# 2022 US Senate Races **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327 "2020-10-06T10:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1162 "2022-12-10T16:14:23Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > heretically isolated …typo, or witticism? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1163 "2022-12-10T16:16:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > typo, or witticism? I wish I was that clever. Thanks autocorrect! (Should have been “hermetically isolated”) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1164 "2022-12-11T04:22:52Z")
I wondered the same, and smiled. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1165 "2022-12-12T13:47:05Z")
Thank you, Captain, er, Senator Obvious: > **['Trump obsession is very bad': Senate Republicans confront their problems...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/trump-republicans-georgia-senate-race/index.html)** > > Donald Trump is facing a flurry of criticism on Capitol Hill, with Republican fury growing over their failure to take back the Senate and GOP leaders at odds over their strategy with the former president still maintaining a dominant hold on the... ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1166 "2022-12-12T20:10:36Z")
Note that of the few GOPs willing to actually be quoted- all are retiring. Not much of a principled stand. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1167 "2022-12-12T21:17:20Z")
The terms “GOP” and “principled stand” are mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1168 "2022-12-14T21:38:43Z")
These days, yeah, pretty much. Mitch weighs in: > **[McConnell says Trump fueled 'candidate quality' problems in the midterms](https://www.aol.com/news/mcconnell-says-trump-fueled-candidate-200827125.html)** > > The Senate Republican leader said he had "limited" control over 2022 nominees because "the support of the former president proved to be very decisive in these primaries." ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1169 "2022-12-14T22:23:38Z")
Well he didn’t actually name Trump but he at least said “the former president”. Better than most of the others who don’t dare mention him his anyway at all. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1170 "2022-12-15T20:01:35Z")
He wasn’t blaming Calvin Coolidge, was he? _Damn_ him, if so! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1171 "2022-12-16T17:34:36Z")
I think W is the only other living ex-GOP president? So, it could have been him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=58)