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I imagine the DNC/Dems at large can't really crack down on actual campaigns like Healy fundraising, but they probably can and should successfully lean on ActBlue to cut off most PACs, and ban campaigns from selling fundraising lists to anyone but other campaigns

it continues to be funny to me when i hear people go "but obviously these dsa types just want to destroy the market and implement stalinism" while, meanwhile, they are actually *more* pro-market than the mainline democrat incumbents they're challenging

This to me is kind of terrible strategy: incumbent governors should already have healthy warchests to really on, and prioritizing outgoing D seats over all offensive chances is going to have a lot of poor tradeoffs (though it does explain sinking money into Maine over GA/TX)

The NYT reporting on US war planning suggests the administration is truly lost in the sauce with Iran. How could you possibly think a three day campaign would bring Iran to its knees given everything that's happened in the last 6 months?

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Beshear needs to step up and funnel more money to Hinojosa quickly, because her losing by 2 points or less without outside support and it probably kills whatever chance he had at the nomination

Idle thoughts: it's interesting Dems are only at 49% ad share in Kansas where Marshall has raised no money- maybe a lot of coordinated buys? Maine is surpsing too, I thought Jackson quickly out raised Collins. Also interesting to see Dems basically at parity in MI/IA, and OH.

The Trump administration is such a target rich environment for corruption I think Dems can spend the next two years going after people like Grenell in ways that continually weakens Trump

It's fascinating in both '22 and '24 the gap in infrequent voters between parties was negligible, but this year there's a huge gap

It’s why I think Kamala isn’t necessarily a mistake but would be a missed opportunity currently. Somebody completely fresh, a clean break who can genuinely tap into the anger in a way that transcends ideology

If you want to forestall future mid-decade redistricting, you really want someone like Murphy to lose. Accidentally blowing up existing congressmen's seats is the best way to prevent this going forward

Real "I'm not a witch" energy

Dems need to cancel that $11 million in future outside spending and move all of it immediately elsewhere to Kansas, Iowa, Texas, or even seeding a little bit in a reach state like South Carolina. Dems need that money to help balance out GOP advantages everywhere else

i do think that texas is central to the contemporary conservative imaginary, and when they lose it this fall it is causing to lead to some truly demented reactions from the reactionverse

NYT polls have always been level headed, and IMO this lines up with where I think we're ultimately headed: Dems winning the Senate but without a complete rout with 53+ seats

When Democrats inevitably need to find pay-fors for permanent expansions of the social safety net, eliminating tax credits for private schools seems like a good start, given it'll likely generate $200B in revenue: www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

Explain to me why people backed her in the primary? Like what made them think she was going to drop out?

it’s genuinely fascinating how establishment democratic politics in big cities has become so ossified and incompetent that they’ve created a huge lane for the left to embrace good government reforms and build a broad coalition of socialists and technocrats

The biggest fear I have at the moment this election is that Dems come up just short in a few governor races like TX/GA that we'll look back at with regret on that more wasn't done

If KLB loses this she should be persona non grata in the party. Jackson by all accounts is running a good campaign (and an insane amount of money), but you have to at least try

The last two Marist polls (this and Iowa) seem overly rosy for Dems, but boy is it nice to dream

This story might be a big deal for her because of how much it cuts against her core argument that she can bring home the bacon for Maine via her seniority

I really doubt these numbers are legit, but it is supremely funny Sept 1 hit and every undecided voter simultaneously declared holy war against the GOP