This passes for "expertise"? Elaina Plott of the NYT just now on Morning Joe:

[Atticus]

"We really are a 50-50 nation"----and no one questioned that.

Subtly---gradually---bullshit becomes "accepted fact".

My mind screams at such well-coiffed ignorance, which proves, I guess, what an irascible dinosaur I am.

[JI7]

1. It's just lazy shit

[underpants]

2. I thought I'd somehow tapped into someone's TikTok feed

I looked her up, she reports ON the Republicans. Not that she’s a mouthpiece for them but she has to spend a lot of time with them and all that bullshit has to leave a residue.

What’s his name from Axios didn’t looked to happy at the end about his lack of air time.

[Pinback]

3. We're more like a 30-28 nation

based on Nov. 2020 popular vote totals vs. eligible voters. Even with the highest turnout in a century.

[sop]

4. The Senate might be 50-50, but Senate Republicans do not represent a majority of Americans,

the 50 GOP senators represent far fewer people than the 50 Democrats. We need proportional representation in the Senate. A lot of small, rural and predominantly white states have the same representation in the Senate as do large, urban states.

[Demsrule86]

12. All states get two Senators as you know...and there are more red states than blue states.

This is why we must have moderate and conservative voters in our party.

[brooklynite]

5. I'd say that analysis is correct

The Presidential Election vote was 51/47

The Senate is 50/50

The House is 50.3/49.7

Never understand why people get so angry when someone says something they don’t like.

[Atticus]

7. I never understand why people insist on normalizing myths.

Yes, the Senate is "50-50", but those 50 Democrats represent over 20 million more Americans than the 50 Republicans.

Even Gallup shows "Democrats-Democrat leaning" voters lead "Republican-Republican leaning" voter by 8 or 9 per cent.

"50-50" is a rationalization for unnecessary "compromise" with a rabid minority whose goal is our total destruction.

[brooklynite]

10. Look at the Presidential vote

Yes, there will be State to State variations, but this is not a 60-40 or 70-30 Country

[Atticus]

14. Is winning the popular vote by over 7 million no longer a "landslide"? While our margin varies

from issue to issue, most people agree with most of what we stand for. Right now, even a clear majority of REPUBLICAN voters---not their "leaders"---support the 1.9 trillion dollar landmark legislation that just became law.

"50-50" is Republican wishful thinking and currently their go-to propaganda tool.

[brooklynite]

15. A "landslide" is a political term.

If 47-48% don’t vote for you, ESPECIALLY when the alternative is Donald Trump, that’s a pretty even split.

[Atticus]

16. One could choose to view it that way. nt

[Atticus]

18. EarlG's "Pic of the Moment" on the "Home" page. This is what I meant. nt

[dsc]

9. 51/47 is a decent win

and the fact is, we won the Senate by a wider margin than that, and the House by only a slightly less wide margin. We aren't really 50/50, we are slightly more Dem than GOP, the GOP just has benefits both legit and illicit that they get.

[sop]

13. Eliminate gerrymandering, voter suppression and the vast sums of corporate money behind GOP

candidates, and these numbers would definitely shift towards Democrats.

[Demsrule86]

11. I think it is 50 50 too.

[pnwmom]

19. Because 51% v. 47% is 7 million voters, and the Senate overrepresents white & rural voters

[demtenjeep]

6. I turned it off

Willie said the same thing

[Hortensis]

8. I turned him on this morning, but was quickly repelled. I'm okay

with people having different views they can explain with validity, but he was just...stupidly not worth listening to, full of declarations of "accepted facts" that aren't.

I turned off before fast-forwarding to find a guest who usually is.

[senseandsensibility]

17. I really don't care for her analysis

Not only is it uninteresting and of questionable value, she seems reluctant to say anything that would upset the rightwing.