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In reply to the discussion: Would Jones have won if his opponet was [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)a thoughtful conservative on I think Maddow, an editor of The Atlantic. It's hardly nothing that a senate determined to destroy all progressive programs and continue the transfer of wealth and power to a few lost a member and that the army fighting for democracy gained one. They're still the majority, but it's a thinnest majority.
But the second earthquake he pointed out was national: That Senator-elect Jones won by campaigning very simply on decency and respect for others -- and that sold big in a blood-red state where Democrats normally have no chance at all. Notably, women, younger generations and minorities flocked to his flag. If we can win Alabama (!) by campaigning for the decency and humanity that Republican extremists are trying to strip out of our systems, how much easier should swing states be?