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What’s Josh Shapiro done to earn this acrimony? It’s a bit the same with Schumer, who seems to be a completely fine caucus leader. Like, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and not attribute it to antisemitism, but I just don’t know what they’ve done to earn their hatred
The casual hatred for Josh Shapiro expressed by Morris Katz (of Platner & Maine fame) in this interview with @jonfavs is so so strange. Look below at his winning margin in PA: over 22 points. And his dog whistle comment isn’t even pushed back on. Just sad to see
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"I hate Josh Shapiro" seems like a weird thing to just drop into an interview with no further discussion.
He seems pretty well-liked.
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AES is an arrogant prick. He’s not likeable if you’re not aligned with his politics .
Mamdani is likeable regardless of your politics.
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When progressives want to claim that winning politicians are really progressive not moderate, what they do is pick out a handful of progressive stances the candidate took.
But then after the election, progressives act as ruthless enforcers of a totalizing orthodoxy.
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"same-ballot WAR" for Dem senate candidates -- how each candidate did, compared to other Democrats on the ballot in the same precincts and counties
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Congressional Democrats scored their greatest electoral triumph in over 50 years on Tuesday. Here’s why the only logical next step is for all of their leaders to step down.
"Even though he backed a few duds, he recruited many of the candidates who flipped seats. It’s hard to argue that he was holding back the landslide rather than one of its architects."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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While the @DemSocialists were attacking mainstream Democrats, @RepJeffries was lining up candidates in red-to-bluedistricts that included ministers, combat veterans, farmers, prosecutors, and other centrists from blue-collar backgrounds.
nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
“It’s possible that,after decades in the wilderness, Democrats may be rediscovering the true political power of the actual gospel, not the gospel preached by megachurch charlatans making culture-war hay out of things Jesus never actually said or believed.”
esquire.com/news-politics/po…
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yeah sorry you dont get to lose macomb county in a D+14 year and pretend like you are the working class whisperer
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No. How monumental elections are interpreted is actually very important, and you and I both know that Adam Hamilton did not flip Kansas by being a dogmatic orthodox progressive and it's important that everyone hear that.
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“There’s a clear lesson for Democrats looking at these election results: It’s preferable to run moderates — and avoid far-left candidates — in battleground areas.”
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I have known Chuck Schumer for 16 years. I worked closely with him and his staff when I worked for Harry Reid. I have a lot of respect for him and have also had my differences over the years.
The job of leader happens mostly behind the scenes. The traits that make a good leader are not the same as what makes you good at social media, etc. Reid was famous for saying off-message stuff—lord knows how he would have fared in the age of social media.
When you’re in the majority, the job is about setting the agenda and passing bills that help people. When you’re in the minority, you’re at the mercy of the majority in terms of the agenda, so the job is mainly to get back in the majority.
By that measure, Schumer succeeded wildly on Tuesday.
He oversaw the biggest Democratic sweep in the Senate since Watergate, recruiting candidates who fit their states and putting them in position to win states many had written off long ago. He was an early believer in Mississippi, for example.
You can litigate this or that decision, and I certainly didn’t agree with them all—but when you step back and look at the big picture there’s simply no way to argue with this historic achievement.
To me, the question of whether Schumer deserves to be reelected as leader after the most dominant performance by Senate Democrats in more than half a century is straightforward, and the answer is clearly yes.
How are you having trouble with this? You’re so bad at faking that you don’t know exactly what modern Republicans are. You blast Trumpism, while championing Mitch McConnell? his chief enabler who made it possible for his return. It’s a tired act
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Elias makes an excellent point here: flipping Congress matters for what happens in Trump’s final two years, but running up the score in these state races has by far the most outsized Electoral College implications for 2028
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Uhhh, didn't the DSAers run in all safe districts? That means they didn't face competitive campaigns. Whereas most of the Blue Dog types had hard fought races.
