I'm always intrigued by progressive voters who are quick to point out Democrat X should resign due to age, and not saying I disagree, but didnt seem to believe 83yo Bernie should have retired last year rather than seek a term that will see him to his 90th year.

Justice Elias sounds beautiful, too.

Republicans, if conditions are right, can win a base election in Virginia as in 2009 and 2021. However, running a base election with a deeply unpopular Republican president in the WH is just political malpractice. No matter who was in power or the economy, John Warner knew how to build a coalition.

In 2019, Virginia Republicans in the House of Delegates were thrown out of power by voters under their own extreme gerrymander. They lost close to 1/3 of their caucus between 2017 and 2019. Absolutely brutal.

When Democrats run on economic issues, the issues voters feel every day, every pay cycle, every trip to the supermarket...they win. We can not run on anti-Trump platforms and expect voters to entrust us with the levers of government.

There is no swath of voters who make choices based on WaPo endorsements in this time of extreme partisanship joined with economic uncertainty. Major get? Absolutely not. Noteworthy? Perhaps. Swaying votes? Not rooted in reality.

Obenshain really retreated into the backbenches after his loss.

The media allowed Trump to single handedly lower the bar for what is unacceptable behavior from a politician, only to clutch pearls when similar behavior is exhibited by a Democrat. Politico, among others, is systematically complicit.

Kentucky Republicans purposefully moved elections to presidential years to give them an advantage while New York Republicans purposefully sued to block a change to even years because too many people would vote.

There's an intentional strategy with the delay. The new D Rep-elect from AZ marks 218 signatures on the Epstein discharge petition. However, if Johnson can wait out NJ's gubernatorial election, he'll be back at 217 discharge votes as Sherrill, unlike Spanberger, chose not to retire from the House.

The Democratic Party has to stop prioritizing moral victories over tangible results.

Remember when some terminally online leftists swore that Harris and Trump administrations would be identical? We carry some heavy, burdensome but proud idiocy on the far left in this party.

And still, despite all this, some voters on the left will still say, "I can't vote for the Democratic nominee because *insert bullshit answer*" and the fascism will continue.

But her emails...