Democrats Should Be Fighting the Next War, not the Last One.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

Last edited Sun Sep 5, 2021, 04:54 PM - Edit history (2)

I agree wholeheartedly, whether it's Sarandon or Collins. It's water under the bridge. Elon Musk has been admirable, but his Aspergers focuses him on a few issues. Women's rights didn't make the cut. We need to convince him of the damage done to his brand.

"....Okay, sure, get angry. But don't fight the last war. We had a chance to defeat Collins in 2020, and we blew it, badly. She won by 9 points. She's not up for reelection for another five years.

Maybe pay a little more attention to the state just west of Maine. New Hampshire will have Senate election in 2022, and Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan is in trouble. A recent Saint Anselm poll shows the state's Republican governor, Chris Sununu, beating Hassan by 8 points. This comes after Sununu signed a bill in late June that bans abortions in the state after 24 weeks. The ban has no exceptions for rape or incest, and the bill adds a requirement that anyone seeking an abortion in the state must be shown an ultrasound of the fetus....."

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/09/democrats-abortion-senate-elections

[SleeplessinSoCal]

1. How could New Hampshire vote for a Republican Senator?

They may well do so because Dems aren't making a strong enough case.

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3. New Hampshire Rethugs flipped both the state assembly chambers from Blue to Red in 2020

Hassan is indeed in trouble against Sununu. I have been saying this for ages.

We have 4 main seats at risk in 2020

NH Hassan
GA Warnock
NV Cortez Masto (dodged a huge bullet though when Sandoval said he will not run)
AZ Kelly (dodged another bullet when Ducey announced he would not run)

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. My conservative nature bemoans our symbolic instincts.

I believe we are more at sea than in 2016. Obama made that speech in Chicago after the 2016 election that pressed democrats to be the change. As of yet I don't see it. Was that an elusion?

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7. It was not COVID, it was a bleeding ulcer, he is already out if the hospital, and

even if it had been COVID, he would run, unless he died.

https://www.wmur.com/article/todays-headlines-gov-sununu-discharged-from-hospital-1-dead-after-crash-in-bethlehem/37481563

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2. Help me out, what is the Elon Musk tie-in? nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

6. His recent move from Green/Blue California has hurt Newsom.

Regulations are the enemy of many business people. After the Texas vigilante/pregnancy law, Musk's true colors of thinking anything goes on his journey to the stars to escape earthly concerns like justice for women is shown to be red.

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8. Ah, got you. Thanks. nt.