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    1. Solarpup

      I imagine because Walker likely would just be a rubber stamp for whatever leadership tells him to do. RonJon is his own special kind of stupid, actively spreading lies and disinformation and stirring up shit on his own.

    1. Jasper_in_Boston

      He's hardly worse than any other Republican. Almost all Republican Senators always use their votes to weaken America and harm Americans.

  6. different_name

    RoJo hanging on is disappointing, but let's not forget that Thiel's personal servant and apparent aspirational serial killer Master Blakes - sorry, Blake Masters, will not be transitioning to government service.

    I consider it a very good thing that that freak will have to keep collecting blood or skinning rats or whatever he does for Mr. Pete.

      1. Jasper_in_Boston

        Good. Call his bluff. Oregon is a gorgeous piece of Planet Earth. If having a net worth of $26 billion instead of $29 billion is *really* what's going to drive Knight out of his lifelong home, say your goodbyes now. I hear Texas is lovely in August.

      2. ColBatGuano

        I always love the threat that giant corporation is just going to move its HQ because they might have to pay a few million more in taxes. How many employees refuse to move? What are the moving costs? How disruptive would it be to operations? Amazon tried that in Seattle a few years back. Surprisingly, they are still there. The threat is hollow.

        1. tigersharktoo

          Like when CKE under Andy Puzder threatened to leave California due to its high minimum wage and being business unfriendly? First attempt was cancelled, although they eventual did leave for TN.

          Took 75 whole jobs. Left all the restaurants behind. Not one closed and went to TN.

  9. RZM

    My friend in Milwaukee feels strongly that the Democrats blew it by running a 35 year old who was too far left to win many votes beyond Milwaukee and Madison.
    I don't know if either of the other two candidates who dropped out of the primary would have been better, but given Tony Evers win with a 3.5% margin it does seem plausible that Mandela Barnes was not the right pick.

      1. RZM

        That may be true. Indeed Wisconsin has a pretty small percentage of black voters. But if Barnes were 50 something and had more government experience and less of a reputation for supporting lefty causes (abolishing bail comes to mind) , he might have had a better chance of knocking off a vulnerable idiot even though RonJon is the whitest man in America.

      3. zaphod

        Unfortunately true, that melanin part. Unfortunately true, Dems could have won with a better (whiter) candidate. Godlewski could've won, if she could've gotten past the primary. I'm sure RonJohn was thrilled when (Geez, I've forgotten his name already) won.

        Kind of a mirror image with Republican maggats owning the primaries and picking less than strong candidates. It happened in NC too. Oh well, fortune giveth some and taketh away others in this great land of ours.

    3. jamesepowell

      If you & your friend want to sell the story that it was all about Barnes being "too left" instead of "not white" then I guess you will. It's a story you can tell yourselves when you don't want to face the fact that the majority of Wisconsin white people will take a corrupt dumbass rather than vote for a black guy.

      1. RZM

        I'm not selling a story. Yes, everyone noticed that Barnes was black and I would not deny the fact that that played a role in a state that is far whiter than the rest of America. He was also young and relatively inexperienced and the kind of bail reform he supported is just not that popular. And he still nearly won. But he didn't . And that ould potentially have
        cost the Democrats the Senate. So was he a wise choice ?

    4. Patrick G.

      As an expatriate Cheesehead I agree with your friend, unfortunately. All the minorities in WI are concentrated in Madison & Milwaukee - everywhere else in WI is small towns with 95+% white people. Also a strong hunting culture (hello NRA) - it's gun deer season right now. RoJo was beatable, but not by Mandela Barnes. Maybe Sarah Godlewski would have been a better candidate. Even with all the headwinds, though, Barnes came close. WI is a mess - I haven't lived there in years, but it's sad how the R's have ruined a once-thriving state.

  10. KJK

    Unfortunately in NY, my congressman is going to be replaced by a MAGA Nazi. This still isn't over and to keep that blithering idiot Herschel Walker out of the Senate, its time again to open you wallet and send a few bucks to the Warnock campaign. Give Herschel lots of time to contemplate his werewolf vs vampire personal preferences.

      1. HokieAnnie

        NY Supreme Court was stocked with conservative judges thanks to previous Gov Coumo and they nixed the Democratic friendly Gerrymander proposed by the legislature and instead appointed a special master for a "neutral" Gerrymander that cost a bunch of Democrats their seats.

        1. KJK

          The still elevated violent crime in NYC was also a potent factor and the GOP pushed that narrative against democrats with gross misrepresentations and outright lies. The GOP spend $ millions on attack ads against Sean Patrick Maloney that proved to be effective enough in a district which now included more upstate conservative areas than previously. The GOP candidate for governor was from eastern Long Island, and had a better showing in the NYC suburbs than in past elections, which I think impacted the congressional races.

    1. shapeofsociety

      *Sad trombone* Still, the fact that she came anywhere close to losing in such a red district really, really says something about her quality.

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