She moved to the most conservative part of the state she could find to try to pick a more favorable constituency, and it wasn’t enough.

He knows he’s going to be primaried from the left next time he runs for reelection. Best chances for him are to run as an incumbent independent or Republican.

The nice thing about a 56 member majority is you’re not held hostage by John Fetterman.

He’s trying to frame it as a national security asset because the courts tend to give the president more latitude in that area. I’m assuming the court will be smart enough to see through the sham.

“Fiddler in the Audience”

Good on the incumbent, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, for not dragging this out in court.

“While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters. I want to congratulate Scott Colom and wish him well as he takes on the tremendous responsibility of representing our great state.”

Normally, the election boards don’t need to dig into absentee or provisional ballots because the winner has built a large enough lead with the “normal” ballots that they’ve mathematically eliminated their opponent. (They’ll still count them eventually, but they aren’t the deciding votes.) The margins of this race were so thin (less than half a percent) that no one was ready to call it until every vote tallied.

I hate to engage in what-aboutisim, but what about the Benghazi investigations focusing on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?

The best part about being one of his constituents is I never need to write him a letter urging him to vote the way I want him to, he just does it.

When 60 Minutes edited Kamala Harris’s interview to make her look good, Trump sued them for $16 million. I’m sure he’ll apply the same standard here.

I feel like Kirk near the beginning of Stark Trek VI:

[on whether to help the Klingons]

Kirk: They’re animals.

Spock: Jim, there is an historic opportunity here.

Kirk: Don’t believe them. Don’t trust them.

Spock: They’re dying.

Kirk: Let them die!

I probably should have Spock’s reaction to this, but we’re talking about a party, not people.

“Will have” being the important part. I wouldn’t put it past the GOP to try to seat as many judges as they can during the lame duck period, knowing it’s their last chance.

Great. Then they can’t plead the fifth when questioned by Congress.

I had assumed with a “Rep.” prefix she was running for reelection. Didn’t realized she had tried for the Senate instead this cycle and had already crashed out of the race. Talk about a sore loser.

Of course, it’s way to late to replace her on the ballot, so she doesn’t suffer real consequences for two more years. I wish we had a way to recall federal elected officials.

I mean, the state provides public schools, free for all aged ≈5-18, but we don’t call it “education insurance.”

Being president gets you top-tier health care, even as many of your constituents are struggling to get any healthcare at all. COVID would have gotten him if not for treatment he received, and who knows what he’s being treated for now.

Birds of a feather flock together.

His lawyers, for all their failings, have managed to keep him out of prison so far. (Having a few judges in his pocket doesn’t hurt.)

And they get 2 senators, same as the 0.172% of Americans living in Wyoming. The US needs constitutional reforms in so many ways.