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25 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I have to say that I like @davidshor & we are friendly bc we agree on a lot, ESP that you don't win via policy extremism.

But the idea Ds don't already do ⬇️ AND lose winnable races is just WRONG.

It isn't innovation- it's status quo.

And it's nowhere close to enough
The Cult of Rachel

If you ain't winning, you're losing.
I'll add that "talking about popular stuff" won't help you if you don't put it into a threat/stakes context. That is "me" not "we" framed. And don't make the case that the GOP is the thing keeping the voter from having it.
I'll also add that talking about "popular things" is also of limited efficacy so long as there is a massive gap between operational (policy) & symbolic ideology.

You must attack the GOP's symbolic ideology adv

These are the objectives of @StrikePac

Offense- NOT defense

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18 May
1. Its not an accident that its the MS law. BC believe it or not, ELECTIVE abortion after 15 wks polls terribly

BUT upholding that here (which requires overturning CASEY) would then set them up for the overturning Roe in one of the 6wk bans like GA's.

Later, as in after '22
2. That said, its a mistake for Ds to hyper-focus on this issue and their own efforts need to include a sustained campaign to make people FEAR losing abortion access. Yes, access (*w some regulations) polls good, but the Right's "Abortion on Demand" branding campaign has been
3. VERY effective in whittling away support for elective abortions, and their machine is perfectly geared to wage that messaging war against the Left's own, wonky, policy-oriented messaging techniques. The GOP will go pure emotion- you must too to combat it.
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2 May
1. Just as the 2022 Midterms will begin Nov. 3rd, in the dust of VA's 2021 cycle & the GOP's shameless, tax-payer subsidized witch hunt of @GavinNewsom.

As I tell @StrikePac donor's- the narrative for the cycle gets set then & there.

Hold VA's trifecta & demolish the recall
2. & the media narrative will be that mb, just MB, Ds can beat the "midterm effect" in '22. But, lose a ton of seats in VA's House or the majority, &/or barely eek out a recall defeat- the narrative favors the GOP.

Why does this matter, you ask? As I told @harrisonjaime
3. win '21 & Ds can recruit quality cand's to challenge Rs for the House seats they backdoored in 2020 & force the Rs to spend on defense. Those "lost" districts are all what I call my "2nd tier" districts in my model: educated but not as robustly as other
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26 Apr
Bc of all the shithole states, WVA is the shittiest
The data don't lie
Surprised no one got my Trump joke here though
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23 Apr
IF the recall against @GavinNewsom is a go, celeb & name ID matters- a lot.

This is why the GOP's worst henchmen recruited her

Newsome will NEED TO tie her to Trump/MAGA

If the GOP clears their field & another D splits the vote...

(Not an accident they recruited Jenner)
Y'all gotta remember, the GOP is ruthless. They will napalm him. Hard to hit 50% yes? ABSOLUTELY

Impossible? Not for the GOP
I should add, they'll try to get to that 50% by running ads against Newsome from the Left to get progressives to vote yes on the recall AND likely sneak logistic support to any progressive candidate.

The GOP does not f; around.
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14 Apr
1. Its a 50 yr pattern broken just twice, once under extraordinary conditions (2002, right after 9/11 where GOP benefitted from a rally around the flag effect that could STILL HAPPEN 1. bc mass polarization was just beginning & 2. D voters far less polarized) and then in 1998 in
2. what we (political scientists) attribute to a backlash about trying to impeach Clinton about lying about an affair. That's it though, in every other midterm, POTUS' party loses seats. Plus, right now we have a pattern of stronger midterm effects, which I believe is a product
3. of hyperpartisanship, party sorting, coalitional realignments for both parties, & changes in geographic strongholds for both parties.

That all said @jakehteach it IS possible we'd see a disruption in 2022 if D's carpe diem extremism & racism in the GOP & turn the referendum
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14 Apr
1. I'm going to open a convo w @RadioFreeTom about this.

Yes, 40% didn't graduate & no owe tons of $ but likely still have bad job prospects & although some didn't grad bc tough circumstance/med issues, as a once prof I can tell you, that's NOT the majority. Most didn't bc
2. they didn't like doing, or prioritize enough, the college part of college & end up failing out.

Now here's the thing- just some context- your college record is permanent so if you fail out somewhere at 19 or 20 you can't "transfer" out that shitty GPA & its very hard to get
3. access to loans/aid again to go back when you're in your late 20s when you have a worth ethic & better understand living in poverty (as I did- though lucky, I didn't START until I was that age). So they're stuck w loans they can't pay AND they can't continue on to finish. BUT
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