Frank Rich: "Looks like Vance is rare VP pick who cost his ticket his once-safe home state."

[Celerity]

8. No, no it isn't.

Red states like Wyoming and West Virginia, etc etc, are not in reach.

I see more and more hubris starting to creep into a large amount of arenas, far from just DU.

Same things I saw in 2016 (minus DU, as I was not on it then).

Every time I see 'expand the map' I shudder.

If we take (the main flippable from R to D) North Carolina, then great, same for the less likely Ohio, or the pretty improbable Forida and/or Texas.

But those would just be icing on the cake.

We absolutely do not have all the swing states in the bag. Not even close. We need to fight like hell for them. Fight like we are losing.

If my stance becomes a small minority one here, and that overall stance is battered relentlessly with derision and open hostility, if I start to be called a wrecker, a drag, a Debbie Downer, an anti-Dem, simply for taking the positions listed above, for refusing to become hubristic, then I am out of here until after the election (and maybe for good, the past few months I find myself truly fighting weekly urges to do a runner, as I am just not a good fit here, for a multiplicity of reasons).