Smart: Desperate Progressive Dem Plays Working Class With Hollywood Actor

Now this is really sad.

Sherrod Brown is the out-of-touch male version of Elizabeth Warren US Senator from Ohio.

He defeated Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in 2006 during the historic shellacking of the Reopublican Party in a six-year itch under Big Spending, Big Government George W. Bush.

Then he was able to eke out another victory in 2012, even though Barack Obama's agenda was on trial--and failing fast.

Brown faces his third state-wide election bid, and he has been consistently under water in all the polls. The truth is that the Democratic Party brand is so bad, so elitist, so anti-American, that he cannot resonate with working people in the Buckeye State.

So, his latest fundraiser eblast is tacking into this working-class veneer.

But he's doing so with the endorsement of an enraged, arrogant elitist Hollywood celebrity: Martin Sheen.

Yep.

See it for yourself:

Hi Arthur Christopher. I'm Martin Sheen. I may not be a real-life President, but there are three things I've learned about real-life politics. First: What's happening right now in America is not normal. The rhetoric coming from Washington is hateful and in opposition to the values of inclusion and equality America was built on. Second: To protect the principles we care so deeply about from the extremely partisan atmosphere -- like access to health care, a secure retirement, or investments in education or infrastructure -- we need to keep good lawmakers in place. Senator Sherrod Brown is one of those lawmakers. He doesn't just talk about progressive values; he embodies them. He fights for them. He's an authentic leader. Third: We need to step up. Never doubt that a group of concerned citizens, however small, can make a big difference. I've played a lot of roles in my career. A Captain in the Vietnam War. The uncle of a young superhero. A liberal U.S. President battling an opposition Congress. But in real life, I'm a guy from Ohio. I was born in Dayton. My mom was an Irish immigrant and my dad was a factory worker and machine inspector. Sherrod is one of those rare lawmakers that lives up to the trust we place in him as an elected official. He puts Ohio families first, last, and always. That's the guy I want representing my family in the Senate. Sherrod is currently down in recent polls and facing tough resistance from his opponent and right-wing special interest groups. If you can, chip in to help Sherrod hit this FEC goal right now. All the best, and thanks for helping Sherrod. Martin Final Reflection Sherrod Brown is facing an epic defeat next year. In Buckeye territory, President Trump's pro-American, pro-worker agenda resonated like no where else. Trump stumped the Democratic Party in the state, and the political appartatus has his own hand-picked, pro-American successor in charge. Much like Pennsylvania, a Rust Belt state which has grown more conservative not just Republican, Ohio is shifting further toward the outsider/populist temperament which propelled President Trump to the top of the polls, the Republican Party nomination, and finally the Presidency. Poor Sherrod! You're going to need more than the father of the drunken, stupored "Hot Shots" actor to save your diminishing chances of re-election in 2018!

Democratic Desperation: Lie-a-watha-a Stumps for Defunct Democratic Ohio US Senate Nominee

 This is how bad it's gotten for former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

He is already tanking by double-digits in his home state, the same state which he had governed, and very poorly.

John Kasich was a good governor for the first two years, and even though he has embraced some destructive, liberal ideas since then, the Republican Party of Ohio is a gold-star standard of what good governance looks like.

Now, the Democratic Party cannot field a strong contender, even during a Presidential election year!

Here comes US Senator Elizabeth Warren to try to warm over and make Strickland a viable candidate--even though his chances are as healthy as Hillary Clinton's.

Our 2012 campaign was tough. Really tough. We ended up spending $42 million – a crazy amount of money – to win in Massachusetts. It was the most expensive Senate race of 2012.

Let's not forget that for the first time in 34 years, a Republican, state senator Scott Brown, was elected to represent Massachusetts in the upper chamber. Incredible, but true!

One reason; to stop Obamacare.

Elizabeth Warren ultimately swept Brown in 2012 because Republicans did not turn out to vote. It also didn't help that Browns spent more time attacking other Republicans rather than bashing Lizzie Lie-a-watha.

But that seems like a cakewalk compared to what Ted Strickland is facing right now in Ohio.

What Ted Strickland is facing is the Not-so-Silent Majority front-slapping President Obama and his demented, destructive need to fundamentally transform the United States. This country does not need a massive transformation. The White House does, as well as the Democratic Party, which needs to shed its Left-wing undercurrent of corruption and destruction.

