Sure, upsets are possible... but you do not build strategy or long term success around them.
The major problem is that no electoral result within the next few election cycles is going to deliver 60 Senate seats to the Democrats. Without 60 dependable seats, there isn't much possibility of real repair.
Sure, upsets are possible... but you do not build strategy or long term success around them.
The major problem is that no electoral result within the next few election cycles is going to deliver 60 Senate seats to the Democrats. Without 60 dependable seats, there isn't much possibility of real repair.
None of the people with the power to change things is REALLY interested in changing things--because who si going to vote their own political power and safety away?
The REAL battleground is the states and any major changes in the states are going to be a function of demographic change rather than people changing their minds--unless there is some catastrophic event that upsets the apple cart--and Trump indictment and conviction for 1/6 is probably NOT that event--not for elections for state legislators and state offices.
All cogently argued, and I was not trying to build a strategy on upsets, merely pointing out that not all "safe" seats are. But your last paragraph is why Ms. Willis' charges and trials in Georgia are so significant.
Sure, upsets are possible... but you do not build strategy or long term success around them.
The major problem is that no electoral result within the next few election cycles is going to deliver 60 Senate seats to the Democrats. Without 60 dependable seats, there isn't much possibility of real repair.
None of the people with the power to change things is REALLY interested in changing things--because who si going to vote their own political power and safety away?
The REAL battleground is the states and any major changes in the states are going to be a function of demographic change rather than people changing their minds--unless there is some catastrophic event that upsets the apple cart--and Trump indictment and conviction for 1/6 is probably NOT that event--not for elections for state legislators and state offices.
All cogently argued, and I was not trying to build a strategy on upsets, merely pointing out that not all "safe" seats are. But your last paragraph is why Ms. Willis' charges and trials in Georgia are so significant.