{"id":1733812,"date":"2022-11-10T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733812"},"modified":"2022-11-10T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T18:48:27","slug":"james-woods-nails-what-the-midterm-results-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-woods-nails-what-the-midterm-results-really-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"James Woods Nails What the Midterm Results Really Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-woods-nails-what-the-midterm-results-really-mean%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-07.09-thepoliticalinsider-636bfacf69b69.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I always end up exhausted the day after election day. But, as a politics nerd, no matter what the polls state, I\u2019m always glued and fascinated by election results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tuesday was no exception, and I find myself particularly exhausted this morning mainly because the results were underwhelming. It seems as though the House will likely have a Republican majority, albeit not nearly as much of a majority as they should\u2019ve given the unfavorability of President Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Senate seems poised to be in the same position it was before, with yet another Georgia runoff more than likely on the horizon because that\u2019s precisely what the American people want, more election and polling talk. So what does this all mean, you might wonder? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Don\u2019t worry; actor James Woods has the answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only one clear truth emerged from this election: this country is evenly divided and each side thinks the other is literally insane.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1590241231942320128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Division And Insanity<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Known to tweet out golden nuggets of awesomeness from time to time, James Woods shot out a tweet after the midterms with the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOnly one clear truth emerged from this election: this country is evenly divided and each side thinks the other is literally insane.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I couldn\u2019t agree more. However, I don\u2019t think we necessarily think our fellow voters are necessarily insane, but the candidates we have to choose from might be. Let\u2019s take a look at Pennsylvania, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Polling places in Pennsylvania are running out of paper and voters are being forced to wait hours or simply leave and come back.<\/p>\n<p>This is called disenfranchising voters!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1590029748184690688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">John Fetterman, who for all intents and purposes should\u2019ve been easy to beat, will be a United States Senator. So am I surprised he beat out TV personality Mehmet Oz?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Do you mean the same candidate that gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dr-oz-gives-speech-adolf-hitlers-car-john-fetterman-rebukes-2022-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech in front of a limo<\/a> used by Adolf Hitler and spoke of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/ozs-viral-crudite-video-sums-up-campaign-fetterman-pennsylvania-rcna43992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crudites are too expensive<\/a> in the Biden economy? Shocking that Dr. Oz wasn\u2019t able to connect to the everyday Pennsylvanian with crack-shot campaign moves like those.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The truth that nobody wants to hear is that there was a fair share of Republican candidates who couldn\u2019t land the plane on election night and probably never would because they weren\u2019t the right candidate in the first place. But there is also something larger at play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-knives-are-out-for-kevin-mccarthy-after-gops-lackluster-midterm-performance\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: \u2018Knives Are Out\u2019 For Kevin McCarthy After GOP\u2019s Lackluster Midterm Performance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Is Anybody Listening?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last night the most exciting part of the election coverage was Fox News with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-voter-analysis-battle-the-house-down-the-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Voter Analysis<\/a> breakdown. They polled 90,000 voters on various questions, indicating a more precise illustration of what last night showed.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fetterman opens the debate: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi. Good night everybody.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lkNPtkoD2l\">pic.twitter.com\/lkNPtkoD2l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1585076909763088384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Not surprisingly, 75% of those polled are dissatisfied with how the government is working, which has been the general theme from voter polls for months. When asked about their opinions regarding President Biden and President Trump, 58% had an unfavorable view of Biden and 51% unfavorable of Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And while you could argue that this was the midterm and wasn\u2019t an election between Biden and Trump, both Presidents made it an election about the two of them. Which I think explains the lackluster performance of the Republican Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When the analysis got into issues, that\u2019s where it gets fascinating; let\u2019s look at three specific areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Abortion \u2013 62% favor national law guaranteeing access to abortion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gun laws \u2013 57% prefer stricter gun laws<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Supreme Court \u2013 51% approve of their performance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now that is interesting. Voters are starting to have slightly more complex feelings about issues than straight down the ballot red or blue team beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pendulum<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I had a great boss while I was stationed in North Carolina who used to lament that in the military, we often would \u2018swing the pendulum too far\u2019 in either direction when needing to course correct. This hope to swing the needle to the right in some dramatic \u2018red wave\u2019 was a losing strategy from the get-go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A better option would\u2019ve been to focus on a long-game approach and aim to push the needle not toward the right necessarily, but toward the voter. Instead, both Democrats and Republicans focused too much on demographics instead of actual voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Early this morning, Congressman Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-declares-gop-will-take-majority-house-push-out-pelosi-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prematurely and meekly announced<\/a> that \u201cwe are going to take the House back,\u201d adding:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf you believe in freedom, hard work and the American dream these results prove there is a place for you in the Republican Party. We are expanding this party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s all well and good to talk of concepts like freedom, hard work, and the American dream \u2013 but what voters wanted and needed was an actual unified platform to get excited about. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So how exactly was voting for Republicans going to change the course of our retirement accounts, make us safer, and reign in government overreach?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/unnamed-sources-top-conservatives-blame-trump-for-midterm-disaster\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unnamed Sources, Top Conservatives Blame Trump for Midterm Disaster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s not enough to say the other guy sucks; voters want to know precisely what you will do better.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Second GOP source sees below tweet, texts me \u201cKnives are out for Kevin McCarthy, if he is under 225, expect Scalise to make a move quickly for speaker\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQF55yZaGM\">https:\/\/t.co\/AQF55yZaGM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1590236136404037632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There Is Hope<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last night proved that President Biden is no uniter; the country is divided. It also confirmed that last night would not bring about the end of democracy as we know it; if anything, it proved our democracy still works rather well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The House and Senate will represent how our country feels, divided and at odds with each other. However, there was one particular Republican that seemed to get how to inspire constituents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Governor Ron DeSantis should be feeling pretty damn good today after flipping Miami-Dade County and essentially moving Florida from a swing state to a red state. The Republican Party should be paying attention because what DeSantis has, they should want to bottle up and sprinkle on their future candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s not enough to be a candidate that is a minority or a veteran with a shiny bio. It\u2019s also not enough to be a \u201cshock jock\u201d candidate with great media quips, bite-backs, and liberal pundits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You have to listen to your constituents and have a solid platform. Say what you want about today\u2019s Democratic Party (and trust me, I\u2019ve probably said it), but they have a unified message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s a crazy ideological message, but it\u2019s unified. The Republican message is what? You either must love Trump or hate Trump and Biden is terrible?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-rick-scott-could-be-gunning-for-mitch-mcconnells-leadership-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Rick Scott Could be Gunning for Mitch McConnell\u2019s Leadership Spot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All that does is further divide the country and make us all look at one another like we might be crazy\u2014time to get it together and rally, perhaps behind the guy who actually caused a red wave.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis blew the competition away while much of the rest of the Republican Party underperformed. What exactly is the argument against DeSantis 2024?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1590219116895690753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always end up exhausted the day after election day. 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