Martin Longman

Blogging at Progress Pond (@PondProgress) and contributing editor at the Washington Monthly (@monthly): @[email protected] (on Mastodon)

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

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[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

@EricMGarcia I'm ready for them both to win. I'll take a split if I must. Not ready for neither.

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

@jamespmanley Is this a union job though?

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

@singwithCB @EricMGarcia Technically, Biden dropped out, but that still counts in my book since he intended to run and was forced out.

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

@singwithCB @EricMGarcia Ronald Reagan and Joe Biden lost the nomination. Reagan did not lose a presidential election, ever and Biden only lost his bid for reelection.

Your better precedent is William Jennings Bryan or Adlai Stevenson.

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

@singwithCB @EricMGarcia Excluding Cleveland and Trump who won before losing before winning again, and Jefferson whose consolation was the vice-presidency, you really only have Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon. And Jackson was robbed. I guess there is William Henry Harrison, but that's a glitch.

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

Ramaswamy’s Stupid Tent Gambit Blows Up in His Face https://t.co/nWF5o66AlV

[Sammy Hagar @sammyhagar]

Wow someone sent me this... brings tears to my eyes.
#ThoseWereTheDays at the Sweetwater in #MillValley
@jerrygarcia James Burton’s son Jeff, Pete Sears on bass, Audie Delone and Mitch Woods on keys, I think Scott Mathews on drums...
And yes that was Elvis Costello exiting stage left

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

This ad is brutal.

[Xochitl Hinojosa @XochitlHinojosa]

And now a third TX Sheriff says he never endorsed Abbott. I guess losing campaigns make up endorsements.

[Michael Karlis @MichaelKarlis]

SCOOP: Desperate Housewives star and Texas native Eva Longoria will introduce James Talarico in person at the Democrats' rally in San Antonio on Saturday.

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

New - Senate poll - Texas

🔵 James Talarico 52％ (+1)
🔴 Ken Paxton 46％ (-3)

Last poll: Talarico +2 (4 point 🔵 swing)

Fox News (B+) - RV - 10/19

[Joni Ernst @SenJoniErnst]

Vladimir Putin is not our friend, and he is certainly no humanitarian. His relentless attacks on innocent civilians in Ukraine show his total disregard for human life.

Appeasement won't end this war. Pressure will.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

In Alabama, to get out the vote with @ShomariFigures and @DougJones. The energy here is powerful. Folks in this state know we are in another moral moment, and it’s up to all of us to stand up and defend our Democracy. It’s time to organize, to mobilize - and when we do that, we will win in Alabama and across the country.

[Justin Baragona @justinbaragona]

"Most importantly, Kushner appeared to have transferred significant amounts of money from the Dubai account to other individuals, including a warlord, a mercenary and a one-time hit man. The story sounded preposterous, I told my source. And yet."

https://t.co/a4dAjNxGVB

[Adam Hamilton @Hamilton4Kansas]

I can’t wait to hit the road.

We’re ending this campaign the way it started: traveling the state, listening to your concerns, and sharing my plans to end the chaos and corruption in Washington. We’re making more than 20 stops, and I hope to see you at one of them.

At every stop, I’ll ask Kansans the same thing: make a plan to vote, and bring a neighbor with you. There are twelve days left. Let’s finish this together. – AH

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

The Democrats Want to Fight Each Other Before They’ve Won Anything https://t.co/I6M735luIz

[Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett]

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes just filed a mandamus action, asking a judge to force Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to carry out his "nondiscretionary duty to immediately restore the" voting rights of 23 people his office previously alleged were noncitizens.

[CJ Warnke @cjwarnke]

🚨🚨🚨

Democrats lead in NEW Emerson House polls ⤵️

#MI07
🔵Lawrence: 53%
🔴Barrett: 45%

#PA08
🔵Cognetti: 52%
🔴Bresnahan: 48%

#IA02
🔵James: 50%
🔴Mitchell: 47%

#TX35
🔵Garcia: 51%
🔴De La Cruz: 49%

#MT01
🔵Forstag: 50%
🔴Flint: 46%

#AZ02
🔵Nez: 50%
🔴Crane: 48%

[Martin Longman @BooMan23]

@sfcpoll Aren't the two main ways to judge likelihood of voting:
1. recent voting history
2. self-expressed intent?

When these two groups are segregated rather than merged, you get ideologically distinct groupings.

We know the 2024 electorate tilts more right than '26 motivateds.