1. This moral imperative that @DavidJollyFL puts on these runoffs, that I argue should be a centerpiece of the electoral argument, I should note, while not entirely avoided, have NOT been the central argument. So, if voters fail to deliver accountability thecycle.substack.com/p/democrats-he…
2. it is imp to remember that the big broad electorate- it didn't get this referendum question set before it. If it did, then you should be able to walk into a bar or a grocery store in ATL or the 'burbs & pick up a convo about it, and I'm not sure out there, in the general pop
3. you'd find that they understand that we're on the cusp of a democratic collapse that requires a smacking on the hand of the Republican Party. Keep in mind, back in the fall general, there had been PLENTY of extra-legal, irregular behavior & activities & not once did this get
4. acknowledged in the debates. In the debates- Trump was talked about & talked to like he was just some regular guy doing regular things. None of democracy stretching, anti-constitutional stuff was EVER raised. So don't make the mistake of assuming that out there- everyone knows
5. the GOP is trying to end democracy & install a one party dictatorship. I wouldn't make that mistake at all. And if they don't know that's the stakes, they sure as hell can't deliver a verdict on it.

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