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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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    3. 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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    4. 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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      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. J "King Slime " Hennessy‏ @Jamesthesnake 21 Nov 2021
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          I should note that current coliation also probably maps bad to Congress due to gerrymandering and presidential elections (at least for the Trump coliation )

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        1. Doug‏ @newdougman 21 Nov 2021
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          Yeah...I'm not skeptical of the diagnosis of the problem, just the proposed solution. (I don't know what the solution is; I'm just not confident it's what these people propose.)

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        1. Cliff Nuttman‏ @cliffnuttman 21 Nov 2021
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          Well, 2018 focus on healthcare and taxes was also very popularist.

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        1. Dan Houston‏ @DanDhoust24 21 Nov 2021
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          It's almost like he forgot the financial crisis and the Tea Party

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        2. Grudgie the Whale‏ @grudging1 21 Nov 2021
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          It’s an argument to add DC as a state. Which also happens to unambiguously be the right thing to do regardless of the political outcome.

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        3. Grover's Bathtub‏ @GroversBathtub 21 Nov 2021
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          PR as well

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        1. justin van wormer‏ @jdvdub 21 Nov 2021
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          The idea he’s moving toward is that the GOP restriction of the franchise is fine and that democrats ought to court the new electorate because non-electoral politics are aesthetically unacceptable to him.

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