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There is now no way for Trump to win the election, OTHER THAN:
- Arizona and Georgia (with all-red Legislatures and Governors) exerting their Twelfth Amendment power to substitute their own appointed electors for the ones chosen by the voters
- Pennsylvania doing the same based on legislative act alone
- Nebraska retracting Omaha’s right to cast its own electoral vote
- Nevada’s latest votes being disqualified on some pretext
- Wisconsin’s recount flipping its vote with the aid of its corrupt state Supreme Court.
- faithless (including bribed) electors
- improbably successful litigation challenging supposed fraud
- the US Supreme Court blessing all of the above shenanigans
- more that I forget at the moment
Each of the two major news consortia (AP and NYT) have now called Pennsylvania, meaning that Joe Biden has won the election. Later in the hour, both called Nevada for Biden as well. One of them, I think it’s AP, has called Arizona for Biden — and the other still hasn’t. Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has explained to Trump that a recount simply isn’t going to change the result in his state. North Carolina shows a Trump lead, and Georgia shows a Biden lead, but neither has yet been called.
(In Brea, so help me God, the call of Pennsylvania for Biden was soon followed by two enormous thunderclaps, a monsoon-intensity downpour of rain, and a hailstorm. If this was some sort of cosmic exorcism of the country, it was really well done!)
Other than the possibility of Pennsylvania’s legislature trying to retract and replace its delegates under the 12th Amendment without the support of its Governor, and getting the Supreme Court’s approval for doing so, there is no winning path left for Trump other than a massive wave of faithless electors. If this did happen in Pennsylvania, though, it could also with a firmer constitutional basis) happen in Arizona, giving Trump the election.
My cable news devotee father reports that Biden supporters on college campuses are jumping up and down and carrying signs in celebration — but wearing masks and social distancing! I’ve always figured that Trump was going to acknowledge the reality of Covid and start to take proper precautions right after the election, when it could no longer hurt him politically, but a little hail stone just told me that he’s now out for revenge and wants to see as many people die of it as possible. I’ve not sure whether to believe a cranberry sized piece of atmospheric ice, but I think that Pence and the Cabinet ought to invoke the 25th Amendment anyway just to be safe — and give Trump a nice head start on packing for his trip to Russia.
I was about to invoke that journalistic bromide that “now the hard part begins …” — but I don’t think it’s true. Dislodging the malignant tumor from the body politic was the hard part. Saving the world will seem easy by comparison. Or at least that how it seems at this moment.
“Permanent brand of shame” – isn’t that already the official Republican Senate logo?
Not really. The Trumpublicans don’t believe in any of those words except for “of.”
Election officials call the race. Not failed bloggers. Wait.
Ooh, look at the successful blogger!
To what do we owe your first comment here in a decade? Your readership at rock bottom?
It’s pretty obvious — given the lack of attention to the content of this piece — listing the various schemes that Trump might still use to reverse his election loss — that our “successful” critic here latched on solely to the headline, without reading the story. (A real pro!) What is it with these ham-headed people these days?
You know how one can tell that we’re successful bloggers?
We understand the meaning of the word “unless.” That not a “call.”
NOW it will be a call!
Nuance escapes the ham-headed.
Even the LARGEST “nuance.”
Congratulations to President-Elect Biden.
Do good. Do well.
I expect Biden will be a mediocre President at best.
That will be a huge improvement.
*One thing is certain…..he will not be hiring anyone names or related to Trump!
Additionally, all those that are currently playing in his Administration are scarred
forever. How would you like to be Barr right now? Where does he go? Anyone that hires him will be considered “persona non grata”. Our heroes Herbie Ray
McMaster and Mad Dog Mattis will be the only ones getting a pass over these last four years.
*In other news…..yes ….it is taking about 25 seconds to load up the OJ Blog home page..
His niece seems great!
Exigencies may force his hand, especially on climate change, race, and health care.
Kamala more or less gets it, and she’ll be his top adviser.
Kamala is real smooth, and always keeps us guessing as to what she really stands for. My impression, anyway.
*Think about it….Kamala will be the President of the Senate…and the deciding vote on any close issue. The talk is that that the Senate is going to be 50-50…wouldn.’t that be a hoot? Kamala will also help picking the new Judges to move around the country. Even though The Trumpster has packed the various courts…..these guys always get caught eventually and have to retire for one reason or another. “New Sheriff in town,,,,boys!”
We DON’T have a 50-50 Senate unless Democrats win BOTH the Jan.5 runoffs in Georgia!
*One thing is certain: The Trumpster “is digging in like a Louisana Tick.” as Jesse Ventura said in Predator. His self-destructive behavior will set up another first for our country. The good news is that he is not being replaced by a newbie like Jimmy Carter….he is being replaced by a proven Warhorse that knows how to deal with interlopers. So, the Transition may be terrible, but the new day will be beautiful.