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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Begin Now

 There's a lot of caterwauling about how ineffective Democratic messaging is. Sure. Whatever. They have zero leverage at this moment so using the exact right words will I guess...something.

The one thing they should be doing right now is building party infrastructure, including candidate recruitment, especially in places where they haven't been strong recently, like Iowa. You win control of the Senate by racking up surprising wins in places that were once battlegrounds, but haven't been recently.

The farm belt, in particular, seems a fertile place to poach some seats, if Trump's plans remain in place. Democrats can, in fact, win in places like Iowa, Kansas and Montana, with the right candidate and party infrastructure. 

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