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33. They often act less politically aware than they are

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 05:28 PM

Mar 2023

At the Gridiron Dinner in 1995, when Bill Clinton was down with the Republican success in the 1994 midterms, and Gingrich was riding high as the new nasty aggressive House Speaker, when Clinton gave his speech, he gave it with his usual mastery, had the room eating out of his hand. Gingrich leaned over to tell my mom, seated next to him, and said, “anyone who thinks this guy is gonna be a pushover for re-election is fooling themself.” No matter how much he said in public that his “contract with America” would be Clinton’s political graveyard, he knew that Clinton was a formidable, skilled political opponent who would probably coast to re-election no matter what the Republicans threw at him.

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Politico: Republicans Are Delusional If They Think Biden Will Be Easy to Beat [View all] brooklynite Mar 2023 OP

No brainer for sane, rational people. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #1

Beware of the base. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #2

99% of "the base" aren't fixated on prosecuting Trump. brooklynite Mar 2023 #4

I kinda feel safe is saying that most of "the base" probably doesn't care. In It to Win It Mar 2023 #6

they do republianmushroom Mar 2023 #27

Anyone who doesn't vote for a sitting Demsrule86 Mar 2023 #9

Yes. betsuni Mar 2023 #13

Who do you consider the base? mcar Mar 2023 #10

+1 betsuni Mar 2023 #11

see my posting to trumps base the republicans party as it is today. 3/19/23 republianmushroom Mar 2023 #26

see my posting to trumps base the republicans party as it is today. 3/19/23 republianmushroom Mar 2023 #28

Their base has gotten smaller. And keeps getting smaller. LiberalFighter Mar 2023 #24

trumps base the republicans party as it is today. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #25

They're too busy beating themselves... patphil Mar 2023 #3

Republicans are delusional. liberalla Mar 2023 #5

trumps base the republicans party as it is today. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #29

Republicans Are Delusional period. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #7

Politico? ancianita Mar 2023 #8

Not politico... Rich Lowery... reACTIONary Mar 2023 #14

Cool. A contributing writer to Politico from the National Review. ancianita Mar 2023 #17

Politico isn't exactly... reACTIONary Mar 2023 #18

Not according to this ... ancianita Mar 2023 #20

Regardless, to throw up a National Review writer's opinion re Biden and his "chances" of ancianita Mar 2023 #21

Uninspiring? DFW Mar 2023 #12

Joe Biden rises to the occasion Tom Rinaldo Mar 2023 #19

Ditto on the "diminished" part. GoCubsGo Mar 2023 #32

Good grief GenThePerservering Mar 2023 #15

I'm fairly certain Republicans don't believe Biden will be easy to beat. Xolodno Mar 2023 #16

Republican analysis goes like this: TheFarseer Mar 2023 #22

Let them think he can be beat. LiberalFighter Mar 2023 #23

Beware republianmushroom Mar 2023 #30

2024 won't be the same as 2020. LiberalFighter Mar 2023 #34

Trump gained not quite 9,000,000 vote between 2016 to 2020 republianmushroom Mar 2023 #36

That may be true Mad_Machine76 Mar 2023 #35

With the remarks about Ukraine and Russia, tfg & the Florida Decockroach 2live is 2fly Mar 2023 #31

They often act less politically aware than they are DFW Mar 2023 #33