And Warren represents this criminal enterprise in every way.

In Massachusetts, my opponent and I signed a pledge to keep super PAC attack ads off the air. But in Ohio, thanks to the Koch brothers, the NRA, and their allies, there’s been more dark money than any other Senate race in the nation.

There we go, blame the Koch Brothers again.

Haven't the Democrats realized that this line of attack against the Kansas-based libertarian oil magnates is no longer working? The Koch Brothers aren't even supporting Donald Trump! The down ticket of Republicans running for US Senate, the House, and state and local races are getting a lot more love and attention, anyway.

And it's working out for Republicans.

Ted Strickland has been a darn tough fighter – even as he is facing an obscene $59 million in attacks from Republican Rob Portman and his billionaire backers.

"Darn tough"? Really. Please, how corny and pathetic can you get?!

That’s why I’m in Ohio right now standing with Ted. We’re traveling across Ohio this weekend, and you wouldn’t believe the energy we’re seeing at Ted’s events. Voters desperately want change in the Senate, and they want to give our friend Sherrod Brown a strong partner to fight for Ohio families.

She can run all over the state as much she wants to. Her regressive brand of socialist politicking has been resoundingly rejected. Dennis Kucinich could not win a primary fight in 2012. Republicans dominate every level of government in the Buckeye State.

This guy is drowming in the Democratic Party's wake of corruption and disinterest. Lizzie might as well describe the water at this point.

Despite all the TV ads, the polls in Ohio are still close. And from everything I’m seeing here on the ground in Ohio, Ted can win with a strong grassroots finish. But he needs money to fight back against all these attacks. With less than eight weeks to go, let’s help Ted fight back.

Wow--another Democratic whopper. There is nothing close about the race in Ohio. Hillary Clinton is tanking, and Strickland is double-digits behind. Please, Lie-a-watha, go back to doctoring your doctoral curriculum vitae.

At this point in my election, the polls were all over the place – the most recent one had us down by four points. But we rolled up our sleeves and got to work – knocking on more doors and making more phone calls than any campaign in Massachusetts’ history. Knowing that we won fair and square with the strongest grassroots army that Massachusetts had ever seen made our eight-point victory even sweeter.

Fair and square in Massachusetts? Perhaps, but Ohio will not tolerate any voting violations or voter fraud. Bet on it, and because of these dynamics, there is no uestion that Rob Portman is going to carry the state.

Early voting here in the Buckeye State starts in just in just 25 days. And decisions about how many organizers to hire, how many offices to open – even how many stickers and yard signs to print – are being made right now. Your contribution will help one of my favorite Democratic Senate candidates finish his campaign strong, and give us the seats we need to take back the Democratic majority next year.

I certainly hope more pie-in-the-sky Democrats donate money into this money pit of race.

Grassroots supporters are how we won my Senate race in 2012 – and how Ted will win in 2016.

Please support Ted's Senate campaign today. We need him in the Senate.

Thanks for being a part of this,

Final Reflection

When Election 2016 ends, political commentators and the consultant class will have to review the factors which enabled Rob Portman to outclass and outperform his Democratic challenger (who had strong name ID) and run away above the national polling matrices.

That will be a fascinating study for another time.

For now, Republicans should rest content that at least one targeted US Senate seat is staying in Republican hands.

Democratic Chances for Retaking Senate? 55% (Down from 58%)

The Democratic Party is in full damage control mode.

Hillary Clinton is not pulling up the ticket as Democratic insiders had hoped.

She has not given a press conference for nine months.

She has health problems. She can't stand for long periods of time. She has seizures on camera. She looks dazed and confused, or just plain apathetic. She gets tired very easily. Trainers and handlers have to stand by her just in case she falls.

Elizabeth Warren gives the appearance of left-wing integrity (if such a thing exists).

She is rallying the progressive progs to help the Democratic Party take back the United States Senate.

Now she claims that the Democratic Party has a 55% chance!

But wait ... they had a 58% chance before.

The U.S. Senate is slipping out of Democratic hands as we speak

Dear MoveOn member,

I'm one of just 46 women to have ever served in the U.S. Senate. Ever. Since 1789!

