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Crude oil prices jumping $10 today, another spike in gas prices inevitable.. Oh Mike Rodgers (and Haley Stevens) do NOT make that face, don't do it

Honestly anything less than a D+6 year (at minimum) would be a catastrophic disappointment. Democrats haven't had an environment this favorable to them in decades. The overwhelming majority of the county is pissed off at the current state of just about everything. They aren't in power so they can't take blame. Anything less than 230 house seats and 50 senate seats should be a massive disappointment. I want to THINK they're being overestimated, but the fact that republicans are essentially throwing in the towel in competitive races and sending an entire nations GDP to save them in Texas leads me to believe they truly are in deep deep trouble and the cakes kinda baked, but democrats are still experts at finding ways to lose…

I'm close to Chicago, and I can agree with this sentiment: democrats out here do have a better balance of knowing how to appeal to the working class and the moderates better than people on the coasts do… Stuff like right to work laws that are constantly a threat to unions are something that democrats highlight in their opposition while democrats on the coasts don't have that threat or are indifferent about it in general. But they're also not highlighting their support for divisive woke stuff. They're not perfect whatsoever but they're more in touch with people across the nation than people from California, WA, or NY can comprehend. Went to my voting place today and voted and it might as well have been a senior citizen rally I probably seen one person other than me under 50 and she was leaving while I showed up at that

I (selfishly) hate Portnoy because he went to war with the QB of my favorite football team, so AES absolutely butchering his fat ass is wonderful

This issue is: republicans are way better at farming outrage propaganda. They're way better at getting old crusty boomers or wishy washy moderates to clutch their pearls over the dumbest **** imaginable. Democrats aren't because democrats have came across as lame and weak for decades now, and democrats like Scholten willingly help the narrative by constantly ceding ground to republicans. It sucks but it's basic reality. What doesn't suck for AES is that the state of the country and economy are so bad in the minds of Americans that it probably won't be enough to take him down.

Agree with Hasan or not (I largely do) Abdul has attached himself to him. He is running in a very purple state. He needs to shut the **** up. Just shut up for 4 more weeks.

I don't believe we're getting D+15 environment, but the basic reality is: democrats already had a D+8 midterm against Trump. And that was with a way better economy and gas prices around $2.50 a gallon. The cost of living and Iran war are horrid, and republicans can't really escape that basic fact. Granted, trumps first victory felt like an absolute fluke and stroke of luck (unlike 2024 where he won completely organically and kinda won over the American public from mid 2024 till about April 2025), so there was pushback for awhile about him being in office. This time, the backlash and anger over the state of the country is felt everywhere, every day, and not just from raging angry resist libs and woke wine moms.

It might have peaked, but the price of diesel is still outrageous. $6.50 for diesel is catastrophic. I meant prices need to absolutely PLUMMET to like $3.50 for the gop not to be absolutely cooked. Diesel gas prices high=everything gets more expensive

God bless whoever is actually tuning in to that, you are officially the most pathetic person alive

Gas prices probably have 1 more week to plummet before the cakes officially baked on republicans chances this year. But their cash advantage will probably help them from the bottom completely falling out in some of these senate races regardless

I don't trust that these people are legit. I'm fully bought in that it's liberals pretending to be Trump voters. I know Trump voters. I'm surrounded by them. And I know a ton of them are pissed and constantly bitching about the state of the country (mainly the crappy economy and COL). What they simply do is not talk about Trump. They don't go on long tangents about how much they regret voting for him, even though they know he's responsible for this

Americans need to learn the very hard way that elections have consequences. The disgusting rise in prices and current COL crisis is miserable, but when the American people happily elect someone who's single handily made it explode, we get what we deserve

This goes out to all the mega cringe libs who loved to say circa 2018-2025 "I disagreed with president Bush, but at least he loved our country and loved democracy, unlike DRUMPF!!!": https://x.com/polltracker2024/status/2102178401750577236?s=46

Iran knowing the American public better than the American public knows themselves…"nothing gets the American people more upset than high gas prices". How embarrassing on our end