Comments on: Warnock wins re-election

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:59:10 +0000

I participated in the extensive “election integrity” effort run by the RNC this year. It was good, and well-run. Also, the RNC sued aggressively over illegal election changes. But it wasn’t enough.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:24:41 +0000

The dog that doesnt bark they 400 million was spent in this race ga’s own stimulus program 120 just for the dem side of the runoff

By: neo

neo — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:13:59 +0000

Miguel cervantes:

When I was writing the post I asked the question and tried to find the answer, but it was unobtainable. I’m going to assume that some of the money did indeed come from Bankman-Fried.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:09:20 +0000

How much of that billion from sbx went to georgia why they are steal treating sbf with kid gloves

By: Banned Lizard

Banned Lizard — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:04:42 +0000

Good idea, Kate, on getting a new RNC chair. Harmeet Dhillon has an interesting legal resume, having represented James Damore in his suit against Google, and Andy Ngo in his against Antifa. She also seems to have a clear and positive vision of conservative populism.

If there is a ray of hope for more transparent elections, it would be that legal action might have a chance of forcing changes. Otherwise, the darkness could last for a very long time.

By: neo

neo — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:03:50 +0000

R. Cook:

They certainly didn’t abandon Georgia. If you read my post, I have a link to an article about how they gave Walker a lot of money in the runoff. Also, Kemp – a popular GOP governor there – endorsed him.

I don’t have time to find it now, but I recall that they gave Walker a lot of money in the general, as well.

By: R. Cook

R. Cook — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:54:17 +0000

Did the Repubs abandon Michigan and Georgia?

By: Abraxas

Abraxas — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:02:12 +0000

The other rumor was that “moderate” Republican Fred Upton was going to run for speaker. That one may not be operative any more. Upton didn’t run for reelection this year. Technically, Upton, or Amash, or Trump could run for speaker, but none of them would be elected.

The time to challenge was in the party caucus. It would be foolish to do so now and risk the other side winning. IMHO, McCarthy was a lot less of a plague than McConnell.

By: MBunge

MBunge — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:59:23 +0000

If the GOP is the party of corporate America, Wall Street, and the rich…how could it get so badly outspent in such an important race? The answer is that the pro-corporate transformation of the Democratic Party is complete.

Mike

By: TommyJay

TommyJay — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:59:55 +0000

And the fact that the Democrats outspend the Republicans 4 to 1 indicates that more can be done on that front, unfortunately. — Nonapod

It’s easy to underestimate the importance of the above. All politics watchers can cite elections where money was not determinative. Trump’s 2016 win is an obvious one.

And yet, advertising works, some much better than others.

My primary thought here though is that vote fraud or quasi-fraud such as ballot harvesting costs money too. We’ve learned that many or most of the Dem harvestors are paid operatives. A couple election cycles ago a Project Veritas video showed a top campaign person for Ilhan Omar was paying ballot holders $100 to $300 for their mail-in ballots. “It’s all about the Benjamins.” he said.