In any case, I find Yglesias attempts to get Dems to go back to politics of 2006 (if not 1992) Quixotic. A lot has happened since then: global recession, BLM, Me Too, Trump, Pandemic. A party, like a person, is shaped by history. You can't undo what has happened.
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Yglesias has a better argument in Senate which is wildly undemocratic. Worth noting that in simple popular vote, Dems did way better in 2018 (58.2%) than 2006 (53.2%). That reflects how bad the undemocratic structure of Senate words against Dems. That problem deserves challenge.
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The legitimate part of Shorism that I think is undeniable is that the Democratic party's current coalition maps very badly on the Senate map. That's an argument for trying to expand coalition & reform/expand Senate. But 2006 policies aren't going to fly now.
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Peak midterm election performance is to simply have a toxically unpopular President of the opposite party in office. That's all there is to it.
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Exactly. Best hope for Dems is another Trump presidency -- which would be a disaster for USA and world!
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Running in 2022 on hunting down bin laden seems like a bad strategy
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the whole concept of Congressional mid-terms swinging to the opposite party of the incumbent president only started four presidents ago. Prior to Clinton it was just Democrats all the time. Maybe it's just a lazy assumption rather than an analysis.
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