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MS currently in contention is the most surprising.
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2026 Elections: To the Midterms and Beyond!
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ScoobyDoo
NPC
Just imagine how much GOOD that money could have done. Talk about bad priorities.
Boston_E
Veteran
I would say SC, but Graham was such a terrible candidate that it may be less so.
For me honestly, Collins losing in ME might be the biggest surprise.
MichVandal
Well-known member
In theory, that money goes to print shops, people on the ground telling others to vote, and local TV channels. Even on national broadcast systems, there are a lot of people working. Not all is lost- all of that are real people who spend real money on real stuff. And getting money that would have never be spent back into the economy spinning around is a good thing.
But, yea, it could have been directed better. But at least it's back in circulation. Other than what the candidates kept.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
That is true. At least some workers got the money.
Amy Klobuchar also received the State Senate and House. And she's smart, and not an overreacher. A lot of good is going to happen in Minnesota over the next 4 years.
rufus
rock and roller
Maybe not the biggest, and will probably fly under the radar, and maybe not the most surprising, but the most impactful will be all the seats that Dems still won in all those districts that the Repubs gerrymandered to be for them.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Well hopefully getting Haley Stevens softens the blow for republicans.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Her and her husband Gargamel will fit right in.
Kepler
I loafe and invite my soul
Most surprising result to me: all that outside spending from the billionaires, in some instance > 200:1, did not save those candidates. The voters spoke, loudly, above the din of the ads. Advertising is far less effective during a real economic meltdown when people cannot be distracted by hate campaigns.
Refreshing. It was an entirely legal and democratic coup; exactly what the Founders wanted.
I hope it helps reset our politics. It is very healthy that the biggest Democratic overperformance came in the heart of Republican territory: rural, white, Christian, blue collar. Straight white conservative males are not the enemy, they are a voting bloc which will, under these circumstances, behave as rational actors and reject the status quo. They are the people most betrayed by the Republicans, economically. State and local Democratic parties in the South have their best positioning since the 1950s to begin to build power bases that will end generational one party Republican rule down there.
Likewise the improvement of the DSA will help breath new life into democratic strongholds and prevent the type of entrenched do-nothing, donor-captured tenures we have seen in the last few decades, particularly among party leaders. Democratic politics will become more interesting and real issues will be debated. Left policies won't be outside the Overton Window. But they can't just be a braying of "defund the police!" They will have to be shaped smartly and have focused scope.
The whole experience was substantive. This was not run as WOMEN! or PEOPLE OF COLOR! or any other au current favorite group. The Dems didn't run as us vs them, they ran as we're all in it together, and it resonated. The Republicans ran as us vs them; they are evil!!1!, and they were soundly rejected.
So. Learn.
Refreshing. It was an entirely legal and democratic coup; exactly what the Founders wanted.
I hope it helps reset our politics. It is very healthy that the biggest Democratic overperformance came in the heart of Republican territory: rural, white, Christian, blue collar. Straight white conservative males are not the enemy, they are a voting bloc which will, under these circumstances, behave as rational actors and reject the status quo. They are the people most betrayed by the Republicans, economically. State and local Democratic parties in the South have their best positioning since the 1950s to begin to build power bases that will end generational one party Republican rule down there.
Likewise the improvement of the DSA will help breath new life into democratic strongholds and prevent the type of entrenched do-nothing, donor-captured tenures we have seen in the last few decades, particularly among party leaders. Democratic politics will become more interesting and real issues will be debated. Left policies won't be outside the Overton Window. But they can't just be a braying of "defund the police!" They will have to be shaped smartly and have focused scope.
The whole experience was substantive. This was not run as WOMEN! or PEOPLE OF COLOR! or any other au current favorite group. The Dems didn't run as us vs them, they ran as we're all in it together, and it resonated. The Republicans ran as us vs them; they are evil!!1!, and they were soundly rejected.
So. Learn.
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MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
But Ohio is now a state and I guess I can go down to the local elementary school and get one of the free gender reassignment surgeries they're handing out.
Kepler
I loafe and invite my soul
Remember to use the litter box.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Proud Statist
Who?
You'll find Failey in the lobby for the next 20 years.
“Such a waste of talent. She chose money over power. In this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the McMansion in Boca that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who doesn’t see the difference.”
Kepler
I loafe and invite my soul
I don't want to see any hearing where they don't use the threat of jail to compel attendance. Playtime's over.
But don't start any proceeding unless you already have the votes for speedy conviction and real consequences. Symbolism is for do nothing losers. Spend your time passing laws to improve people's lives, and doing oversight to enforce existing law. Do not do our version of Bengazi!!! or the voters will turn on us. They want results, not posing.
And kill your big money donors. They are poison. Prepare legislation to push back on the Court's equation of spending with speech, and only confirm federal judges who will end Citizens United and stop bribery as a blessed practice.
And that is why guys like Schumer have to go. They do not understand the era of talky talky without any doing is now over.
But don't start any proceeding unless you already have the votes for speedy conviction and real consequences. Symbolism is for do nothing losers. Spend your time passing laws to improve people's lives, and doing oversight to enforce existing law. Do not do our version of Bengazi!!! or the voters will turn on us. They want results, not posing.
And kill your big money donors. They are poison. Prepare legislation to push back on the Court's equation of spending with speech, and only confirm federal judges who will end Citizens United and stop bribery as a blessed practice.
And that is why guys like Schumer have to go. They do not understand the era of talky talky without any doing is now over.
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Kepler
I loafe and invite my soul
Not true. Take a look at the NYT crosstabs. They stayed rock solid GOP in MS but everywhere else they moved big towards Dems.
They're R+35 now. Is that horrible? Not when they were R+55 before.
Also check out 18-25 in all the red battleground states. Every one of them is > D+20, statewide. Like... MS is D+25 for all young voters, including white males. Holy shit.