Trump doesn't like to fire people directly. He hasn't done it once yet. He needs someone else to do it. So far, the people that job would fall to have refused. We will see if mghann and kelly resign. That would mean he is hunting for a middleman.
He might have to this time, if McGahn was afraid to do it, then anybody with a brain would be wary. The brain holders in this scenario wouldn't include Trump. Hey maybe he can talk Steven Miller into doing it!
Romney wouldn't automatically get Chuck's chair. The senate follows a seniority system. The next senior person in the chain would get the chairman position. Romney may get a seat on the committee (likely not though, that is a plumb committee), but he won't be in charge of it.
I didn't think Mitt would get any chairmanship, these boys are from mormon country and Trump ain't to popular there even though it's republican. Grassley has to make this call within the next few days and he will because the info will go to the ranking member next.
Have faith in Donald, he's leading their effort in the midterms! Who's gonna take care of the RNC's finances BTW, with Winn and Cohen in shit up to their eyeballs, the RNC finance chair and vice chair are enmeshed in scandal and crime.
Obama was as clean as a cat's ass, too many eager eyes were cast upon him looking for scandal. They were reduced to criticizing his wife's arms as too toned for fuck sakes! Not much is said on Melania's full frontal nudity (not that I mind!) or porn shoots.
It's a game of numbers. The dems only need to pick up 2 seats, but they need to win 28 elections to do that. There are ~35 senate seats up for election this year. 24 are dem, 2 are indies who vote with dems, and the rest are republicans. They only have to win 8 races to hold the senate. There aren't enough vulnerable R's to pick off, and there are vulnerable D's.
Some GOP senators might go independant and death is always close by in the senate. I figure if Trump is still around during the midterms all bets will be off, if I recall the GOP won a 68 seat increase in the house in 2010, so landslides can work both ways. Who knows what the GOP senate will have to carry into the midterms with the shit that's coming out daily, they might have to vote in an impeachment trial before then and it might be hard to go against the evidence and get elected. Primaries are what those running fear the most, but they can abstain or vote not guilty, whatever saves their skin.
Well, those closest to the grim reaper are mccain and corker. Corker already retired, and a special election will be held this fall for the remainder of his term I believe. Mccain is still with us, but it is doubtful he will return to vote no matter how important the vote is.
Public concern and outrage is building daily and many who don't normally vote will, the usual voters will be overwhelmed by the turnout of people who normally wouldn't be dragged to the polls. Turnout will be massive and senate seats can't be gerrymandered, people are frightened and angry, they are starting to long for normalcy and by Jesus they will get it. The meek shall inherit the earth.Well, those closest to the grim reaper are mccain and corker. Corker already retired, and a special election will be held this fall for the remainder of his term I believe. Mccain is still with us, but it is doubtful he will return to vote no matter how important the vote is.
So the effective vote balance is 49-50 until mccain either retires or leaves another way. If we can get one more seat, it will be 50-49 if mcain doesn't come back to vote. We wouldn't get control of the leadership, but we could stop any bad nominations a least. Thats if dems stick together, which is always a challenge.
On the red side, the following states have senate elections: Arizona, 2 in Missippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, T,N texas, utah, and wyoming. Republicans are still strong favorites in every one of those races except Nevada, which is D+1.
The dems on other hand, have several seats open where the R's are favored: FL, IN, MO, MT, ND, OH, and WV. Those are all R+2-R+20.
So we have a shot at maybe 1 or 2 pickups, but they have a shot 7. It would have to be one hell of a sea change to move those states and get them over the finish line. It has to overcome dirty tricks, election fraud, massive amounts of money puring in from domestic and foreign sources, and the basic instincts of the voters in those states.
yup, i agree, mueller is gonna give republicans in congress a chance to hang themselves too, before the midterms...
Everybody is waiting for Trump to act, the trap will spring shut then with obstruction of justice, that "finding" has already been made and will be presented to the senate judiciary committee when Rosenstein is fired. Mueller would either resign or cause Trump to fire him too by ignoring restrictions placed on his investigation. The GOP is gonna carry whatever it does into the midterms and they don't want a "treason election" with the public as the judge.
and likewise, all that are in business with trump, his family friends and cult followers should all be punished financially....
