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Post by robeiae on Nov 3, 2021 8:00:20 GMT -5
1) Youngkin (R) beats McAuliffe (D) in Virginia
2) Murphy (D) neck and neck with Ciattarelli (R) in Jersey
3) Minneapolis ballot initiative that would have replaced PD with Dept. of Public Safety fails
On 1):
Dems also lost control of the State legislature.
And one could say that the Lincoln Project once again managed to accomplish jack shit. Some are arguing that in fact it may have lost the Dems the election, though a lot of people think this was more about schools than anything else.
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Post by robeiae on Nov 3, 2021 8:03:00 GMT -5
And talk about things boding well or not well:
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck...
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Post by robeiae on Nov 3, 2021 8:05:18 GMT -5
And out in the sticks:
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Post by robeiae on Nov 3, 2021 8:34:36 GMT -5
Also in Virginia:
First ever black woman to hold State-wide office in Va: Winsome Sears (R), new Lt. Governor
First ever Hispanic AG in Va: Jason Miyares (R) (parents fled Cuba in the 60's)
What a day to be a supporter of the Lincoln Project...
(yes, I'm grinding on it)
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Post by robeiae on Nov 3, 2021 8:43:40 GMT -5
...though a lot of people think this was more about schools than anything else. To whit: That's a killer margin.
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Post by Optimus on Nov 3, 2021 16:05:44 GMT -5
Predictably "woke Twitter" (clogged toilet that it is) is trying to spin this as proof that the US is controlled by "something something wHiTe SuPrEmAcY," rather than a rebuke of progressives across many levels of government pushing a toxic, deranged, and (ironically) racist agenda that the overwhelming majority of the country is against.
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Post by robeiae on Nov 3, 2021 18:52:28 GMT -5
Jennifer Rubin's political acumen continues to dazzle the world:
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Post by prozyan on Nov 3, 2021 19:21:44 GMT -5
... rather than a rebuke of progressives across many levels of government pushing a toxic, deranged, and (ironically) racist agenda that the overwhelming majority of the country is against. I think one of the best thing that could happen for the Democrat Party would be the Progressive wing spins off into its own party and stop falling under the general Democrat banner. Then when they get crushed in elections, gaining maybe 4% of the vote, they would realize just how unpopular the majority of progressive proposals are to the general population. There's a reason Sanders fell on his face during the primary and a reason there was mass panic when it seemed he might secure the nomination.
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Post by robeiae on Nov 4, 2021 7:57:17 GMT -5
On the Virginia race: If Democrats Can Lose in Virginia, They Can Lose Almost AnywhereFrom it: I think the argument/analysis in this piece is, by and large, stupid. And I think it perfectly reflects the out-of-touch self-involvement that people in the media insist isn't reflective of what they are writing. This Va Governor's race wasn't about Biden and it wasn't about Trump. Mostly, it was about a walking, talking entitled douchebag named Terry who sucked eggs as a governor, who only got to be governor previously because of the Clinton Machine, running a stupid AF campaign and losing a race the Dems probably could have won. And the driving issue seems to have been education, not Trump, not Biden, and certainly not Biden's infrastructure bill. Gah.
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Post by robeiae on Nov 4, 2021 8:21:28 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Nov 5, 2021 14:04:31 GMT -5
Also some good stuff here in The Atlantic from Yasha Mounk. Essentially, the Dems are in a strange, alternate-reality denial that the concerns of voters, especially parents (of all races/ethnicities) aren't real or are somehow based on "something something fake news". Continuing to stick their heads in the sand will lead to more embarassment at the polls for years to come: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/virginia-election-wakeup-call-democrats/620595/
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Post by robeiae on Nov 7, 2021 7:52:04 GMT -5
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Post by prozyan on Nov 7, 2021 17:16:28 GMT -5
The entire article is summed up as "Hey, don't worry about getting shellacked anywhere there was a modicum of an independent vote. We won all the deep blue areas!"
Critical thinking is truly a lost art.
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