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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Nov 2021

      2006 midterm hardly seems relevant since it had GOP president. If we do accept it, then it wasn't modern "peak midterm elections performance" in House (Yglesias gives House platform). In 2018, Dems won by 8.6% (53.4%-44.8, +41 seats) vs. 2006's 8% (52.3%-44.3%, +31 seats).pic.twitter.com/vvhaYzZLFv

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Nov 2021

      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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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Nov 2021

          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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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Nov 2021

          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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        1. canomalo maris‏ @cambrian_era 21 Nov 2021
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          Does Matty want us to go to war...?

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        2. Pachacutec‏ @Pachacutec_ 21 Nov 2021
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          in 2006 the Dems well underperformed what they could have done in Congress by running a slew of Rahm Emmanuel DNC hand picked soulless suits. They gained seats but could have done much more in that era. cc @downwithtyranny

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        3. Kombiz Lavasany‏Verified account @kombiz 21 Nov 2021
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          6 for 6 had nothing to do with 2006 You know the year of gop corruption, iraq war, katrina, etc.

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        1. PJA‏ @PJA9 21 Nov 2021
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          It’s also not clear that the Dems are much further left now vs then. Maybe aside from, like, health care.

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        1. Ariel Gonzalez‏ @ArielGonzalez_1 21 Nov 2021
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          Matt has never fully recovered from the trauma of Martin O’Malley losing the Democratic nomination.

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        1. An Urban Futurist Democrat‏ @UrbFuturistDem 21 Nov 2021
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          esp since he wrote this about the mainstream Dem party circa 2006pic.twitter.com/5nfVbPPo0b

          Matthew Yglesias book cover: Heads In the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats
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