Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe media will try to spin the elections as a devastating loss for Republicans and repudiation of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Virginia has reliably voted for Democrats for years. New York City, the same. That’s not a change, it’s business as usual. The real surprise would be if traditionally Republican districts flipped Democrat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which could happen next time if Republicans keep kicking people out of the big tent because they are not ideologically pure enough. That tactic might be morally satisfying but it doesn’t win elections … just ask the Libertarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe Doakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Yep. \u00a0Virginia was “dog bites man”. \u00a0NYC was more like “dog licks dog” – the inevitable collapse of a far left society moving into overdrive. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The fact that Jack Ciatarelli made it a fight in New Jersey,\u00a0again<\/em>, is a sign that there’s hope. \u00a0<\/p>\n
And I never thought I’d say it, but did not expect Jacob Frey to beat out Fateh. \u00a0I suspect it means that the same crowd that turned out to reject the “Defund” initiative four years ago is still not amused by the DSA’s antics. \u00a0 I’m going to need to look at the city’s results, but I’m going to go out on a short sturdy limb and guess that the same areas that bludgeoned the “defund”ers – the North Side, Phillips and the like – came out for Frey, while the white prog areas like Powderhorn and Whitter were all Fateh. \u00a0<\/p>\n
How about Linden Hills and Kenwood?<\/p>\n
I’ll follow up on this. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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