Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) lays the lion's share of the blame for the poor GOP performance in the mid-term elections on the poor performance of GOP leader Mitch McConnell. Instead of presenting the GOP as an alternative to Biden's flailing policies, McConnell often caved in and went along with Biden on key measures. That has contirnued since the election with the disastrous omnibus spending bill.
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Elections are won by use of effective messages that communicate the differences between your party and the opponent to the voters. In 2022, polls showed that the GOP had the issues, but they failed miserably in the messenging. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDnaiel was asleep at the switch on this, and Kevin McCarthy made only a feeble effort at it, but Mitch McConnell was downright awful on it, and that showed in the disappointing election results. McConnell did almost nothing to put up distinctions between the GOP and the Democrats, and instead tried to almost blend them together, the exact opposite of what one does if they want to win. The only real messenging McConnell did actually helped the Democrats with his whining we were going to lose due to "candidate quality". That is long time McConnell code for candidates more conservative than he is, ones who actually care about issues instead of just playing the game. Several election cycles ago, McConnell publicly vowed "to crush them [conservatives] everywhere" and this cycle it appears McConnell was more interested in seeing GOP conservatives lose than Democrats lose. McConnell pulled money out of close Senate races and kept $40 million in the bank after the election rather than spending it to help Republicans win. Even after the election, McConnell joined with the Democrats to hamstring the new Republican House majority by eliminating their power of the purse for the first year of their two year term, through his treacherous omnibus deal.
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Putin, as expected, rigs way to parliament (Duma) control
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2026 @ 7:43 pm
By: John Steed
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all other parties lose seats and vote share
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2026 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2026 @ 3:09 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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they are "go along, get along" Democrats
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2026 @ 10:37 am
By: John Steed
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anti-woman action by radical woman governor
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2026 @ 10:05 am
By: John Steed
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according to government reports
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2026 @ 9:10 pm
By: John Steed
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it is a worldwide problem
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2026 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Steed
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Not simple license plate readers
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2026 @ 5:22 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 @ 9:25 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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AG Jay Jones was candidate who called for death of rival and rival's children
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 @ 8:40 pm
By: John Steed
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"Elections are about choices."
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 @ 4:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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How is this sleazy corrupt organization allowed to still corrupt our politics?
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Steed
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radical Abigail Spanberger strikes again
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 @ 9:29 am
By: John Steed
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illegal alien "asylum seeker" migrants are a crime wave on both sides of the Atlantic
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 @ 8:23 am
By: John Steed
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Musk plans to relaunch America PAC, the same political group that spent hundreds of millions helping elect President Donald Trump in 2024.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 4:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Farmers are being squeezed by lower commodity prices and higher operating costs.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 4:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Don’t believe the hysterics or the lies – Medicaid work requirements won’t kill anyone
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 4:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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village of Piddington now styles itself Principality of Piddington
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Steed
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putting our families in danger
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 11:31 am
By: John Steed
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abuse of office to help criminals
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 10:45 am
By: John Steed
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as Texas and Florida slam the brakes on them
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 @ 9:11 am
By: John Steed
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Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay allowing the Trump administration to continue construction of the ballroom as SCOTUS waits.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 @ 11:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 @ 5:44 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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AfD in talks with populist anti-immigration left to form government in Saxony-Anhalt
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 @ 2:19 pm
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2026 @ 6:51 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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joins other national teachers union in support of illegal immigration
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2026 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Steed
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big government ideological attack on parents rights - parents are suing
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2026 @ 2:03 pm
By: John Steed
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On Thursday September 17 at 6:00 PM we will have mayor Robert Burns, candidate for governor, to speak and take questions for one hour.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2026 @ 1:02 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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TikTok is making people stupid, narcissistic, and ridiculous.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2026 @ 8:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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shows how un-American today's Democrats are
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2026 @ 3:32 pm
By: John Steed
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A poem from Diane Rufino, Originally entitled, My Name is Old Glory by Howard Schnauber
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2026 @ 9:21 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It was a clear beautiful, royal blue sky day on Wall Street. The S & P futures were up markedly, awaiting a positive open, as I turn to get my first cup of coffee. I return to CNBC to get the morning business news, when I notice that the S & P futures are falling, and they're falling fast.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2026 @ 8:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More nonsense from the Peoples Republic of Virginia
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2026 @ 8:25 am
By: John Steed
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this is just how radical today's Democrats, even here in NC, are
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2026 @ 3:54 pm
By: John Steed
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A Senate race in Colorado several election cycles back show McConnell's distain for both conservatives and the grassroots. In Colorado, the easiest way to get on the primary ballot is to win over a certain percentage of the state GOP convention vote, and the less easy way is by petition. Usually, two to three candidates get enough convention votes to make the primary ballot, but that year, grassroots support was so strong for a black conservative county commissioner that he took the convention by storm and was the only one making the primary ballot from the convention. McConnell's annointed candidate, a squishy state legislator, had to get on by petition. When the votes were counted in the primary, the black conservative county commission won by a wide margin, while McConnell's candidate ran a distant fourth. Initial polls for the general election showed a tight race, but McConnell in a huff announced his PAC was pulling out of Colorado because the nominee could not win. The Republican nominee's campaign took a big hit on fundraising from McConnell's knife in the back and ended up losing the seat. McConnell plays a "rule or ruin" game with conservatives.