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Exactly. Originally, the new Congress was seated in December after the election and the President and VP didn't take office until March of the following year. The Twentieth Amendment changed that to Congress taking office on January 3 and the President/Vice President on January 20. The Attorney General has no standing in this issue. In a disputed election, the new Congress sworn in on January 3 decides. That's also specified in the 20th Amendment. It's likely that the new Congress sworn in on January 3 will be Democratic but even if the Republicans hold on to the Senate, I think that enough Republican Senators -- perhaps even all -- will join the Democrats to give Biden the election because they care about their country and its institutions. They don't want to turn a wannabe dictator into a actual one.

October 13, 2020 - The U of Washington's IMHE projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. Don't be a dumbass like Covid Donnie who has the luxury of the federal government paying the bill for his recent hospitalization for Covid-19. Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. Hospitalization for Covid-19 averages about $20-30k above what private or public (Medicare, Medicaid) health insurance covers. October 13, 2020 - 215,995 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 906. October 12, 2020 - 215,089 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 318. October 11, 2020 - 214,771 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 434. October 10, 2020 - 214,337 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 489. October 9, 2020 - Public health officials, including Dr Deborah Birx, warns of a troubling increase in coronavirus cases in the Northeast. (Dr Birx warns of new Covid-19 threat) October 9, 2020 - 213,787 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1003. October 8, 2020 - 212,784 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1875. October 7, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 935. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-13, 2020: 851 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 October 13, 2020 - 215,995 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 6, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

A thoughtful and insightful post as usual, RKA. I see the majority of the American people lacking real commitment to any political ideology. In general, they are pragmatists who love their country and are willing to sacrifice for it; who don't like to pay taxes but will raise them on themselves to support institutions, policies, and goals that they think are important; who struggle with accepting social change but get around to it eventually if grudgingly. I think the sound and fury of the ideological wings of the two parties, spurred on by 24-7 media coverage and social media, have obscured the fact that the bulk of Americans want a country that works for them, their families and friends, and for their communities. When they feel that the country isn't working, they abandon whatever political label they may have embraced previously to vote for the opposition.

The Wishful Thinking Club and Tin Foil Hat Society would be likely sources in this election but I think their polls are private and only available to those who have a tattoo of Covid Donnie on their rumps. Seriously, I don't think you'll get many answers from Trump supporters. My guess is that even internal GOP polling is looking bad, which is why Trump is staging his campaign rally tour. The problem is that he's simply preaching to the converted. My guess is that for most of the voters who remain "undecided" at this point, Trump is not really an option. They're torn between voting for Biden, voting for a third party candidate or, worst of all for the GOP candidates in tight races, not voting at all.

Nostradumbass speaks.

I absolutely agree. We really can't even do more than begin to consider all the eventual consequences of this pandemic. I think that one thing that's absolutely true is that we as a nation and society are never going to be "the way we were" in January and February, 2020. Ever.

The choice is not between "shutting down the world" and pretending the pandemic is inconsequential, which is simply untrue. Nobody is even asking much less demanding that. Taking reasonable precautions -- wearing masks, staying socially distanced, not gathering indoors in large groups -- is not a left or right "thing". It's the responsible thing -- like making sure that your kids are strapped into car seats or booster seats in the rear seat of the car rather than riding on Mom's lap in the front because "it's Mom's choice" to put her kids at significant risk of death and/or serious injury in even a relatively minor accident.

As long as you and yours aren't among the dead, it's all good, right? As long as you and yours aren't among those who spend months in the hospital recovering and incurring massive medical bills that health insurance doesn't cover, it's all good, right? As long as you and yours aren't among those "long haulers" who suffer physical and psychological symptoms that prevent them from returning to work, it's all good, right? As long as you and yours aren't among those who suffer what might be permanent health conditions that limit their quality of life, it's all good, right?

Gase and Trump may very well go down in flames about the same time. Gase is supposedly going to "evaluated" by the Jests brass over the next couple of weeks, so he could very well be gone by November 1.

This isn't 2016. He's not running against Hillary Clinton. He's also not "the new guy on the block". Trump is the incumbent who has failed to deal effectively with the pandemic, which has not only killed over 215,000 Americans, but has brought economic hardship and outright disaster to tens of millions of Americans. Jimmy Carter and George HW Bush were the last two incumbents to face re-election in poor economies, and neither won. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are spiking around the country and Trump's economy is in far worse shape, but he keeps bragging about how he "beat the China flu" and how the economy is great because the stock market is up ... and the dumbass is still touting the "make America great again" slogan like he hasn't been the guy in the Oval Office for the last four years.

If these polling results hold up and these states go the way Cook projects, it will be a disaster for the GOP on the scale of 1932. They will lose the presidency, lose control of the Senate, and lose more seats in the House. That Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are in the "lean Democrat" column is amazing. I don't think Arizona was considered even a "toss up state" early on. The other three were all supposed to be "toss ups". Arizona in the "lean Democrat" column, Georgia and Iowa are in the toss up column, and Texas is in the "lean Republican" column represent, IMO, a rejection by many independent and Republican voters of Trump and the GOP that's supported him. These four states have generally been "solid Republican" in previous presidential elections.

October 12, 2020 - The U of Washington's IMHE projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. Don't be a dumbass like Covid Donnie. Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. October 12, 2020 - 214,771 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 318. October 11, 2020 - 214,771 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 434. October 10, 2020 - 214,337 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 489. October 9, 2020 - Public health officials, including Dr Deborah Birx, warns of a troubling increase in coronavirus cases in the Northeast. (Dr Birx warns of new Covid-19 threat) October 9, 2020 - 213,787 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1003. October 8, 2020 - 212,784 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1875. October 7, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 935. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-12, 2020: 842 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 October 6, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

I expected this after yesterday. After his second miss, Marrone went for it on fourth downs at least twice IIRC rather than trying to kick FGs. That's 12 points that could very well have changed the outcome of the game because it was pretty close until late.

