Parties Have Work to Do

For John, BLUF:  The Impeachment Trial notwithstanding, both parties have issues to work out before 2022.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Marcy Kaptur’s warning

From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by the Editorial Board, 7 February 2021.

Here is the lede plus many very short paragraphs:

Marcy Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in the current Congress.

She has also been in the U.S. House of Representatives longer than any woman has served there, in all of U.S. history.

She came to the Congress in 1983.

She is 74 and has been a Democrat her entire voting life.

You might think she is worth listening to.

As it happens, she has a message for her party: Wake up.

Wake up or you will lose the House in the next election and maybe not regain it for many years.

Wake up or you will lose the working class to the Republicans, for good.

It is already happening.

I see her thinking, but the Democrats could be save by ability of media and Big Tech to "fortify" future elections.

On the other hand, Blogger Ed Driscoll points out Professor Glenn Reynold's comment back in November:

“For a guy who supposedly lost, Trump sure had a lot of coattails.  And for a guy who supposedly won, Biden sure didn’t.”

The General Election in 2022 is not a given for either party.  A lot will depend on the moves of the Democrats.  A lot will depend upon if the Republicans can figure out who they are.  A lot will depend upon the Republicans straighening out State election laws.  A lot will depend upon the ability of Democratic Party allies to "Fortify" the elections.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff