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What I'm sure will be a controversial thread. marceline, don't kick me.

 

 

My lukewarm take: She's right about these campaign issues, but we don't need to do this mess in public right now. It just gives the center-right Beltway media more room to focus on their favorite narrative, Dems in disarray. I'd prefer we autopsy it in private and then talk openly in public about that conversation.

 

The moderate wing, while often too gunshy to me, is absolutely right that certain words and messaging on progressive initiatives have to change or we're never going to sell them for at least another generation or two. For example: We absolutely need to reform law enforcement and de-militarize and disempower these thugs. But while it's real cute on twitter, we can't just keep going around saying 'defund the police' to appeal to just the very online kids, because spooked red and purple state voters see that shít and have a vision of an Old West sheriff's office emptied out with the wooden sign flapping in the breeze and the jail doors open. And that's not even getting into talking about socialism. Forget it.

 

These folks need to get off Twitter, get together in a room, throw down, then pose together all smiles in the Capitol in a week or two like AOC and Omar did with Pelosi last cycle. That's the way to start on all this. She's right about those specific issues re: this cycle IMO but this is the wrong forum to say it.

 

Meanwhile:

 

 

 

Abrams' operation is already back to work:

 

 

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Good for the Decision Desk to make a decision. PA's done. The networks are just scared because of Trump so they are being overly cautious. 

 

GA is still a toss up -- but Biden may have it if there are no big surprises: Provisionals (lean Democrat), Overseas Military (lean Republican), Oversees Expats (Lean Democrat) and fixed rejected ballots that people have until today to correct (lean Democrat). It's close but I think it tends to Biden. 

 

NV should have been called already. AZ is a mix but Biden may still make it happen there too. 

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