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T R E 4 5 O N

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Everybody saw this coming.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

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  3. 3.

    Daddy-O

    Very funny.

    He isn’t CONSULTING a Democratic Presidential candidate…so he MIGHT be right. And everything I’ve seen leads me to believe losing either House will not happen. Losing SEATS…yes.

  4. 4.

    Hawes

    Hey, as long as we’re not counting on his stategery to accomplish it, we might be OK.

    Shrum’s not an idiot. He’s just really, really bad at running campaigns.

  7. 7.

    jibeaux

    Look, all this situation needs is for Bill Kristol to assure that the R’s are going to win both.

  9. 9.

    p.a.

    Maybe it is now us on the left who are in the ‘just clap louder’ camp.

    All I can say is, if Shrum is correct and the teatard movement keeps the Dems in power, I may have to again believe in a deity of some sort. FSM be praised.

    Of course, the meme from the midterms, no matter the result, will be ‘voters refud repudiate the left, Dems move right. Here’s Ben Nelson on what it all means.’ So fuck you after all, FSM.

  12. 12.

    geg6

    Man, you’re right, Cole.

    The only person more wrong about everything than Bob Shrum is Bill Kristol.

    Wait…has anyone asked Kristol what he thinks? I might get all hopey changey if he’s crowing about VICTORY!

  13. 13.

    MattF

    This is just a news fart– noise, information content equals zero, nada, zilch, zero, nil, nothing… Not to restate the obvious or anything, but no one actually knows what’s going to happen.

  16. 16.

    Mike in NC

    Bob Shrum just said Democrats will hold the House and Senate.

    Isn’t this guy really some sort of performance artist? Like the Democrat’s answer to Andy Kaufman? How else does he get work?

  17. 17.

    JoyceH

    You know, I’m starting to think we will hang on to both the House and Senate. And here’s why. The GOP got a bad case of premature triumphalism and got a little too honest about what they planned to do with power once they got it back. They’ve been saying outright that other than investigating the Obama White House, they plan to accomplish NOTHING. The disillusioned left and middle are finally waking up to the fact that however much they’re disillusioned, the alternative would be much much worse.

    So I think ‘our side’ will come out and vote. They may not be as insanely motivated as the ‘baggers, but we don’t have to be – there are more of us than there are of them.

    What’s concerning me now is the aftermath of the election. Because the ‘baggers and the gun-toting flagwavers are as convinced as the GOP that they’re going to win. When they don’t win, they’ll immediately decide that the elections were stolen by the ghost of Acorn.

    Which means it will be time for those Second Amendment remedies.

  18. 18.

    artem1s

    the house is moot. the gop had no hope from the beginning, too many seats to pick up and the teabaggers killed any chance they had.

    the governors’ races are what matter.

  19. 19.

    Earl Butz

    When this happens, within one hour after polls close, you will start hearing howls about voter fraud.

    How the teatardists will explain that since they put their nemesis, ACORN, out of business, I’m not sure. But they’ll find a way. That involves black people. And Mexicans. And gays. And Obama, of course.

  21. 21.

    lamh31

    Not to get too off topic, but this is what happens when you don’t have a President who’s approaching AARP-hood!

    Can’t imagine Clinton being able to tap into the youth like this!

    Obama aims to excite young voters at concert/rally
    By ERICA WERNER

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama was addressing supporters at a hip hop concert and rally Thursday night, seeking to re-energize the youth vote that helped propel him to the White House,

    The Democratic National Committee enlisted hip hop artist B.o.B to perform for a sold-out crowd of 3,000 at DAR Constitution Hall. The crowd also was hearing from Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, David Plouffe (pluhf), and DNC Chairman Tim Kaine on the importance of the youth vote to the November elections, which are expected to be tough on Democrats.

    The event was organized for the DNC’s gen44 group, which tries to cultivate young leaders. It was expected to raise $750,000.

  22. 22.

    cat48

    @JoyceH:

    Acorn lives as long as foxnews exists. They still refer to it all the time like they are still cheating all white people.

    Shrum also predicted that Obama would win a month ahead of time so maybe the curse is only good if he’s managing the campaign.

  23. 23.

    Bella Q

    @JoyceH: That’s a good point. There are going to be some seriously pissed off baggers after the votes are counted. And teabaggers have more guns than firebaggers, generally.

  24. 24.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @cat48: So you are saying that, unlike Kristol who is wrong about everything, Shrum is merely wrong about everything in which he is personally involved?

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @cat48: So you are saying that, unlike Kristol who is wrong about everything, Shrum is merely wrong about everything in which he is personally involved?

