When trying to win a rhetorical or political battle, the idea is when the fact reflect the proposition that you are winning, and that your victory is inevitable. Not only does it show you are on track to win, but it sucks the morale out of your opponents as the contest slogs to its miserable, inevitable end. Sort of like a Timberwolves season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next best thing? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To paraphrase the old law school trope: when the facts are against you, argue the ideals. When the ideals are against you, argue the facts. And when the facts are the ideals are against you, convince the enemy that they favor you anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that’s what Big Left is trying to do; convince Real America that the game is already over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s nothing new – it’s why they parroted twaddle about “the emerging Blue majority” and “Texas will <\/em>turn blue!” over the past 20 years, as if all political trends are linear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But there’ve been a few hot ones lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Minnesota Is Irreversibly Blue!”<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The DFL outspent the GOP 18:1 in the 2022 elections – and flipped the decisive seat by less than 400 votes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fewer than 1,000 votes would have put the House in GOP control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But for a pretty dismal showing by the Jensen campaign, and the overturning of Roe <\/em>(which can’t happen again), the Attorney General and State Auditor were on the cusp of winning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, statewide races are a problem – and I despair of the current MNGOP cracking that code, not that I’m not gonna try to push it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But saying “Minnesota is pure blue!” is premature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n