All hope is not lost. There are a million caveats, of course, and even more ways Trump & Co. could put their thumbs on the scales next November. And on the surface, any potential good news might get lost in a sea of mixed polling. Example: according to some polls, to oversimplify, nobody’s happy. And we are unhappy in somewhat equal measure. Republicans feel good-ish about the future of their party. Dems feel bad-ish about the future of their party.
And while the Democrats fight over whether to go with a populist message or a message of “abundance,” and fund huge studies on … ahem … how to talk to men, there are signs that the electoral winds could be shifting ever-so-slightly.
Take the mayoral race in Omaha, Nebraska, earlier this month. It might not be the typical bellwether, but an incumbent Republican seeking his fourth consecutive term was defeated by a Democratic challenger – who will become the first Black mayor of Nebraska’s largest city, by the way.
Again – take it or leave it. But where there is even the slightest reason for hope, we need to grab onto it. Because we aren’t going to win scared.
Rick & Andrew Wilson sift through the details in this fireside chat. Some other good news? Republicans are corruption-ing everything they touch, which should be a gift to Democrats (because it’s a crime, obviously, that is making us poorer). But will Democrats call it out like they should?
Watch to find out.
TACO Don: Why a Seemingly Silly Insult Hits Donald Trump Where It Hurts
Among all the barbs hurled at Donald Trump over the years — from the devastatingly clinical takedowns by career prosecutors to the meme-worthy Twitter dunks — few insults have had the sheer, inexplicable sting of being called “TACO.”
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