Laredo Congressman Henry Cuellar saw some of his crossover appeal dip this past cycle. Though he well outran Biden, he came just short of matching Clinton's margin and did a few points worse than Obama.
The Bexar portion shifted strongly leftward while Cuellar lost ground in rural areas. Bexar County (TX-28 pt)
2012 Pres: Romney 50-49%
2016 Pres: Clinton 49-47%
2020 House: Cuellar 54-43%
Even someone like Cuellar can't avoid the realignment.
There's so many episodes of Seinfeld that wouldn't work today because of the technological changes. Standing in line to buy a movie theater ticket only to find out the movie is sold out? Renting a movie at a store? Can just stream it now.
yes, we really used to go to a store to rent movies.
George needing to use the payphone at the Chinese restaurant. Who uses payphones anymore?
Ostensibly the House and Senate are intended to be equal partners in legislating but in recent years the Senate has started to legislate less. Even when the same party controls both chambers, the Senate takes up just a fraction of legislation the House does.
This isn't just McConnell's fault. Reid didn't want to make his vulnerable Senators up in 2014 take needlessly controversial votes.
Some of them like Landrieu and Pryor were doomed no matter what votes they took. A bad candidate in Iowa cost Dems a seat and a retirement in WV made that a certain flip.
The problem for Mississippi Democrats is that Jim Hood probably got 20% white vote in 2019 but that came at a cost. He couldn't generate the necessary enthusiasm among Black voters.