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[JustAnotherGen]

1. For the media - yes

They treat Youngkin's win like this huge to do.

Right now Murphy has a bigger lead than Youngkin - but he "eked out a win".

So over their bullshit.

[NCDem47]

2. We could write the headlines at this point:

No matter the margin,

Republican win = “overwhelming mandate.”

Democratic win = “narrow victory.”

[onecaliberal]

3. 👆🏻 Sadly, yes.

[Brainfodder]

4. ...and humiliate the obstruct/status quo party?

GOOD IDEA!



Been wondering same for years.

[moniss]

5. No it's

just that they might have to have one of those discussions that contains some in-depth detail and facts. That sort of thing is not on the media agenda anymore in this country and hasn't been for a very long time. They will however give you a 10 minute discussion on Britney Spears trials and tribulations using an extensive array of archival clips along with bringing in 4 guest "expert" analysts to hash it over.

[Boomerproud]

6. So true. They want to be wealthy celebrities and are extremely

Intellectually lazy with no real principles. Why bother going to journalism school when you've got a fat contract with hair and makeup at your disposal 24/7. Oh, you better stay on your diet as well.

[Walleye]

7. They run on not doing anything and unfortunately they win sometimes

They no longer think they’re being elected to public service to help the public. I don’t know what they think they’re doing. Lining their pockets? Feeding their ego

[2naSalit]

10. Which probably expalins why...

They see themselves as chosen for the position. It's not an election as prescribed in the Constitution but that they were chosen to hold power.

[ancianita]

21. It does. And...

they will stay chosen because of how gerrymandering nullifies the popular state votes. 2022 is going to be a gerrymandered win across red states regardless of whether or not Dems are in the majority.

The court filings will die at the appellate level and Republican gerrymanders will stay for the next ten years. A whole generation of Republicans now sit in statehouses and will sit in Congress without ever having an opponent or having to run a campaign. Imagine how inept and out of touch they will be about the clear majority of voters who've been nullified by gerrymander.

Biden should have ordered a revised census in his first 100 days, but for covid. Still, there should be a new count during a Democratic administration, soon, or we will never have non-whites accurately counted again.

[2naSalit]

23. I was certain that...

The census was a mess and was calling for a revised or rerun of the census using the original 4/1/2020 census date. Should have happened by now. The other thing is that the covid mess has really screwed things up so a revised or updated census should be conducted because of this once major disaster, the pandemic that is.

[andym]

8. Most of their regressive political agenda is to be against something. But they are for "tax cuts"

which is to say they are against taxes, so even that is opposition. Everything else is opposition: regulations, equal rights, right to have abortions, gay rights, social programs, etc. Basically they are against progress, which is why they are sometimes referred to as "regressives" and not conservatives.

[onecaliberal]

9. I mentioned the tax cut thing.

They need to be asked, how anyone could defend those tax cuts helping anything when the country’s hard infrastructure is old and crumbling. If tax cuts were so great that wouldn’t be the case. People also would t be working for slave wages.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. The term in incorrect. They are not for tax cuts per se. They are for Subsidizing the wealthy.

Tax cuts has always sounded like the taxes cut would be everyone's and relatively equally. That has never been the case historically, nor during W's terms, Nor TLG's.

What the GOP is about is to remove any tax or regulatory burden at all on the richest and best connected of our citizens and corporations. In order to use whatever remains to enble them to reap even more welfare, like subsidized crops for corporate farmers, like deferred payment minimal taxes on oil, gas, and minerals taken from public lands, like protecting major corporations from oversight by congress, or states, or citizen's advocates.

[Nululu]

16. GOPThe party of NO. That's it. Nothing to offer but chaos and destruction.

[IronLionZion]

11. They're for America and Freedom, duh

so Dems must be against those things.

They're for tax cuts and giving tons of contracts to their unqualified friends. We've seen that too many times in the Trump administration when GOP controlled congress. And we've seen how tax cuts have helped the economy vs Dem stimulus right now. But of course GOP wants people to be desperate enough to take low wage jobs without benefits.

[ancianita]

12. Sure. Media already know that policy doesn't matter to Republicans because they're both corporate.

[onecaliberal]

14. Good point. They are the same.

[Haggard Celine]

13. Well most of what's on Fox News is about the goddamn border.

So they would probably say something about that, about those proposed payouts to some of the refugees. They were saying yesterday that Americans are doing without so the government can give half a million dollars to immigrants. My thought was that if there are Americans in need, much of the reason for it is Republicans refusing to help.

[onecaliberal]

15. It's true. The reason this country is in such terrible shape can all be traced back to republicans.

Including adding to the national debt.

[OldBaldy1701E]

18. What makes you think they give one damn about

'What ails Americans'? They made out like fat rats for the past four decades, why should they care about us at this point?

[Hamlette]

19. they would make up something that sounds good: Helping Americans help themselves.

barf

[mjvpi]

20. Thom Hartman always challenges listeners to name one law that the GOP has championed and passed....

…..that benefited the por and the middle class. I ve been listening since Air America. Have not heard of one yet. Staggering

[Skittles]

22. they don't have a good answer

this is why they are heavily trying to suppress the vote - they know they can't win with their shitty platform