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174. He will NOT have an easy race, and he knows it

There are two Senate races the Republicans will pour a hundred million each into, and cheat if it’s at all close, and they are Texas and Georgia. Texas because as much as they hate Paxton, they can’t afford to lose the seat, and Georgia because they desperately want those Senate seats back. Jon, more so than Warnock, is their worst nightmare for a southern state: young, attractive, personable, incredibly intelligent, and a “libbrul” Democrat. Neither side has any illusions about their chances. It’ll be a slugfest. Never mind that Jon has done an admirable job. Cornyn did an admirable job, too (from a Republican point of view), but they still chopped him at the knees.

Our one not-so-secret ace up our sleeve is that the Georgia Republicans haven’t yet come with a charismatic opponent yet, and the clock is ticking. Whoever it is will rely on an updated version of their 1950s tactic of seeing who could yell the “n” word loudest. When that fell out of style, the word turned into “kommanist.” These days, they yell “libbrul” instead, but it’s just a new version of their old strategy. They’ll have to suppress their instincts to yell “Jew!” because a modest number of Jews have moved to Georgia from other parts of the country. Not huge, but they vote, While Jon can’t count on their votes automatically, if the Republicans start in with racial slurs, they will certainly push Georgia’s undecided Jews in Jon’s direction in a race where every vote will count.