Hello Everyone, Good Night

Eight percent uptake of the much-touted bivalent booster, 75% wrong track sentiment, pretty good night for the party in power. Multiple signs of a total loss of trust and respect for the existing order equals a decision to more or less stay the course.

Tribalism is the first explanation, sure. If you shat on a sidewalk and ran it for office with a D behind its name, Democrats would vote for it; if you shat on a sidewalk and ran it for office with an R behind its name, Republicans would vote for it. John Fetterman is headed for the United States Senate. Go ‘way, I’m ‘batin’.

And I agree with the argument that Republicans didn’t offer much of a plan or a vision, a premise you can check by reading Kevin McCarthy’s Commitment to America. More mush from the wimp.

But the other thing, and you can argue with me about this, is that the society of the spectacle madness of messaging without regard to reality actually achieves its purpose, no matter how absurd it is. We have to add $3 trillion in extra debt-funded spending to the economy to reduce inflation! If you vote Republican, they’ll kill our children!

OutKick @Outkick

If Republicans win, "our children will be arrested and conceivably killed." 🚨MSNBC Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss with a deranged take days before the midterms.

Amazingly, this turns out to work pretty well. The available evidence suggests that we have a sizable population that cannot assess fact claims. I propose that we test this with sample messages to voters: If you vote for bubblegum trees, the sky bees will give you a diamond-crusted ribeye! (Ohh, I have to vote for bubblegum trees!) If you’re out in public, look to your left; then look to your right. At least one of those people thinks Karine Jean-Pierre makes some pretty good points.

Watching individual races, I’m astounded that Katie “I’m a Widdle Guhrl” Hobbs is a plausible candidate for anything, anywhere, at any time.

RNC Research @RNCResearch

Katie Hobbs won't say if she supports forcing Arizona kids to be vaccinated for Covid in order to attend school. Her response was "uhhh..."

I’m astounded beyond my ability to express in any known form of human expression, including just actual screaming, that Michigan experienced Governor Gretchen Whitmer and went for more.

“Hmm, this governor is very wise”

The California legislature has shocked me with its depravity and stupid viciousness this year, and some of the worst examples of insane bills got Republican votes on their way to the governor’s desk. So it wasn’t my impression that a big night for Republicans would solve our problems and promptly change our course. But I didn’t think we’d vote for “please shit on us a lot more,” and it’s hard to see a path away from a hard decline.

“Tell Me How This Ends.”