Happy Wednesday. How are things going for Democrats today? Let's review a handful of headlines. (1) Out of Iowa, a legislative seat that has been in Democratic hands for decades is no longer blue. Over the summer, Republicans won back a state senate seat in affluent, suburban, Trump-hostile Connecticut. Last night, they picked off a different sort of district. Trump carried it, but it had remained blue at the state legislative level, even in recent cycles with Trump on the ballot. Change:
The decades of history is interesting, but let's look at the more recent past: This district went (62/38) blue in 2012. Then (51/38) in 2016. It shifted back to deeper blue territory in the Democratic wave year of 2018, only to become a three-point squeaker in 2020. In yesterday's special, the Republican won by a 20-point margin.
(2) Retirement alert. This sort of exodus – a voluntary farewell from a powerful chairman in a safe seat – often presages an electoral rout. The writing appears on the wall, and people start heading for the exits: .....snip~
Democrats Melting Down: GOP Flips Long-Held Blue Seat in Iowa Special Election (townhall.com)
Senior House Democrat Announces Retirement
Thats Right Leftists you got your asses stomped in a solid Blue District. By 20 points. Oh and the retiring Deviant in the House is out of Kentucky. Another deep Blue area.
Where is the Lame Stream Media to talk that bellweather $#@!. Message to the Lame Stream Media. How you dumbfucks.....look now?