Am I the only Democrat not on top of the world this morning?? As of right now, we could still lose the Senate. We are very likely to lose the House. Certainly happy about Governors’ races, but in a world where dead-tree-stump Herschel Walker can be in a run-off with a man like Raphael Warnock, I’m not sure it matters.
I do not agree the loss of Trump-backed nominees signals anything. Liz Cheney voted with Trump 97% of the time. A republican is a republican is a republican. Trump just pulled back the veil and exposed who they, collectively, have always been. Of course the toning down of civil discourse is important, but their votes to take away my rights are just as real, ubiquitous, and deadly.
Yes, it is important that abortion ban measures failed last night, but when the likely next governor of the state of Arizona signals she’d outlaw birth control, invitro, along with abortion for any reason, we are in trouble.
Gay marriage was on the agenda last night. So was the next supreme court pick — or, rather, the ability for President Biden to get a vote on a next SCOTUS pick.
Texas, Arizona, and Florida have all but cemented a decades-long existence for red state legislatures. Overcoming that isn’t a matter of simply “getting out the vote” rather it has everything to do with a vote not counting.
So, no, I’m not celebrating today. To me, whether one drowns in a teaspoon of water or in a great-big-wide ocean of water, one is still in trouble.
Christine Anne Scott 