  26. 26.

    lonesomerobot

    The good news is that he’s not actually involved in any campaigns… you know, helping democrats lose.

    This could really play into our hands if we were prepared for it. The narrative has been constant throughout the summer and now everyone’s bought into it: republicans are supposed to win big. So if (when) it doesn’t come true — maybe Pelosi only hangs on to the gavel by a couple of votes — we can guess how the media will portray it, “Dems Dodge a Bullet,” “Democrats in Disarray, Only Hold House by Thin Margin”

    But there’s a big opportunity for a major push back. Make the mainstream media have to answer why they bought into the wrong narrative, and how that directly relates to the public’s growing mistrust of them.

    Make republicans answer why there was no landslide. Be ready to push back and make the story as it should be: Republicans in disarray.

    But it only works if we win Nov 2 and are ready for Nov 3.

  28. 28.

    dmsilev

    If memory serves, Shrum actually has a decent record in running Senate campaigns. It’s the overall national thing that he sucks at.

    Speaking of Always Wrong, has Mark Penn made any predictions yet?

    dms

  29. 29.

    Alwhite

    Shrum is probably using an old trick – if you root around you will probably see he has made (or will make) several statements about the outcome of the election, none of them will match but one of them will be correct. Next year he will tout the correct quote to prove he knew all along.

  31. 31.

    Napoleon

    @lamh31:

    Not to get too off topic, but this is what happens when you don’t have a President who’s approaching AARP-hood!

    For the record, I am 4 months older then Obama and if my friends are any indication I am only 6 months from receiving my invite to join AARP.

  32. 32.

    James E. Powell

    @lamh31:

    My first reaction was to expect scary photos & screaming headlines of the president at a hip hop concert.

    My second reaction was to wonder, just wonder, what would happen if every single one of those gen44 voters got on the effing facebooks and made it a cool thing to get out and vote in the midterms.

    I think Obama hit every note perfectly in his speech to the college kids. What would be nice would be if every living Democrat picked up the tune and repeated it every day.

  34. 34.

    danimal

    Shrum has a 50% chance of being right on this one. We can only be sure of his predictions if he’s in charge of the campaign.

  36. 36.

    Dr. Squid

    In all fairness, he’s only predicting this. If he were running the campaign, I’d probably be downing a bottle of Jack. At 10 am.

  38. 38.

    Punchy

    Shrum is so wrong about everything, now I’m worried we’re going to lose the Presidency, too, in these elections…

  39. 39.

    Kryptik

    @Comrade Javamanphil:

    But capitalizing on these turns will take more than mocking negative ads — it will take a dash back to the center.

    Hahahahahahahahahashut the fuck up, Mark Penn. Please.

    EDIT: Oh sweet Green Jesus, I made the mistake of reading the comments there. What fuck Democrats are they seeing, acting like they’re all psycho soshulists, INCLUDING Mark Penn himself?

  40. 40.

    Mike from Philly

    In case you haven’t been keeping up with current events, we’ve been getting our ASSES KICKED OUT THERE!

  42. 42.

    cat48

    Ok, Bill Kristol is a go, too; so we may be ok.

    It looks as if 2010 will be a bigger electoral landslide than 1994, and more significant as well. But the true significance of 2010 will be to lay the groundwork for an even bigger victory in 2012—a victory that would allow President Obama to follow the example of so many of his senior staff, and depart the White House sooner than he once expected.

    —William Kristol

  43. 43.

    uila

    Cole: It’s readin’ right, man!

    Shrum: But that would mean the republicans are in the room…

    Tunch: Check the vents…

  44. 44.

    Mowgli

    @Mike from Philly- glad someone else picked up on the Aliens meme.

    If the GOP takes over the House, I think it’s time to dust off and nuke Washington DC from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

  46. 46.

    ChrisB

    @James E. Powell:

    My first reaction was to expect scary photos & screaming headlines of the president at a hip hop concert.

    So, I never do this, but I went to Drudge just to see and there it was at the top of the page: “HIP HOP BARACK.”

    And it was a topic of conversation on Morning Joe this morning with Scarborough talking sarcastically about how Obama’s appearance with a rap group was just the thing to capture independent voters.

  47. 47.

    Bob L

    @burnspbesq:

    Yes, but it’ll be OK David Brooks assures us that when the dust settles, policy wonks like Meg Whitman and Mitch Daniels will be setting the agenda for the Republican Party.

    I read these words and they don’t make sense. I think OMG, I just had a stroke! Then I see “David Brooks says…” and it all comes clear.

  49. 49.

