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In reply to the discussion: Fuck MSNBC [View all]qazplm135
(7,447 posts)do you really think they want depressed turnout?
No, what they want is:
1. Not to be "wrong" again. They are doing the whole Trump defied the odds so he must have some sort of magic we are missing. We better err on the side of his winning.
2. A horse race. They want a nailbiter. A blue wave is already baked into a lot of assumptions. Talking about a blue wave for three weeks isn't going to get anyone watching or talking. It's boring.
3. Sticking to common themes. Republicans are bullies who have lost their minds, and Dems are weak and in disarray and feckless. It's a tried and true media story and it's pretty tough for them to break out of it.
4. To be the experts. Joe thinks he knows how to run every race in the country "just like he did." So he doesn't want to say, hey looks like the Dems are doing well, he wants to say, boy these guys are screwing it up, if they only did things like I did them back in Florida.
And then you have folks like Mika who simply are negative worry-worts as a baseline personality.