Right -- but let's all keep in mind that "MAGA" didn't come out of nowhere. The people who elected Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II and their political descendants are still very much around. They'd like to Make America White Again, ideally with men on top. Trump II may not be quite what they expected, but what they did vote for was pretty bad.
Don't damn the entire party because of trump, nixon and reagan. At least the 2 Bushes had SOME decency, although Jr slept with the sharks, let them school him on governing. The deluded people who ran the country during those administrations foreshadowed Heritage, Project 2025. Much of the problem is running a person with NO character who lets others dumber than him run things. The so-called candidates for the "republican" ticket are now just cultists who glom onto religion and then push that unforgiving hell onto the entire country. May they all rot there so we can have a country able to rise from their ashes (A$$es)!
Babs, I grew up in Massachusetts. Virtually all of my relatives were Republicans — decent people, all of them. I came of political age in the late ‘60s, so I remember when Republicans were not only decent but often had moderate to liberal, socially conscious politics: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, Charles Mathias of Maryland, John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky, Ed Brooke, Frank Sargent, and Elliot Richardson of my home state — Richardson is the guy who as U.S. attorney general resigned rather than fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
No, the problem is NOT “running a person with no character,” and no, the people running things are not “dumber than him” — they’re smarter, a lot smarter. Ditto for the guys (mostly) who were running the show during the Reagan administration. Were you OK with the racism, the misogyny, and the corporate tax cuts of the Reagan administration? I hope not.
Think back to the “clown car” of 2016. Were any of these people really qualified to be president? What had happened to the national Republican Party since Eisenhower? Eisenhower was a Republican, yes, but he hadn’t come up through the political ranks — he was a war hero. He was one face of the Republican Party. Another was Joe McCarthy, with Nixon close behind. The Republican Party followed their lead. (I recommend Dana Milbank’s THE DESTRUCTIONISTS: The 25-Year Crack-up of the Republican Party [2022] if you’re interested in a good take on how it happened.)
All good points. But what used to be Republicans got into bed with dolts who have money, agendas, and no decency. Will Never vote for Any of them. Actually never did! I've followed politics for 60+ years. It's ugly stuff, but so much worse with trump, the insane pedophile and buddies.
Thank you, Steven, for laying out this timeline. This scary movie will have me covering one eye. One part of me sees Trump as a very scary man, whose inexplicable power to convince his followers of anything and nothing will result in Republicans wins we did not anticipate. The other part of me sees him as a weak, sick old man who has brings utter disgrace to the Presidency with every word he utters and who is self-delusional about his ability to change the course of democracy.
“Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night…tonight there will be no morning star. Tonight, tonight, I’ll see (Democracy) tonight, and for us stars will stop where they are…”?
TY for the State's closing synopsis. Sour grapes in MI, shows her true colors. Have wondered if or how the felon's minions have prepared, or tried to, him for the R losses I'm hoping for? I get knots just thinking what will happen to our Country if Ds do not have a winning blow-out - scary. And, scary if we do - what will the felon try to inflict on America? God Bless the USA!, PLEASE!!!
Steven is correct. January 3rd, in particular, may bring the chaos. The best preventative, of course, is a Blue Tsunami. My glass is becoming half full with what's happened regarding early voting. Does anyone know why folks would wait until Election Day to cast a ballot with sufficient early voting days available? That's a real head scratcher for me.
With January 6, 2021, not all that far in the past, I have to believe that the Democrats, and the Capitol Police, will be better prepared. I do worry about the military, including the National Guard. We really don't know how badly they've been corrupted.
I always vote on Election Day. It took me a while to understand why many people vote early; turns out the Election Day lines are really, really long in some places, plus it's a workday for many, and many have family responsibilities to attend to. Why do I vote on Election Day? Well, for many years I was a regular poll worker so I voted at the end of my shift, but since I moved towns in the last year I'm not on my new town's roster yet. On "the day" I invariably run into people I know, and in my old town I knew all the election officials. The lines, if any, are short and move briskly.
I can't imagine voting early unless I knew I was going to be out of town on Election Day.
Oh. It seems many people like the tradition of doing their voting duty on the actual day. I am too suspicious of trumpian shenanigans to wait for that official day.
Point, but shenanigans can happen at any time and anywhere, but they’re probably less likely to happen in places like Massachusetts, which is where I live and vote.
This year, as precinct chair, I was really urging people to vote early, because it gets the job done. I didn't elaborate on the spectre of ICE or day-of malicious attacks.
