Yes & no. Almost any other Republican wd have won for sure, but this does have implications for D’s ability to build in red states; to recruit & raise money; for Bannon vs. establishment; for alleged omnipotence of hallowed “Trump base”.....
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I think you're right. But a lot of that comes from previously overdetermining 2016--Bannon, Trump base, etc.--as if it was a clear national mandate and not really close.
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True!!! But I am eating too many kinds of too much cake today to think rationally!!!
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The interesting thing though, is that Trump's unique brand of terrible has emboldened the also-terrible to come out of the woodwork to take office. The problem for THEM is that they don't understand just quite how much of an anomaly Trump really is.
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Adding to that, how much of an anomaly 2016 really was. Divided, disorganized Republican primary field. Coming off 8 years of Obama. Divided Democratic party. The first real social media election. Hillary. Russia. etc., etc.
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Yes, it was kind of a "perfect storm" in that way.
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I think you are right up to a point. Trump was a non-factor. The real lesson from the election is that the GOP can't just nominate anybody in a red state & expect automatic victory. Dems need to understand this too. We need more Doug Joneses as candidates across the board.
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On the contrary, GOP preference for backing monsters has a great deal of predictive value
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