@AJentleson The other side doesn't love it because they know a broad red state campaign means a lot of anti-choice, pro-carceral, tight border rhetoric. They're desperate to believe that economic populism is enough to flip the white middle class (or skip it and win with youth and minorities
@AJentleson@brianbeutler Might it also be the case that voters don't want that much change and would punish a party that enters power on a message of moderation and bpartisanship and then goes nuclear with court packing and entitlement expansion? Not to mention the bond markets are already flashing red.
@dhaaruni@AJentleson Not sure how much you can extrapolate either way from the results of this extreme wave year. D's are unlikely to get another presidential tailwind like this one.
@scarylawyerguy It's all historical what-if's at this point, but the NYT confirmed that Gore lost, scotus or no. Could Gore have held off a challenger in 2004? - uncertain at best. Rural and suburban whites were already slipping away from dems.
@kimmaicutler And ultimately succeeding in getting true competitors to SV in Texas and FLorida (who prob make their tax laws more founder friendly to poach companies).
@sirm661@mattyglesias Is it really very little? Suburban and rural stores with similar staffing don't have the barriers. Time to stop normalizing behavior we'd all reject from our own kids. o
@NathanJRobinson@JHWeissmann Feel like NRDC and other enviros have spent hundreds of millions trying to raise the salience with voters with little effect. At this point the best we can do is all-of-the-above energy and a strong commitment to energy affordability (renewables) in office.
@SpleenOblivion@PaulRieckhoff It's that the dem brand is s*** in Montana and has a low, hard ceiling among voters. Independent might have a shot, could be another Angus King.
@davidrvetter@mattyglesias I think his legitimate point is that we can advance a robust green energy agenda without ending capitalism. The true believers' everything bagel has a bunch of other stuff on the list and may actually be fine slowing the transition if they don't have to compromise.
@AirmanRob@neeratanden@davidaxelrod Again not the argument I want to have, the argument the candidate will face in a hyper polarized arena where Rs will 100% weaponize that history. Ds seem act like they're too pure for the rough and tumble of contemporary politics. Don't bring a casserole to a ...
@AirmanRob@neeratanden@davidaxelrod The old tweets are off limits because serious people only engage with the current expressed views of the candidate? Not typically how swing state elections go - maybe nice if it were, but not even close.
@AJentleson Dude you're not going to persuade the true believers - they see a social and economic solidarity movement about to dawn and nobody's going to talk them out of it.