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Random thoughts about the Trump victory:
1. I am way too damn old to stay up until 4 am. Whatever Florida does now should be done everywhere. After closing out the editor’s election thread at 3:30, my youngest started texting me from the middle of the Atlantic wanting to know what was going on. (Thanks, Elon… I think.)
2. Sherrod Brown’s defeat in Ohio was a bit of a surprise. He is one of the few Democrats in this state to show any statewide appeal. The party bench is thin, so he may not be done. The governor’s race is in two years.
I told the lad Brown’s defeat was payback for Brown having the audacity to nominate him to the Academy.
3. Speaking of Ohio governors, Mike DeWine gets to pick JD Vance’s replacement to serve until Nov. 2026. MAGA will want Vivek Ramaswamy, but DeWine is more of a Bush Republican. Names being floated include Matt Dolan, current Secretary of State Frank LaRose and former State GOP chair Jane Timken. Who gets to be the “senior” senator depends on when Vance resigns.
4. My basic assessment of Donald Trump remains unchanged. (I wrote in Ron DeSantis.) He remains underwater in personal approval numbers. That said, he has a window to be bold. If he can do that and control his worst instincts, I wish him well. I do think he is a lucky SOB. Four years ago, the Democrats had one job — not be crazy — and they couldn’t do it. And then they served him up Hillary Clinton 2.0. Harris had all of the appeal of Clinton and none of the policy chops.
5. Speaking of policy, the transgender issue and the anti-male agenda bit the Democrats big time. And they ran a faculty lounge campaign that was obviously never tested outside their own offices. Will they learn? Probably not. They usually react like they didn’t offer up enough weirdness.
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Yep.
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This appears to be the case again, and, indeed, a D consultant on Megan Kelly's coverage said this is what would happen. What will the monied donors say? Insulated as they are, probably the same.
Hopefully so, and one benefit to DJT that I'm sure you haven't overlooked is it will keep them talking the crazy talk. We've only just begun to hear the Hitler/fascist stuff, but there is nowhere to go with it. They yelled it as loudly as possible and lost.
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The leaders of the Democratic party made about every mistake one could think of. It's almost like they let a Republican tell them what to do. There's just too many boneheaded mistakes to mention. The biggest was letting Biden run for reelection. Pelosi and her crew should have given him the Godfather offer before he ran for reelection and had an open primary.
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Less appeal than Clinton. And a less legitimate resume. Clinton was at least elected to something. Harris was appointed all the way up to the top for appearances. For her whole life.
I'd like to think that people saw through that and liked what DJT did last time.
It's the economy and Harris never understood it.
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She won her Senate seat. But granted, winning statewide in California is not indicative of broader appeal. Just ask Adam Schiff.
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