Democrats have the edge.

rmrd0000 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:05:29 +0000

In reply to And Ezra says Dems shouldn't

Democrats have the edge. These are not normal times. The Republicans created a tax plan that only benefits corporations and the 1%. Republicans are attacking net neutrality, and that is just what they are doing today. Republicans are hollering about an FBI agent who favored Hillary Clinton. That agent was fired immediately. They ignore the fact that Flynn was kept on for 18 days despite being a security threat. The GOP is ha peri gets the investigation into the Russian hack on our election. Republicans supported a pedophile. Citizens came out in Virginia,New Jersey, and Alabama because they fear the Republican Party. Democrats seem to have learned that they need to do outreach to the black and minority communities. They can make gains in 2018.

And Ezra says Dems shouldn't

artappraiser — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:18:40 +0000

In reply to Republicans Shouldn’t Assume Roy Moore Was An Outlier

And Ezra says Dems shouldn't presume they can win another single election, either (this is one case where "both sides do it" really works, hah):

Roy Moore almost won. That still needs reckoning with. We can’t trust that all unfit demagogues will turn out to be pedophiles. https://t.co/Jnac3mEmln
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 13, 2017

I am starting to suspect what may be operative more than it ever has been in the past in 2018 is "throw out all the bums we know and vote in some new bums!" Especially if there is higher turnout from big GOTV efforts and just from general disgust and anger about everything going on. Those are the people that vote knee jerk if they do come out for mid-terms, take time away from their lives "too busy to read news or pay attention to politics" but just angry about some thing(s). Far from party loyalists. Some of those who when they do vote, usually vote the same like mommie and poppie, this time they might think: scratch that, we need new bums.

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Democrats have the edge.

And Ezra says Dems shouldn't