Don’t forget about how Republicans campaigned against Jimmy Carter for twenty years after hide left office! That is, if you’re old enough to have gone through that foolishness.

[Mind you, a Gentleman not only doesn’t kiss and tell he also knows better than to inquire about a woman’s age. “…nosiree, I want to live to be 93” and such.] Onward and upward! BTW regarding next year’s Midterms, is there a bigger word) than tsunami? Asking for a country.

What a great sentiment! It's true, today there was actual good news for progressives / Democrats for the first time in how long?

I especially loved your point about how fake the stories are that the Dems are still in some kind of civil war that makes them ineffective somehow. As you say, this local election year's results shows that that narrative is basically BS from a thought-free commentariat.

Ah, yes... the proverbial "boogeyman" used in the "fear and smear" campaigns all across the country. But if not Mamdani, then Pelosi. If not Pelosi, then Hillary Clinton. If not Clinton, then "Barack Hussein Obama"... speaking of which, hasn't that whole Muslim-Marxist-Socialist fear-and-smear bullshit already been beat to death at this point?

The knee-jerk GOP boogeyman fear and smear didn't work with either Spanberger in VA or Sherrill in NJ when they tried desperately to link them both to Mamdani. New York City elected a leftie mayor; however, no one in Texas is remotely worried about Democrats in the cities suddenly becoming uber lefties; it's actually hysterical on its face to compare them.

Democrats have nothing to explain except they have a big tent that includes all ideas from progressive to moderate and that they don't walk in lockstep like the fascist cowards of the GOP in fear of the wannabe der Führer.

I’ll say it for you from your lips to God’s ears.

No kidding on the good news at last!

Zohran Mamdani ran on a Democratic Socialist platform that addressed the needs of everyone. Scary words! But if you forget about labels and focuses on the issues one-by-one you see the popularity of the Progressive agenda.

As for next year, I doubt the Dems can fuck up enough to throw away their enormous advantages. Trump and his enablers are so unpopular we’ll likely get another Democratic Blowout.

Just had to say that.

-CW