The fact is, a lot of people like the community aspects of voting on Election Day. I'd prefer to vote on ED, it's just that I'll get nagged to get my name off the "call" list. As if I needed another text message...
Even in the pantheon of egotistical, half-witted idiots like former Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens takes the cake. I mean, is there any world in which she could remain ignorant of the potential danger of her last-minute endorsement of as loathsome a character as Mike Rogers? Why would she actively work to endorse Trumpism by allowing the Republicans to maintain control of the Senate?
What must not go unnoticed, however, is that Stevens was the choice of Chuck Schumer and the fossilized Democratic establishment to be their Senate candidate. If we are to work for profound change, it is imperative that we begin by cleaning house.
Well, I guess Haley’s mind-blowingly stupid about-face had one positive effect: I, along with thousands of others, made immediate contributions to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign. And I did so in Haley’s name.
I can't recall an election that felt anywhere near this tense. Life has shifted--the life of Before Times in suspended animation, and enlistment in an army that's gonna keep marching for a good long while. Every crisis is an opportunity. Donald Trump and his corrupt and cruel minions have been the best organizer for democracy and the never-ending fight for freedom and justice.
"Her betrayal was ostensibly about her differing views from El-Sayed about Israel. But in so doing, the narcissistic Stevens has shown she is willing to risk the Democrats losing Michigan—a state which could decide control of the Senate—and help Trump and the Republicans’ hold onto maximum power.”
One could understand Ms Stevens saying publicly she disagreed with El-Sayed, which I’m sure she did on many occasions before the primary. But to side with a Trumpist ought to be anathema for any American.
As analysis and forecasts roll in, it's looking more and more like America's Hispanic, Black and under 30 voters didn't get MAGA's central message: "America is a White, Christian nation. Anyone else are just "visitors".
This midterm, sadly for MAGA, the "visitors" are voting early in historic numbers across all states.
Blue tsunami results will be heartening to see in two days and we can move on to Phase 2:
Washing away Trump/MAGA's "stolen election" claims so a Demoycongress can get right to work in Jan. 2027;
Thank you Professor Beschloss Nov 3rd is just the start. Some people will need to find the patience required for this journey. We didn’t get here where we are in this nation overnight. It’s been a long decline and hopefully we’ve gotten to the bottom of the hill or pit to make the long haul back up the hill. Will there be valleys and dips in the road as we continue moving forward, sure but we need to recall what we have allowed to happen to not allow us to slip down. Time and patience the best warriors but hard to maintain… As others cautiously optimistic and yes have nausea and having some pstd symptoms of years gone past… there’s always something to take to settle the stomach and going outside to take a walk and just breath… not worrying about January yet, relying on the legal experts who feel they have their hands on the reins so far they’ve not suffered a loss.. and don’t anticipate them to do so… see you at the voting polls, if you have t been and bring a friend..
You could not have chosen a better opening line. This is, indeed, a clarifying moment for our country. Who are we? Who do we wish to be? And thank you for the reminder that this is about Trump's enablers as much as it is about Trump. It is - sad, amazing, ? - that about 30% of voting -age Americans still think Trump is the answer. The rest of us need to get on with building America.
Thanks for this rundown, Steven - now I don't have to read/watch all the horse trading and the irritating poll gurus tomorrow! If it's a nice day, I'll be outside, NOT looking in. Now I'm at the "wake me when it's all over" stage. We've lived with this nightmare far too long, just hope that victory is snattched from the unhinged jaws of MAGA! And that people finally wake up to the destruction of democracy by the nazi and his gestapo!
The tsunami or orange crush coming gives us an opportunity. No. A mandate. I pray that the Democrats don't squander this chance to effect real change in American politics. The vote is as much about gas prices as it is democracy. Dems need to shed their current leaders, empower younger, visionary, stalwart leaders and make this election about meeting the voters where they are. Stopping the madness is, of course, paramount. But now is the time to make deep, meaningful changes to how we do politics, get big, dark money out of politics, remove Congress' stock trading and betting. Restore Medicaid cuts. Get out of the war and kill tariffs. We have to show by example that we can be a better nation, that the nightmare fever we have all endured these last ten years has finally broken, and in its place a new, better way forward as a nation is at hand.
Tomorrow is just the start. Expect a lot of nonsense to follow. To expect otherwise is magical thinking.
MAGA have shown us who they are. Believe them.