    Kryptik

    @ChrisB:

    The only thing missing is a screamer-like graphic shouting ‘BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE, SCARY BROWN FOLk, BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE!’. You know, to punctuate the fact that Obama is, in fact, black, and therefore ‘out of touch’ with the rest of America or some dumb shit like that.

  51. 51.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @lamh31:

    The Democratic National Committee enlisted hip hop artist B.o.B to perform for a sold-out crowd of 3,000 at DAR Constitution Hall.

    I am surprised nobody has picked up on the obvious yet. Our old troll Brick Oven Bill has a new gig! And apparently, he’s fighting for the Dems. Who knew?

  53. 53.

    FlipYrWhig

    @ChrisB:

    Scarborough talking sarcastically about how Obama’s appearance with a rap group was just the thing to capture independent voters.

    Right, because, as everyone knows, rap in no way appeals to white people from ages 6-45. That’s the reason why rap stars so seldom appear in commercials for mainstream products like soda, deodorant, cars, credit cards, and computers.

  54. 54.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    @JoyceH:

    So I think ‘our side’ will come out and vote. They may not be as insanely motivated as the ‘baggers, but we don’t have to be – there are more of us than there are of them.

    If the Dems hang on and do better than the conventional wisdom is predicting, it will because their base and the indys that they manage to reach turned to them very late in the election cycle, the late timing coming as a consequence of them not paying any attention at all to political news until the very last minute right before the election. And given how toxic our media have been lately, can you honestly say that you blame anybody (who isn’t a politics junkie) from doing precisely that? Who wants to have a root-canal job done on them every damn day of the year, when you can put it off for 2 years and then get the pain over with in about a week or so? That’s what happens when the press goes Marathon Man on our sorry asses.

  55. 55.

    Kryptik

    @ThatLeftTurnInABQ:

    Seriously. Just trying to wade through this shit has literally left me with temples throbbing, like the sheer rage and helplessness was building up brain pressure.

  56. 56.

    eric

    @FlipYrWhig: AND…I may be wrong, but dont young voters and non-voters grow up to be older voters? wouldnt want to get them in to the fold early now…..

    Fear of a black mother-effing planet is all this noise be.

  57. 57.

    Linda Featheringill

    @Daddy-O:

    And everything I’ve seen leads me to believe losing either House will not happen. Losing SEATS…yes.

    DSCC says on their website that 15 seats are in play and the Republicans have to win 10 of those to gain a majority. So the Democrats have to win only 6 of them to hold onto their majority.

    If we sit down and do nothing, the Dems will definitely loose both houses. But we have only begun to fight. And a month is a long time in an election. A lot can happen.

  58. 58.

    khead

    17 days? Hey man, I don’t want to rain on your parade but we’re not gonna last 17 hours….

  59. 59.

    Linda Featheringill

    @JoyceH:

    Which means it will be time for those Second Amendment remedies.

    I hope you are wrong and you probably hope so, too.

    But, like you, I have wondered about this. A lot of those folks seem to really, really believe that they are going to win this election. Electoral disappointment is a real bitch [as we all know] and I am not sure how well some of these fragile and brittle people are going to adjust.

  61. 61.

    General Stuck

    I got a snark, Cole got a snark, Khead over there, he got a snark. Ever body got a snark. And that is the way it should be.

  66. 66.

    DFH no.6

    Hate to be the one farting in church and all, but JC’s clever Bill Paxton-in-Aliens quote (and thanks to uila @43 and khead @ 58 for playing along) has it about right, I’m afraid, and you know how that worked out for Bill (and most of the rest).

    I’m helping on my local Blue Dog Rep’s campaign (as I did for the same guy the previous 2 elections, which he won) and it’s more than an uphill climb this time. I’m getting way less positive responses than I did in ’08, and significantly less than ’06.

    From my (limited) view, Republican voters in my district seem pretty excited about getting a Republican back in the seat, Independents are in “throw the bum out” mode, and the Democrats are, it has to be said, pretty much demoralized.

    It’s the exact opposite vibe from 2008.

  67. 67.

    Delta

    Irresistable force Bob Shrum meets immovable object Bill Kristol:

    “It looks as if 2010 will be a bigger electoral landslide than 1994, and more significant as well. But the true significance of 2010 will be to lay the groundwork for an even bigger victory in 2012—a victory that would allow President Obama to follow the example of so many of his senior staff, and depart the White House sooner than he once expected.”

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/democrats-melt-down

    I guess these means the real result will of the 2010 election will be an explosion of epic proportions which will result in a dissolution of the union.

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