The Iron Stache sounds awesome. And I’m just talking about his name.

Hey, I thought the plan was for the West coast to secede and apply to be new provinces? We call it “Baja Canada.”

One word. 2006. The incumbent party is always the one that has trouble getting motivated in off-year elections, because on some level they think, “Hey, our guys are in power until the next Presidential election.”

His well-laid plans are already off course, though, and he knows it. The fight for his own House seat could be ugly even if he wins, and the odds of him keeping the Speaker position are low. I think he also knows that Trumpism’s days are numbered and wants to have some plausible deniability when there’s the inevitable…

“Pay no attention to that massive pile of medical costs behind the curtain.”

Why do you want to pay child care? You should be at home taking care of your child yourself, not working outside the home. That’s what men are for. The men who are working in the coal mines that Trump is bringing back. And if any of you ever get sick, then walk it off, damn it! Like a real damn American.

I was skeptical for awhile, but I’m beginning to think he’s genuinely afraid of the Iron Stache.

Except that he wasn’t. After Boehner stepped down Republicans were eyeballing that post like it was a half glass of tepid beer with cigarette butts floating in it.

They probably will. Midterms tend to hurt the sitting President’s party, and Democrats are polling really strongly (10% in the generic polls above Republicans).

Happened in Virginia just last month.

These days they’re calling it “Complicated Black Lung”. Or “Advanced Black Lung”.

These cunts don’t know/don’t care what it actually takes, financially, to live in America. Your shitty little $2000 child tax credit hardly pays for one fucking month of childcare! Fuck them, fuck this shit, fuck the whole thing!

Obama won his district in 2008 and almost won it again in 2012, despite Ryan being on the GOP ticket with Mittens. It’s very much a swing district and he knows he’s going down in 2018 if he doesn’t retire first.

I think she’s going to send the kid to work in all the coal mines that Orange Overlord is going to reopen ...?

With this, the loss of net neutrality and the general poor performance of Trump, do you think there is a realistic chance of Democrats regaining the Senate and the House? I am somewhat confused by your political system (Canadian)

if Democrats trounce Republicans in the House

“You’ve got to remember, I’m the only guy in the modern era who didn’t want this job. I did this because I had to do it.”

I heard this fucking asshole on NPR this morning. He said in brief - “For a single mother a deduction for a child is $1,000. We have doubled that deduction to $2,000!!!!! And DEMOCRATS HAVE TURNED THEIR BACKS TO SINGLE WORKING MOTHERS....”

I could see him leaving in 2019, if Democrats trounce Republicans in the House so thoroughly that he loses his speaker position. Until then, no way - he’s finally starting to get what we wants. Ryan didn’t spend 10+ years of fooling gullible journalists and writers into thinking he was some serious policy wonk, just…