Absolutely wild to see them freaking out about a district democrats haven’t been competitive in since like 1985.

Feels JUST like SC-5 in 2017…

Feels like the state and local party structure hasn't worked really well in at least my lifetime. I've been pretty deeply involved in several - and I think the best argument you could make is they help turn out base voters. But I haven't seen much that demonstrates they're actually successful?

And with Duane Allman on slide!

I’ve seen some of this coming from Krystal Ball and people in her orbit and I have to think this is in part about when she herself was embarrassed for her past behavior in a congressional race (though tbh it wasn’t nearly this bad

Man…I remember some goofball from PWC trying to convince me I should be impressed that he was working on “moving healthcare to the blockchain” 6 or 7 yrs ago…and nothing has left me more convinced that I need to avoid management consultants.

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

When you want an amoral asshole to push for morally just policy you’ll never get what you want. My gut reaction when I saw this is exactly how you end up with Rahm Emanuel.

NC also has an unusually low bar for requiring people to register as a lobbyist (which carries a cost)- that absolutely makes grassroots lobbying and lobbying from small orgs more challenging.

Your kid’s college tuition is going up because we have to pay for the National Guard to grab people at Home Depot.