I've been baffled by the relative lack of coverage of the House. If I've read the right places, the Ds will come out of the Red Tsunami with a 2 seat gain? That seems like a big deal to me. I'm glad at least you and a few others have been regularly pointing out this is a 1.5% Trump lead that's less than 50%, and that the Laws of Physics have not been repealed. Hopefully at least the House Ds are going to succeed in replacing some of the gerontocracy in key committee leadership as well, and focus on being a party of opposition as I think Josh Marshall called it. I think one of you folks mentioned that "sometimes you lose an election"...some of the D pundits seem almost hysterical. I can remember Tom Edsall writing a piece after 2004 that basically said the Ds would not win another election for many cycles, at best. Don't recall if he ever mentioned that in 2006. :-) This fetal ball stuff is getting tiresome.
"Oh, sure, I wish it was quicker, but I don’t see much harm in the delay." Much respect but this (and your overly Trump-focused Biden pardon take) suggest you are in a protective bubble. The harm is that a not insignificant swath of the population interprets these late counts as evidence of fraud. California's approach to vote counting is really damaging.
I do hope Biden is working on a pardon-palooza for people serving excessive sentences, or convicted of things that shouldn't be crimes. (I can only be vague here, because I know nothing about what rank and file prisoners are in for.)
And while it's too much to hope for, definitely a long shot, and possibly dangerous, I'd like to see Biden pardon the former administration officials, and people like Liz Cheney, that Trump and Patel have pledged to investigate and prosecute. Post-election Trump-proofing. Free Bill Barr!
I've been baffled by the relative lack of coverage of the House. If I've read the right places, the Ds will come out of the Red Tsunami with a 2 seat gain? That seems like a big deal to me. I'm glad at least you and a few others have been regularly pointing out this is a 1.5% Trump lead that's less than 50%, and that the Laws of Physics have not been repealed. Hopefully at least the House Ds are going to succeed in replacing some of the gerontocracy in key committee leadership as well, and focus on being a party of opposition as I think Josh Marshall called it. I think one of you folks mentioned that "sometimes you lose an election"...some of the D pundits seem almost hysterical. I can remember Tom Edsall writing a piece after 2004 that basically said the Ds would not win another election for many cycles, at best. Don't recall if he ever mentioned that in 2006. :-) This fetal ball stuff is getting tiresome.
"Oh, sure, I wish it was quicker, but I don’t see much harm in the delay." Much respect but this (and your overly Trump-focused Biden pardon take) suggest you are in a protective bubble. The harm is that a not insignificant swath of the population interprets these late counts as evidence of fraud. California's approach to vote counting is really damaging.
I do hope Biden is working on a pardon-palooza for people serving excessive sentences, or convicted of things that shouldn't be crimes. (I can only be vague here, because I know nothing about what rank and file prisoners are in for.)
And while it's too much to hope for, definitely a long shot, and possibly dangerous, I'd like to see Biden pardon the former administration officials, and people like Liz Cheney, that Trump and Patel have pledged to investigate and prosecute. Post-election Trump-proofing. Free Bill Barr!