Just 15 weeks from today we will have many answers.

Only 15 more Tuesdays (105 days) until the Nov midterms.

Other than getting more Dem Govs, flipping the House and possibly the Senate, what will we learn.?

I’m hoping there is some kind of exit polling done State by state or as a national aggregate that shows these things:
Dem turnout
Gop turnout
Indy turnout
Age breakdown
Sex breakdown
Trumps influence (eg. Was your vote influenced by your pos or neg feelings toward Trump?)
For Trump voters only. (Will you vote for him again in 2020?)
For both Dems and Indies (Who do you want to run for Prez in 2020.).

Please add what questions you would like asked in any exit polls.

I would never be married to or date a Republican.

But, let me give some of you a hard truth.
If you live in most red states (especially Southern ones), most white straight males are Republicans.
So, for a white straight woman who will only date a white straight male, there’s a limited group of Democrats to choose from (especially in rural areas).
Some women who aren’t real political or that lean Democratic lie to their husbands about politics or just don’t talk about it to get along. That makes their lives more manageable, they have told me.

One woman's plan to keep her GOP husband from voting in midterms.

So, at a gathering of progressive Dems last night, the conversation got around to voter suppression.
But, instead of the usual weeping and gnashing of teeth over voter ID laws and Repub purges of voters roles, this idea was a table turner.
A Dem woman married to a GOP man said she has a plan that will (legally) mean her husband won’t be voting while she still will.

She’s going to tell him that she has mapped out time in their busy schedules for them to go vote at a particular time together late in the day on Election Day.
However, She plans to vote in the early voting period a week before Election Day and just not mention that to her husband.
Then, on Election Day at the appointed time that they planned that morning to go vote together, she plans to manufacture a minor crisis at the house that he needs to come home for.
She will call her husband and say, “I know we are supposed to go vote now, but we’re just not going to be able to. And, our votes would just cancel each other’s out anyway”.

I thought this was a great idea.
What if all Dems with GOP spouses, significant others, family members did this same thing?
A little sneaky, yes, but so what? What do you think? Would you do it?

I still can't get past the mocking of the disabled reporter.

As bad as so many other things are that he’s done and said, this really revealed who he is as a disgusting human being. I could have NEVER voted for anyone who did this.
At the time, I was sure this would end his candidacy.

When do I get to say I told you so to all of the people that voted for him.

Why the September deadline for Mueller?

I’ve heard a lot of talking heads lately say (as if it were set in stone) that Mueller must issue his final report before September or hold off until after the midterms.
They say this like they know that Mueller thinks this way.
Where do they come up with that?

Dem Candidates and Strategists please read this.

If you or your candidate is running in November, Trump is giving you a HUGE GIFT right now.
Helsinki week is a gold mine for Democrats.
Veterans and older Americans grew up hating and living in fear of the USSR.
Even though it’s now smaller and called Russia, Americans still see them as evil.

These people who love Trump are now confused. It’s cognitive dissonance.
We need to take advantage.
Stress patriotism on web sites, yard signs, banners, ads.
Have a veterans outreach person or people. Go to places where they congregate.
Without calling Trump an outright traitor (I know he is), talk about how confused we all are by Trumps behavior. Then, let them talk and express their concerns. Which, believe me, they have.
Be a soft shoulder.
Then let them know that you and your candidate will not accept cozying up to Putin and Russia.
Say that you will defend America against any efforts to do so no matter where it comes from.

These people, lifelong Repubs, May not vote for you.
But, they will think about it and they may just stay at home on Election Day.
And, that’s a win for us.

Where is the American translator from Helsinki summit?

Who does she work for?
The State Department?
She might just be the most important person in America right now.
She should be found and put under protective custody and subpoenaed to tell what she heard in those two hours.

Was yesterday a gift to red state Senate Democrats?

Did this now give them some cover if they vote against the SCOTUS nominee?
Can’t they rightfully claim that they just need more time to understand Trumps Helsinki
pro-Russian stance before they can vote for his nominees.

Dare we call it RussiaGate

Repubs and Trump have often capitalized off of naming things they don’t like.

I suggest that every time a Dem references Trump now that they also mention Muellers investigation of RussiaGate.

Can we really vote on a new SCOTUS while Trump is being investigated for his role in RussiaGate.

Great site for state by state voter registration information