I thought we were past judging people by their gender or the color of their skin,

That’s why it’s so exciting that this year, it's strong, smart, experienced women candidates—running in more than half a dozen states—who could take control of the Senate back from the GOP.

Many of these Senate races are neck and neck. That’s the good news.

Yes, that's good news, for the Republicans. She won't talk about Ohio, for example, where Rob Portman is taking the seat with him. Ted Strickland is struggling to raise money, gain traction, or overcome his deficit.

The DSCC is giving up on Strickland. HA!

But more and more Republican mega-donors are shifting their money from the presidential race to Senate races.2 The Koch brothers alone have committed an obscene $750 million to try to keep the GOP in control of the Senate.3

Yes, and that's fine with me. Trump can get $2 billion of free advertising without having to try. His press conference  with the  Mexican President brought in regal reporting, and showed how Presidential he can be.

We can’t beat the Koch brothers' money with TV ads. But we can still win by working for it. Mountains of research show that good old-fashioned grassroots door knocking—especially when it's neighbors talking to neighbors—is the most effective way to turn out voters.4

Yes, the evil Koch Brothers. That's right, Lizzie Lie-a-wath-a. Blame all your troubles on the oil magnates of the Midwest. 

This line of attack is just as stale as the race card. Nobody cares who the Koch Brothers are.

That's why I'm so enthusiastic about MoveOn's smart and targeted plan to hire a network of organizers in key battleground states to mobilize and train volunteers to knock on hundreds of thousands of doors. It's a bold and ambitious plan—and exactly what is needed to help swing Senate races, resoundingly defeat Donald Trump, give Democrats a fighting chance to take back the House, and build the power we need to win progressive change after the election.

Liz Warren is completely out of touch with reality. It is a mathematically impossibility for the Democrats to take back the House of Representatives. Democratic lawmakers are retiring all over the country, especially in media-expensive California. Democrats are going to be spending big money in these markets to retain those seats.

Yes, Republicans are looking at losing seats in key areas. Election 2014 was a wave of a wave, in which Republicans swept into power in otherwise Democratic areas. Republicans gained a GOP trifecta in more states, including Nevada, where a strong contender for U.S. Senate is poised to replace Dirty Democrat Harry Reid.

No, Warren, Democrats are not taking back the U.S. Senate. Stop lying to the MoveOn.org members.

MoveOn only has until Tuesday to decide how many organizers to hire—beyond that, there just isn’t enough time to train organizers and get them going. The number of organizers MoveOn can hire will depend on the amount of money MoveOn knows it can count on.

They will find their map for getting the Senate to get smaller by the minute.

Chuck Grassley is kicking butt in the Hawkeye State.

Richard Burr will be fine in North Carolina.

Marco Rubio will keep Florida in Republican hands, too.

Candidates in hotly contested Senate races include Representative Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a veteran who lost her legs in the Iraq War, who is a tireless advocate for working-class families; Catherine Cortez Masto, who stood up to the big banks and won $1.9 billion for homeowners while fighting foreclosure fraud as Attorney General of Nevada; and Deborah Ross, a civil rights lawyer, college professor, and former North Carolina state legislator.

Deborah Ross is toast. Expect the DSCC to pull ads from the Tar Heel State in two weeks.

As these candidates work their hearts out, Donald Trump is claiming that Hillary Clinton "lacks the mental and physical stamina" to be president—a thinly veiled strategy to suggest that she's weak because she's a woman.5

No, she's weak because she's sick, corrupt, and evil.

Let's join together to make this the year that Democratic women take back the Senate, defeat Donald Trump, AND build the power we need to win on the issues we care about.

How about more Republican women? They think for themselves and serve their constituents. Democrats lawmakers, regardless of their sex, put women in danger.

Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, has argued that if women were stronger, "rape would not exist."

Now she's trying the "legitimate rape" card. Yawn. How about Bubba and his numerous paramours, includings those who resisted his advances and wanted him throw in jail? How many women did Bill Clinton rape or sexually assault, and the wannabe first woman President did nothing about it?

