Andy Bolin

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[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@RonCho88 When do the royalties start??

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

11:40am pst

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

At what hour tomorrow is Kirk Cousins traded to Minnesota?

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

Or we wake up and Herbert is a Viking. The scenes.

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

At what hour tomorrow is Kirk Cousins traded to Minnesota?

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

This ‼️

[Eric Spracklen 🇺🇸 @EricSpracklen]

Yeah…this guy is all of us.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@JakePeavy_22, absolute class and there’s no better person in the national media that we’d rather have than him. Thanks, @BenAndWoods

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@TannerPBolin Solid movie. They’d learn a thing or two.

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@MLB @officialBBWAA Miller and he should get every first place vote.

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@_u_right_ @MLB @officialBBWAA Postseason has zero impact on the winner lol

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@CheeseheadBrian @MLB @officialBBWAA Postseason doesn’t count. Voters voted before the postseason.

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

Chris Berman is the absolute GOAT of ESPN

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@TheBackPage @ClayTravis Dude, nobody cares lol. What’s more important in this game, basketball or identity politics? It should be basketball.

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

WHAT A HURDLE by Bowman!!

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

60 yarder in college is insane. Go Hoosiers!

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@zackwaxx This is incredibly lame.

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

My plan: $3 gas. Your first $150K tax free. End mass homelessness by the end of 2027.

Becerra's plan: $8 gas. Tax every mile you drive. Keep funding addiction.

The choice is clear, but we need EVERY VOTE! Get your ballot in, then harvest as many as you can. That’s how we WIN!

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

Newsom has been tragic as Governor. Becerra will be 10x worse.

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

What will be the biggest difference between Xavier Becerra and Gavin Newsom if he's elected governor?

Becerra immediately pointed out his fluency in Spanish.

He also signaled he won't jam the California Legislature:

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@Baseball_NBS @NosebleedHQ @BigLeagueDigest @BaseballBros No

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

@Jonatha93518197 @El_Nino_MVP Haha thank you. Yes, die hard fan like many of us. It’s okay to still comment on things that are cringy, whether it’s Padres fans, Dodger fans, etc…

[Andy Bolin @andybolin2]

If the Brewers sweep tonight, let’s not go to social media “padres were the second best team because they actually beat the brewers once this postseason.” It does scream “little brother” or “hang the banner” mentality lol