[wesw]

crap, it is really disheartening to read the above post.

damn it

even if you feel that you need to be a dexter, you shouldn t love that you have tto be a dexter ….

[Econoline]

How VP Harris Can Sideline Moscow Mitch

Even if the Democrats don’t win control of the Senate, there is a way to strip Mitch McConnell of his power for good: priority recognition.

According to Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution, the Vice President is also the President of the Senate. The Majority Leader is not a position that exists anywhere in the Constitution. The reason that the Majority Leader has near-dictatorial powers to control floor votes is because of a tradition that dates back to 1937. The tradition is that the Vice President gives the floor leaders priority recognition. Most notably, this is not a rule in the Senate.

As President of the Senate, Vice President Harris could give any senator priority recognition. That senator could then decide on all legislation that is brought before the entire Senate. Even with a minority in the Senate, Vice President Harris could simply give Chuck Schumer priority recognition. He could decide what is voted on and what isn’t.

This would change everything. Without Mitch McConnell to hide behind, the moderate Republican Senators would be forced to vote down every Cabinet member, bill, resolution, everything that Harris would want done. Without McConnell, anything even remotely popular with at least two senators would pass. Including getting a cabinet assembled.

I see some debate as to what the Senate rules do and due not permit. I encourage everyone to read this article on the actual written rules and why the Majority Leader is so powerful today. It should be noted, however, unlike the House of Representatives, a large part of the Senate rules is tradition. As Mitch McConnell will gladly tell you, tradition is not written rule.

Also, this wouldn’t be the first time Schumer has done something like this. And yes, while there’s the possibility of rule changes, they cannot change the Constitution. At the end of the day, Madame Vice President Harris is President of the Senate. Period. Not Mitch McConnell.