United States 2024: United States Senate Dicussion Thread

[49ersfootball]

BREAKING: United States Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) makes it official. He will be seeking reelection to 4th term in the United States Senate. Let's hope this will be his LAST term as the Green Mountain State's Senior United States Senator.

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[Skitzyfrenic]

He's gonna die in the middle of a session.

 

[strunkenwhite]

He's gonna die in the middle of a session.

Don't bet on it. He's ancient but he'll be younger at the end of his next term than Chuck Grassley is now. And I'm not aware of specific reasons other than sheer age to think Sanders will kick the bucket between now and then.

As for whether the next term will be his last ... yeah, I think I'd bet on that. Though again we have Grassley for a counterexample.

 

[prinCZess]

Honestly, having just looked it up on a curiosity...The weird/frightening thing is that Bernie Sanders has been in government for ten years less than Joe Biden, and has more recent private-sector experience, both despite being a year older.

Biden started (elected) government work in 1970 as a city councilor (previously being a public defender for a few years and working in a law firm after law school) and became a senator in '73.
Sanders started (elected) government work in 1981 as a mayor (after a few failed runs for offices and work as a "carpenter, filmmaker, and writer").

 

[Bacle]

Sanders is likely to die in office, but he's got so much maple syrup in his system it acts as a preservative, so I expect he might hit 100 or even the old record.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

I wish we could remove the entire house and senate and replace them all with fresh people. That would do away with the entrenched corruption that currently exists.

 

[Vyor]

I wish we could remove the entire house and senate and replace them all with fresh people. That would do away with the entrenched corruption that currently exists.

Wouldn't help, you need to remove the assistants too.

 

[49ersfootball]

He's gonna die in the middle of a session.

Sanders better pray that VT Governor Phil Scott (R) isn't in office by then.

 

[49ersfootball]

Just as I predicted from the very beginning: former MD Governor Larry Hogan (R), whom I like a lot, is now facing the hard reality that the Old Line State is too damn BLUE for him to overcome.
Maryland 2024 Poll: Alsobrooks 42%, Trone 41% - Emerson Polling

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[49ersfootball]

Concord has Alsobrooks leading Trone by a narrow margin:

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[strunkenwhite]

Ran across this, seemed worth putting here for anyone who wants a recap on the Menendez situation (or general Congressional corruption)

 

[Blasterbot]

let he who has never tried to launder their gold throw the first stone.

 

[49ersfootball]

Ran across this, seemed worth putting here for anyone who wants a recap on the Menendez situation (or general Congressional corruption)

Since Menendez's political career will be FINALLY over soon, he'll be lucky to avoid federal prison.

 

[49ersfootball]

let he who has never tried to launder their gold throw the first stone.

Looks like Alsobrooks is likely the next United States Senator from MD in all likelihood.

 

[49ersfootball]

WBAL-TV Baltimore reporting on former MD Governor Larry Hogan (R)'s campaign launching the Democrats for Hogan effort. I should note that no GOPer has won a US Senate seat in the Old Line State since then-United States Senator Charles Mathias (R-MD) won reelection to 3rd term in 1980.
Hogan courts Democratic voters in aggressive Senate campaign

 

[49ersfootball]

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[IndyFront]

Say it with me..
America Last!
America Last!
America Last!
America Last!

 

[Zachowon]

Honest question.
Why dint we look at politicans in two separate ways
Foreign and domestic policy? Why focus on one or the ither and not weight them both...

 

[49ersfootball]

Honest question.
Why dint we look at politicans in two separate ways
Foreign and domestic policy? Why focus on one or the ither and not weight them both...

Why not multitask ?

 

[49ersfootball]

@f1onagher @Sergeant Foley @The Whispering Monk @Zachowon @Buba @Typhonis @Cherico @Captain X

BREAKING: The Dallas Morning News reporting United States Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) all but announced he was seeking reelection to 5th term in 2026, which will set up a primary showdown against TX State Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

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