How Big Will the Blue Wave Be?
Plus: the "unelectable" narrative, the case against impeaching Trump, and why open primaries don't do what critics think
Welcome to this week’s mailbag. While primary season is somehow still not over, the most contentious ones are mostly behind us, which means we can turn our gaze to the general election and the very important question of just how big the Blue Wave will be.
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Eugene J Kales
Under the assumption that in a wave races tend to “all” break in the same direction, how unreasonable would it be to entertain the optimistic position that the Dems might pick up five or six senate seats —NC, ME, OH, IA, AK, TX, possibly losing only MI?
Answer
For the very transparently cynical purpose of trying to get more people to read (and subscribe to) this newsletter, I am going to reframe this question as: How big will the Blue Wave be?
The bigger the wave, the more Democrats elected, the greater the chance of taking the Senate, and the bigger the rebuke of Trump, his broken promises, his idiotic war, and his rampant corruption.