If you don't like living in a "leftist paradise", why don't you move to some "rightwing paradise"? I've heard that the Dakotas are really booming garden spots.

I think this thread is priceless: all these die-hard Righties already conceding their hero Covid Donnie is going down on November 3, so they have to distract themselves from their defeatism.

There are a couple of things that these stats suggest: 1) Many registered Republicans are going to stay on the sidelines this election cycle 2) Trump's attempts to suppress the mail-in/absentee vote looks to be blowing up in his face: mail in voting is not only significantly up in every state that has it, but it also seems to be suppressing Republican mail in voting while increasing Democratic mail-in voting. Why is the media lying? Because you don't like what you're hearing? This election is a referendum on Covid Donnie's handling of the coronavirus and its effects on the US economy, and Trump's approval ratings on both are terrible. Incumbents don't win re-election when the unemployment rate hovers in the 8-10%, especially when the POTUS bleats that the economy is doing "great" because the stock market is up.

Why should I be pissed off at Cuomo? Because he had the balls to acknowledge his errors and change his policies rather than continue to downplay the coronavirus as "the flu" like Covid Donnie has done for the last six months? Cuomo acted like a real leader, taking responsibility for his decisions, while Covid Donnie's actions have simply been a parody of leadership. Covid Donnie's response to the coronavirus has made him easily the worst mass murderer in US history.

Be careful what you wish for ... Trumplets confuse spray-on tan with good health, bluster and bullying with good governance, and irrational behavior with mental soundness, which is why they're getting their panites in a wad because Biden looks, speaks, and behaves like a POTUS should, not like some sick cariacature of a wannabe dictator like Covid Donnie obsessed with self gratification.

I'm 70 years old and I have some comorbidity conditions. It's not "because I said so". It's because my birth certificate says so and my doctors over the years have said so. That settles it. Exactly this. The only question is if Trump will leave with dignity or not. When the Electoral College confirms Biden as the president-elect, it's all over for Covid Donnie except his decision on how he's going to exit: will he be present at the undoubtedly masked and socially distanced inauguration ceremony like every other outgoing POTUS or will he make a sad spectacle of himself by sulking in the WH, or more likely, at his favorite golf resort.

October 11, 2020 - The U of Washington's IMHE projects that more than 363,000 Americans could die of the coronavirus by January 1, 2021 and more than 394,000 by February 1, 2021 with the seasonal flu making the coronavirus more deadly. Don't be a dumbass like Covid Donnie. Be smart and get your flu shot. Be smarter and wear a mask and practice social distancing. October 11, 2020 - 214,771 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 434. October 10, 2020 - 214,337 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 489. October 9, 2020 - Public health officials, including Dr Deborah Birx, warns of a troubling increase in coronavirus cases in the Northeast. (Dr Birx warns of new Covid-19 threat) October 9, 2020 - 213,787 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1003. October 8, 2020 - 212,784 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 1875. October 7, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 935. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, October 7-11, 2020: 947 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 6, 2020: 707 October 6, 2020 - 210,909 Americans have died of coronavirus. October 1, 2020 - 21,311 Americans died of coronavirus in the month of September, an average of 710 per day. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus.

I wasn't addressing the poll. I was addressing the quoted Tweet "twice as many voters think the FBI should be prosecuted ...". A government agency is not a person and cannot "be prosecuted". You don't have to be a constitutional scholar to understand that very basic concept. That speaks to the quality of "the sources" the Trumplets embrace as gospel.

Luck isn't the only thing, but the poster I replied to said "luck had nothing to do with it". Of course it did. The Jests could have drafted Allen instead of Darnold.

How the hell can the FBI be "prosecuted" for anything???? It's NOT A PERSON!!! Dumbasses post this too stupid to be true manure on Twitter and every Trumplet on PPP laps it up like my dog does the roast beef drippings.

He's totally and completely mismanaged the coronavirus pandemic since the very beginning, which as a 70-year-old with some comorbidity conditions, directly and significantly negatively affects my life.

LUCK dominates the entire draft, but especially when teams suck it up and draft a QB in the first round. The chances of a kid as raw as Allen was coming out of college even being discussed as an MVP candidate in his third season are infinitesimal. This is why all the analysts are talking about him. Lamar Jackson was a terror running and passing at Louisville. The pros didn't like that he ran so much, and Louisville isn't SEC, so he was downgraded. Allen didn't pass very well at a much smaller program than Louisville. IMO, the only reason he was considered a first rounder was simply because of his arm. If you don't think the Bills lucked out with Allen, you're rewriting history. About fifty percent of all first round QBs drafted since 2000 have been either outright busts or disappointments, many of them guys with just as big arms as Allen and a lot better mechanics from the get-go. He's the one of the very few "project QBs" drafted in the first round in the last twenty years who has actually panned out. Allen's improvement is unprecedented, and it's a testament to his temperament, intelligence, and will and determination, which are impossible to gauge in the draft process, which is why they're called "intangibles". Luck wasn't just on the Bills side. Allen got a good helping of it, too. Allen came to the Bills at the right time, when the organization had changed enough so that it was willing to support him with coaching, protection, and training. If he had come to the Bills in 2004 or 2013, or if he'd been drafted by the Jests, he'd be considered just another failed "project QB".