Right -- but let's all keep in mind that "MAGA" didn't come out of nowhere. The people who elected Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II and their political descendants are still very much around. They'd like to Make America White Again, ideally with men on top. Trump II may not be quite what they expected, but what they did vote for was pretty bad.
Don't damn the entire party because of trump, nixon and reagan. At least the 2 Bushes had SOME decency, although Jr slept with the sharks, let them school him on governing. The deluded people who ran the country during those administrations foreshadowed Heritage, Project 2025. Much of the problem is running a person with NO character who lets others dumber than him run things. The so-called candidates for the "republican" ticket are now just cultists who glom onto religion and then push that unforgiving hell onto the entire country. May they all rot there so we can have a country able to rise from their ashes (A$$es)!
Babs, I grew up in Massachusetts. Virtually all of my relatives were Republicans — decent people, all of them. I came of political age in the late ‘60s, so I remember when Republicans were not only decent but often had moderate to liberal, socially conscious politics: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, Charles Mathias of Maryland, John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky, Ed Brooke, Frank Sargent, and Elliot Richardson of my home state — Richardson is the guy who as U.S. attorney general resigned rather than fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
No, the problem is NOT “running a person with no character,” and no, the people running things are not “dumber than him” — they’re smarter, a lot smarter. Ditto for the guys (mostly) who were running the show during the Reagan administration. Were you OK with the racism, the misogyny, and the corporate tax cuts of the Reagan administration? I hope not.
Think back to the “clown car” of 2016. Were any of these people really qualified to be president? What had happened to the national Republican Party since Eisenhower? Eisenhower was a Republican, yes, but he hadn’t come up through the political ranks — he was a war hero. He was one face of the Republican Party. Another was Joe McCarthy, with Nixon close behind. The Republican Party followed their lead. (I recommend Dana Milbank’s THE DESTRUCTIONISTS: The 25-Year Crack-up of the Republican Party [2022] if you’re interested in a good take on how it happened.)
All good points. But what used to be Republicans got into bed with dolts who have money, agendas, and no decency. Will Never vote for Any of them. Actually never did! I've followed politics for 60+ years. It's ugly stuff, but so much worse with trump, the insane pedophile and buddies.
Thank you, Steven, for laying out this timeline. This scary movie will have me covering one eye. One part of me sees Trump as a very scary man, whose inexplicable power to convince his followers of anything and nothing will result in Republicans wins we did not anticipate. The other part of me sees him as a weak, sick old man who has brings utter disgrace to the Presidency with every word he utters and who is self-delusional about his ability to change the course of democracy.
“Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night…tonight there will be no morning star. Tonight, tonight, I’ll see (Democracy) tonight, and for us stars will stop where they are…”?
TY for the State's closing synopsis. Sour grapes in MI, shows her true colors. Have wondered if or how the felon's minions have prepared, or tried to, him for the R losses I'm hoping for? I get knots just thinking what will happen to our Country if Ds do not have a winning blow-out - scary. And, scary if we do - what will the felon try to inflict on America? God Bless the USA!, PLEASE!!!
Steven is correct. January 3rd, in particular, may bring the chaos. The best preventative, of course, is a Blue Tsunami. My glass is becoming half full with what's happened regarding early voting. Does anyone know why folks would wait until Election Day to cast a ballot with sufficient early voting days available? That's a real head scratcher for me.
With January 6, 2021, not all that far in the past, I have to believe that the Democrats, and the Capitol Police, will be better prepared. I do worry about the military, including the National Guard. We really don't know how badly they've been corrupted.
I always vote on Election Day. It took me a while to understand why many people vote early; turns out the Election Day lines are really, really long in some places, plus it's a workday for many, and many have family responsibilities to attend to. Why do I vote on Election Day? Well, for many years I was a regular poll worker so I voted at the end of my shift, but since I moved towns in the last year I'm not on my new town's roster yet. On "the day" I invariably run into people I know, and in my old town I knew all the election officials. The lines, if any, are short and move briskly.
I can't imagine voting early unless I knew I was going to be out of town on Election Day.
Oh. It seems many people like the tradition of doing their voting duty on the actual day. I am too suspicious of trumpian shenanigans to wait for that official day.
Point, but shenanigans can happen at any time and anywhere, but they’re probably less likely to happen in places like Massachusetts, which is where I live and vote.
