Mr.TaterSalad

Why does Campbell deserve to come back at this point? I'm having a real hard time seeing any improvement on this team.

Good God we're terrible on third down!

Good God we're terrible on third down! Republicans that is lol!

Damn, what a tackle by Hutch!!!

More good news for Katie Hobbs.

Another big L for the biggest loser of them all. I wonder what he's up to now as far as total wins and losses go?

More votes came in for Katie Hobbs. It seems down to Maricopa County and whether or not that will rescue Lake or make Hobbs the Governor.

Great cover of Dream On by Aerosmith . . .

If Mike Lawler says something bad about Trump or about someone Trump wants as Speaker or in leadership, Trump will just endorsed against Lawler and one of his goons will beat him in the primary. Peter Meijer faced that same challenge and lost to John Gibbs, a Trump-backed goon, in his primary. No reason to think Lawler is anymore special or different than Meijer.

I don't think being in a purple district helps. Peter Meijer was in a purple district and he lost to Trump-backed John Gibbs. Pennsylvania is a purple state as is Arizona now and we ended up with Doug Mastriano, Dr. Oz, and Kari Lake respectively as Trump-backed nominees in those states.

Why would a more moderate Republican stick their neck out and do something like that? They saw what happened to Liz Cheney and Peter Meijer. It is almost certain to be an automatic loss in the primary election to a MAGA, Trump-backed candidate. While Trump's power in a general election has evaporated, this election cycle still proved he has primary power.

Whoever was Fetterman's Campaign Manager should be teaching a class to Democratic Operatives and perspective candidates. That was a masterclass in messaging, branding, and hammering your opponent. They thoroughly took down Dr. Oz and made him look like a clown. As well, at least judging by the graphic above, it seems Fetterman did potentially perform better with white working class and rural areas. We will have to see what the county and precinct demographics look like. Fetterman joins a line of people in the Senate, including Tammy Baldwin, Raphael Warnock, and Sherrod Brown, that prove that progressive policies can win in swing states and red states. You don't always have to be the lite beer version of the GOP candidate and have a Sista Soulja moment. Fetterman (and Tim Ryan in Ohio) also show how the Democrats need to adopt a more populist, progressive message on the economy, Fetterman was relentless in railing against corporate greed driving inflation, raising the minimum wage, and taxing the wealthy. We needs Democrats all over the map who will campaign like John Fetterman, Tim Ryan, Sherrod Brown, Tammy Baldwin, and Raphael Warnock will on the economy. Populist progressivism wins!

This is a prove it game for me for Dan Campbell and the growth of this team. If they go out and lose to a Bears team that sold off pieces at the deadline then I think all the shine of the past week or so will have worn off. After losing, the calls by fans to turn up the heat on Campbell will be out in full force. The other thing a loss would do is kill the narrative that the first half of the season they just happened to face a tough schedule. You can't lose to a cupcake team like the Bears if you want to prove to fans you're any good and that you're improving as a team.

Why not make Wisconsin the first state then? 10 EC votes, swing state/purple state, has elected statewide Dems in Evers and Baldwin.

I am very curious, once we get the full set of county-level and precinct-level data out of Pennsylvania to see how Shapiro and Fetterman did in rural PA and among non college educated voters. There was this assumption that because Fetterman dresses like a normal dude, is tatted up, and campaigned in every county in PA that he'd be able to run up Dem margins there and appeal to white working class voters without a degree. Shapiro, although not sporting a hoodie or tattoos, also seemed to join Fetterman in rural PA. I'll be curious to see if they faired any better than Democrats nationwide or prior PA Dems like Senator Bob Casey and Governor Tom Wolf. I'll admit in my own bias, that I look at a tatted up progressive like Fetterman, and see him as the type of candidate we need to win back white working class and non college educated voters. If the data doesn't end up bearing that out at all then so be it.

Does the outstanding vote in Arizona look good enough for Hobbs to hold on?

RIP Gallagher!

I had read earlier on Musk Media that the remaining votes were in counties favorable to Adam Frisch. Is this not the case?

Is there any update as of today on the Katie Porter race in CA-47? I haven't seen a new batch of votes come in and Porter is still up with a very slim lead. I'd be depressed if we lost someone as smart, thoughtful, and progressive as Katie Porter.

I think her cult-like following also gives off Applewhite/Jim Jones vibes.

That filter or whatever she uses that looks different when she's on camera weirds me out. She has to be using a filter of some kind or does she always look like that?

This is why we need to pass national gerrymandering reform and require all states setup some type of independent, non-partisan commission.

Nixon clobbered McGovern, so someone back then liked him. But the Archie Bunker crowd that liked Nixon is long gone. So in today's electorate, it is hard to see where DeSantis has broad-based appeal. I think Kari Lake, who is equally MAGA, has much more national appeal and natural charisma. Here's to hoping she doesn't even win in Arizona though.

I thank Biden for his service, beating Trump, and passing several big pieces of progressive legislation like the American Rescue Plan, a climate bill, and Medicare negotiating prescription drug prices. It's time though for Biden, Pelosi, Bernie, Hoyer, and the elders of the party to pass the torch on to a new generation of leaders. As a progressive I DO NOT want Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to run again. They are too old and have already run and lost. I do however want to see a progressive presidential candidate take a shot at the White House if Biden doesn't run. I'd like it to be someone who can realistically win a general election, so not AOC. I'd say my way too early top 5 would be the following people: 1. Tammy Baldwin 2. Josh Shapiro 3. John Fetterman (Depending on how his health has recovered) 4. Gretchen Whitmer 5. Cory Booker