Schumer: Georgia Senate race 'going downhill' but Pennsylvania debate 'didn't hurt us too much'
Source: CNN
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed some concern Thursday over Democratic prospects in Georgia in the final weeks before the midterm elections, but he remained hopeful about Pennsylvania after the their nominees recent debate performance.
The state where were going downhill is Georgia. Its hard to believe that they will go for Herschel Walker, the Democratic leader said of the Republican Senate nominee, adding later, But our vote, our early turnout in Georgia is huge, huge.
Of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fettermans high-stakes debate performance against Republican Mehmet Oz, Schumer said: It looks like the debate didnt hurt us too much in Pennsylvania
so thats good.
The overheard comments came during a conversation among Schumer, President Joe Biden and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on the tarmac of Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York. Biden gave a speech in the state Thursday as part of his midterm closing message in which he painted Republicans as a threat to Americans pocketbooks.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/politics/schumer-georgia-pennsylvania-democrats-senate-midterms/index.html
cstanleytech
(26,398 posts)Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Shit talk like this is so annoying.
Dems can be their own worst enemy sometimes.
pstokely
(10,551 posts)but early voting has had good turnout
SouthernDem4ever
(6,618 posts)How stupid can you get?
Polybius
(15,597 posts)However, he said it close enough to reporter that it was heard.
agingdem
(7,897 posts)I like Chuck but he is forever the voice of doom...he reminds me of my mother....BEWARE THE EVIL EYE!!!...
Kaleva
(36,486 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,618 posts)You might as well tell everyone to stay home.
nowforever
(327 posts)GOP talking points seem to be the starting point for most of their political talk. Now Republican mouthpieces out number Democrats when their round table discussions occur. Democratic politicians are immediately asked questions that seem right out of the GOP playbook. Neutral to them is highlighting Democratic missteps while allowing Republicans to spew their talking points without any pushback. It's quite sickening.
underpants
(183,265 posts)Now Jen Psaki is on Morning Joe repeating the same theme as this article.
Schumer looked like he was reporting good news to Biden from my take.
agingdem
(7,897 posts)and that's the positive...Biden and Harris are going to Georgia next week..another boost..kinda looking forward to Chuck backtracking..
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)Downhill could be a negative or positive saying. And in this instance I think Schumer was saying it as a positive thing. Especially because of the body language and what was said after. He meant downhill as in its going to get easier the rest of the way due to early voting. Of course the media took it meaning the negative saying of downhill and ran with it.
Edit - the whole article is bad and the media really sucks and are bad at their job. Even the part about a seat being in danger. The writer states that it was unclear what state they were referring to. I heard the video and they are clearly talking about Arizona.
underpants
(183,265 posts)The closed caption on MSNBC said down but I heard downhill.
Roetdoe
(39 posts)CNN is trying to attract conservative viewers
Orrex
(63,338 posts)If Fetterman had done that, the media would be running it 24/7, until the party itself forced him to drop out for fear of damaging other races.
But with Oz? "Meh," says the press.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)don't say anything at all, well, when it comes to your own party Chuck, & this close to the election.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,131 posts)Really Chuck?
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)Downhill as in spending less energy and exertion, and becoming easier. Like when you are running and you can see victory and the finish line, people say its all downhill from here.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,131 posts)USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)I think most are going to interpret it the way you did, especially the way the media initially framed it, heck I did too until I watched the video a few times. I honestly think he meant it as a positive, but he wasnt that articulate. And even if he comes and and says no, no thats not what I meant no one is going to believe him. Because now its ingrained in everyones head.
twodogsbarking
(10,096 posts)Gotcha.
JohnSJ
(92,618 posts)What is the point?
Whenever a republican is being interviewed they go out of their way to bash the Democrats when asked about the midterms. Why cant Schumer and some other Democrats respond the same way when asked about the midterms?
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USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)Maybe he could have more articulate, but I gather he meant downhill as things are going to get easier from here due to early voting. The media heard what they wanted and went the with the negative spin.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/be-all-downhill
underpants
(183,265 posts)Since you and I appear to be the only ones who read and heard what actually happened
Fox and talk radio TELL the audience what they are about to see or hear. That cements it in the consumers mind. It usually is completely opposite of what happened and serves to support their already established theme.
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)Everyone always talks about how we are losing our democracy, I think the media (specifically the MSM) is a big reason why its happening.
brooklynite
(95,303 posts)USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)He essentially said that things are going bad in Arizona and it looks like its a uphill battle, things are getting better in Pennsylvania and Nevada and the line is flat, but things are great in Georgia and we are on cruise control .not in those words but that was what he was trying to get across on the video, the media interpreted it and spinned it the other way and ran with it
JohnSJ
(92,618 posts)by Schumer directly by himself, and being on the tarmac of the airport, makes it even more questionable regarding its accuracy or content
Second, Schumer is not an expert on Georgia politics, and the only thing the polls are indicating in Georgia is it will be close
The headline from CNN is also a misrepresentation
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217293242
brooklynite
(95,303 posts)And Schumer IS an expert on Senate campaign politics and has been for decades, back to when he won the Senate for Obama in 2008.
Link to tweet
Chakaconcarne
(2,492 posts)Icanthinkformyself
(224 posts)rather than a Republican string of lies, misinformation and derogatory comments about their 'political enemy'. Schumer is being too cautious. Dems are going to sweep the GQP into the dustbin of history.
William Seger
(10,806 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:38 AM - Edit history (2)
... and Warnock's has been dropping:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2022/georgia/
LenaBaby61
(6,982 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 29, 2022, 02:50 AM - Edit history (1)
They have right-leaning rasmussen and trafalgar thrown in there into those polls. MOST of these news papers are right-winged, corporate, greedy for ad dollars and clicks that they got from the fat tReasonous one.
WHAT left-leaning big newspaper or media outlet is owned by liberals? Horse races, drams, slinging mess and anti-Dem sentiment is all these right-winged newspapers and television outlets are all about. Well, that ad buys, clicks and making those big ad dollars they miss with Pres. Biden, because he is not tReasonous tRump, thank God.
I live here in California, and would laugh my ass off when I saw articles here in California with some of these right-winged newspapers, and especially laughed out loud when I read where one off these right-winged news rags would say Newsom is in big trouble, and I forget which newspaper it was, but one called Uncle Larry "articulate, well-spoken, and can match Newsom's rhetoric." Other newspapers from outside states were talking bs as well, during last year's bogus recall vs Gavin Newsom:
538:
Gavin Newsom Has Reason To Worry.
Recent polls show the race is tightening and Republican voters are more energized.
Its official: For only the fourth time in U.S. history, a state will hold an election on whether to recall its governor midterm. The long-expected gubernatorial recall election in California is set for Sept. 14, and 46 candidates (not including the governor himself, Democrat Gavin Newsom) have officially qualified to run. But perhaps the most intriguing development in the race has come in recent polling. After the recall looked uncompetitive for months, evidence has emerged that the race is tightening.
Until last week, there had been no new polls of the recall election in about a month. But since then, weve gotten two and both showed Newsom in danger of being recalled. First, an Emerson College/Nexstar Media survey found that 48 percent of registered voters in California wanted to keep Newsom in office, while 43 percent wanted to recall him. Then, a poll from the University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Governmental Studies co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times found that 50 percent of likely recall voters wanted to keep Newsom and 47 percent wanted to oust him. These fresh polls both within the margin of error differed markedly from a handful of surveys released in May and June that found the recall effort trailing by at least 10 percentage points.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gavin-newsom-has-reason-to-worry/
Not that this article has anything to do with this year's mid-terms.
I'm just putting this out there as food for thought.