Message from @Julien Blanc
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Which is probably good enough
@FLanon Yes. We should aim for 67 Senate Seats
We need to realistically go for 54-60
Even if its 10 less, that is great
Florida is leaning more and more towards rick scott
The FL GOP has to pour a lot more in the governor's race
We can survive Bill Nelson again, we're fucked if Gillum becomes governor
With 57 seats, we could repeal Obamacare with a real non skinny bill, we could pass 25 billion for wall funding, we could use the Nuclear option for The Goodlatte bill but in the senate and have up to 7 defections
I think the best hope is that We get a big surprise In October, and all 10 of the Democrats in Red States lose.
@FLanon Can a bill like the Goodlatte bill pass without 60 votes?
And by can I mean is it possible, even if theoretical
Like the leadership doesn't do it
If Trump put their heads in a vice
But he has to get the balls to do something like that in the first place.
Threaten their re-elections, stuff like that
If we get rid of all 10 of those Red State Democrat Senators, and just that, we will be fine
Because it means we will have 61 seats, and everything will be fine
primaries are over, so he can't really do that
waging a civil war against the GOPe is what Bannon tried
After the midterms
Well Trump has a lot more power among the GOP electorate than Bannon.
that's still risky. He needs the GOPe incumbents' votes. It's really risky to be so openly antagonistic against congressmen from your own party
And the entire 2016 primary season was a war against the GOPe.
He won.
Now he has the bully pulpit.
He's got to use it.
he wasn't the President in 2016
he wasn't focused on getting legislation passed
Exactly.
and to get legislation passed...you have to get along with GOPe incumbents
He wasn't the president, and he still beat them.
that's one of the main troubles of the Trump Presidency
He has to pull them in his direction.
Work with the GOPe? Or risk fighting them?
RS.
You saw that story about them dissing the idea of the wall.
campaigning for the Presidency is a different beast from having the Presidency
If he works with them, it will never be built and we'll be doomed to a few more years of tax cuts followed by a one-party state.
This is a hail mary, he has no other options if he actually wants to do something meanwhile with his presidency.
the best time for that would be early 2019