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18 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Governor approval ratings from Morning Consult. Some of the polling was done as far back as July (before Biden's approval really fell into the toilet).

Blue state moderate Rs — Phil Scott, Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, Chris Sununu — most popular

morningconsult.com/2021/11/18/phi… Image
9 of the top 10 most popular governors are Republicans, with the sole Democrat being Ned Lamont.

Swing state D governors in MI, PA, WI, NV not doing so hot. All of those seats are up in 2022 ImageImage
I was curious how the governor approval ratings compared to their party's presidential candidate's vote share.

The blue state moderate Rs overperform most, but the red state moderate Ds also overperform (though only enough to put them slightly above 50% approval) ImageImage
It's interesting that hardly any swing state governors have become wildly popular. There's Sununu in NH. DeWine in OH overperforms a fair amount. Apart from that, everyone is pretty close to their presidential candidate's vote share. Too polarized? Image

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6 Nov
The idea that moderates should publicly pre-commit to voting yes on a bill that is not finalized seems historically unusual to me.

Generally the way it happens is the details are hammered out and then the mods announce their vote just before the vote
I don't think a lack of clarity is the real hold-up. It's substance.

Manchin and Sinema have demanded various changes in the bill. Dems have offered some of what they want, but not all of it, in hopes they'll say it's good enough. They haven't yet.

Manchin laid out what he wanted to Schumer in late July. Schumer wrote: "I will try to dissuade Joe on some of this."

That's what's been happening in the past few months, the trying to dissuade.

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4 Nov
Durham tries to get to the bottom of where the pee tape allegation came from. He seems to imply what he thinks is the answer without actually proving it.

This is a bit complicated so needs some decoding (cont'd)...

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But the PR exec actually just made that up, had no "friend" who gave him inside info
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4 Nov
I'm seeing signs that "thermostatic public opinion" is comforting Dems who want to believe "well, we didn't do anything wrong, this always happens."

But the *size* of the swing really matters. If Biden had remained on his pre-August approval trajectory he'd still be near 49%
Bill Clinton's approval swung quite wildly in years 1-2. Plummeted, rebounded, then dropped again
George H. W. Bush's approval rating was generally quite good in years 1-2 but dropped right before the midterms
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1 Nov
Manchin said he wanted $1.5T over 10 years, not $3.5T.

Dems responded by dropping some programs (like paid leave), but keeping most in, & setting them to expire in a few years while hoping they'd later be extended permanently. Landed at $1.75T on paper.

He's saying: Not enough.
Dems' hope was that Manchin just wanted a lower on-paper topline number he could point to, and was willing to look the other way on the openly-expressed intention these would in reality be permanent programs.

His comments today suggest he won't. But, Q is whether he sticks to it
They've certainly been talking but it seems the WH framework was more of a "we're trying to please him, let's see if this is good enough" rather than a deal he actually gave private approval to.

(Though who knows, maybe there's another secret document!)

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1 Nov
Manchin presser takeaways re: reconciliation:
-He's not on board yet
-Says he wants to better understand impact on deficit and inflation
-Says that progressives aren't compromising enough
-Annoyed that House won't pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Manchin definitely sounds like he is not sold on the "framework" plan the White House announced last week.

Says he wants to work toward a reconciliation package we can all agree on, and will continue to work in good faith. But he isn't there.
Manchin claims the House holding the bipartisan infrastructure bill hostage won't affect his vote either way, but he's clearly sore about it.

Says he'll vote for a reconciliation bill that helps our country, will vote against one that he thinks hurts our country
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29 Oct
Reviewing Youngkin ads the major themes I see are economy/taxes/prices, schools/parents, and police/crime/safety.
Youngkin tries to link McAuliffe, "defend the police" (which McAuliffe doesn't support but some outside group backing him did), and the argument that Arlington and Alexandria taking police out of schools made those schools less safe

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Last year Alexandria VA's city council voted to take armed police officers out of schools and redirect those funds to mental health resources.

After a tumultuous start to the school year they reversed course this month, voting to bring officers back

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