Stephen Bannon, the head of Trump's campaign, was accused of domestic violence.7

Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman ousted last month over charges of sexual harassment, is helping Trump prepare for the debates.8

And let’s not forget, Donald Trump calls women "fat pigs" and "disgusting animals” and famously said, "Women, you have to treat them like sh*t."9,10

The women in the Democratic Party are definitely treating their gendered peers like sh*t with these terrible policies putting women out of work, hurting families, and making women and children less safe.

We have the power to overcome that ugliness. We can make 2016 the year we finally elect the first woman president—and women candidates can help win back control of the Senate. And we can set the stage for real success in 2017. But we can only do it together.

We are overcoming the ugliness by Making America Great Again, and we are voting for Donald Trump to make that happen!

The New York Times says we have a 55% chance of taking back the Senate on Election Day.11 I’d call those roll-up-your-sleeves fighting odds, wouldn’t you?

The Democratic Party's chances are dipping. This late in the election cycle, that's not a good sign.

The map should be expanding for the opposition party in the legislative chamber,

Remember, Democrats are losing Ohio. They have seen the Buckeye State slip out of their hands. How could this be? What will this mean for Hillary Clinton's chances of winning that must-win state?

And just think what we can accomplish next year and beyond with a Democratic majority—starting with finally confirming a new Supreme Court justice.

That's a scary proposition, and precisely why reluctant conservatives are voting for Trump, even if they do not trust his stance on key issues. They will not risk allowing Hillary Clinton to appoint corrupt, corrosive illiberals to the highest court in the land, who will strike down every facet of our nation's charter.

There's so much work to be done to level the playing field for middle class families and to give everyone a fair shot to get ahead. I want to work in the Senate alongside future senators like Tammy Duckworth, Catherine Cortez Masto, and Deborah Ross, to name only a few. And I want President Hillary Clinton to have the opportunity for her Supreme Court appointees to be confirmed. Your ongoing support will make this all possible.

Tammy Duckworth is the only candidate in the Democratic slate with a sure chance of winning a U.S. Senate seat.

We will see how the downticket race goes for the rest of the cycle.

Final Reflection

Warren is trying to play up Democratic chances.

Notice that she is not working in tandem with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, but ... MoveOn.org?

This activist group tried to recruit Elizabeth Warren to run for President. Of course she will rally with them to win any office possible in the country.

The chances are dimming, however, for Democrats to take the U.S. Senate.

As Hillary's negatives skyrocket, voters will find turned off and tune out. How many Democratic activists will step up to vote for a crooked Wall Street whore?

Democratic Chances of Retaking the U.S. Senate? A Weak 56%

As soon as Election 2014 was over, I looked over the minefield of obstacles facing the U.S. Senate Republican Majority.

They would have more seats to defend in 2016, no uestion about it.

The Republicans gained six seats in 2010 through the Tea Party Wave!

A number of seats were in swing states, swing districts.

But for greater intents and purposes, I predicted a GOP hold.

Republicans can lose three seats if they do not win the White House, or they can lose four if the Republican becomes President.

Complicating matters a little bit for Democrats?

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is retiring at long lost.

Congressman Joe Heck has been running a strong, active campaign against Reid's hand-picked successor. The race is neck-and-neck, but the right upswing helping the Republican ticket in a state where Republicans hold the legislative trifecta, and where Democrats are in growing disarray, will help Heck a heck of a lot.

So, Republicans can lose four seats if they gain Nevada, or five if they also gain the White House.

Current research, coming from the liberal, pro-Hillary rag the New York Times is not giving the Democratic Party the brightest of forecasts, either.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, writing for MoveOn.org, shared the following:

The New York Times says that we have a 56% chance of taking back the Senate on Election Day.1 I’d call those roll-up-your-sleeves fighting odds, wouldn’t you?

If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves with me, can you chip in just $2.70 right now to expand MoveOn’s on-the-ground efforts in eight battleground states—including seven with key Senate races we can win?

I submit that 56% is not very good odds, considering that this is a Presidential Election year, and Hillary Clinton was supposed to be a huge draw of new voters to the ballot box on Election Day.

More uber-liberal voters are saying "Never Hillary" as well as "Never Trump", and may never vote.

Democrats who stay home ensure that Republicans stay in the majority.

It's just now September, Election Day is 70 days away, and the Democrats have only a 56% chance of retaking the U.S. Senate?

Hmmm.