Also he never really acknowledged the one group that always actually wins, casino owners, who famously don't actually gamble anything.

Nate Silver does not get enough criticism for writing a book that proposes society become a society full of gamblers.

MTV! MTV! MTV!

Johnson was elected to be a useless and now they're mad he's useless what a shock

Phoenix left me feeling devastated for Denny Hamlin and now I'm sympathizing with him here and it's just, I'm not supposed to be liking him, it's against the laws of nature!

First they let parents have an easier time purchasing formula milk, and I spoke up because it's a decent humane policy.

I thought the conflict of interest of ESPN running a sportsbook was bad (it is bad), but this is on a whole other level

Blue Labour reminds me a lot of right wing Peronism, except for the cult leader thing.

Plus even if you took just the 5-10pt swing the rural white counties in TN had Iowa would be in play. Not to mention the fact that places like Des Moines likely would have swings more in line with Davidson's 20pt swing.

Not all white voters are created equal. I think Iowa could flip because Iowa doesn't have the same extreme degree of racial polarization as states in the South.

Maine (derogatory)

The flipside argument I would make is that the rural white South is the last part of the country where we'd expect to see backlash. A major realignment can happen without them if white voters in say, Kansas, have a stronger shift. Not that I think your longer term pessimism is overall unwarranted.