I've listened to a lot of stump speeches this year. I can recite a few verbatim. What you hear when you go into districts is candidates talking about health care, jobs, and campaign finance. Even those running against a toxic opponent do not have harsh words to say.
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I don't know if they would put it this way, but Democrats in competitive races have identified drama and discord as powerful weapons for the right. Even those running against *indicted opponents* are keeping their cool. Only to get kneecapped by national figures like Joe Biden
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The only time I heard Trump even *mentioned* in a House race was when Bernie Sanders visited a district and gave what amounted to a 2020 presidential stump speech. Otherwise candidates focus on the local effect of Trump's policies, not the national political melodrama
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The distance between national coverage of the midterms—which is obsessed with whatever is going on in DC, trying to squeeze more data out of polls, and identifying key demographics—and the reality (health care, health care, health care) could not be more unsettling
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Democratic candidates in tough districts are not saints, but I believe they recognize that our hope of victory rests in turning out people who would not vote, or who would not otherwise vote for them, and bitterness and drama are poison to such voters. The vitriol is all in DC
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Yes, thank you. I have found many of the candidates quite inspiring and passionate
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The Right Wing Media (Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, etc, etc) have been Hell Bent in spreading Bitter, Vitriolic Hate for 40+ years. Wake Up. Vote Democratic.
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