This year, as precinct chair, I was really urging people to vote early, because it gets the job done. I didn't elaborate on the spectre of ICE or day-of malicious attacks.
The fact is, a lot of people like the community aspects of voting on Election Day. I'd prefer to vote on ED, it's just that I'll get nagged to get my name off the "call" list. As if I needed another text message...
Way to go with your community work as precinct chair! I'm too pragmatic for the ED community aspects, but I sort of get it.
Even in the pantheon of egotistical, half-witted idiots like former Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens takes the cake. I mean, is there any world in which she could remain ignorant of the potential danger of her last-minute endorsement of as loathsome a character as Mike Rogers? Why would she actively work to endorse Trumpism by allowing the Republicans to maintain control of the Senate?
What must not go unnoticed, however, is that Stevens was the choice of Chuck Schumer and the fossilized Democratic establishment to be their Senate candidate. If we are to work for profound change, it is imperative that we begin by cleaning house.
Well, I guess Haley’s mind-blowingly stupid about-face had one positive effect: I, along with thousands of others, made immediate contributions to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign. And I did so in Haley’s name.
I can't recall an election that felt anywhere near this tense. Life has shifted--the life of Before Times in suspended animation, and enlistment in an army that's gonna keep marching for a good long while. Every crisis is an opportunity. Donald Trump and his corrupt and cruel minions have been the best organizer for democracy and the never-ending fight for freedom and justice.
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"Her betrayal was ostensibly about her differing views from El-Sayed about Israel. But in so doing, the narcissistic Stevens has shown she is willing to risk the Democrats losing Michigan—a state which could decide control of the Senate—and help Trump and the Republicans’ hold onto maximum power.”
One could understand Ms Stevens saying publicly she disagreed with El-Sayed, which I’m sure she did on many occasions before the primary. But to side with a Trumpist ought to be anathema for any American.
As analysis and forecasts roll in, it's looking more and more like America's Hispanic, Black and under 30 voters didn't get MAGA's central message: "America is a White, Christian nation. Anyone else are just "visitors".
This midterm, sadly for MAGA, the "visitors" are voting early in historic numbers across all states.
Blue tsunami results will be heartening to see in two days and we can move on to Phase 2:
Washing away Trump/MAGA's "stolen election" claims so a Demoycongress can get right to work in Jan. 2027;
Thank you Professor Beschloss Nov 3rd is just the start. Some people will need to find the patience required for this journey. We didn’t get here where we are in this nation overnight. It’s been a long decline and hopefully we’ve gotten to the bottom of the hill or pit to make the long haul back up the hill. Will there be valleys and dips in the road as we continue moving forward, sure but we need to recall what we have allowed to happen to not allow us to slip down. Time and patience the best warriors but hard to maintain… As others cautiously optimistic and yes have nausea and having some pstd symptoms of years gone past… there’s always something to take to settle the stomach and going outside to take a walk and just breath… not worrying about January yet, relying on the legal experts who feel they have their hands on the reins so far they’ve not suffered a loss.. and don’t anticipate them to do so… see you at the voting polls, if you have t been and bring a friend..
You could not have chosen a better opening line. This is, indeed, a clarifying moment for our country. Who are we? Who do we wish to be? And thank you for the reminder that this is about Trump's enablers as much as it is about Trump. It is - sad, amazing, ? - that about 30% of voting -age Americans still think Trump is the answer. The rest of us need to get on with building America.
Thanks for this rundown, Steven - now I don't have to read/watch all the horse trading and the irritating poll gurus tomorrow! If it's a nice day, I'll be outside, NOT looking in. Now I'm at the "wake me when it's all over" stage. We've lived with this nightmare far too long, just hope that victory is snattched from the unhinged jaws of MAGA! And that people finally wake up to the destruction of democracy by the nazi and his gestapo!
The tsunami or orange crush coming gives us an opportunity. No. A mandate. I pray that the Democrats don't squander this chance to effect real change in American politics. The vote is as much about gas prices as it is democracy. Dems need to shed their current leaders, empower younger, visionary, stalwart leaders and make this election about meeting the voters where they are. Stopping the madness is, of course, paramount. But now is the time to make deep, meaningful changes to how we do politics, get big, dark money out of politics, remove Congress' stock trading and betting. Restore Medicaid cuts. Get out of the war and kill tariffs. We have to show by example that we can be a better nation, that the nightmare fever we have all endured these last ten years has finally broken, and in its place a new, better way forward as a nation is at hand.