Can we please stop thinking that the exposure of GOP elected officials criminality

[onecaliberal]

Is going to make a bit of difference to their base. The cons love them some criminals. The worse, the better in their minds. We can spare these people no quarter. They would kill us all if they could.

[czarjak]

1. No Comfort. No Credit. No Quarter. Klan Code.

[Alpeduez21]

2. Exactly!! None of these politicians acts in a vacuum

They act despicable and partisan b/c they will lose their primaries if they don’t. GOTV!!!

[tableturner]

3. Their base doesn't matter. Independents and center-right Republicans DO matter!

If we win the voters in the middle, then that's how we will win this and other elections.

[onecaliberal]

4. There is no middle. You support treason which the right has fully embraced or you don't.

Women of all stripes will come out to save the day.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. It's a clear choice...

[tableturner]

12. Baloney! There ARE people in the middle.

Even if they are just a few percentage points of the entire voting population, those few voters WILL decide the election.

[onecaliberal]

16. Uh huh, not the tens of thousands of new women voters.

WE WILL decide.

[tableturner]

18. New women voters AND the middle voters wins the election. It's NOT one or the other.

[onecaliberal]

20. I just don't agree there is much of a middle to matter.

[uponit7771]

15. There are a solid 2% middle and in a lot of counties that all we need

[onecaliberal]

17. Take a look at new registrations.

[2naSalit]

6. It will when they can't vote for them anymore...

Because they are banned from running for office and probably sitting in prison.

[onecaliberal]

7. That would be great. It remains to be seen.

[2naSalit]

8. I remain hopeful...

So far.

[onecaliberal]

10. Clinging to it myself.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. It's not about convincing their base.

Trump’s base is 40% of Americans or less. It’s about convincing swing voters which are still about 5-10% of voters in any given election.

[onecaliberal]

11. There are no real swing voters. No one who votes for anyone left would be caught dead voting for

Cons. Better dead than red.

[Silent3]

14. No, there are indeed actual swing voters

These aren't, however, people judiciously weighing the pros and cons of Democratic and Republican positions on issues.

These are people who are largely ignorant of what's going on in politics, who have no clue how often party is much more important than individual politicians, who in fact think disregarding political rhetoric and policy positions, and instead going with their own (highly-manipulable) gut feelings for the personality or character of individuals, is much more reliable.

These are people who consider whether or not they are personally happy with how things are going, and, if so, they vote for incumbents, and if not, vote for challengers.

[Elessar Zappa]

19. Not true.

There’s still swing voters. Trump hasn’t changed that.

[tableturner]

13. You are correct!