Barack Obama praises Texas Democrats as state legislature moves to end special session without passing new electoral maps

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Blue states should go ahead with plans to redistrict regardless of what happens. Play for the political landscape you have, not the political landscape you want. The way maps are already gerrymandered nets Republicans 16 seats in the House.
How Gerrymandering Tilts the 2024 Race for the House

Skewed maps give Republicans big advantages in 11 states, mostly in the South and Midwest.

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Blue States simply won’t do this, because they are not part of a coherent national political project.

They’ll bluff and then hope Republicans fold.

I’m hoping that, with the dismal polling for democrats, the ones who want a future in politics, like Newsom, are recognizing they need to be tougher.

Maybe I’ll kick the Hopium habit if/when we’re no longer conspicuously moving toward a dictatorship.

Don’t know how to tell you this, but the guy making the rounds on conservative podcasts probably isn’t who you want leading the Democrats
There is no point in preaching to the already locked-in. You need to find converts in enemy territory.

Jesus Christ you people will chase Republicans if you have to bring the Cheneys on the stage to do it.

Oh wait!

They already did that, lost, and now their bots keep insisting on doing the same thing and expecting different results!

Calm down. Appealing across the board gives you access to potential new voters. This has nothing to do with Cheney… You want millions of voters, not one vote.

The last election was a clusterfuck loss due to many father’s. Saying it was just down to Liz Cheney is ridiculous. You had a bumbling old President. A late switcheroo. A black female candidate. Not to mention a racist ex-president who has a knack for swooping up the lazy, the crazy and the disaffected. Cheney didn’t lose the election for the Dems. People just staying at home did.