Agree results increasingly point the D direction. But some of the big races that garnered the most attention in GOP column (for now): Govs in FL and GA, TX Senate. GOP kept OH and IA gov, too, even as MI, WI went to Ds. Dems won power, not full Trump repudiation many wanted.https://twitter.com/scottdetrow/status/1060700022969454593 …
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Yes but those places are icing on the cake. They don’t need those states in their column yet if they win back PA MI WI.
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true, though man, it's hard for me to imagine Dems relying exclusively on winning WI-PA-MI for the presidency. PA, I could see that getting away from Trump. But the other two could be really damn close.
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Yes of course. They can try tx az and ga as well. Just as Trump would be smart to make a run at MN and NH
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I agree in the House this was a wave. How many Clinton-House GOP districts are even left? And Senate map heavily tilted badly for GOP from the get-go. But my broader point is that D hopes that Trumpism would somehow be proved a one-time aberration for the country were squashed.
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did D's really think that? did D's really think racism is gone? It's a wyrm, never killed, just chopped to pieces for a while
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Those weren't the hopes of top party strategists, per se. They knew that was unlikely. But talk to rank and file Dems and activists and it was real. Btw, I don't recall Dems winning big governorships, or much of anything, in 2010 like Rs did in 2018.
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CA? CO. Those were significant. The OH/FL of their day. Bennet, Reid the Cruz/Scott of theirs. DE Sen. It happened.
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Though CO/CA may be our/your bias as where we were. DE Sen was epic recruitment/tea party flop.
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see FL tonite: see a million new voters.
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Potential voters. Let’s not get carried away. The restored felons, the Puerto Ricans, nothing is a silver bullet in that state
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totally but it is AT LEAST as valid as writing off the state for Ds given the razor thin margins tonight. Nelson winning by 5K isn't a reason to change the narrative but neither is losing by 15K
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I think the reason for writing off the state is it has been so hard for Ds even w optimal candidates (Gillum) in optimal circumstances (wave). Kamala Harris barely won her senate race in 2010 and look at CA now.
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It's been a difficult state for Dems but some perspective is required. It felt much worse for Dems in mid-2000s when Bush won by 5 in 2004 and then Crist won by 7 in 2006, a Democratic wave year.
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But that’s TEXAS & GEORGIA. I mean hello... even close in those states is a near-miracle. Also Shane I know you saw we picked up 8 NY senate seats (under current results). In a wave you don’t win *every* race. US Senate so stacked against us, but come 2020...
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