<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Mr. Force -<div><br></div><div>Did you misread the subject of this thread?</div><div><br></div><div><b>“<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">If the Democrats were to gain a majority in the U.S. House and Senate in November . . .”</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">The subject clearly refers to a date in the future (November 2018).  It is my opinion that this is very possible.</span></div><div><br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">  </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div></div><div><br>On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com">ronforce@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Since <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">​conviction needs a 2/3rds vote by the senate, Trump has nothing to worry about. The rest of us...well...</div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">

<ul style="font-size:19.2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;list-style:disc outside none;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 10px"><strike style="box-sizing:border-box">178.4</strike><span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">180.8</strong><span> </span>million people are represented by the<span> </span><strike style="box-sizing:border-box">48</strike><span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">49</strong><span> </span>senators who caucus with the Democrats.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 10px"><strike style="box-sizing:border-box">144.1</strike><span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">141.7</strong><span> </span>million people are represented by the<span> </span><strike style="box-sizing:border-box">52</strike><span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">51</strong><span> </span>senators who caucus with the Republicans.</li></ul><div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:19.2px">

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Buried at the bottom of<span> </span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-variedand-globalthreats-confronting-democracy-1511193763" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(25,85,165);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(213,213,213);zoom:1;font-size:inherit;margin-bottom:18px;line-height:1.8em">a recent column</a>, the Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib relayed a nugget of data he’d picked up.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">“David Birdsell, dean of the school of public and international affairs at Baruch College, notes that by 2040, about 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states,” Seib wrote. “They will have only 30 senators representing them, while the remaining 30% of Americans will have 70 senators representing them.”</p>

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​</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 5, 2018 8:23 AM, "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">. . . How soon after they are sworn in (in January) will impeachment proceedings begin?<div><br></div><div>I’m guessin’ that, if the Democrats do gain such a majority,  the U.S. Congress ( for the first time in history) will convene every day through the holiday break, including Christmas day.  Trump won’t be available, though.  He’ll be busy packing his bags for his move to Moscow (the one in Russia).<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">  </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div>  </div></div></div></div><br>==============================<wbr>=========================<br>
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