Politics: The Crusade Against Act Blue

Lindsey Graham couldn’t believe for a moment that people would want to give more money to his opponent than to him. He and some others were wondering how Act Blue was raising so much money for the Democratic candidates for office.

He thinks that Act Blue should be investigated. The Democratic fundraising site pulled in a lot of money for Democratic candidates in the 2020 election cycle. Still, it would seem that Democrats underperformed in the elections, not doing as well as they hoped.

But what is the crusade against Act Blue? Well, quite clearly, it is people like Lindsey Graham and others like him who think that openly giving money on a secure website is somehow bad because it puts him at a financial disadvantage. Of course, he still won anyways so maybe he will give up this idea of an investigation into a legal political donation site. What does he think is wrong with this site? It is hard to say.

When we have this thing called dark money, it very clearly puts some people at an advantage they wouldn’t otherwise have which is why a lot of candidates refuse to accept it. Dark money relates to Super Pacs and other things like it. Act Blue is very open and not like dark money at all. It is more likely that Lindsey Graham has benefited from dark money than by something like Act Blue. And that’s provided that people have even used something like that for him. Last I checked, the Republican counterpart to Act Blue was so new that most people might not know about it or use it.

Will there be any problems or issues if Act Blue is investigated? I wouldn’t see how myself. I mean, maybe something here and there could cause issues, but it is ironic that Republicans, people who are more likely to benefit from suspicious things like dark money, are wanting to investigate a very open site that emails receipts to the people who use it. Plus, if there have been some people that misused it, what would that mean in general? Would the whole site be bad and not just one person here and there? That’s why the crusade against act blue, if it was even that major an issue anymore, is kind of dumb and pointless.

Politics: 2020 Elections- Extra Innings

There is a lot to talk about still in politics after the elections happened in 2020. I can look ahead at the next set of elections from 2021 and even 2022. But there will now be a runoff for both of the senate seats in Georgia that are happening early in 2021, putting the race for the senate into extra innings, hence the name of this blog post. As for me sorting out the next set of posts from doing 2021’s elections, the results of 2020’s elections, and a few other things here and there that are worth mentioning in the election theme that I follow for this blog.

The fate of control of the senate is in control and Democrats will get what they need to, but only if they win both of the senate races that are heading to runoffs. Thus, I’m just focusing on the two Georgia senate races since that’s all that’s left to talk about.

What are the results of the regular race thus far? In the lead up to this next race, David Perdue got 2,458,453 votes and Jon Osoff got 2,371,921 votes. Since neither had more than 50% of the vote, that means there is set to be a runoff between incumbent Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Osoff. It is odd that the date of the runoff doesn’t happen until after the start of the new senate term, making it possible that David would have to vacate his seat, at least for a moment. If there would be temporary replacement, that is currently unknown.

One of the notable parts about that race is that there was a viral moment during the debate that had gone on. I don’t have footage of the whole debate, which might be good and interesting. But he’s an article about one of the most notable moments with other parts of the debate mentioned in the link as well.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/perdue-ossoff-face-georgia-senate-debate-attack-goes-viral-n1245238

As for the special election, that is between incumbent Republican Kelly Leoffler and challenge, the Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock now that we are in the runoff stage. He actually got the most votes in the primary. The main thing against Kelly is the insider trading allegations that are against her. I’m not even sure how she came in second instead of some other Republican or even a Democrat. She was appointed to the vacant seat and only seems to be in here as she has a lot of money to self fund her own campaign.

As stated before, if Democrats fail to win one or both of the elections, they will not be able to gain control of the senate. If they win both, there will be a 50/50 split between parties. I would have to endorse both Jon Osoff and Raphael Warnock in both elections. If you live in Georgia, I would have to recommend that you vote for both of them. As for any donations, do what you want to as I’ve already donate what I’m going to for both races.

I do have to wonder how much influence Trump could have on this election as this could be the first after his era is over, but might not be as he will still be in office. As for what posts might happen yet, I know currently some of what I will cover (and I’ll have to cover the results of all that have been covered in this blog thus far, with a few others here and there), but do not know for sure what order they will appear in yet. Stayed tuned for posts and know that if the when of when I update this blog changes, I should let you know when it happens.

Politics: 2020 West Virginia Governor Race

This will be my last post before the election. I will have to cover other subjects that sort of relate to elections from the next post after this. In addition to that, I will get to covering the results of the elections after they are known, the elections for 2021, then the elections for 2022 as well.

As for the West Virginia governor race, the country road has to take me home, where I stand. Wait. That’s a song unrelated to this election. The incumbent is Republican Jim Justice. He was once a Democrat, having been elected as that. He was a Republican before and didn’t stay a Democrat for long. West Virginia hadn’t had a Republican governor since 2001. If he wins office, he will be the first Republican elected governor from this state since the 1996 election.

There are many issues with him and his time in office. While his businesses gets a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), that’s not a problem on its own. But as governor, he is in charge of the state agencies that regulate his businesses. He also had moderate views. Some of what are considered conservative views that he has are being pro-life and supporting gun rights. Some of his liberal views are supporting LGBT and health care rights.

Many people like me might view Jim as a traitor to his old party. His opponent is Democrat Ben Salango. Ben is currently a county commissioner. Other third party candidates in the race are Daniel Lutz of the Mountain Party, Erika Kolenich of the Libertarian Party, and various write-in candidates. There’s not much else to say about that.

While I could talk some about the effects of coronavirus on West Virginia, there isn’t as much to say about it since it doesn’t seem to be as bad there. How much of that was due to Jim doing things good or simply not having as many people packed there together like they are in some states that might have more people in it. But it could have to do with measures that he did so he might not be as bad as I think. 

Still, when it comes to an endorsement in this race that I feel like doing, I would have to endorse Ben Salango in the race. While not talked about as much, Jim feels like a lesser version of the guy in the White House with his influence of things specifically with his businesses. Thus, Ben would be a more trustworthy candidate. If you can vote in West Virginia and haven’t done that already, then vote for Ben Salango.